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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Wednesday, June 28, 1967
10-Down : Spy's objectives.
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 O | 3 M | 4 P | 5 T | 6 I | 7 N | 8 G | 9 S | 10 S | 11 E | 12 W | 13 S |
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14 R | E | A | L | 15 O | R | U | R | O | 16 E | X | I | T |
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17 A | I | D | E | 18 T | A | B | A | C | 19 C | E | D | E |
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20 B | L | A | N | 21 C | H | E | 22 S | C | 23 A | R | C | E | R |
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24 G | A | M | E | 25 I | S | E | R | E | ||||||
26 S | 27 C | A | R | L | E | 28 T | S | 29 R | O | T | 30 O | 31 R | 32 S |
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33 E | A | S | Y | 34 Y | A | L | 35 E | 36 A | S | S | E | T |
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37 V | I | C | 38 S | E | N | A | T | 39 O | R | 40 C | B | E |
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41 E | R | A | 42 S | E | 43 S | N | U | B | 44 F | A | I | T |
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45 N | O | R | M | A | 46 L | 47 D | I | S | 48 C | O | R | D | S |
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49 A | M | A | 50 S | S | 51 C | H | O | W | ||||||
52 A | 53 N | 54 A | L | Y | S | T | 55 Q | U | A | L | I | 56 F | 57 Y |
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58 W | A | L | L | 59 C | O | 60 E | U | R | 61 I | L | L | A |
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62 E | T | T | E | 63 A | N | N | I | E | 64 S | D | A | K |
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65 D | O | O | R | 66 R | E | S | T | S | 67 H | E | W | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,528
Across
1
Opus: Abbr. : COMP
5
Bell-like sounds. : TINGS
10
Bastes. : SEWS
14
True. : REAL
15
City of Bolivia. : ORURO
16
Turnpike sign. : EXIT
17
Staff member. : AIDE
18
French smoke. : TABAC
19
Grant (a point). : CEDE
20
Carte ___. : BLANCHE
22
Not as plentiful. : SCARCER
24
Test of skill. : GAME
25
River into the Rhone. : ISERE
26
Bright reds. : SCARLETS
29
Machine parts. : ROTORS
33
Unstrained. : EASY
34
Eastern university. : YALE
36
Charm, for example. : ASSET
37
Old ___. : VIC
38
American Leaguer. : SENATOR
40
Initials of a British honor. : CBE
41
Wipe off. : ERASE
43
Slight. : SNUB
44
___ accompli. : FAIT
45
Standard. : NORMAL
47
Features of modern music. : DISCORDS
49
Gather. : AMASS
51
Mess hall fare. : CHOW
52
Suffix with psycho or crypt. : ANALYST
55
Meet a set standard. : QUALIFY
58
One of the Streets. : WALL
59
Heart: Fr. : COEUR
61
At that place: Lat. : ILLA
62
Diminutive ending. : ETTE
63
Merman role. : ANNIE
64
State: Abbr. : SDAK
65
Way in. : DOOR
66
Takes a break. : RESTS
67
Chops. : HEWS
Down
1
Decapod. : CRAB
2
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
3
Where Tananarive is. : MADAGASCAR
4
Fully attended. : PLENARY
5
Apparently. : TOTHEEYE
6
Dies ___. : IRAE
7
Knob. : NUB
8
Ground cover. : GRASS
9
Popular sport abroad. : SOCCER
10
Spy's objectives. : SECRETS
11
Officer, for short. : EXEC
12
Off target. : WIDE
13
Suffix with tap or tip. : STER
21
10th-cen. date. : CML
23
Bellowing. : AROAR
25
3 Down, et al. : ISLANDS
26
Dice throw. : SEVEN
27
City in the news. : CAIRO
28
Heliophiles' goals. : TANS
30
Dublin-born author. : OSCARWILDE
31
Bridge term. : REBID
32
Cancels a correction on a proof. : STETS
35
Case for small items. : ETUI
38
Less pleasing. : SEAMY
39
Mists. : OBSCURES
42
More trivial. : SMALLER
44
Unwise. : FOOLISH
46
Sailor of the East. : LASCAR
48
Tea, British style. : CHA
50
14 pounds, in London. : STONE
52
Struck with wonder. : AWED
53
Western pact. : NATO
54
Chorister. : ALTO
55
Resign. : QUIT
56
Error. : FLAW
57
Oxen of Asia. : YAKS
60
Letters. : ENS
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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