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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Tuesday, November 12, 1963

34-Down : Confederates: Slang.

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,217
Across
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Bitter. : ACERB
6
Calendar abbreviations. : SATS
10
Dwellings: Abbr. : APTS
14
South American animal. : TAPIR
15
Author Hamsun. : KNUT
16
Crack. : FLAW
17
Treasure ___. : TROVE
18
Toward the center. : INTO
19
Hill in Erin. : TARA
20
Maquis, for instance. : UNDERGROUND
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Dwelling. : INN
24
Poetic contraction. : EER
25
___ Khan. : ALY
26
Tall tale. : YARN
28
Famous name in show biz. : JESSEL
31
City in Iraq. : MOSUL
34
North American tree. : REDOAK
37
Worked out. : DID
39
Further. : MORE
40
Put into action. : EXERTED
42
Franco's party. : FALANGE
44
Flicker, for one. : BIRD
45
Dress (up). : TOG
47
Holy river. : GANGES
48
Belt. : STRAP
50
Calamitous. : TRAGIC
52
Move very slowly. : INCH
54
All's partner. : ONE
55
Feel unwell. : AIL
58
Slangy exclamation. : MAN
60
State police member. : TEXASRANGER
64
Jason's ship. : ARGO
66
Descartes. : RENE
67
Famous first name in U.N. : ADLAI
68
Accomplished. : MADE
69
Soviet city. : OREL
70
So: Fr. : ALORS
71
Love, in Spain. : AMOR
72
Freshman's home. : DORM
73
Sierra ___. : LEONE
Down
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U.S.O. stopover. : ATTU
2
Chile con ___. : CARNE
3
Lyric poem. : EPODE
4
Biblical waterway. : RIVERJORDAN
5
Brother, to Uncle Remus. : BRER
6
Bagpipe sounds. : SKIRLS
7
Bothered. : ANNOYED
8
Ballet garment. : TUTU
9
Pitiless. : STONY
10
Opposite of fore. : AFT
11
Gregorian chant. : PLAINSONG
12
Mountain lake. : TARN
13
"___ Lake." : SWAN
21
Machine part. : GASKET
22
Beaver's specialty. : DAM
27
Fourth of July feature. : ROMANCANDLE
29
___ one's words. : EAT
30
Man, in Teutonic myth. : LIF
32
Press. : URGE
33
Virginians. : LEES
34
Confederates: Slang. : REBS
35
Theater sign. : EXIT
36
Reckless courage. : DERRINGDO
38
Reference mark. : DAGGER
41
Bride's portion. : DOT
43
Chou en ___. : LAI
46
Nickname for Crosby. : GROANER
49
Banker's concern: Abbr. : PCT
51
Saint from Canterbury. : ANSELM
53
Ruler of Galilee. : HEROD
56
Housing of a sort. : IGLOO
57
Become aware. : LEARN
58
P.T.A. member. : MAMA
59
Hebrew name for Syria. : ARAM
61
Dry: Prefix. : XERO
62
Literary group: Abbr. : AAAL
63
Become more intense. : RISE
65
Poetic contraction. : OER

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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