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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Wednesday, March 12, 1975

23-Across : La ___, Bolivia

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F H J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 21.7
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,342
Across
1
Source of great wealth : GOLDMINE
9
Fleece or Bough : GOLDEN
15
Vespucius : AMERICUS
16
Olive enzyme : OLEASE
17
Showing devotion : REVERENT
18
Shack : LEANTO
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Geraint's wife : ENID
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Boy Scout pioneer : BEARD
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Perceptive : KEEN
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La ___, Bolivia : PAZ
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Tropical tree : EBO
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Students: Abbr. : SRS
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G. I. neckwear : DOGTAG
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Land with rainy plains : SPAIN
33
French friends : AMIES
34
Old English pennies : STERLINGS
38
Teutonic goddess : NORN
39
Hired thugs : GOONS
40
Trim : NEAT
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Former area of Africa : GOLDCOAST
43
Perle : MESTA
44
Fine cloths : SILKS
45
P. O. machine : SORTER
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Flatfoot : COP
49
White House initials : DDE
50
Finished : DID
51
Odd, in Scotland : ORRA
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Military aide's décor : BRAID
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Pelvic bones : ILIA
59
City of Wisconsin : WAUSAU
61
Jewelry-store purchase : GOLDRING
63
Conclusion : ENDING
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Metropolis of Australia : ADELAIDE
65
Bed frames : STEADS
66
"___ at night, sailors' delight" : REDSKIES
Down
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Station, in Lyon : GARE
2
Presage : OMEN
3
Jacob's son : LEVI
4
Scott : DRED
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Russian community : MIR
6
Hangover help : ICEBAG
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Vasco ___ de Balboa : NUNEZ
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This: Sp. : ESTA
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Items at Ft. Knox : GOLDBARS
10
Cheer for a matador : OLE
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News source, at times : LEAK
12
Hamlet and Andersen : DANES
13
Chemical compound : ESTER
14
Bright lights : NEONS
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Rue : REPENT
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Dance step : PAS
25
Banana or olive : OIL
27
Mild expletive : DANG
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Melville novel : OMOO
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Kind of scout : GIRL
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Inclines : TENDS
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Facing a glacier : STOSS
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Forty-___ : NINER
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Long, steady rain : SOAKER
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Series of boxes : NEST
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Golden ___ : GATE
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Gold ___ : STAR
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Beetles for Poe : GOLDBUGS
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El ___ : CID
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Dress style : MOD
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Moved obliquely : SIDLED
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Port on Isle of Wight : COWES
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Praying figure : ORANT
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Fastidious person : PRUDE
50
Electron tube : DIODE
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___ Minor : ASIA
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Culture medium : AGAR
55
Mideast land: Var. : IRAK
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Roman 53 : LIII
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India, to French : INDE
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Golden and others : AGES
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Connective : AND
62
Librarian's degree : DLS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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