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Leonard Sussman
New York Times, Wednesday, January 15, 1964
Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { H Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 32.1
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 B | 5 A | 6 B | 7 I | 8 D | 9 E | 10 S | 11 P | 12 A | 13 M |
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14 O | M | A | R | 15 L | U | R | E | S | 16 U | R | G | A |
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17 S | A | K | I | 18 K | N | O | C | K | 19 A | B | O | U | T |
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20 S | T | E | E | 21 L | Y | 22 N | A | S | T | 23 D | E | E |
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24 F | I | L | 25 L | I | N | 26 L | 27 A | I | ||||||
28 B | 29 A | S | S | 30 S | E | T | 31 T | I | N | G | 32 S | |||
33 J | A | R | 34 P | 35 O | U | S | S | E | 36 I | A | M | 37 B |
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38 A | L | M | 39 O | S | T | 40 S | 41 I | L | L | E | R |
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42 M | O | O | D | 43 T | 44 R | 45 E | 46 A | T | S | 47 L | E | O |
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48 P | R | O | 49 F | O | U | N | D | 50 S | 51 O | Y | S | |||
52 E | R | I | 53 B | I | J | 54 O | U | X | ||||||
55 A | 56 D | D | 57 E | 58 B | B | S | 59 R | E | C | 60 O | 61 U | 62 P |
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63 B | A | C | 64 K | F | I | E | L | 65 D | S | 66 A | L | G | A |
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67 C | L | A | N | 68 C | R | E | D | O | 69 R | I | L | L |
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70 S | E | R | T | 71 E | S | S | E | N | 72 T | O | Y | S |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,281
Across
1
Sting. : BARB
5
First word of well-known hymn. : ABIDE
10
Global area: Abbr. : SPAM
14
General Bradley. : OMAR
15
Angler's bait. : LURES
16
Mongols' city. : URGA
17
Munro's pen name. : SAKI
18
Boisterous. : KNOCKABOUT
20
Hard. : STEELY
22
Famous cartoonist. : NAST
23
Balmoral's river. : DEE
24
Complete a form. : FILLIN
26
Chou en ___. : LAI
28
Singer. : BASS
30
Stage designer's concern. : SETTINGS
33
Container. : JAR
34
___ café. : POUSSE
36
Metrical foot. : IAMB
38
Not quite. : ALMOST
40
Kind of metal: Scot. : SILLER
42
Frame of mind. : MOOD
43
Negotiates. : TREATS
47
Papal name. : LEO
48
Deep. : PROFOUND
50
Beans. : SOYS
52
Son of Gad. : ERI
53
Jewels. : BIJOUX
55
State further. : ADD
57
Recedes. : EBBS
59
Make up for. : RECOUP
63
Football groups. : BACKFIELDS
66
Seaweed. : ALGA
67
Clique. : CLAN
68
System of belief. : CREDO
69
Streamlet. : RILL
70
Spanish artist. : SERT
71
German industrial city. : ESSEN
72
Dolls. : TOYS
Down
1
Tweed, for one. : BOSS
2
Amo, amas, ___. : AMAT
3
Garden tool. : RAKE
4
Lawyer's concern. : BRIEFS
5
Chemist's term. : ALKYL
6
Small roll. : BUN
7
Tricks of fate. : IRONIES
8
Pours, as wine. : DECANTS
9
Hudson Bay natives: Abbr. : ESKS
10
___ rosa. : SUB
11
Lavishly. : PRODIGALLY
12
Chill. : AGUE
13
Navy man. : MATE
19
Husband of Gudrun. : ATLI
21
Speech sounds. : LISPS
25
Southern college: Abbr. : LSU
27
Dyestuff. : ANIL
28
Slide or card used in TV. : BALOP
29
Vehicle of a sort. : ARMOREDCAR
31
Student's bugaboo. : TEST
32
Merganser's cousins. : SMEES
33
Bread spread. : JAM
35
Eight, in Rome. : OTTO
37
Member of the family: Abbr. : BRO
39
Attar. : ODOR
41
Philatelist's concern. : ISSUE
44
Footwear. : RUBBERS
45
Isolates: Poet. : ENISLES
46
Army officer: Abbr. : ADJ
49
Feudal land. : FIEF
51
Vehicle, old style. : OXCART
54
Name meaning a bear. : ORSON
55
Fundamentals. : ABCS
56
Smith's partner. : DALE
58
Grayish blue. : BICE
60
Potpourri. : OLIO
61
Kind of duckling. : UGLY
62
Buddies. : PALS
64
Chess abbreviation. : KNT
65
Presidential monogram. : DDE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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