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Leonard Sussman
New York Times, Thursday, March 14, 1963
46-Down : ___ belli.
Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 O | 3 T | 4 O | 5 R | 6 P | 7 A | 8 C | 9 A | 10 L | 11 A | 12 N | 13 E |
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14 A | K | E | L | A | 15 A | R | O | W | 16 A | G | A | L |
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17 F | R | E | E | F | 18 O | R | A | L | L | 19 S | E | T | A |
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20 T | A | M | 21 R | I | L | L | 22 R | E | N | A | N |
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23 O | 24 W | L | S | 25 E | 26 M | E | R | A | L | D |
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27 A | 28 P | 29 A | C | H | E | 30 A | C | I | D | S | ||||
31 C | O | T | T | A | 32 A | R | T | S | 33 S | 34 H | 35 S |
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36 M | O | L | O | T | 37 O | V | C | O | C | 38 K | 39 T | A | I | L |
40 E | L | I | 41 V | E | E | R | 42 I | R | A | D | E |
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43 A | 44 M | E | N | D | 45 G | E | A | R | E | D |
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46 C | 47 O | 48 N | S | O | R | T | 49 P | O | L | Y | ||||
50 A | V | A | S | T | 51 I | 52 T | A | L | 53 A | 54 H | 55 A |
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56 S | U | R | E | 57 U | N | I | N | F | 58 O | 59 R | M | E | D |
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60 U | L | E | S | 61 M | U | T | E | 62 L | E | O | R | A |
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63 S | E | W | S | 64 P | S | I | S | 65 A | B | R | A | M |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,977
Across
1
Machine part. : ROTOR
6
Spotted cavy. : PACA
10
Path. : LANE
14
Wolf, in Kipling tales. : AKELA
15
In a line. : AROW
16
Bedouin's head cord. : AGAL
17
Battle royal. : FREEFORALL
19
Bristle. : SETA
20
Relative of a Glengarry. : TAM
21
Brook. : RILL
22
French author. : RENAN
23
Wise ones. : OWLS
25
Color. : EMERALD
27
Geronimo, for one. : APACHE
30
Laboratory essentials. : ACIDS
31
Acolyte's garb. : COTTA
32
Lincoln Center's metier. : ARTS
33
Soothing sounds. : SHS
36
Hangover from W. W. II. : MOLOTOVCOCKTAIL
40
Yale. : ELI
41
Shift. : VEER
42
Turkish decree. : IRADE
43
Correct. : AMEND
45
Set for operation. : GEARED
46
Wife or husband. : CONSORT
49
Diverse: Prefix. : POLY
50
Nautical call. : AVAST
51
Where Leghorn is: Abbr. : ITAL
53
Sound of surprise. : AHA
56
Confident. : SURE
57
Not in the know. : UNINFORMED
60
Diminutive suffixes. : ULES
61
Hornblower's muffler. : MUTE
62
Mrs. Arrowsmith. : LEORA
63
Embroiders. : SEWS
64
Greek letters. : PSIS
65
Biblical patriarch. : ABRAM
Down
1
Finn's craft. : RAFT
2
Vegetable. : OKRA
3
Swarm. : TEEM
4
Cockney's predicament. : OLE
5
Historic air group. : RAF
6
Mona Lisa's home. : PARIS
7
Asian sea. : ARAL
8
Numismatist, for one. : COLLECTOR
9
Leather worker's tool. : AWL
10
Scientific marvels amplifying light. : LASERS
11
Star in Centaurus. : AGENA
12
Province of the U.S.A. : NATAL
13
Giant antelope. : ELAND
18
Heraldic band. : ORLE
22
Florid. : RED
23
Numerical prefix. : OCTO
24
Indeed! : WHAT
26
Assorted: Abbr. : MISC
27
Zenith. : ACME
28
Swimming hole. : POOL
29
King of Norse myth. : ATLI
30
Formed an electrical phenomenon. : ARCED
32
Hill of Rome: Lat. : AVENTINUS
33
River into the Moselle. : SAAR
34
Keep secret. : HIDE
35
Sea ___ (motor boat). : SLED
37
Surplus. : OVER
38
Baltic port. : KIEL
39
Carhop's need. : TRAY
43
Levy. : ASSESS
44
Clever remark. : MOT
45
Palmer's forte. : GOLF
46
___ belli. : CASUS
47
Rudimentary. : OVULE
48
River into the Bug. : NAREW
49
Window parts. : PANES
52
Buckwheat tree. : TITI
53
Spanish love. : AMOR
54
Mother of Ares. : HERA
55
Bede. : ADAM
57
Strike caller. : UMP
58
Wave: Sp. : OLA
59
Defiant one, for short. : REB
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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