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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, March 12, 1974

12-Down : Harsh

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.82)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,977
Across
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Golf stroke : BAFF
5
Doris or Clarence : DAY
8
Coastal city: Abbr. : SPT
11
Farewell : ADIEU
13
Swing music : JIVE
14
Other, in Spain : OTRO
15
World Series maximum : SEVENGAMES
17
Unavailing : VAIN
18
Chemical ending : ENE
19
Danny of show biz : KAYE
20
Clutch : SEIZE
21
"___ or cut bait" : FISH
22
Rejected : SCORNED
24
Table fowl : CAPON
27
Shocked : AGHAST
29
Viva voce : ALOUD
30
Stole : WRAP
31
Initial quartet : ABCD
35
Bar order : SOUR
36
Tutu, e.g. : SKIRT
37
Hospital department : XRAY
38
Pronoun : HERS
39
Bandleader Hal : KEMP
40
City of Belgium : LIEGE
41
Stationery units : QUIRES
43
Alpaca's milieu : ANDES
44
Resets : ADJUSTS
47
Put out the wash : HANG
49
Reverie : DREAM
50
Weather word : COLD
51
Poll winners : INS
54
Zoo sound : ROAR
55
Pedantic : SCHOLASTIC
58
Nine: Prefix : ENNE
59
Sound of opprobrium : HOOT
60
"Once ___ time" : UPONA
61
French possessive : MES
62
Pronoun : YOU
63
By and by : ANON
Down
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Diamond theft : BASE
2
Indian Ocean gulf : ADEN
3
Knicks, e.g. : FIVE
4
Certain income : FEE
5
___ novel : DIME
6
Relative of st. : AVE
7
Concurrence : YES
8
Furniture finish : STAIN
9
Nobel or booby : PRIZE
10
___ down (subdued) : TONED
12
Harsh : UNKIND
13
Topeka natives : JAYHAWKERS
14
Being too onerous : OVERTAXING
16
Energy source : GAS
20
Help! : SOS
21
Forthright : FOURSQUARE
22
Score a bullseye : SHARPSHOOT
23
Mil. man : CAPT
24
Currency : CASH
25
Lily plant : ALOE
26
Stream : POUR
28
Dirtiness : GRIME
32
Engendered : BRED
33
Goalie's charge : CAGE
34
Uses henna : DYES
36
Cabaret turn : SKIT
40
Four-wheeled carriage : LANDAU
42
Service branch: Abbr. : USM
44
Relevant : ADREM
45
Nonproducer : DRONE
46
Durable pants : JEANS
48
The works : ALL
50
Dijon cabbage : CHOU
51
Lay ___ the line : ITON
52
Señor's child : NINO
53
Read electronically : SCAN
55
Distrustful : SHY
56
Bill's tagalong : COO
57
Resort : SPA

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

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