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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, February 8, 1967

47-Down : Brought comfort or joy.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 323 (avg 1.77)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,388
Across
1
Elizabeth's title: Abbr. : HBM
4
Rhyme scheme. : ABABA
9
Handle. : KNOB
13
Palm leaves. : OLAS
15
Aegean island. : SAMOS
16
Slangy negative. : NOPE
17
Bench: Fr. : BANC
18
Ponders. : THINKSOVER
20
With 55 Across, divide equally. : SHAREAND
22
Due. : OWING
23
___ miss. : NEAR
24
Window part. : SASH
26
Tree. : ALDER
28
Hurries: Colloq. : HOTFOOTS
32
Cut. : HEWN
33
Taxi appurtenance. : RADIO
34
Pronoun. : WHOM
36
Prefix in bird words. : AVI
37
Molding. : OVOLO
38
Alfonso's queen. : ENA
39
Music lover's must. : HIFI
41
American poet. : BENET
42
Unloading place. : QUAY
43
Small tip. : TENCENTS
45
Above: Lat. : SUPRA
46
Merited. : JUST
47
Tar: Sp. : BREA
48
Come to mind. : OCCUR
51
Dogpatcher. : LILABNER
55
See 20 Across. : SHAREALIKE
58
Advantage: Colloq. : EDGE
59
Not prerecorded. : LIVE
60
Takes one's ease. : LAZES
61
Prompted. : CUED
62
United. : ONED
63
Slightest. : LEAST
64
Expert: Colloq. : PRO
Down
1
Fireplace projections. : HOBS
2
Without verve: Slang. : BLAH
3
Pair. : MANANDWIFE
4
"___ Is Born." : ASTAR
5
Road: Ger. : BAHN
6
Surrounded by. : AMID
7
___ appétit! : BON
8
Call for. : ASK
9
Expertise. : KNOWHOW
10
New things: Lat. : NOVI
11
Unrestricted. : OPEN
12
Ice mass. : BERG
14
Shelter. : SCREEN
19
Middling. : SOSO
21
Cereal spike. : EAR
24
Fence steps. : STILES
25
In progress. : AFOOT
26
Appreciative sounds. : AHAH
27
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : LEVIT
28
Common verbal contraction. : HAVENT
29
Tooth: Prefix. : ODONT
30
On ___ (pursuing an honest course). : THEUPANDUP
31
Navigational aid. : SONAR
33
Habits. : ROBES
35
Yucatec. : MAYA
40
Hurt. : INJURED
42
City on the St. Lawrence. : QUEBEC
44
Remedy. : CURE
45
Mrs.: Sp. : SRA
47
Brought comfort or joy. : BLEST
48
Formerly Christiania. : OSLO
49
Sometime double feature. : CHIN
50
Bruin's home. : CAVE
51
Maugham heroine. : LIZA
52
Namesakes of a president. : IKES
53
Elbe tributary. : EGER
54
Work up again. : REDO
56
Partner of one. : ALL
57
New Guinea port. : LAE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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