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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Wednesday, October 18, 1967

40-Down : Historic city.

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,640
Across
1
Thicket. : BRUSH
6
Nursery word. : DADA
10
Future. : TOBE
14
Novel heroine. : LORNA
15
Geraint's wife. : ENID
16
City of India. : AGRA
17
With force: Poet. : AMAIN
18
Performers of a kind. : CONJURERS
20
Asian metropolis. : BANGKOK
22
Call up by association. : SUGGEST
23
Plasterlike preparation. : GESSO
25
Article. : THE
26
Stick. : COHERE
29
Cape activity. : BLASTOFF
34
Love, in Genoa. : AMORE
35
Author Paton. : ALAN
36
Coast Guard member. : SPAR
37
Author Burman. : BEN
38
Behaves (oneself). : DEPORTS
41
Essay. : TRY
42
American writer. : AGEE
44
Status symbol. : MINK
45
Clerical vestment. : AMICE
47
Roundup activity. : LASSOING
49
Detective of a kind. : TRACER
50
Cousins. : KIN
51
Ermine. : STOAT
53
Engraves. : INCISES
57
Wrongs. : INJURES
61
Pest. : TORMENTOR
63
Notched, as leaves. : EROSE
64
A Muse. : CLIO
65
Dear: It. : CARO
66
Hearth goddess. : VESTA
67
Brinker. : HANS
68
Storm centers. : EYES
69
"___ a Grecian Urn." : ODEON
Down
1
Let the cat out of the bag. : BLAB
2
"A rivederci, ___!" : ROMA
3
Monitor lizard. : URAN
4
Silly laugh. : SNIGGER
5
Desired (with "for"). : HANKERED
6
Poop and others. : DECKS
7
Upward: Prefix. : ANO
8
Assails with noise. : DINS
9
Staff officer. : ADJUTANT
10
Goals. : TARGETS
11
Kind of molding. : OGEE
12
Chilly sounds. : BRRS
13
One of the famous "twain." : EAST
19
Sounds of disapproval. : UGHS
21
Chemistry suffix. : OSE
24
Geometric figures. : OBLONGS
26
Intrigue. : CABAL
27
Last. : OMEGA
28
Tonsorial tools. : HONES
30
Symbol of song. : LARK
31
Visual. : OPTIC
32
Type of play. : FARCE
33
Kind of fowl. : FRYER
35
Neat as ___. : APIN
39
Title of respect. : EMINENCE
40
Historic city. : SARAJEVO
43
Nanook and others. : ESKIMOS
46
Well adjusted. : MATURED
48
French river. : OISE
49
Vogue. : TON
52
A satellite. : TIROS
53
Desire: Colloq. : ITCH
54
Popular piano piece. : NOLA
55
Fabric, for short. : CRIN
56
Opposite of go. : STAY
58
Dorothy Perkins. : ROSE
59
This: Sp. : ESTO
60
Connery. : SEAN
62
Siderite. : ORE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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