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Leonard Sussman
New York Times, Monday, April 21, 1958
42-Down : Most wise.
Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Grid has duplicate clues.
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 54-Across had "Put In Bay"; corrected it to "Put-in-Bay."
1 B | 2 O | 3 S | 4 H | 5 D | 6 I | 7 V | 8 A | 9 S | 10 F | 11 A | 12 K | 13 E |
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14 E | K | K | A | 15 E | D | I | F | Y | 16 L | U | I | S |
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17 T | R | I | N | 18 F | O | O | T | B | 19 O | A | R | D | S |
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20 H | A | N | D | 21 B | I | L | L | 22 A | B | R | A | D | E |
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23 F | O | A | L | S | 24 F | R | E | E | ||||||
25 A | 26 L | L | U | R | E | 27 G | L | I | S | S | 28 A | 29 D | 30 E |
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31 S | U | I | T | E | 32 R | O | U | T | E | 33 R | O | D |
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34 I | N | N | S | 35 B | O | I | T | E | 36 S | M | U | G |
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37 A | G | T | 38 C | R | A | N | E | 39 T | E | A | S | E |
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40 N | E | S | 41 T | L | I | N | G | 42 S | U | N | D | E | R |
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43 R | A | G | S | 44 R | A | T | T | I | ||||||
45 T | 46 A | 47 M | A | R | A | 48 A | I | G | U | I | L | 49 L | 50 E |
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51 H | E | E | L | A | N | 52 D | T | O | E | 53 E | L | A | M |
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54 E | R | I | E | 55 D | E | E | D | S | 56 N | O | L | I |
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57 N | O | N | E | 58 S | W | E | E | T | 59 T | S | A | R |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,219
Across
1
Stuff and nonsense. : BOSH
5
Prima donnas. : DIVAS
10
Bogus. : FAKE
14
One-horse carriage of India. : EKKA
15
Instruct. : EDIFY
16
Fighter Firpo. : LUIS
17
One of triplets. : TRIN
18
Parts of beds. : FOOTBOARDS
20
Loose printed sheet. : HANDBILL
22
Scrape off. : ABRADE
23
Young animals. : FOALS
24
Liberate. : FREE
25
Entice. : ALLURE
27
Dance step. : GLISSADE
31
Staff. : SUITE
32
Road. : ROUTE
33
Staff. : ROD
34
Hostels. : INNS
35
Box: Fr. : BOITE
36
Self-satisfied. : SMUG
37
Deputy: Abbr. : AGT
38
Author of "Red Badge of Courage." : CRANE
39
Importune. : TEASE
40
Young bird. : NESTLING
42
Rive. : SUNDER
43
"___ to riches." : RAGS
44
Original name of Pope Pius XI. : RATTI
45
Italian condiment. : TAMARA
48
Needle-shaped peak of rock. : AIGUILLE
51
Designating a walking race. : HEELANDTOE
53
Ancient kingdom of Asia. : ELAM
54
Lake of Put-in-Bay. : ERIE
55
Acts. : DEEDS
56
___ me tangere (touch me not): Lat. : NOLI
57
Not at all. : NONE
58
Term of endearment. : SWEET
59
Russian ruler. : TSAR
Down
1
One of the Little Women. : BETH
2
Plant with sticky green pods. : OKRA
3
Misers. : SKINFLINTS
4
Press releases. : HANDOUTS
5
Narrow gorge. : DEFILE
6
Objects of devotion. : IDOLS
7
Musical instrument. : VIOL
8
Astern. : AFT
9
Luxury lover. : SYBARITE
10
Signal lights. : FLARES
11
Emanation. : AURA
12
Famous pirate. : KIDD
13
Being: Lat. : ESSE
19
Stout. : OBESE
21
Empty. : BARE
24
Wind instrument. : FLUTE
25
Chinese. : ASIAN
26
Thrust. : LUNGE
27
Part of an auctioneer's chant. : GOING
28
Burrowing mammals. : ARMADILLOS
29
Drench. : DOUSE
30
Machine for shaping timber. : EDGER
32
Certain horses. : ROANS
35
Bandits. : BRIGANDS
36
Capable of feeling. : SENTIENT
38
Miss Barton of Red Cross fame. : CLARA
39
Ballet skirt. : TUTU
41
"Rose of ___." : TRALEE
42
Most wise. : SAGEST
44
___ Janeiro. : RIODE
45
Consequently. : THEN
46
Air: Comb. form. : AERO
47
Chow ___. : MEIN
48
To ___ (exactly). : ATEE
49
Song refrain. : LALA
50
Eastern title. : EMIR
52
Moisture. : DEW
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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