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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, May 25, 1967

38-Down : Cornered: Colloq.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, 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. 6,494
Across
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Rush hour phenomenon. : CRUSH
6
Time: Fr. : TEMPS
11
Outbreak. : FLAREUP
13
In Madrid, Mrs. : SENORA
14
Of yore. : LONGAGO
15
Barbershop quartet specialty. : OLDSONG
17
Willow. : OSIER
18
State: Abbr. : KAN
20
Make a beginning. : SETTO
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Make one's way. : WEND
22
Alas!: Fr. : HELAS
24
Fur animal. : SEAL
25
Bolt's partner. : NUT
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And ___. : SOFORTH
28
"Yes" vote: Abbr. : AFF
29
Make more emphatic. : POINTUP
31
Queen: Fr. : REINE
33
Clarinet socket. : BIRN
34
Gladly, old style. : FAIN
35
Sonata movement. : RONDO
37
Concludes. : WINDSUP
40
Racket. : DIN
41
King with Model Parliament, 1295. : EDWARDI
43
The "lack of foresight" saga, for example. : PUN
45
Blvds. : AVES
47
Lands ___! : SAKES
48
Ivy League member. : YALE
49
___ up (informed): Slang. : WISED
51
Took the initiative. : LED
52
See 13 Across. : TITLE
53
Chain of a kind. : NETWORK
55
Helped at a church wedding. : USHERED
57
Does the old grad bit. : REUNES
58
Conferences. : PARLEYS
59
Designated: Abbr. : APPTD
60
Beau Brummells. : DUDES
Down
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Intimate view. : CLOSEUP
2
Encountered. : RANINTO
3
Impelled. : URGED
4
Brand. : SEAR
5
Embrace. : HUG
6
___ Aviv. : TEL
7
Is done. : ENDS
8
U.S. painter. : MOSES
9
Extremely variable. : PROTEAN
10
City in New Mexico. : SANTAFE
11
Moved through the air. : FLOWN
12
___ at (ease). : POKEFUN
13
Detection device. : SONAR
16
Ball game. : GOLF
19
Off-balance. : ALOP
22
Souped-up cars. : HOTRODS
23
Ocean shores. : STRANDS
26
Tricky: Slang. : SNIDE
27
Children's favorite Alpine tale. : HEIDI
30
___ Saud. : IBN
32
Those elected. : INS
34
Became angry. : FIREDUP
35
European resort area. : RIVIERA
36
Kind of dance. : ONESTEP
37
Historic Pacific island. : WAKE
38
Cornered: Colloq. : UPATREE
39
Mechanical devices. : PULLEYS
40
Sunup. : DAWN
42
Constitutionals. : WALKS
44
Necessarily (with "must"). : NEEDS
46
Monopolize: Colloq. : SEWUP
48
Give up. : YIELD
50
"___ Drink the Water." : DONT
52
To and including, for short. : THRU
54
Kind of herring. : RED
56
Downcast. : SAD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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