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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, November 26, 1975

61-Down : Card wool

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Entry for 14-Across, CLE, may not be accurate. The diminutive ending is -culus (or -cule, -cula); the -cle is an English translation. "Carbuncle," for example, is derived from "carbunculus," with the whole word being converted to English.

Also, entry for 58-Down seems not quite accurate — should be £sd (with £ for pound, s being shillings, and d being pence).

1
C
2
L
3
E
4
F
5
T
6
A
7
B
8
L
9
S
10
T
11
O
12
W
13
J
O
I
N
E
R
14
C
L
E
15
T
Y
N
E
16
A
N
A
G
L
Y
17
P
H
I
C
18
O
P
E
N
19
P
E
R
I
L
20
R
E
P
T
21
I
L
E
S
22
N
E
23
R
O
24
U
N
E
S
25
J
26
O
27
I
E
D
E
V
28
I
29
V
R
E
30
E
31
G
32
S
33
E
N
N
E
34
V
I
Z
I
E
R
35
T
A
W
36
L
E
A
R
37
N
38
N
A
G
39
T
40
I
T
R
E
41
L
A
D
42
A
43
R
C
A
N
44
E
45
N
E
N
E
46
S
T
E
47
W
E
E
K
E
N
48
D
T
R
I
P
49
Q
50
U
A
D
51
T
E
A
R
52
S
U
N
B
U
53
R
54
S
T
55
M
E
56
D
57
A
58
L
59
H
E
A
L
60
C
O
M
E
61
T
O
P
A
S
S
62
I
N
C
A
63
E
X
E
64
U
N
I
T
E
D
65
S
T
Y
X
66
D
Y
E
67
M
E
D
E
A
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,601
Across
1
Split : CLEFT
6
Latin case: Abbr. : ABL
9
Put away : STOW
13
Woodworking tool : JOINER
14
Diminutive ending : CLE
15
River of England : TYNE
16
Done in low relief, as a cameo : ANAGLYPHIC
18
Not exclusive : OPEN
19
Jeopardy : PERIL
20
Turtles, lizards, etc. : REPTILES
22
Pianist Peter : NERO
24
French articles : UNES
25
Keen enjoyment : JOIEDEVIVRE
30
People of Cairo: Abbr. : EGS
33
Nine: Prefix : ENNE
34
Old Moslem V.I.P. : VIZIER
35
Playing marble : TAW
36
Memorize : LEARN
38
Badger repeatedly : NAG
39
Solution strength : TITRE
41
Youth : LAD
42
Esoteric : ARCANE
45
Hawaiian goose : NENE
46
Jeanne, e.g. : STE
47
R. & R. outing : WEEKENDTRIP
49
Building enclosure, for short : QUAD
51
Spree : TEAR
52
Jeweled brooch : SUNBURST
55
Commemorative item : MEDAL
59
Recuperate : HEAL
60
Occur : COMETOPASS
62
Pizarro victim : INCA
63
River of England : EXE
64
At one : UNITED
65
Charon's beat : STYX
66
Eosin or madder : DYE
67
Jason's rescuer : MEDEA
Down
1
Ice-cream ___ : CONE
2
Canard-spreader : LIAR
3
Tech graduate : ENGINEER
4
Brought down : FELLED
5
Have at : TRY
6
Long for : ACHE
7
Radar-screen item : BLIP
8
Prof's offering : LECTURE
9
Peculated : STOLE
10
Composing-room hand : TYPESETTER
11
Individuals : ONES
12
Old English "W" : WEN
13
Oriental language: Abbr. : JAP
17
Bailiwick : PROVINCE
21
Like argon : INERT
23
Part of R.P.M. : REV
25
Crystallizes : JELLS
26
___ a time : ONEAT
27
Shortcoming : INADEQUACY
28
Walton : IZAAK
29
Sketch : VIGNETTE
31
Menu word : GARNI
32
Conquer all : SWEEP
37
Relative of an ameer : NAWAB
40
Doughty : INTREPID
43
Cut : REDUCED
44
Chemical ending : ENE
48
Singer Vic : DAMONE
50
Reduce tension : UNLAX
52
Heaven ___ : SENT
53
Famed old movie palace : ROXY
54
Pintail duck : SMEE
56
Appointment : DATE
57
Cruising : ASEA
58
British money: Abbr. : LSD
59
Pronoun : HIS
61
Card wool : TUM

Answer summary:
3 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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