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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, July 13, 1967

37-Down : Praise unduly.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 389 (avg 2.13)
Open Squares: 51, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,543
Across
1
Approached. : CAME
5
Slight push. : JOG
8
Weather word. : SMOG
12
Water softener. : BORAX
13
O.T. Book: Abbr. : EXOD
15
Cautious. : WARY
16
Precision. : EXACTITUDE
18
Related. : AKIN
19
Big joke. : GAG
20
Poetic times. : EVES
21
Instigate. : FOMENT
23
Ladies: Abbr. : MMES
24
"Wait a ___." : MINIM
25
Witty allusions. : QUIPS
27
Literary man. : POET
28
Danube port. : ULM
31
American finch. : JUNCO
32
___ rabbit. : WELSH
33
Bird sound. : COO
34
Athirst. : EAGER
35
Quick-witted. : APT
36
Spartan magistrate. : EPHOR
38
Presidential monogram. : FDR
39
House of a sort. : IGLOO
41
Name (a price). : QUOTE
42
Time. : ERA
43
Namesakes of dramatist Akins. : ZOES
44
Shirt features. : CUFFS
45
Material. : TWEED
47
Arabic letter. : ALIF
48
Rye, et al. : BREADS
50
Black Sea arm. : AZOV
51
Quiet! : SSH
54
Bridge play. : RUFF
55
Pass judgment on. : ADJUDICATE
58
Touch (on). : ABUT
59
Wear's companion. : TEAR
60
Shrewish woman. : VIXEN
61
Colloids. : GELS
62
English river. : EXE
63
In any case. : EVER
Down
1
Hip joint. : COXA
2
One of a Kipling trio. : ARAG
3
Raincoat, for short. : MAC
4
Spoke on the spur of the moment. : EXTEMPORIZED
5
Ballet leaps. : JETES
6
River into Lake Aral. : OXUS
7
Object of worship. : GOD
8
Hindu title. : SWAMI
9
Flatter. : MAKEMUCHOF
10
O'Neill role. : ORIN
11
Peer ___. : GYNT
12
Adjure. : BEG
14
Challenges. : DEFIES
17
American composer. : IVES
22
Alert. : ONTHEQUIVIVE
23
Timid ones. : MICE
24
A lot: It. : MOLTO
25
Fourfold: Prefix. : QUADR
26
Thankless. : UNGRATEFUL
27
Gourds. : PEPOS
29
Plunders. : LOOTS
30
In addition. : MORE
31
Headman: Sp. : JEFE
32
Having ridges. : WALED
37
Praise unduly. : PUFF
40
Undertakes. : GOESAT
44
Lump of earth. : CLOD
46
Floats. : WAFTS
47
Clear sky. : AZURE
48
Show off. : BRAG
49
No city slicker. : RUBE
50
Trojan War hero. : AJAX
51
___-Coburg. : SAXE
52
Silver: Abbr. : STER
53
Pullet. : HEN
56
Letter. : DEE
57
Year in Trajan's reign. : CIV

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

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