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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, June 22, 1977

51-Down : Cole Porter musical, "Hitchy-___"

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,175
Across
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128 cu. ft. of wood : CORD
5
Fabulizers : LIARS
10
On in years : AGED
14
Jai follower : ALAI
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Put out : ISSUE
16
Flutter : WAVE
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"___ that touch liquor ... " : LIPS
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Zoo denizen : CHIMPANZEE
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Imam's bailiwick : MOSQUE
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Aldrich's "Story of ___ Boy" : ABAD
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Misdo : ERR
24
The Middies : USNA
26
Arabic letter : ALIF
28
Fin ___ (decadent) : DESIECLE
32
Wading birds : SORAS
35
Orchestra member : OBOE
36
Relative of etc. : ETAL
38
Waldorf, e.g. : SALAD
40
Electrical unit : VOLT
41
Gluts : SATES
43
Adhesive : GLUE
44
Conclude : ENDUP
46
Mystical mark : RUNE
47
Particle of dust : MOTE
48
Alpine serenade : YODEL
50
Demonstrated, as strikers : PICKETED
52
Pitcher : EWER
54
Lunchtime : NOON
55
Double agent : SPY
58
Niche object : IDOL
60
Passable : NOTBAD
64
Anticipate : LOOKTOWARD
67
Go by plane : AERO
68
"Loverly" look : OGLE
69
Untamed : FERAL
70
Inveigh : RAIL
71
Annoyingly slow : POKY
72
Defective : FLAWY
73
Christmastide : YULE
Down
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Unflappable : CALM
2
Salmagundi : OLIO
3
Knocks : RAPS
4
Anxiety : DISQUIETUDE
5
Permits, British style : LICENCES
6
Like: Suffix : ISH
7
Where the Ob flows : ASIA
8
Cugat's forte : RUMBA
9
Flower features : SEPALS
10
Wheat feature : AWN
11
Look : GAZE
12
At any time : EVER
13
Antelope's playmate : DEER
19
Juan's goodbye : ADIOS
21
Wield : USE
25
Wedding locale : ALTAR
27
Piecemeal : FRAGMENTARY
28
Peace symbol : DOVE
29
Hard wood : EBONY
30
Italian coin : SOLDO
31
Go through, as food : EATUP
33
Apportion : ALLOT
34
Cook in a bit of fat : SAUTE
37
"Pravda" founder: 1912 : LENIN
39
Achievement : DEED
42
Next : SECONDLY
45
Lapwing : PEWIT
49
Batted first : LEDOFF
51
Cole Porter musical, "Hitchy-___" : KOO
53
Spur feature : ROWEL
55
Dish out messily : SLOP
56
Comics character : POGO
57
Egg feature : YOLK
59
Zhivago's love : LARA
61
Swain : BEAU
62
Seed coat : ARIL
63
An also-ran in '76 : DOLE
65
Essential : KEY
66
Green : RAW

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

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