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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, December 14, 1976

14-Down : Boils down

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,985
Across
1
Mets' home : SHEA
5
Fuse together : WELD
9
Ski-lift gear : TBAR
13
Viaud's pen name : LOTI
14
Land of cotton : DIXIE
15
Calcutta V.I.P. : RANI
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Untalented : INARTISTIC
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Whether ___ : ORNO
19
Sacks : PILLAGES
20
Brick structures : ADOBES
22
Present, in Soho : ERE
23
Portiere : DRAPE
24
French philosopher : MONTESQUIEU
29
Operated : RAN
32
Swiss writer : ANET
33
Revolution : TURN
34
Swiss city : BASLE
36
Together, in music : ADUE
37
Fencing gear : SABER
39
Cry of relief : PHEW
40
Abbot's headdress : MITRE
42
Arctic Ocean arm : KARA
43
Boston ___ : POPS
44
Ship: Abbr. : STR
45
Secretary's forte : STENOGRAPHY
48
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
50
Hostilities : WAR
51
Callous ex-lover : JILTER
53
Refined gracefulness : ELEGANCE
58
"Un Bel Di," e.g. : ARIA
59
Dubious : INQUESTION
61
Nodding : DOZY
62
Came across : FOUND
63
Put to work : USED
64
Chemical endings : ENES
65
Glass components : FRIT
66
Caesar et al. : SIDS
Down
1
Tongue mishap : SLIP
2
"___ soit qui ... " : HONI
3
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
4
V-Mail, e.g. : AIRLETTER
5
Solomonic : WISE
6
Wing and ell: Abbr. : EXTS
7
Weeks in the year, to Caesar : LII
8
Metric land measure : DECARE
9
Scout unit : TROOP
10
Kind of quartet : BARBERSHOP
11
Boleyn : ANNE
12
Bravo and Branco : RIOS
14
Boils down : DIGESTS
17
Weed : TARE
21
Fingerpainting : DAUB
23
Pesos, e.g. : DINERO
24
Thank-you-___ : MAAMS
25
Bit of gossip : ONDIT
26
Offset : NEUTRALIZE
27
Penn, e.g. : QUAKER
28
Citified : URBAN
30
Hebrew letter : ALEPH
31
Of current interest : NEWSY
35
Equipment : APPARATUS
38
Allergen producer : RAGWEED
41
Punta del ___ : ESTE
46
Duty rate : TARIFF
47
Teases : RAGS
49
Holds back : STAYS
51
Gemstone : JADE
52
Unyielding : IRON
53
Prefix similar to iso : EQUI
54
Alfred of the stage : LUNT
55
Unless, to Caesar : NISI
56
Campus person : COED
57
Word with book and week : ENDS
60
Neither's partner : NOR

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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