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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, November 7, 1987

7-Down : They replaced ticals

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,878
Across
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Council : BOARD
6
Rearward, at sea : ABAFT
11
Squat : HUNKER
12
Relishes : SAVORS
14
Berlin song: 1929 : PUTTINONTHERITZ
17
Acrylic fabric : ORLON
18
Actress Kelton : PERT
19
To boot : MORE
20
Kind of sch. : PREP
21
Entreaties : PLEAS
22
A neighbor of Pa. : DEL
23
Nasser's realm : UAR
24
Ungainly : WEEDY
25
Kind of basket : BREAD
27
Bodily : PHYSICAL
29
The Last Frontier : ALASKA
30
Avowed : PROFESSED
32
Osmond and Dressler : MARIES
35
Smarty : WISEACRE
39
Plays the diaskeuast : EDITS
40
Presaged : BODED
41
Man and boy : HES
42
Clean up : MOP
43
Vixen teammate : COMET
44
Forfeiture : LOSS
45
Draft status : ONEA
47
Rehan and Huxtable : ADAS
48
"Le ___ d'Arthur" : MORTE
49
Freed-Brown song: 1929 : SINGININTHERAIN
52
Soap opera, e.g. : SERIAL
53
Atelier props : EASELS
54
Quotidian : DAILY
55
Sycamore, e.g. : PLANE
Down
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Servant's pantry : BUTLERY
2
Sitting pretty : ONTOP
3
Similar : AKIN
4
Actress Woods : REN
5
Kind of table : DROPLEAF
6
Wandering : ASTRAY
7
They replaced ticals : BAHTS
8
Mad. or Lex. : AVE
9
Shape : FORM
10
Vacuum tubes : TRIODES
11
"The Last ___": O'Connor : HURRAH
13
Unbroken series : STREAK
14
Infield fly : POPUP
15
Seamstress : NEEDLEWOMAN
16
F. Scott's wife : ZELDA
21
Rio Grande feeder : PECOS
24
Current conductors : WIRES
25
Let air out : BLEED
26
Ukrainian legislature : RADA
28
Rotisserie part : SPIT
29
Poise, for one : ASSET
31
Dodge : SIDESTEP
32
Office mail : MEMOS
33
Classical dreamboat : ADONIS
34
Came along nicely : RIPENED
36
Singing group : CHORALE
37
"The ___ silence": Shak. : RESTIS
38
Ruhr valley city : ESSEN
40
In person : BODILY
43
System of locks : CANAL
44
"The Millionairess" actress : LOREN
46
Tourist city in India : AGRA
48
City E of Phoenix : MESA
50
Clock numerals : III
51
Actor Linden : HAL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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