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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, February 25, 1981

5-Down : Exertion

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,432
Across
1
Missouri team, for short : CARDS
6
"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
10
Ump's call : SAFE
14
Anent : ABOUT
15
Eft's cousin : NEWT
16
"As ___ Dying": Faulkner : ILAY
17
"Moon ___," Mercer-Mancini hit : RIVER
18
Sluice : FLOODGATE
20
Benét's "___ to Walt Whitman" : ODE
21
Start of a well-known palindrome : ABLE
23
Criticized : PANNED
24
She played Kizzy : LESLIEUGGAMS
27
Penny ___ : ANTE
28
Guaranteed : ENSURED
32
Submerge : SINK
35
At ___ (over) : ANEND
37
Do road work : PAVE
38
Mad. or Lex. : AVE
39
Greek cross : TAU
40
Grid "zebra" : REF
41
Astonished sound : GASP
43
Participate : SITIN
45
Left : WENT
46
St. Johns's island : ANTIGUA
48
Western pact : NATO
50
He played Ashley : LESLIEHOWARD
55
Dash : SPRINT
58
Cookie : SNAP
59
Modernist : NEO
60
In good taste : PRINTABLE
62
Barracks décor : PINUP
64
D.C. group : CONG
65
Adherents: Suffix : ITES
66
Wipe out : ERASE
67
Puts with : ADDS
68
McAuliffe's famous retort to the Nazis: Dec. 1944 : NUTS
69
Struck out : DELED
Down
1
Burnett or Channing : CAROL
2
Endure : ABIDE
3
Wanders : ROVES
4
Payable : DUE
5
Exertion : STRAIN
6
Having clout : INFLUENTIAL
7
Part of I.T.T. : TELEG
8
___ Jima : IWO
9
___-go traffic : STOPAND
10
Enlists : SIGNSUP
11
Actor Bates : ALAN
12
Destiny : FATE
13
Sized up : EYED
19
Oahe and Owyhee : DAMS
22
Key letter : BETA
25
Nevin's "Mighty ___ a Rose" : LAK
26
Sincerity : GENUINENESS
29
Hard to find : RARE
30
Neck and neck : EVEN
31
Adroit : DEFT
32
Long, detailed account : SAGA
33
A Karamazov : IVAN
34
___-ce pas? : NEST
36
Nosh : EAT
42
Pier props : PILINGS
43
Keep up : SUSTAIN
44
Okinawa's capital : NAHA
45
Lay 'em in the aisles : WOW
47
'Iggins, to Eliza : GENT
49
Outdid : TOPPED
51
Key : ISLET
52
Record of yore : ANNAL
53
Get further service from : REUSE
54
___ out (solved, in slanguage) : DOPED
55
Humane org. : SPCA
56
Spur : PROD
57
Marmalade item : RIND
61
Quantity of heat: Abbr. : BTU
63
Neighbor of Eng. : IRE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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