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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, February 22, 1967

32-Down : Costae.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,402
Across
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Go: Lat. : VADE
5
Oodles. : SCADS
10
Government service. : MAIL
14
Out, in baseball. : AWAY
15
Astronaut's concern. : ORBIT
16
Thereabouts. : ORSO
17
Prepares. : MAKESREADY
19
Western pact. : NATO
20
Sacred song: Abbr. : PSA
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Had a bite. : ATE
22
Kind of haircut: Slang. : FLATTOP
24
Expressive gesture. : SHRUG
26
Flycatcher. : PHOEBE
28
Campus man. : SENIOR
30
Per ardua ad ___. : ASTRA
34
Auto part. : AXLE
37
Kind of photo: Abbr. : ENL
38
French underground. : MAQUIS
39
Bargain: Colloq. : DEAL
40
U.S. rocket. : AGENA
42
City: Lat. : URBS
43
Printer's concern. : INDENT
45
Uproar. : DIN
46
Current month: Abbr. : INST
47
Cow. : BOSSY
48
Wrinkled. : RUGOSE
50
Angel. : SERAPH
52
Drink deeply. : QUAFF
56
Frenzied. : FRANTIC
59
Trifle (with). : TOY
61
Name of U.N. fame. : LIE
62
De ___. : LUXE
63
Candleholders. : GIRANDOLES
66
Unaltered. : ASIS
67
Hole ___. : INONE
68
Hat material. : FELT
69
Novel heroine. : TESS
70
Accomplishments. : DEEDS
71
G-men. : FEDS
Down
1
Movie stars of the good old days. : VAMPS
2
Afloat. : AWASH
3
Capital of Senegal. : DAKAR
4
Scrutinize. : EYE
5
Character. : SORT
6
Advancing slowly. : CREEPING
7
Arab garment. : ABA
8
Served: Colloq. : DIDFOR
9
Manner. : STYLE
10
French philosopher. : MONTESQUIEU
11
Smell ___. : ARAT
12
Words in a ratio. : ISTO
13
Aerobatic maneuver. : LOOP
18
Minty plant. : SAGE
23
Rhyme scheme. : ABAA
25
Futility. : USELESSNESS
27
Took refuge. : HOLEDUP
29
Uncluttered. : NEAT
31
Revolution. : TURN
32
Costae. : RIBS
33
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
34
Star in Draco. : ADIB
35
Strange: Prefix. : XENO
36
Fellows. : LADS
38
Hand: It. : MANO
41
"___ Day." : NIGHTAND
44
Negative, Slavic style. : NYET
48
Wisconsin city. : RACINE
49
Area measure: Abbr. : SQYD
51
Inflexible. : RIGID
53
Thoroughfare: Fr. : ALLEE
54
Make a baseball play. : FIELD
55
Suffixes with slug and gab. : FESTS
56
Apartment. : FLAT
57
Dodge. : RUSE
58
Certain line. : AXIS
60
Certain persons. : ONES
64
Caviar. : ROE
65
Inoperative. : OFF

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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