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Leonard Sussman
Leonard Sussman

ALL IN THE FAMILY

New York Times, Sunday, December 18, 1966

4-Down : Shade of gray.

Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 580 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,336
Across
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Robe of old. : SIMAR
6
Catch. : NAIL
10
Pile of hay. : COCK
14
Windy. : ABLOW
19
Presented itself. : AROSE
20
Bearded, in a way. : AWNY
21
Eight: Sp. : OCHO
22
Fairy tale figure. : CRONE
23
Symbolic old man. : FATHERTIME
25
Subjects for novelists. : CHILDHOODS
27
Suffix with do or go. : ETH
28
Native bear. : KOALA
29
Kind of brandy. : MARC
30
Start. : OUTSET
31
Give evidence of being. : SEEM
33
"___ yesterdays ... " : ALLTHOSE
35
Nanny of a kind. : AMAH
36
Stir. : ROUSE
38
Have a bite. : EAT
39
Cordial. : ANISETTE
43
Move quickly. : GLINT
44
Resin. : SHELLAC
47
Bird. : RAIL
48
Letter opener. : DEAREST
50
Certain athletes: Slang. : PHENOMS
51
Number: Abbr. : HUND
52
Taverns of old England. : INNES
53
See 51 Across. : IOO
55
See 6 Down. : ROMA
56
Sea animal. : SPONGE
58
Brother: Colloq. : BUD
59
Field: Prefix. : AGRO
60
The moon. : ORB
61
Marble. : SHOOTER
62
66
Poem. : TRIOLET
69
Racetrack abbreviation. : FAV
70
Printer's perfect ___. : REAM
71
Wife of Thor. : SIF
74
Tenant. : RENTEE
75
Well-known pen name. : SAKI
76
Pennyweight: Abbr. : DWT
77
Hot. : AFIRE
79
Expression of delight. : AHAH
80
Adjective for turf. : SPRINGY
82
Removed. : EXCISED
84
Ann or May. : CAPE
85
Dutch artist. : VERMEER
86
Famed poet. : YEATS
87
Prayer. : ENTREATY
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Cheat. : GIP
91
Puff up. : ELATE
92
Slash. : GASH
93
Type of opus. : ORATORIO
96
Hint: Abbr. : SRCH
99
Classify. : ASSORT
102
Family member: Dial. : BRER
103
Asian pine. : MATSU
105
Scot's verb. : HAE
106
Fickle. : INCONSTANT
108
Sierra Nevada find. : MOTHERLODE
110
Let fly. : LOOSE
111
Jug. : EWER
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Pay. : ANTE
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Alaskan coast inlet. : FIORD
114
Subsided. : EBBED
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Besides. : ALSO
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Mom and pop. : PAIR
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Staff men. : AIDES
Down
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Boxes of a kind. : SAFES
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Incensed. : IRATE
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Country. : MOTHERLAND
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Shade of gray. : ASH
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Exude. : REEK
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Christmas in 55 Across. : NATALE
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With ___ (heartily). : AWILL
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Lodger. : INMATE
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Caustic. : LYE
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Shrubs of Peru. : COCAS
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Metallic oxide. : OCHRE
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Modiste's word. : CHIC
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Indian people. : KOL
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Congo pygmies. : ACHUAS
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Sermon subject. : BROTHERHOOD
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French city. : LOOS
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Wave: Fr. : ONDE
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A wind. : WEST
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Entrees. : ROASTS
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Cupola-shaped. : DOMIC
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Fermentation residue. : MOTHEROFVINEGAR
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Fabric. : MOIRE
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Chop together. : HASH
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Library collections. : ANAS
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French digits. : UNES
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Fostering: Lat. : ALMA
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Mock. : TAUNT
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Trace. : TINGE
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Tribal VIP. : ELDER
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Knee: Lat. : GENU
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Huge, old style. : ENORM
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Where Como is. : LOMBARDY
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Trail bait. : DIB
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Firm. : TIGHT
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Subject of old melodrama. : POORFARM
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Cinnabar. : ORE
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Mason's wedge. : SHIM
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Naval abbreviation. : PON
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To ___. : ATEE
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Fish. : SKATE
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Name from the 1700's. : MOTHERGOOSE
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Corrida sound. : OLE
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Migrant worker: Var. : OAKIE
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Strange. : NEW
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Evidence. : TRACE
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Stage name. : REHAN
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Unsuited. : INAPT
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Social group. : SISTERHOOD
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Provokes to wrath. : IRES
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Nurtured. : FED
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Agile. : SPRY
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Zoologist's suffix. : ACEA
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Decrees. : FIATS
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Adam's third. : SETH
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Pluck. : GRIT
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Sugar, in chemistry. : XYLOSE
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Immense spaces: Poet. : VASTS
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Deserved. : EARNED
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Neighbor of Los Angeles. : POMONA
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One of two. : EITHER
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Village near Verdun. : ORNES
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Term in rocketry. : RETRO
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Indian unit of weight. : RATTI
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Framework. : CADRE
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Takes notice. : HEEDS
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Wing: Fr. : AILE
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Haughty one. : SNOB
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Weaving defect. : SCOB
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Shout. : BAWL
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Turkish city. : URFA
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Party. : TEA
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Diagram. : MAP
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1st-cen. date. : LII

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 17 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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