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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Monday, February 11, 1963

60-Across : German author and poet.

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, 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. 4,950
Across
1
Invitation. : CALL
5
In search of. : AFTER
10
Relative of the apteryx. : MOA
13
Parental injunction. : OBEY
14
Electrical device. : DIODE
15
Of the preceding month: Abbr. : ULTO
17
Epistolary salutation. : DEAR
18
Science fiction pioneer. : VERNE
19
"___ thief ... " : SETA
20
Not in the script. : ADLIB
22
Omits. : LEAVESOUT
24
Musial, for one. : CARD
26
Psychiatrist's concern. : EGO
27
Army man: Abbr. : CPL
30
Ascetic belief. : YOGA
32
Garden flowers, for short. : GLADS
36
Meteorologist's concern. : RAINSTORM
39
Asian kingdom: Var. : IRAK
40
___ account. : ONNO
41
Full of enthusiasm. : EAGER
43
___ II, 1962 ship. : NINA
44
Field: Lat. : AGER
45
Adjective for Crusoe. : LONELIEST
47
Lady of "la plume." : TANTE
49
Corresponding. : SAME
50
Shelter. : LEE
51
Weather forecast. : HOT
53
Stimulus. : GOAD
55
Transversely. : CROSSWISE
60
German author and poet. : RILKE
64
Palmer's specialty. : PUTT
65
Slow. : INERT
67
Weather forecast. : COLD
68
Legal proceedings. : ACTA
69
Minute groove. : STRIA
70
Dryad's home. : TREE
71
Biblical measure. : KOR
72
Tribal emblem. : TOTEM
73
Part of Arabia. : ADEN
Down
1
Musical passage. : CODA
2
Retired. : ABED
3
Faithful, Scottish style. : LEAL
4
Kind of soprano. : LYRIC
5
Grammarian's abbreviation. : ADV
6
Score of a sort. : FIELDGOAL
7
Divided. : TORE
8
Girl's name meaning "delight." : EDNA
9
Secure, nautically. : REEVE
10
Fascism personified. : MUSSOLINI
11
Kitchen item. : OLEO
12
Far north base. : ATTU
16
Grain. : OAT
21
Barks. : BAYS
23
Humpty-Dumpty. : EGG
25
By ___ (by memory alone). : ROTE
27
Balkanite. : CROAT
28
African machete. : PANGA
29
Dress goods. : LINEN
31
Ancient city of Greece. : ARGOS
33
Shakespearean character. : ARIEL
34
Valse. : DANSE
35
Salt-water fish. : SKATE
37
Pilot's concern. : NORTHSTAR
38
Zoologist's concern. : MENAGERIE
42
San ___, Italy. : REMO
46
Shakespearean character. : LEAR
48
Greek goddess. : EOS
52
Dickensian character. : TWIST
54
Judicial pronouncement. : DICTA
55
Accountant. : CPA
56
Multitude. : RUCK
57
Early German ruler. : OTTO
58
Common function word. : INTO
59
Spanish painter. : SERT
61
Title. : LORD
62
Modern Swiss painter. : KLEE
63
Former P.M. : EDEN
66
Cap, for short. : TAM

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

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