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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Tuesday, December 17, 1963

22-Across : Religious leader.

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F H Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,252
Across
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Small room. : CELL
5
Philippine native. : MORO
9
"___ with music ... " : SAYIT
14
Town near Caracas. : AROA
15
Asian river. : AMUR
16
Penned. : WROTE
17
Awaits developments. : MARKSTIME
19
Biblical priest. : AARON
20
Military monogram. : USA
21
Belgrade's Broz. : TITO
22
Religious leader. : ABBESS
23
Forward. : SENDON
25
Religious leader. : RABBI
27
Kind of test. : ORAL
29
Become sunny. : CLEARUP
33
Put in an unwanted category. : BLACKLISTED
37
Service group. : USO
38
Salt ___. : LICK
39
Age of innocence. : TWO
40
Fundamentals. : ABCS
41
Sowing item. : OAT
42
Vacation treat. : OCEANVOYAGE
46
Garment. : WRAPPER
48
Briscoe's land. : EIRE
49
Shampoo extra. : RINSE
51
Engross wholly. : ABSORB
55
Symbol in music. : REPEAT
58
Veni, ___, vici. : VIDI
60
Aunt: Sp. : TIA
61
Bird. : EGRET
62
Debaters' forte. : REBUTTALS
64
Neuilly's river. : SEINE
65
Leif's father. : ERIC
66
Greek god. : ARES
67
Lock of hair. : TRESS
68
Organized routine: Abbr. : SYST
69
Art of self-defense. : JUDO
Down
1
Nobel prize writer. : CAMUS
2
Rub off. : ERASE
3
Navigation system. : LORAN
4
"Mighty ___ a Rose." : LAK
5
Of the morning. : MATINAL
6
Fail to do. : OMIT
7
Gossip's forte. : RUMOR
8
Norwegian coin. : ORE
9
Mopped. : SWABBED
10
Asian land. : ARABIA
11
Of ___. : YORE
12
Japanese family. : ITOS
13
Hosiery sizes. : TENS
18
Long-legged bird. : STORK
22
Skilled. : ABLE
24
Wharf. : DOCK
26
Program heading. : ACTONE
28
Measures. : LITERS
30
"___-dub-dub ... " : RUBA
31
The Spars' monogram. : USCG
32
Pretense. : POSE
33
Gale. : BLOW
34
Ananias. : LIAR
35
___ part. : ACTA
36
Angola's neighbor: Abbr. : SWA
40
Certain votes. : AYES
42
Certain drugs. : OPIATES
43
Per ___. : CENT
44
Kind of bridge. : VIADUCT
45
Journey for Cooper. : ORBIT
47
Adorns (oneself). : PREENS
50
One and all. : EVERY
52
Hokkaido port. : OTARU
53
Irritated: Colloq. : RILED
54
Singer. : BASSO
55
Tranquility. : REST
56
Elbe tributary. : EGER
57
___-dieu. : PRIE
59
Long-legged bird. : IBIS
62
Legal matter. : RES
63
___ Mahal. : TAJ

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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