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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

GOOD TIMING

New York Times, Sunday, January 7, 1968

14-Down : Tachometer reading.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 88, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 694 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 143, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, 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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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,721
Across
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Power. : SINEW
6
Hi-fi term. : STEREO
12
Biting. : TART
16
Where Diamond Head is. : OAHU
20
The last. : OMEGA
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Pulitzer Prize author. : MALAMUD
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Both: Prefix. : AMPH
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Army men. : NCOS
25
Modern. : UPTOTHEMINUTE
27
Mature. : COMEOFAGE
29
English cheese. : STILTON
30
Employ stealth. : SLINK
32
Year in Trajan's day. : CII
33
Pierrot. : AMI
36
___ ease. : SETAT
37
Tableware. : CHINA
38
Polk's V.P. : DALLAS
41
Optical part. : LENS
43
Hebrew letter. : MEM
44
Forgo. : WAIVE
45
Four of "Revelation." : HORSEMEN
47
Dunderpate. : FATHEAD
49
Chalôns's river. : MARNE
50
Feeling. : MOOD
51
Palestine plain. : ONO
52
Close after. : ATHEEL
53
Past closing time. : AFTERHOURS
55
Fastener. : SNAP
56
Mortgages. : LIENS
57
Accents. : TONES
59
Admits. : OWNS
60
Italian numeral. : SETTE
61
Keep (off). : FEND
62
Less risky. : SAFER
63
Scrap. : SHRED
65
Sentimentalism. : BATHOS
66
Biblical lion. : ARI
67
Twinkling. : SPLITSECOND
69
Man of wisdom. : NESTOR
70
Eliminate. : CUTOUT
72
Exclude. : BAR
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___ time. : LOTSOF
74
Goes around. : SKIRTS
75
Legal phrase. : YEARANDADAY
79
Vitality. : SAP
82
As ___. : SOONAS
83
Trite: Colloq. : CORNY
84
Boggy areas. : OOZES
85
Hadden's partner. : LUCE
86
Way up. : LOFTY
87
Operetta role. : KOKO
88
Reflects on. : MUSES
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Shingaling, for one. : DANCE
90
___ boy! : ATTA
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Achievement of 69 Across. : RIPEOLDAGE
94
Hot coal. : CINDER
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Greek letter. : PHI
96
Vous ___. : ETES
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Nimbi. : AURAS
98
Waterfall. : CASCADE
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Six months. : SEMESTER
102
Chair back member. : SPLAT
103
In favor. : FOR
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Watches closely. : EYES
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Disconnects. : SEVERS
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Fine. : MULCT
107
Certain sizes. : FOURS
109
Science degrees. : SDS
110
Cinnabar. : ORE
111
Porch of 16 Across. : LANAI
112
Pub. : BARROOM
114
Vacationer. : WEEKENDER
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Triumphs. : CARRIESTHEDAY
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Car part. : AXLE
124
Military initials. : CINC
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Approve. : ENDORSE
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In reserve. : ONICE
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Join closely. : WELD
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Poetic verb form. : HATH
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Balance sheet items. : ASSETS
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Marquees. : TENTS
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Penny. : SOU
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Mischief-maker. : IMP
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After expenses. : NET
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Personalities. : EGOS
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British painter and sculptor. : WATTS
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Refined. : SMELTED
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Gong. : TAMTAM
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Nobelist in literature. : ELIOT
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Gaelic stanza. : RANN
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Symbol on Australian coin. : EMU
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Surpass. : OUTSHINE
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Town in Peru. : TACNA
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Frenzied state. : AMOK
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Tachometer reading. : RPM
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In ___ (destined). : THECARDS
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Indexed. : ONFILE
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Here: Sp. : ACA
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Duroc. : HOG
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Function. : USE
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Rescue. : DELIVER
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Wintry. : HIEMAL
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Paintings. : OILS
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Chemical suffix. : INE
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Hay source. : ALFALFA
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More substantial. : MEATIER
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Opportunely. : INTHENICKOFTIME
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Hauls. : CARTS
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Out of ___. : DOORS
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Long, long time. : AMONTHOFSUNDAYS
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Solon. : SENATOR
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Reprove, of old. : SHEND
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Adhesive disks. : WAFERS
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Addict. : HOUND
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Slangy negatives. : NOPES
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MIT grads. : EES
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Painter of "Olympia." : MANET
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Did a farm job. : MOWED
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Tooter. : HORN
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Begin. : SETTO
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Slope formed by rock debris. : TALUS
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What ___? : OFIT
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Fresh. : SASSY
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Identifies. : SPOTS
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Giving one the creeps. : SCARY
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Israeli dance. : HORA
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Second items. : BETAS
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Off-target. : STRAY
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Abba. : EBAN
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Complications in drama. : NODES
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Utah Indian. : UINTA
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Wax slothful. : LAZE
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Brings composure. : SOOTHES
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Garment features. : YOKES
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Slangy ending. : EROO
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A sweet. : NOUGAT
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RX entries. : DOSES
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Gave consent. : ACCEDED
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Duchess. : PEERESS
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Rebuffs. : SLAPS
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Horse trader, in the U. K. : COPER
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___ corporal. : LANCE
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Lightest, loftiest sails. : KITES
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Corday's victim. : MARAT
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Opposite: Prefix. : DIS
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Economize. : RETRENCH
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French mathematician. : LAPLACE
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Pipe-organ stop. : DULCIANA
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Often illusory reward. : CARROT
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Curriculum items. : COURSES
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Summoned. : EVOKED
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Parched. : SERE
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Get a tan. : SUN
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Shade of green. : FOREST
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Progress steadily. : MARCH
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Laissez-___. : FAIRE
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Not ___. : SOHOT
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Afforded. : LENT
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Siblings: Abbr. : BROS
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Word on the wall. : MENE
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Arabic letter. : WAW
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Tiverton's River. : EXE
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Cubit. : ELL
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Day, in Spain. : DIA
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Highways: Abbr. : RDS
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Babel. : DIN
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Wax histrionic. : ACT
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Vote for. : YES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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