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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Saturday, October 28, 1950

28-Across : Maturing agent.

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 496
Across
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Great soprano of the 19th century. : PATTI
6
Exchange. : SWAP
10
For fear that. : LEST
14
Shrink from, with a shudder. : ABHOR
15
Grandma Moses' medium. : OILS
16
Mixture. : OLIO
17
Joint arrangement. : COESTABLISHMENT
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Name meaning burden. : AMOS
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An awning. : TILT
22
Football players. : BACKS
23
"___ Sack." : SAD
24
Catcher for the Yankees. : YOGI
25
Go on a non-starch diet. : BANT
26
Round-the-world solo flyer. : ODOM
28
Maturing agent. : AGER
30
England's best defense. : RAF
33
One of twelve men. : JUROR
35
One of Queen Juliana's names. : EMMA
36
___ Negri. : POLA
37
He attends all Cabinet meetings. : AVERELLHARRIMAN
40
B. C. Persian. : MEDE
41
Arabian state. : OMAN
42
Borneo ape. : ORANG
43
Tribunal. : BAR
44
Coast Guard woman. : SPAR
45
Edward Johnson's successor. : BING
46
Italian royal family. : ESTE
48
Unfeigned. : REAL
50
Nothing. : NIL
53
Capital of Ecuador. : QUITO
55
Telephone accessory. : DIAL
56
Fix over. : REDO
57
Ingenuous. : UNSOPHISTICATED
60
Roman road. : ITER
61
Bacchanalian cry. : EVOE
62
Spring up. : ARISE
63
Conservative. : TORY
64
Founder of the Keystone State. : PENN
65
International agreements. : PACTS
Down
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Spotted cavies. : PACAS
2
Large boa constrictor. : ABOMA
3
He and his brother wrote "On the Banks of the Wabash." : THEODOREDREISER
4
Flip. : TOSS
5
Part of New York City's subway system. : IRT
6
Edna Ferber's Pulitzer Prize novel. : SOBIG
7
Administrator of the N. P. A. : WILLIAMHARRISON
8
Landed. : ALIT
9
Additions to letters. : PSS
10
Thomas Mitchell's role. : LOMAN
11
Describing a device for lifting masses of iron. : ELECTROMAGNETIC
12
Slope downward. : SINK
13
Kindergartners. : TOTS
18
Constituent of an element. : ATOM
19
Piece of steel, with wide flanges. : HBAR
24
Auld Lang Syne. : YORE
25
Russia. : BEAR
27
Famous French illustrator. : DORE
29
F. B. I. agent. : GMAN
31
Mr. Paton. : ALAN
32
Bullying magistrate in "Oliver Twist." : FANG
33
Upright piece forming the side of an opening. : JAMB
34
Part of the eye. : UVEA
35
Girl's name. : ELMA
36
Reel on which thread or yarn is wound. : PIRN
38
Easy stride. : LOPE
39
Irritate. : ROIL
44
Block. : STOP
45
Part of the refrain of Bloody Mary's song. : BALI
47
Newspaper account. : STORY
49
Devoured. : EATEN
51
That is: Latin. : IDEST
52
Veins of gold. : LODES
53
Cease. : QUIT
54
Biblical preposition. : UNTO
55
Jackknife. : DIVE
56
___ avis. : RARA
58
Having inside info. : HEP
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Mortarboard. : CAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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