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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Monday, March 27, 1967

68-Across : Like Kansas in August.

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, 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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,435
Across
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Petty officer. : BOSN
5
Duffers. : DUBS
9
Florida port. : TAMPA
14
Money changer's term. : AGIO
15
Of a number. : UNAL
16
Chemical compound. : OLEIN
17
Cribs. : BINS
18
Emphatic refusal. : OHNO
19
Bird. : EGRET
20
Advantage. : AVAIL
22
Courtroom call: Var. : OYES
24
If not. : ELSE
25
View from the Pont Neuf. : SEINE
26
East Indian mariner. : LASCAR
28
Street urchin. : GAMIN
30
Light. : IGNITE
34
Señora's aunt. : TIA
37
One of the arts. : POESY
39
Famous sculptor. : RODIN
40
Western gulches. : ARROYOS
42
Kind of straight, in poker. : OPENEND
44
Dessert, French style. : BOMBE
45
Crowd, in a saying. : THREE
47
Have ___ at. : AGO
48
Open. : UNSEAL
50
Decree. : UKASE
52
Continuous expenditures. : DRAINS
54
Lock. : TRESS
58
African land. : MALI
61
Move slowly. : INCH
62
Harangue. : ORATE
63
Shakespearean spirit. : ARIEL
65
"And ___, too, shall pass away." : THIS
67
Cruising. : ASEA
68
Like Kansas in August. : CORNY
69
Schoolroom response. : HERE
70
Five or nine. : TEAM
71
Clobbers. : SWATS
72
Former P.M. : EDEN
73
Friend. : ALLY
Down
1
Rich cakes. : BABAS
2
Pointed arch. : OGIVE
3
Biblical peak. : SINAI
4
Edge of a stair tread. : NOSING
5
Pair. : DUO
6
Most impious. : UNHOLIEST
7
Fig trees. : BANYANS
8
Plums. : SLOES
9
___ the mark. : TOE
10
Swinburne. : ALGERNON
11
Blackbird: Poet. : MERL
12
Mixes up, as type. : PIES
13
Penny ___ : ANTE
21
1800 or 1900. : LEAPYEAR
23
School subject: Abbr. : SCI
27
Gives assent. : AGREESTO
29
Bovine sound. : MOO
31
Notion. : IDEA
32
High-pitched sound. : TING
33
Within: Prefix. : ENDO
34
Interdiction. : TABU
35
Golf club. : IRON
36
"___ and the Man." : ARMS
38
Kind of pudding. : YORKSHIRE
41
One thing a scout is. : OBEDIENT
43
Legume. : PEA
46
Bent over. : HUNCHED
49
Part of Chou's name. : LAI
51
Misprints. : ERRATA
53
___ pink. : INTHE
55
Appurtenance for Dali. : EASEL
56
Pilfer. : STEAL
57
The ___ side. : SEAMY
58
Apples, for short. : MACS
59
Lined up. : AROW
60
Italian coin. : LIRA
64
River into the Scheldt. : LYS
66
Tokyo money. : SEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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