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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, July 29, 1976

57-Down : Superlative endings

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, 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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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,847
Across
1
Agent 007 : BOND
5
Young salmon : PARR
9
Approach an end : WANE
13
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
14
Prankish : PIXIE
15
Endings with meth and oct : ANES
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Tonic : FRESHENING
18
Particular : ITEM
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Franco and Mussolini, e.g. : FASCISTS
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Out of the rain : INSIDE
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Frequently, to poets : OFT
23
Raglans : COATS
24
Agreeable : ACQUIESCENT
29
Master Mel : OTT
32
Gloomy : DOUR
33
Scope : ROOM
34
"___ bleu!" : SACRE
36
Athos and Porthos : AMIS
37
S, M and L : SIZES
39
Call up : DIAL
40
Makes martinis : MIXES
42
Imparted : LENT
43
Kind of bird or bait : JAIL
44
Environmental prefix : ECO
45
In quantity : PLENTIFULLY
48
Had at : TRIED
50
These, in France : CES
51
Foreigners : ALIENS
53
Go apace : MAKETIME
58
Fading game : DICE
59
Trunk contents : SPARETIRES
61
Stadium shape : OVAL
62
N.F.L. player : OILER
63
Ending for aero or astro : NAUT
64
Orch. offerings : SELS
65
A.B.A. team : NETS
66
Opal and onyx : GEMS
Down
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Golf stroke : BAFF
2
Other, in Spain : OTRA
3
Dissenting votes : NOES
4
Conversation : DISCOURSE
5
Bottle size : PINT
6
___ Sally : AXIS
7
___ Tin-Tin : RIN
8
Area : REGION
9
Place for a belt : WAIST
10
Word for a loner : ANTISOCIAL
11
Be short of : NEED
12
Salinger girl : ESME
14
Irks : PESTERS
17
Stereo component : HIFI
21
Erstwhile D.C. team : NATS
23
Bond together : CEMENT
24
"There is nothing like ___" : ADAME
25
Gagster : COMIC
26
Foolishly idealistic : QUIXOTICAL
27
Dirty : SOILED
28
Defraud : COZEN
30
Follow : TRAIL
31
Soho viewing : TELLY
35
Fine-tuning : ADJUSTING
38
Decal : STICKER
41
Rotation : SPIN
46
Moral : LESSON
47
Iamb and dactyl : FEET
49
Undergoes vertigo : REELS
51
Fusses : ADOS
52
Like a certain wire : LIVE
53
Beer ingredient : MALT
54
Metric units : ARES
55
Dies ___ : IRAE
56
___ et tuum : MEUM
57
Superlative endings : ESTS
60
Bakery item : PIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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