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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, November 7, 1974

37-Down : Word ending in "s," usually

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 368 (avg 1.97)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
J
2
O
3
R
4
U
5
M
6
R
7
A
8
F
9
F
10
S
11
P
12
O
13
T
14
O
P
E
R
A
15
A
R
I
A
16
O
T
R
A
17
N
A
D
E
R
18
D
I
Z
Z
19
I
N
E
S
S
20
E
R
Y
21
Q
22
U
I
Z
Z
E
R
23
R
O
K
24
S
T
E
25
P
U
P
S
26
D
E
27
M
O
28
H
I
T
H
29
E
30
R
31
S
A
P
32
P
33
Y
34
V
35
E
R
S
O
36
N
A
37
P
38
F
O
I
L
39
S
E
X
Y
40
W
41
H
E
E
L
42
I
D
E
S
43
O
R
E
G
44
N
O
R
45
U
46
B
O
A
T
47
T
A
M
I
48
L
49
C
O
50
B
R
A
S
51
P
A
I
52
D
53
R
A
B
I
54
D
55
L
56
Y
57
A
58
I
L
59
C
R
60
A
61
Z
I
L
Y
62
R
U
E
63
B
L
A
64
C
K
E
Y
E
D
65
S
66
A
E
N
S
67
O
K
R
A
68
S
A
R
G
69
I
M
A
G
E
70
W
A
Y
S
71
S
H
O
E
72
T
I
M
E
S
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,217
Across
1
Large drinking bowl : JORUM
6
Rubbish : RAFF
10
Make out : SPOT
14
Stage fare : OPERA
15
Diva's forte : ARIA
16
Other, in Acapulco : OTRA
17
Consumer V.I.P. : NADER
18
Vertigo : DIZZINESS
20
Noun ending : ERY
21
Man with questions : QUIZZER
23
Korean soldier : ROK
24
Production increases : STEPUPS
26
Party member, for short : DEMO
28
Yon's partner : HITHER
31
Foolish : SAPPY
34
Left-hand page : VERSO
36
Snooze : NAP
38
Frustrate : FOIL
39
X-rated : SEXY
40
Roulette or cart : WHEEL
42
Chemical endings : IDES
43
Neighbor of Wash. : OREG
44
Correlative : NOR
45
German raider : UBOAT
47
Dravidian language : TAMIL
49
Asp and ringhals : COBRAS
51
Defrayed : PAID
53
With fury : RABIDLY
57
Feel pain : AIL
59
In a bizarre fashion : CRAZILY
62
Wish undone : RUE
63
___ Susan : BLACKEYED
65
Saint-___ : SAENS
67
Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
68
Puppeteer : SARG
69
Facsimile : IMAGE
70
Appian et al. : WAYS
71
Loafer : SHOE
72
Multiplication word : TIMES
Down
1
Golfdom great : JONES
2
Museum offering : OPART
3
Change the color : REDYE
4
Noun ending : URE
5
Nobleman : MARQUIS
6
Salad root : RADISH
7
Neighbor of Nev. : ARIZ
8
Effervesce : FIZZ
9
Daunted : FAZED
10
Family member : SON
11
Class of mollusks : PTEROPODA
12
Thereabouts : ORSO
13
Agenda item : TASK
19
Angers : IRES
22
In Manhattan, Bronxward : UPTOWN
25
King Midas's land : PHRYGIA
27
Underworld types : MAFIOSI
29
Spanish month : ENERO
30
Scottish explorer : RAE
32
Magpie : PIET
33
Light colors: Abbr. : YLS
34
Miss Vague : VERA
35
Commendable : EXEMPLARY
37
Word ending in "s," usually : PLURAL
39
Barfly : SOT
41
Ad ___ : HOC
46
Mind a youngster : BABYSIT
48
Defeat : LICK
50
Kind of head or table : BRIDGE
52
Outfit : DRESS
54
Wild fancy : DREAM
55
Fencing move : LUNGE
56
Assents : YESES
57
Take ___ : ABOW
58
Miss Chase : ILKA
60
Nursemaid in India : AYAH
61
Nil : ZERO
64
Instance, in France : CAS
66
"Where ___?" : AMI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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