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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Thursday, March 14, 1963

47-Down : Rudimentary.

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.
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© 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
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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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