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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Monday, August 7, 1967

68-Across : Lyric poem.

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,568
Across
1
Social liability. : CAD
4
Feathers. : DOWN
8
Shore dinner order. : CRABS
13
Nigerians. : IBOS
15
Kind of oil. : OLEO
16
Kept talking. : RANON
17
Forbidding words. : NONO
18
Labels. : TAGS
19
Radio specialty. : OPERA
20
Architectural ornaments. : QUATREFOILS
23
Obsession. : TIC
24
Wrench. : TOOL
25
Baltic port of Germany. : ROSTOCK
27
Chou En-___. : LAI
29
One of Edison's names. : ALVA
32
Poetic contraction. : OER
33
Instruments. : OBOES
35
Results. : ENDS
37
Voyaging. : ASEA
41
Certain correspondents. : CONSTANTREADERS
44
Multitude. : HOST
45
Forever and ___. : ADAY
46
Rosary. : BEADS
47
Miscue. : ERR
49
Verb ending. : ESCE
51
Acted as a model. : SAT
52
Man with a country. : PATRIOT
56
Heavenly symbol. : HALO
58
Oklahoma city. : ADA
59
Divination of dreams. : ONEIROMANCY
64
Man of metal. : ROBOT
66
Very wet. : ASOP
67
Storage structure. : SILO
68
Lyric poem. : EPODE
69
Thunder sound. : CLAP
70
Eel: Dial. : SNIG
71
Violin, for short. : STRAD
72
Hollywood name. : HEDY
73
Antelope of Asia. : GOA
Down
1
Five, in France. : CINQ
2
Asiatic name. : ABOU
3
Money of a kind. : DONATIONS
4
Is that so? : DOTELL
5
Norwegian ruler. : OLAF
6
"And away ___!" : WEGO
7
Polite answer. : NOSIR
8
La ___, Wis. : CROSSE
9
Critical review. : RAP
10
Spanish name of Pic de Néthou. : ANETO
11
Kind of acid. : BORIC
12
Bite. : SNACK
14
___ say. : SOTO
21
Cookout. : ROAST
22
Unfettered. : LOOSE
26
England's lifeblood. : TRADE
27
Katrine. : LOCH
28
Irish battle cry. : ABOO
30
Put on the market. : VEND
31
Kinds of pillars. : ANTAE
34
Chemical salt. : ESTER
36
Prohibitionists. : DRYS
38
Rookie's need. : SEASONING
39
Brünnhilde's mother. : ERDA
40
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
42
Burr. : AARON
43
Nautical direction. : ABEAM
48
Behaved unrestrainedly. : RIOTED
50
Like the sea. : CHOPPY
52
Does a KP job. : PARES
53
Take up. : ADOPT
54
Drum. : TABOR
55
Follow a profession. : TEACH
57
Miss. : LASS
60
Part of Britain. : ISLE
61
Concourse. : ROAD
62
Muse. : CLIO
63
Hindu belief. : YOGA
65
Harem room. : ODA

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

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