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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Friday, February 17, 1967
8-Down : Threadneedle, for one.
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 320 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 S | U | B | S | 15 C | O | A | T | 16 O | D | E | T | O |
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17 C | O | O | K | 18 S | T | O | U | R | 19 R | E | F | E | R |
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20 A | T | A | 21 L | A | D | L | E | 22 S | 23 A | R | M | Y |
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24 P | A | T | 25 T | I | 26 P | E | O | 27 P | L | E | ||||
28 I | M | 29 M | 30 O | R | T | A | L | 31 S | 32 I | 33 C |
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34 J | 35 O | 36 H | N | 37 E | L | Y | 38 N | O | 39 S | H | O | W |
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40 E | X | I | G | 41 E | N | T | 42 O | D | D | M | E | N | T |
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43 N | U | G | E | N | T | 44 L | A | S | 45 A | R | E | S |
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46 A | S | H | 47 V | I | 48 G | O | R | O | 49 U | S | ||||
50 J | 51 O | Y | O | U | S | 52 S | H | 53 A | 54 K | 55 Y |
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56 A | 57 D | I | N | 58 N | A | T | 59 I | 60 O | N | 61 D | E | E |
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62 P | A | N | S | 63 Y | 64 R | O | L | L | A | 65 W | A | Y | S |
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66 I | R | K | E | D | 67 D | U | S | E | 68 A | G | U | E |
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69 N | E | S | T | S | 70 S | T | A | G | 71 R | E | P | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,397
Across
1
Popular color. : AQUA
5
Electrical units: Abbr. : AMPS
9
Pre-eminent. : FIRST
14
Bench warmers. : SUBS
15
Garment. : COAT
16
"___ a Nightingale." : ODETO
17
Sight-seeing trip. : COOKSTOUR
19
Advert (to). : REFER
20
___ standstill. : ATA
21
Dips up. : LADLES
23
The Cadets. : ARMY
24
Name in opera lore. : PATTI
26
Humans. : PEOPLE
28
Imperishable. : IMMORTAL
31
Thus: Lat. : SIC
34
___ Hancock. : JOHN
37
City on the Ouse. : ELY
38
Airline's problem customer. : NOSHOW
40
Demanding. : EXIGENT
42
Scrap. : ODDMENT
43
Actor Elliot. : NUGENT
44
Spanish article. : LAS
45
Bellicose god. : ARES
46
Residue. : ASH
47
Strong. : VIGOROUS
50
Happy. : JOYOUS
52
Questionable. : SHAKY
56
Tennis term. : ADIN
58
State. : NATION
61
Letter. : DEE
62
Garden plant. : PANSY
64
Certain beds. : ROLLAWAYS
66
Annoyed. : IRKED
67
Name in stage lore. : DUSE
68
Chills and fever. : AGUE
69
Dwellings of a kind. : NESTS
70
"Men only" affair. : STAG
71
Fabrics. : REPS
Down
1
B'way group. : ASCAP
2
Proportional share. : QUOTA
3
Sub. : UBOAT
4
Request. : ASK
5
___ part. : ACTA
6
Disposition. : MOOD
7
Inquisitive one. : PAULPRY
8
Threadneedle, for one. : STREET
9
Instead of. : FOR
10
Goal. : IDEAL
11
Kind of course of study. : REFRESHER
12
Check. : STEM
13
Extreme conservative. : TORY
18
Slender. : SLIM
22
Unnamed one. : SOANDSO
25
Color slightly. : TINGE
27
Trudge. : PLOD
29
Cite. : MENTION
30
Danube tributary. : OLT
32
Bulwer-Lytton character. : IONE
33
Weights: Abbr. : CWTS
34
City on the Saale. : JENA
35
Asian river. : OXUS
36
Horseplay. : HIGHJINKS
39
Tennis stroke. : SMASH
41
One of the deadly sins. : ENVY
42
Rower. : OAR
44
Was defeated. : LOSTOUT
48
Linemen. : GUARDS
49
The Middies. : USNA
51
Beginning. : ONSET
53
Saying. : ADAGE
54
Make tense. : KEYUP
55
Those for. : YESES
56
Hear ___ drop. : APIN
57
Confront boldly. : DARE
59
Fraulein's name. : ILSA
60
Cassini. : OLEG
63
Measures: Abbr. : YDS
65
Strife. : WAR
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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