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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Thursday, September 16, 1976

48-Across : "___ ever so ... "

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 5 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
U
2
S
3
E
4
R
5
O
6
B
7
E
8
A
9
H
10
C
11
A
12
P
13
A
14
S
T
R
A
15
T
F
O
R
D
O
16
N
A
V
O
N
17
S
I
R
J
A
M
E
S
M
B
A
R
R
I
E
18
R
R
S
19
T
I
R
E
S
20
G
R
I
S
T
21
S
A
C
S
22
I
L
E
S
23
C
24
O
25
H
E
R
E
26
B
27
L
28
A
29
S
E
30
O
D
O
R
31
T
E
A
S
E
32
I
33
H
34
I
35
G
E
O
F
36
F
37
R
E
Y
C
H
A
38
U
C
E
R
39
S
A
P
40
R
I
L
L
S
41
N
O
L
I
42
P
O
O
L
E
43
B
44
L
I
N
D
S
45
B
46
A
47
I
L
48
B
E
I
T
49
U
L
N
A
50
R
51
D
52
R
A
W
S
53
P
54
O
55
E
56
L
O
U
I
S
57
A
M
A
Y
A
L
58
C
O
T
T
59
B
E
R
N
A
R
D
B
E
R
E
N
S
O
N
60
S
S
E
S
61
A
S
I
D
E
62
S
H
E
A
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,896
Across
1
Employer : USER
5
West Indian sorcery : OBEAH
10
Mantle : CAPA
14
English literary shrine : STRATFORDONAVON
17
Author of "Quality Street" : SIRJAMESMBARRIE
18
Certain carriers: Abbr. : RRS
19
Wearies : TIRES
20
Mill material : GRIST
21
Pouches : SACS
22
Miquelon et al. : ILES
23
Fit together : COHERE
26
Bored : BLASE
30
Scent : ODOR
31
Irritate : TEASE
32
Maori bird : IHI
35
Tabard Inn chronicler : GEOFFREYCHAUCER
39
Undermine : SAP
40
Small brooks : RILLS
41
___ me tangere : NOLI
42
Enlish dramatist : POOLE
43
Obscures : BLINDS
45
Price of freedom, for some : BAIL
48
"___ ever so ... " : BEIT
49
Of an arm bone : ULNAR
51
Boxing outcomes : DRAWS
53
U.S. author : POE
56
Chronicler of little people : LOUISAMAYALCOTT
59
Late expert on Italian art : BERNARDBERENSON
60
Compass directions : SSES
61
Theatrical ploy : ASIDE
62
Municipal stadium : SHEA
Down
1
U.N. member : USSR
2
Fuss : STIR
3
Goes amiss : ERRS
4
Reign, in India : RAJ
5
Part of a Steinbeck title : OFMICE
6
Certain Africans : BOERS
7
Gaelic : ERSE
8
Naval officers: Abbr. : ADMS
9
Thing to raise : HOB
10
Dreiser's Sister : CARRIE
11
Rainy month, in Paris : AVRIL
12
Self-confidence : POISE
13
Dills : ANETS
15
Soviet republic : TATAR
16
Pester : NAG
21
Thrall : SERF
23
Minor but essential workers : COGS
24
Old Greek theaters : ODEA
25
Kind of old skirt : HOOP
26
Stendhal's real name : BEYLE
27
Varnish ingrediets : LACS
28
Tree : ASH
29
Azov, for one : SEA
31
Archer of note : TELL
32
Image : ICON
33
Remained valid : HELD
34
Garden flower : IRIS
36
To's companion : FRO
37
Grande : RIO
38
Fixed amount : UNIT
42
Area east of Rockies : PLAINS
43
Careful! : BEWARE
44
Type of thread : LISLE
45
Lighting items : BULBS
46
Century plants : ALOES
47
Habituate : INURE
48
Barked : BAYED
50
British antiquarian soc. : RSA
51
Dental degrees : DMDS
52
Physicist Isador : RABI
53
Elegant : POSH
54
Western Indian : OTOE
55
Heater : ETNA
57
Macaw : ARA
58
Church codes: Abbr. : CNS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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