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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Tuesday, July 25, 1967

27-Down : Hesitate.

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, 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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H
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A
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K
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B
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R
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D
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D
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A
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,555
Across
1
Wants very much. : HOPES
6
Type of writer. : HACK
10
Deck post. : BITT
14
Remarque. : ERICH
15
Unpleasant symptom. : AGUE
16
Medical suffix. : EMIA
17
Climber's challenge. : MATTERHORN
19
Chooses. : OPTS
20
Strand of yarn. : PLY
21
Of the dawn. : EOAN
22
Flaherty's Eskimo. : NANOOK
24
Musical work. : OPUS
25
Egyptian king, 3400 B.C. : MENES
26
Parisian hoodlum. : APACHE
29
Go through a renewal process. : MOLT
30
Headgear. : TAM
33
British theatrical name. : CARTE
34
Menuet, for one. : DANSE
35
Swiss canton. : URI
36
Scandalmonger's forte. : RUMOR
37
Choler. : IRE
38
One of the Days. : DORIS
40
O.T. book. : ISA
41
Ship's gear. : DAVIT
43
Intellectual results. : IDEAS
44
Weatherman's abbreviation. : DEG
45
Like coal: Fr. : EBON
46
Very smooth. : GLASSY
47
Bird. : EGRET
49
Part of RSVP. : VOUS
50
Unassuming. : MODEST
52
Russian city. : KIEV
53
Wife of Thor. : SIF
56
Bookmaker's concern. : ODDS
57
Electronic miracle. : TRANSISTOR
60
Uncles: Sp. : TIOS
61
Unctuous. : OILY
62
Mowgli's wolf. : AKELA
63
___ account. : ONNO
64
Irritate. : ROIL
65
City of S France. : NIMES
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1
Fiber. : HEMP
2
Viva-voce. : ORAL
3
Sympathy. : PITY
4
Outside: Prefix. : ECT
5
Cattlemen's adversaries. : SHEEPHERDERS
6
Cheerful sounds. : HAHAS
7
Balanchine ballet. : AGON
8
Canine. : CUR
9
Animal homes. : KENNELS
10
"I'd rather see than ___." : BEONE
11
Deceptions. : IMPOSTURES
12
Belgrade VIP. : TITO
13
Stint. : TASK
18
Dissolute fellow. : ROUE
23
Primitive. : ANTEDILUVIAN
24
Numerical prefix. : OCTO
25
Claude of art. : MONET
26
Stinging. : ACRID
27
Hesitate. : PAUSE
28
Great crucial conflict. : ARMAGEDDON
29
Well-known water-colorist. : MARIN
31
Soprano's forte. : ARIAS
32
Nickname for a little girl. : MISSY
34
Piece of turf. : DIVOT
39
Harem rooms. : ODAS
42
Crime condoner. : ABETTOR
46
What anything does. : GOES
48
Plaster of Paris. : GESSO
49
Form of plastic. : VINYL
50
Marquand sleuth. : MOTO
51
Norse deity. : ODIN
52
Evil spirit of the Hindus. : KALI
53
Goblet part. : STEM
54
Hercules' girl. : IOLE
55
Monks. : FRAS
58
Cruise port. : RIO
59
Sports term. : SKI

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

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