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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Monday, July 31, 1967

41-Down : Long, long ago.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,561
Across
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Pipe mixture. : SHAG
5
Elephant of juvenile fame. : BABAR
10
Dist. ___. : ATTY
14
Bustle. : TODO
15
Emerge. : ARISE
16
Pronoun of old. : THEE
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Nichols hero. : ABIE
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Type of song. : CAROL
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___ avis. : RARA
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Return. : GOBACK
22
Certain movies. : DRIVEINS
24
Small change, in France. : SOUS
26
Social events. : TEAS
27
Curry favor. : PLAYUPTO
31
Shows surprise. : SITSUP
35
Fabulist. : AESOP
36
Continue. : RUNON
38
Labor outfit. : ILO
39
Muscovite name. : IVAN
40
___ hand (obsequiously). : HATIN
41
Feed the kitty. : ANTE
42
Tiny: Dial. : LIL
43
Shade of blue. : ROYAL
44
Vase-shaped jugs. : EWERS
45
Increase. : STEPUP
47
Leave rapidly. : TEARAWAY
49
Kind of car. : USED
51
Cause to vacillate. : SWAY
52
Phoned. : CALLEDUP
56
___ as brass. : ASBOLD
60
Military problem. : AWOL
61
Word with sea and way. : FARER
63
River of E Asia. : AMUR
64
Where Callao is. : PERU
65
___ on (incessantly). : ONAND
66
Feel concern. : CARE
67
Dripping. : ASOP
68
Kings of Spain. : REYES
69
Discerned. : KNEW
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Kind of party. : STAG
2
Footloose one. : HOBO
3
Star in Draco. : ADIB
4
Spare. : GOEASYON
5
Support. : BACKUP
6
Macaw. : ARA
7
Macaw. : BIRD
8
Of ___. : ASORT
9
Has confidence in. : RELIESON
10
Motionless. : ATREST
11
Language of SE Asia. : THAI
12
Sea swallow. : TERN
13
Votes for. : YEAS
21
Successful move. : COUP
23
Nugatory. : VAIN
25
Lost one. : STRAY
27
Buckets. : PAILS
28
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : LEVIT
29
Make ___ (dispose of). : ASALE
30
___ elbows. : OUTAT
32
Resilient strength. : SINEW
33
Extreme. : ULTRA
34
Ballades, sonnets, etc. : POESY
37
Ohio city. : NILES
40
Anticipated. : HOPEDFOR
41
Long, long ago. : AWAYBACK
43
Subterfuge. : RUSE
44
Periods. : ERAS
46
Halt. : PULLUP
48
Prizes. : AWARDS
50
Mayor of N.Y.C., 1784-89. : DUANE
52
___ pie. : CAPA
53
Inspires with fear. : AWES
54
Monk parrot. : LORO
55
Beseech. : PRAY
57
Where Muscat is. : OMAN
58
Attract. : LURE
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Attracted. : DREW
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Direction. : ENE

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

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