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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, April 9, 1976

41-Down : Support

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 334 (avg 1.77)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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G
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,736
Across
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Bedroom ___ : FARCE
6
Put 2 and 2 together : ADDED
11
Owned : HAD
14
Make ___ (do business) : ADEAL
15
Harder to find : RARER
16
Tavern order : ALE
17
Instrument-landing situation : CEILINGZERO
19
Obstacle : RUB
20
Sicilian city : ENNA
21
Shoe parts : TOES
22
See 39 Across : VADIS
24
Relative of phooey : BAH
26
Oarsman's place : SHELL
28
Deteriorate : GOBAD
31
Russian assembly : DUMA
33
Belted : GIRT
36
Barely floating : AWASH
37
___ out (sporadic) : INAND
39
Sienkiewicz novel, with 22 Across : QUO
40
Not prominent : INTHEBACKGROUND
43
Filbert or hazel : NUT
44
___ syrup : MAPLE
45
Eschew : AVOID
46
Go a round : SPAR
48
TV singing star : CHER
49
Unstrained quality, to Portia : MERCY
50
Soviet space-dog : LAIKA
52
Average : PAR
53
Stoop : DEIGN
55
Not final, in law : NISI
58
___ spumante : ASTI
62
Outer: Prefix : EXO
63
Like Richard : LIONHEARTED
66
Calendar abbr. : JAN
67
Sky-blue : AZURE
68
Quick bread : SCONE
69
Times of day : AMS
70
Voiced agreement : YESED
71
Elm tree's offering : SHADE
Down
1
Kind of lift or card : FACE
2
Arabian Sea gulf : ADEN
3
Check : REIN
4
Gourd : CALABASH
5
Wallach : ELI
6
Jason's ship : ARGO
7
Stun : DAZE
8
Modiste : DRESSMAKER
9
Noun ending : EER
10
Motored : DROVE
11
Booze : HARDLIQUOR
12
His, in Tours : ALUI
13
Society figures : DEBS
18
Unspecified degree : NTH
23
Math subject : ALG
25
Abou ben ___ : ADHEM
27
Put up a picture : HANG
28
Acquires : GAINS
29
Confess : OWNUP
30
Military units : BATTALIONS
31
Ethereal : DIAPHANOUS
32
Family member : UNCLE
34
Mysterious : RUNIC
35
Bar offering : TODDY
38
Stage fare : DRAMA
41
Support : BACK
42
Span : OVERARCH
47
Kind of doll or time : RAG
51
Dental item : INLAY
52
Bakery item : PIE
53
___ vu : DEJA
54
Student's concern : EXAM
56
With reference : INRE
57
Get rid of : SHED
59
Classical porch : STOA
60
Incline : TEND
61
___ fixe : IDEE
64
Verb ending : IZE
65
Numskull : ASS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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