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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Wednesday, March 12, 1975

25-Down : Banana or olive

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F H J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,342
Across
1
Source of great wealth : GOLDMINE
9
Fleece or Bough : GOLDEN
15
Vespucius : AMERICUS
16
Olive enzyme : OLEASE
17
Showing devotion : REVERENT
18
Shack : LEANTO
19
Geraint's wife : ENID
20
Boy Scout pioneer : BEARD
22
Perceptive : KEEN
23
La ___, Bolivia : PAZ
24
Tropical tree : EBO
26
Students: Abbr. : SRS
27
G. I. neckwear : DOGTAG
31
Land with rainy plains : SPAIN
33
French friends : AMIES
34
Old English pennies : STERLINGS
38
Teutonic goddess : NORN
39
Hired thugs : GOONS
40
Trim : NEAT
41
Former area of Africa : GOLDCOAST
43
Perle : MESTA
44
Fine cloths : SILKS
45
P. O. machine : SORTER
46
Flatfoot : COP
49
White House initials : DDE
50
Finished : DID
51
Odd, in Scotland : ORRA
53
Military aide's décor : BRAID
55
Pelvic bones : ILIA
59
City of Wisconsin : WAUSAU
61
Jewelry-store purchase : GOLDRING
63
Conclusion : ENDING
64
Metropolis of Australia : ADELAIDE
65
Bed frames : STEADS
66
"___ at night, sailors' delight" : REDSKIES
Down
1
Station, in Lyon : GARE
2
Presage : OMEN
3
Jacob's son : LEVI
4
Scott : DRED
5
Russian community : MIR
6
Hangover help : ICEBAG
7
Vasco ___ de Balboa : NUNEZ
8
This: Sp. : ESTA
9
Items at Ft. Knox : GOLDBARS
10
Cheer for a matador : OLE
11
News source, at times : LEAK
12
Hamlet and Andersen : DANES
13
Chemical compound : ESTER
14
Bright lights : NEONS
21
Rue : REPENT
23
Dance step : PAS
25
Banana or olive : OIL
27
Mild expletive : DANG
28
Melville novel : OMOO
29
Kind of scout : GIRL
30
Inclines : TENDS
31
Facing a glacier : STOSS
32
Forty-___ : NINER
34
Long, steady rain : SOAKER
35
Series of boxes : NEST
36
Golden ___ : GATE
37
Gold ___ : STAR
39
Beetles for Poe : GOLDBUGS
42
El ___ : CID
43
Dress style : MOD
45
Moved obliquely : SIDLED
46
Port on Isle of Wight : COWES
47
Praying figure : ORANT
48
Fastidious person : PRUDE
50
Electron tube : DIODE
52
___ Minor : ASIA
54
Culture medium : AGAR
55
Mideast land: Var. : IRAK
56
Roman 53 : LIII
57
India, to French : INDE
58
Golden and others : AGES
60
Connective : AND
62
Librarian's degree : DLS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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