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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

New York Times, Monday, December 30, 1974

5-Down : "Faerie Queene" creator

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F H J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.9
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,270
Across
1
Musical passage : CODA
5
Struck : SMOTE
10
Sharp pang : STAB
14
Like peas in ___ : APOD
15
Tree of Southwest : PINON
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Sprinter's goal : TAPE
17
Nutty over : GAGA
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Place for a quill pen : ESCRITOIRE
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Refined quality : ELEGANCE
22
Large sea bird : GANNET
23
Londonderry, etc. : AIRS
24
Ants : EMMETS
25
Supply : STORE
26
___ Flow : SCAPA
27
Wander about : GAD
28
Equips, as a military tank : ARMORS
30
Donates, in Scotland : GIES
34
Medicinal plants : ALOES
36
Indonesian island group : ARU
37
Nairobi's land : KENYA
38
Heroic tale : SAGA
39
Protests in a way : SITSIN
41
Capitol man: Abbr. : SEN
42
A.L. team : TWINS
44
Pork and veal : MEATS
46
Cooking herbs : BASILS
48
Chinese wax : PELA
49
Unperturbed : SEDATE
50
Mexican grass : TEOSINTE
54
Places for lookouts : CROWSNESTS
56
Relative of etc. : ETAL
57
Odd, in Glasgow : ORRA
58
Jalopy : CRATE
59
U.S. agency : NLRB
60
Partly diminished : WANY
61
Dog-___ : EARED
62
Word in New Year's song : SYNE
Down
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U.S. composer John : CAGE
2
Gem : OPAL
3
Ruthless code : DOGEATDOG
4
Slow, in music : ADAGIO
5
"Faerie Queene" creator : SPENSER
6
This and that: Abbr. : MISC
7
"___ bitten ... " : ONCE
8
Rocky height : TOR
9
Puzzling things : ENIGMAS
10
Period of history : STONEAGE
11
Corrupt : TAINT
12
___ midi : APRES
13
Vegetable : BEET
19
Press down : TAMP
21
Wall hanging : ARRAS
24
Tan colors : ECRUS
25
Part of a casa : SALA
26
Out of ___ : SORTS
27
Blimp's need : GAS
29
Bounding and water : MAINS
31
Right away : INSTANTLY
32
Mona Lisa's strong points : EYES
33
___ Marino : SAN
35
Erodes : EATSAWAY
37
Targets of doctors' hammers : KNEES
39
Library sign : SILENCE
40
Forced upon : IMPOSED
43
At one's ___ end : WITS
45
Noncitizens : ALIENS
46
Baseball's Yogi : BERRA
47
Decorate : ADORN
49
Unwieldy craft : SCOW
50
Ruler : TSAR
51
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
52
Mountain lake : TARN
53
German river : ELBE
55
Time period : ERA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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