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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Monday, March 19, 1951

3-Down : Its new Ambassador to U. S. is P. C. Spender.

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 19.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 638
Across
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Ichabod of Sleepy Hollow. : CRANE
6
Seaport in Eire; formerly Queenstown. : COBH
10
Freezing. : COLD
14
His real name is Joseph Barrow. : LOUIS
15
Cruising. : ASEA
16
Commune in Apulia, Italy. : ORIA
17
Dispossesses. : OUSTS
18
Musical instrument. : BABYGRAND
20
Mother Carey's chicken. : PETREL
22
Felt indignant at. : RESENTED
23
Demolishes. : RASES
25
Indigent. : NEEDY
26
Part of a Venetian blind. : SLAT
28
Hundred-dollar-a-plate affair. : BANQUET
32
Composer Porter. : COLE
33
Sum total. : AMOUNT
34
Important part of a valve gear. : CAM
37
Girl's name. : AVIS
38
"Who's Who" contents. : NAMES
39
Reliable. : SURE
40
British meal. : TEA
41
Arden, for instance. : FOREST
42
Parasol ant at the Bronx Zoo. : ATTA
43
Favorite subject for cartoonists. : CANASTA
44
Continue in force. : LAST
45
Witch of ___. : ENDOR
48
Nursery rhyme fisherman. : SIMON
50
Park-bench sitters. : LOUNGERS
54
Temper: Colloq. : DANDER
57
Most numerous race in the world. : MONGOLIAN
59
Unswept. : DIRTY
60
Hireling. : ESNE
61
Underground tunneler. : MOLE
62
Sharp-witted. : ACUTE
63
Kansas Congressman. : REES
64
Actor Kruger. : OTTO
65
Mops of hair. : MANES
Down
1
Sound effect of a hoofbeat. : CLOP
2
Profligate person. : ROUE
3
Its new Ambassador to U. S. is P. C. Spender. : AUSTRALIA
4
Important Chilean product. : NITRATES
5
Things shaped like a certain letter. : ESSES
6
The ubiquitous Mr. Calloway. : CAB
7
Glacial deposits. : OSAR
8
Screendom's Miss Daniels. : BEBE
9
U. S. Postmaster General, 1921. : HAYS
10
Played by Harry James. : CORNET
11
Speechify. : ORATE
12
Creased. : LINED
13
Remember him on June 17. : DADDY
19
Fur animal like a civet. : GENET
21
State Department's selection for "typical small town." : LEBANON
24
Former name of Kuibyshev, U.S.S.R. : SAMARA
26
Shoo! : SCAT
27
Great Earth turner. : LOVE
29
Provinces of Greece. : NOMES
30
Searches. : QUESTS
31
Vacillating. : UNSTAID
34
Make off quickly. : CUTANDRUN
35
Bachelor of ___. : ARTS
36
Edible part of a lobster. : MEAT
39
Capital of Macedonia: Var. : SALONICA
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Pioneer expressman. : FARGO
43
Unceremonious dismissals. : CONGES
45
Joe E. Brown's baseball role. : ELMER
46
Free end of a bowstring: Archery. : NOOSE
47
Irene of "The Mudlark." : DUNNE
49
Call for Ethel Merman. : MADAM
51
Mr. Roper, poll taker. : ELMO
52
Disturbance of the peace by three or more persons. : RIOT
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First word of Utah's capital. : SALT
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Cereal grains. : RYES
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Devotee of the new. : NEO

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

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