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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, August 9, 1967

8-Down : In charge.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 357 (avg 1.89)
Open Squares: 69, 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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,570
Across
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Etre or esse. : TOBE
5
Chairback part. : SPLAT
10
Cobbler's tools. : AWLS
14
Certain lines. : AXES
15
Affix. : TIETO
16
Half a toy train. : CHOO
17
Bewilderment. : PERPLEXITY
19
Sweat. : TOIL
20
Look. : EYE
21
Type of setter. : IRISH
22
___ man (in unison). : ASONE
23
Let go. : SETFREE
25
Exhaust. : EATUP
27
Constellation. : LEO
28
Collie. : SHEEPDOG
31
Eastern potentate. : RAJA
34
Larceny. : THEFT
35
Day's end. : EVE
36
Together (with). : ALONG
38
Estuary: Sp. : RIA
39
"The ___ not yet." : ENDIS
41
Aug. or Sept. : MTH
42
___ at 'em! : UPAND
44
Football name. : YOST
45
Cocktail. : PINKLADY
47
Weeder. : HOE
49
City on the Saale. : HALLE
50
Annoys. : PESTERS
54
Small child's "small." : TEENY
56
Fastens. : NAILS
58
French tale, of old. : LAI
59
Wagner role. : HANS
60
Something corny: Slang. : RAZZMATAZZ
62
Summit: Lat. : ACRA
63
Astonish. : AMAZE
64
To ___ (exactly). : ATEE
65
Questions. : WHYS
66
___-arms. : MENAT
67
Make tidy (with "up"): Dial. : REDD
Down
1
Records, in a way. : TAPES
2
Daisy. : OXEYE
3
Visorless cap. : BERET
4
Sixth sense, for short. : ESP
5
Hi-fi term. : STEREO
6
Full of pranks. : PIXIE
7
Garlands. : LEIS
8
In charge. : ATTHEHEAD
9
Plaything. : TOY
10
Misbehaves. : ACTSUP
11
High jinks. : WHOOPDEDO
12
Cut of meat. : LOIN
13
Single. : SOLE
18
Corso money. : LIRE
22
Tête-___. : ATETE
24
Pastry or tart. : FLAN
26
1917 initials. : AEF
28
Polished. : SHINY
29
Sheep genus. : OVIS
30
Knightly adventure. : GEST
31
Guggenheim Museum feature. : RAMP
32
High: Prefix. : ALTI
33
Hero of Negro folklore. : JOHNHENRY
34
The point of the commercial. : TRADENAME
37
Ravine. : GULLY
40
Word of veto. : NYET
43
Buddy. : PAL
46
State. : KANSAS
47
Football gear. : HELMET
48
Bones: Lat. : OSSA
50
Pasta favorite. : PIZZA
51
Joy-filled. : ELATE
52
Demolished. : RAZED
53
Made an estimate of (with "up"). : SIZED
54
Spring event. : THAW
55
Apiece. : EACH
57
Moslem call to prayer. : AZAN
60
Part of a pile-driver. : RAM
61
Road surface. : TAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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