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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, January 17, 1976

47-Down : Collapses

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a DOUBLE pangram }, Scrabble score: 370 (avg 1.96)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,653
Across
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Large umbrella : GAMP
5
Do the Gretna Green bit : ELOPE
10
Exchange : SWAP
14
Way off : AFAR
15
Carpenter's joint : TENON
16
Window feature : PANE
17
Crullers : FRIEDCAKES
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Maintain : AVER
20
Caesar's ditch : FOSSA
21
Determined : SET
22
Gangs : CREWS
23
Restless : ITCHY
25
Write hastily, with "down" : JOT
26
Moroccan port : AGADIR
29
Police officer of India : JEMADAR
33
Do a Shakespearean bit : SOLILOQUIZE
36
Call ___ day : ITA
37
Caen's neighbor : STLO
38
Internal sense-datum : QUALE
39
From ___ : ATOZ
40
Greek vowel : ETA
41
Retail container : QUARTBOTTLE
43
Played a bugle : TONGUED
45
Bestows praise : EXTOLS
46
Settled : LIT
47
Large book : FOLIO
49
Mecca's region : HEJAZ
52
Tome: Abbr. : VOL
53
Olive browns : ARABS
57
Caesar's wife : UXOR
58
Large salamander : HELLBENDER
60
Emcee's prop : MIKE
61
Nostalgic film or record : OLDIE
62
O.T. book : EZRA
63
Vous ___ : ETES
64
___ up (fills the tank) : GASES
65
Desires : YENS
Down
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Fish-landing hook : GAFF
2
Hairdo : AFRO
3
"___ oui!" : MAIS
4
Fortified settlement : PRESIDIO
5
Common abbr. : ETC
6
Hold back : LEASH
7
In tune : ONKEY
8
Man of letters : POET
9
Naval officer: Abbr. : ENS
10
Helot's land : SPARTA
11
Whitecap : WAVE
12
Once more : ANEW
13
Staff: Abbr. : PERS
18
Bayonet plant : DATIL
22
Appear : COME
24
Lawn game : CROQUET
25
Shameless woman : JEZEBEL
26
Plus item : ASSET
27
Reached : GOTTO
28
___-a-Dale : ALLAN
29
Leave in the lurch : JILT
30
Likewise : DITTO
31
Eniwetok, e.g. : ATOLL
32
Levels : RAZES
34
Type-metal space : QUAD
35
Nasser's creation : UAR
39
Legal expert : ATTORNEY
41
Interrogate : QUIZ
42
Chemical compound : OXIAE
44
Dazzling reflections : GLARES
47
Collapses : FOLDS
48
Kukla's friend : OLLIE
49
Cronyn : HUME
50
Thruway sign : EXIT
51
One-liner : JOKE
52
Southern constellation : VELA
54
Roofing tool : ADZE
55
City on the Aare : BERN
56
Casa ladies: Abbr. : SRAS
58
Barnyard animal : HOG
59
College degrees : BES

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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