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Leonard Sussman
New York Times, Thursday, June 1, 1967
39-Across : Lassie.
Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 71, 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.
1 T | 2 A | 3 H | 4 R | 5 T | 6 A | 7 T | 8 A | 9 S | 10 E | 11 L | 12 B | 13 A |
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14 O | T | O | E | 15 O | R | I | B | I | 16 N | E | E | R |
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17 W | O | O | D | 18 T | U | R | N | E | R | 19 R | A | N | K |
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20 S | I | T | S | U | P | 21 S | T | E | 22 W | A | R | D | S |
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23 T | R | E | 24 K | 25 S | N | A | P | |||||||
26 S | 27 P | 28 E | A | K | E | R | 29 I | N | T | 30 A | 31 C | 32 T |
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33 T | E | R | R | S | 34 A | 35 L | 36 G | A | E | 37 N | E | E |
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38 E | R | A | T | 39 B | A | I | R | N | 40 A | I | D | A |
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41 A | C | T | 42 M | E | L | B | A | 43 A | T | T | A | R |
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44 K | H | O | 45 T | A | N | 46 T | 47 A | R | T | A | R | S |
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48 A | G | E | 49 S | 50 E | T | R | E | |||||||
51 O | 52 F | 53 F | S | I | D | E | 54 S | 55 L | A | S | 56 S | 57 E | 58 N |
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59 C | L | A | M | 60 I | N | T | 61 R | A | S | T | A | T | E |
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62 H | E | R | A | 63 C | O | A | T | S | 64 T | I | N | O |
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65 S | E | E | N | 66 T | R | Y | S | T | 67 O | L | A | N |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,501
Across
1
Wild goat of Asia. : TAHR
5
Casual farewells. : TATAS
10
Island off Tuscany. : ELBA
14
Indian. : OTOE
15
African antelope. : ORIBI
16
Poetic contraction. : NEER
17
Lathe worker. : WOODTURNER
19
Status. : RANK
20
Performs a canine feat. : SITSUP
21
Managers. : STEWARDS
23
Migratory journey. : TREK
25
Easy task. : SNAP
26
House man. : SPEAKER
29
Unbroken. : INTACT
33
Regions: Abbr. : TERRS
34
Seaweed. : ALGAE
37
Born. : NEE
38
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
39
Lassie. : BAIRN
40
Operatic role. : AIDA
41
Statute. : ACT
42
Famous soprano. : MELBA
43
Perfume. : ATTAR
44
City in China. : KHOTAN
46
Formidable ones. : TARTARS
48
Mesozoic and others. : AGES
50
Raison d'___. : ETRE
51
Football blunders. : OFFSIDES
55
Volcano in California. : LASSEN
59
Silent one. : CLAM
60
Not the concern of I.C.C. : INTRASTATE
62
Greek goddess. : HERA
63
Layers. : COATS
64
Spanish boy's name. : TINO
65
Understood. : SEEN
66
Boy meets girl. : TRYST
67
Chinese heroine. : OLAN
Down
1
Drags. : TOWS
2
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
3
Bird sound. : HOOT
4
Warbler. : REDSTART
5
Type of headwear. : TOUPEE
6
Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
7
Covers with solder. : TINS
8
Encourages. : ABETS
9
Sea cow or dugong. : SIRENIAN
10
Completely absorbed. : ENRAPT
11
Shakespearean character. : LEAR
12
Crook. : BEND
13
Houseboats. : ARKS
18
Mohammedans. : TURKS
22
Grow smaller. : WANE
24
S. African settlement. : KRAAL
26
Chop house specialty. : STEAK
27
Fish. : PERCH
28
Calliope's sister. : ERATO
30
Miss Loos. : ANITA
31
Wood. : CEDAR
32
Rushes. : TEARS
35
Ad ___. : LIB
36
Jar. : GRATE
39
Married man. : BENEDICT
40
Bear witness. : ATTESTTO
42
Wise men. : MAGI
43
Tapestry. : ARRAS
45
Discoverer of Australian island. : TASMAN
47
Finally. : ATLAST
49
Lima title. : SENOR
51
Name in newspaper lore. : OCHS
52
Hasten off. : FLEE
53
Provender. : FARE
54
Postponement. : STAY
56
Cruise. : SAIL
57
Sicilian sight. : ETNA
58
Element No. 10 : NEON
61
Football players: Abbr. : RTS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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