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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Thursday, October 26, 1967
9-Down : Deteriorates.
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 A | 3 G | 4 S | 5 O | 6 D | 7 A | 8 U | 9 G | 10 L | 11 Y |
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12 T | O | T | O | 13 Q | U | A | S | 14 H | 15 S | O | I | E |
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16 A | B | B | E | 17 U | I | N | T | A | 18 K | E | E | L |
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19 A | L | A | S | 20 K | A | 21 S | A | I | 22 D | 23 S | U | P |
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24 L | E | T | T | E | R | 25 P | E | R | F | E | 26 C | T | ||
27 H | E | E | L | 28 A | S | H | O | 29 T | ||||||
30 O | 31 V | 32 E | R | P | L | A | 33 Y | 34 S | 35 C | O | P | R | 36 A |
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37 R | E | M | O | 38 Y | I | E | L | 39 D | 40 W | O | O | D |
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41 D | E | B | U | 42 T | 43 T | W | O | A | 44 N | D | T | W | O |
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45 R | I | G | H | 46 T | 47 S | N | E | E | ||||||
48 T | H | R | O | 49 U | 50 G | H | S | T | R | 51 E | 52 E | 53 T |
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54 J | 55 A | T | 56 U | R | D | U | 57 A | S | H | L | A | R |
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58 I | L | E | 59 X | 60 S | I | T | 61 I | N | 62 E | C | R | U |
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63 B | A | R | I | 64 O | N | E | A | T | 65 A | I | L | E |
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66 S | I | S | I | 67 E | N | N | S | 68 D | D | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,648
Across
1
Old-time piece of music. : RAG
4
Beverage. : SODA
8
Unsightly. : UGLY
12
In ___. : TOTO
13
Suppress completely. : QUASH
15
Silk: Fr. : SOIE
16
Church title. : ABBE
17
Utah range. : UINTA
18
Ship: Poet. : KEEL
19
State. : ALASKA
21
Aforementioned. : SAID
23
Break bread. : SUP
24
Verbatim. : LETTERPERFECT
27
Cuban, for one. : HEEL
28
___ in the dark. : ASHOT
30
Gives undue emphasis to. : OVERPLAYS
35
Polynesian export. : COPRA
37
San ___. : REMO
38
Succumb. : YIELD
40
Golf club. : WOOD
41
First appearance. : DEBUT
43
Put ___ together. : TWOANDTWO
45
Accurate. : RIGHT
47
Snick and ___. : SNEE
48
Motorist's choice. : THROUGHSTREET
54
Punjab native. : JAT
56
Language of Lahore. : URDU
57
Square hewn stone. : ASHLAR
58
Landscaping tree. : ILEX
60
Demonstration of a sort. : SITIN
62
Curtain color. : ECRU
63
Adriatic port of Italy. : BARI
64
___ a time. : ONEAT
65
Wing: Fr. : AILE
66
Assent, in Mexico. : SISI
67
Austrian river. : ENNS
68
Medical degree. : DDS
Down
1
California white oak. : ROBLE
2
Up, in a game. : ATBAT
3
Endures. : GOESTHROUGH
4
Head on. : SQUARELY
5
Assent, in Paris. : OUI
6
Menuet. : DANSE
7
"___ Is Born." : ASTAR
8
River of Wales. : USK
9
Deteriorates. : GOESTOPOT
10
Stead. : LIEU
11
Bark. : YELP
12
Afrikaans. : TAAL
14
Israeli port. : HAIFA
20
Hold on to. : KEEP
22
Progeny: Abbr. : DESC
25
Pigtail. : PLAIT
26
Numskull. : CHOWDERHEAD
29
Believe, of old. : TROW
30
Fort near Monterey. : ORD
31
Change course. : VEER
32
Engenders rancor. : EMBITTERS
33
Evergreen. : YEW
34
Splash about. : SLOSH
36
Pother. : ADO
39
Tea dances, French style. : DANSANTS
42
By way of, for short. : THRU
44
Tulles. : NETS
46
Statue part. : TORSO
49
City N of Venice. : UDINE
50
___ Abend. : GUTEN
51
Hero of Spain. : ELCID
52
Titles. : EARLS
53
Proper. : TRUE
54
Sails. : JIBS
55
Jai ___. : ALAI
59
Dial number. : XII
61
Writer Fleming. : IAN
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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