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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Wednesday, January 10, 1951

12-Down : Relative of the whale.

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F Q Y }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 570
Across
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Allows as a discount. : REBATES
8
Oriental temples. : PAGODAS
15
Quondam; former. : ONETIME
16
Inspiring respectful fear. : AWESOME
17
Group of European countries. : BENELUX
18
Noisy freight train. : RATTLER
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Early feminist, first woman to own land in Maryland. : BRENT
20
Disrupts. : TEARS
22
Prior to: Prefix. : PRE
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Mix these to make a nog. : EGGS
24
This star is visible Tuesday night. : BERLE
25
Climb a tree. : SHIN
26
A creek. : RIA
27
Pertaining to a whale. : CETAL
28
Malayan island group, the Moluccas. : SPICE
29
Coat of the eyeball. : SCLERA
31
Lyrical forms used by Dante. : SESTINAS
33
Theda Bara. : VAMP
35
Function of the World Bank. : LOAN
36
Governor McMath's state. : ARKANSAS
40
Away from the mouth. : ABORAL
44
Queen: French. : REINE
45
A cartoon family. : GUMPS
47
Girl's name meaning noble. : ADA
48
Woes. : ILLS
49
Rest: French. : REPOS
50
The talk of swing enthusiasts. : JIVE
51
Part of a jagged line. : ZAG
52
The unforgotten Miss Hokinson. : HELEN
53
One of the Philippine Islands. : SAMAR
54
Calcareous formation in the inner ear. : OTOLITE
56
Nutriment. : ALIMENT
58
Distillates of orange flowers. : NEROLIS
59
Modulation of the voice. : CADENCE
60
Spaces between the veins of leaves. : AREOLAS
61
Prototype of Orin, in "Mourning Becomes Electra." : ORESTES
Down
1
Hold-up men. : ROBBERS
2
Pertaining to inherent power. : ENERGIC
3
Sir ___ Rau of India. : BENEGAL
4
Solar disks. : ATENS
5
Slant. : TILT
6
Bird that can't fly. : EMU
7
Tuneful number from "Lucia." : SEXTET
8
Strategic line in Korea. : PARALLEL
9
Cognizant. : AWARE
10
Reaches. : GETS
11
Bone: Comb. form. : OST
12
Relative of the whale. : DOLPHIN
13
The Voice of ___. : AMERICA
14
Tranquilizes. : SERENES
21
Ages. : ERAS
24
Signals to guide fliers. : BEAMS
25
Thorn: Comb. form. : SPINO
27
"Hilda ___," starring Jessica Tandy. : CRANE
28
Pierces. : STABS
30
Popular Shakespearean actor. : EVANS
32
Lathers. : SOAPS
34
Describing certain loose-leaf notebooks. : PAGELESS
36
Where the Painted Desert is. : ARIZONA
37
Narrator. : RELATER
38
Senator, member of Armed Services Committee. : KILGORE
39
Actor in a mob scene. : SUPE
41
Garments. : RAIMENT
42
Military movement. : ADVANCE
43
Ophelia's brother. : LAERTES
46
Principality on the Mediterranean. : MONACO
49
Networks. : RETIA
50
Popular band leader. : JAMES
52
Senator from Alabama. : HILL
53
Party. : SIDE
55
Card game, with forfeits. : LOO
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Household god. : LAR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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