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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Monday, November 3, 1975

1-Down : Flycasts

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H K }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,578
Across
1
Society-page figures : DEBS
5
Ooze : SEEP
9
U.S. President : ADAMS
14
___ on the back : APAT
15
U.S. writer : AGEE
16
Bit of jewelry : CAMEO
17
Where the Ucayali flows : PERU
18
Like ordinary talk : COLLOQUIAL
20
Transmitter : SENDER
22
Roll : TRUNDLE
23
Flee : DECAMP
26
Morse symbol : DIT
27
Like sugar : GRANULAR
29
Synthetic : ERSATZ
33
Carry on : RANT
34
French pronoun : NOTRE
36
Forest creature : DOE
37
Catchall abbr. : ETC
38
Tell all : CONFESS
40
Madison or Monroe, for short : JAS
41
Cedar Rapids campus : COE
42
Walking ___ : ONAIR
43
Deteriorate : RUST
44
Retail sign : ONSALE
46
Caricature : TRAVESTY
49
Prized object : GEM
50
Opt : SELECT
51
Sunken space : AREAWAY
55
Not liable : EXEMPT
58
Secured : BUTTONEDUP
61
Cherished : DEAR
62
Doubleday : ABNER
63
"Like it or ___ it" : LUMP
64
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
65
___ of burden : BEAST
66
Melon or cucumber : PEPO
67
Ladder unit : STEP
Down
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Flycasts : DAPS
2
Fencing gear : EPEE
3
Rural funfests : BARNDANCES
4
Campus figure : STUDENT
5
Of a bone : SACRAL
6
Personality : EGO
7
Conger : EEL
8
Trapping unit : PELT
9
Takes over : ACQUIRES
10
Cows : DAUNTS
11
Surrounded by : AMID
12
Lunch : MEAL
13
Seafood item : SOLE
19
Waiters' takings : ORDERS
21
Old French coin : ECU
24
Biblical food : MANNA
25
Business incentives : PROFITS
27
El ___ of art : GRECO
28
Boca ___ : RATON
30
Correction : ADJUSTMENT
31
Prosit, e.g. : TOAST
32
Flavorful : ZESTY
35
Pomme de ___ : TERRE
38
Kale : COLEWORT
39
Kind of show : ONEMAN
43
Ebbs : RECEDES
45
Gemstones : AGATES
47
City of Syria : ALEPPO
48
Rile : VEX
51
Rhyme scheme : ABAB
52
Goldberg : RUBE
53
Lab heater : ETNA
54
Kennel sound : YELP
56
Canapé spread : PATE
57
De ___ : TROP
59
Scheduled : DUE
60
Diamond figure : UMP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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