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Leonard Sussman
New York Times, Monday, May 8, 1967
36-Across : Circus workers.
Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F V X Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.5
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 Q | 2 U | 3 A | 4 I | 5 L | 6 S | 7 C | 8 A | 9 T | 10 B | 11 R | 12 A | 13 D |
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14 U | N | I | T | E | 15 H | A | L | O | 16 L | O | D | I |
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17 A | D | D | E | D | 18 O | R | L | Y | 19 U | N | D | O |
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20 D | E | M | 21 G | 22 E | R | R | Y | M | 23 A | N | D | E | R |
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24 A | 25 D | E | S | T | E | 26 A | C | T | O | R | ||||
27 A | 28 B | J | U | R | E | 29 L | 30 I | K | E | S | ||||
31 B | O | O | S | 32 E | L | M | E | R | 33 S | 34 K | 35 I |
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36 B | A | R | K | 37 E | 38 R | S | 39 A | R | B | 40 U | T | U | S |
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41 E | S | S | 42 D | O | T | 43 E | S | 44 P | E | R | T |
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45 R | I | S | E | S | 46 A | 47 D | O | P | T | S |
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48 B | 49 O | O | L | A | 50 T | 51 I | R | A | N | A | ||||
52 J | A | B | B | E | R | 53 W | O | C | K | Y | 54 L | 55 S | 56 U |
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57 O | Y | E | R | 58 I | O | N | E | 59 B | 60 O | O | K | S |
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61 S | O | S | O | 62 E | R | I | N | 63 E | N | N | U | I |
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64 H | U | E | Y | 65 S | K | A | T | 66 D | E | G | A | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,477
Across
1
Birds. : QUAIL
6
Word of dismissal. : SCAT
10
Nail. : BRAD
14
Join. : UNITE
15
Symbol of virtue. : HALO
16
Lombardy city. : LODI
17
Included (with "in"). : ADDED
18
Airport near Paris. : ORLY
19
Cancel. : UNDO
20
Party man: Abbr. : DEM
21
Manipulate unfairly. : GERRYMANDER
24
___ Fideles. : ADESTE
26
Hudson or Grant. : ACTOR
27
Forswear. : ABJURE
29
Preferences. : LIKES
31
Sounds of disapproval. : BOOS
32
Writer Davis. : ELMER
33
Indulge in a sport. : SKI
36
Circus workers. : BARKERS
39
Mayflower. : ARBUTUS
41
Feminine suffix. : ESS
42
Idolizes (with "on"). : DOTES
44
Saucy. : PERT
45
Hills. : RISES
46
Votes to accept. : ADOPTS
48
Refrain word of Yale song. : BOOLA
50
Balkan capital. : TIRANA
52
Nonsense. : JABBERWOCKY
54
Southern campus. : LSU
57
Legal term. : OYER
58
Novel heroine, 1834. : IONE
59
Learner's need. : BOOKS
61
Just passably. : SOSO
62
Colleen's land. : ERIN
63
That bored feeling. : ENNUI
64
One of the Longs. : HUEY
65
Card game. : SKAT
66
Impressionist painter. : DEGAS
Down
1
College area. : QUAD
2
Wavy: Her. : UNDE
3
Adjutants, old style. : AIDMAJORS
4
Dweller: Suffix. : ITE
5
Important book. : LEDGER
6
Brief. : SHORT
7
Library alcove. : CARRELL
8
Friend. : ALLY
9
Santa's helper. : TOYMAKER
10
Dulls. : BLUNTS
11
Musical work. : RONDO
12
Viper. : ADDER
13
Famous name in fashion. : DIOR
22
Chemistry suffix. : ESE
23
Bitingly ironic. : ACERB
25
Time of day. : DUSK
27
Church title. : ABBE
28
Scarfs. : BOAS
30
"___ normal as blueberry pie ... " : IMAS
32
Punta del ___. : ESTE
33
Hurry. : STEPALONG
34
Composer Weill. : KURT
35
Believers: Suffix. : ISTS
37
Roman official. : EDILE
38
Beads. : ROSARIES
40
Come ___. : UPON
43
Baltic land. : ESTONIA
45
Scott novel. : ROBROY
46
Clumsy craft. : ARK
47
Kind of divan. : DAYBED
48
Body of water. : BAYOU
49
Corpulent. : OBESE
51
Kind of sale for bargain hunters. : ICENT
52
Banter: Slang. : JOSH
53
Every man's right. : WORK
55
Sea bird. : SKUA
56
Govt. service initials. : USIS
60
Part of 51 Down. : ONE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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