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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Wednesday, October 11, 1967

17-Across : Art of improving the memory.

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,633
Across
1
Place of honor. : DAIS
5
Relocate. : MOVE
9
Sprig. : SPRAY
14
Former radio personality. : ANDY
15
Straight line of a kind. : AXIS
16
Seaside resort beach. : PLAGE
17
Art of improving the memory. : MNEMONICS
19
Supply a new crew. : REMAN
20
Inhabited. : PEOPLED
21
Cure-alls. : ELIXIRS
23
___ ego. : ALTER
25
W. W. II theater. : ETO
26
Italian staples. : PASTAS
29
Enzyme. : ESTERASE
34
Principal. : ARCH
35
Garden pest. : APHIS
36
Goal of LL.B. candidate. : BAR
37
Not any: Colloq. : NARY
38
Navigation system. : LORAN
39
American journalist. : DANA
40
Central American tree. : EBO
41
Strength. : SINEW
42
Salamanders. : EFTS
43
Powerful explosives. : LYDDITES
45
Type of gaiter. : PUTTEE
47
Dutch city. : EDE
48
Participate. : SHARE
50
Important merchants. : GROCERS
54
The Scriptures. : ORACLES
58
Containing gold. : AURIC
59
Stimulus. : INCENTIVE
61
Daughter of Rigoletto. : GILDA
62
House or home. : NOUN
63
Ancient measure. : OMER
64
Expression of contempt. : SNEER
65
Formerly, once. : ERST
66
Resounded. : RANG
Down
1
Stifle. : DAMP
2
Regal name. : ANNE
3
Thought: Prefix. : IDEO
4
Sameness of feeling. : SYMPATHY
5
Certain works of art. : MANETS
6
Chemical compound. : OXIDE
7
Old ___. : VIC
8
Being: Lat. : ESSE
9
Goblins. : SPRITES
10
Medical percussion hammer. : PLEXOR
11
Branches: Biol. : RAMI
12
Laboratory substance. : AGAR
13
Deep desires: Colloq. : YENS
18
Earthenware jar. : OLLA
22
Admit. : LETIN
24
Keep under control. : REPRESS
26
TV group. : PANEL
27
Poetic land of the East. : ARABY
28
Kind of fish. : SCROD
30
One of T. E. Lawrence's names. : SHAW
31
Nautical term. : ABAFT
32
Health: Fr. : SANTE
33
Expunge. : ERASE
35
First-grade: Colloq. : AONE
38
Metric measure. : LITER
39
Radio device. : DETECTOR
41
Place for a passenger. : SIDECAR
44
Resolve. : DECIDE
45
Sire, for one. : PARENT
46
Monitor lizard. : URAN
49
Magician's word. : HOCUS
50
Silences. : GAGS
51
Archeologist's find. : RUIN
52
Heraldic band. : ORLE
53
Math term. : SINE
55
Where to spend a sol. : LIMA
56
Tranquil. : EVEN
57
Police officer: Abbr. : SERG
60
Repeated word in P.O. motto. : NOR

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

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