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Leonard Sussman
New York Times, Friday, July 17, 1959
22-Down : Old fogey.
Author:
Leonard Sussman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 35.9
Leonard Sussman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 E | 2 G | 3 A | 4 N | 5 H | 6 A | 7 S | 8 P | 9 B | 10 L | 11 O | 12 N | 13 D |
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14 B | O | B | O | 15 O | M | E | R | 16 R | A | D | I | O |
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17 B | R | I | M | 18 S | T | O | N | E | 19 O | B | O | L | I |
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20 E | G | G | 21 E | L | S | E | 22 C | A | R | M | E | N |
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23 D | E | F | 24 R | A | Y | 25 G | 26 E | O | D | E | ||||
27 A | I | R | 28 B | A | N | D | W | A | 29 G | 30 O | 31 N |
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32 L | 33 O | T | S | 34 B | E | L | U | G | A | 35 R | T | E |
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36 A | C | H | E | 37 S | O | N | 38 R | E | Y | 39 N | A | R | D |
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40 I | T | E | 41 Q | U | I | 42 V | E | R | 43 E | N | O | S |
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44 C | O | N | 45 S | U | L | T | E | D | 46 O | R | D | |||
47 T | A | L | O | N | 48 S | M | O | C | 49 K | 50 S |
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51 H | 52 A | 53 M | A | T | E | 54 T | 55 R | U | E | 56 A | E | T |
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57 A | M | E | N | T | 58 Q | U | E | E | N | 59 A | N | N | E |
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60 F | U | R | Z | E | 61 E | R | A | T | 62 R | A | Y | E |
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63 T | R | E | A | D | 64 D | A | D | S | 65 C | L | A | D |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,654
Across
1
First elected governor of Alaska. : EGAN
5
Fastening. : HASP
9
Flaxen. : BLOND
14
Olson or Newsom. : BOBO
15
Hebrew weight. : OMER
16
Transistor set. : RADIO
17
Sulphur. : BRIMSTONE
19
Old Greek coins. : OBOLI
20
Brooder item. : EGG
21
Otherwise. : ELSE
22
Gypsy coquette of opera. : CARMEN
23
Pay for. : DEFRAY
25
Stone with crystal-lined cavity. : GEODE
27
Melody. : AIR
28
Fred Astaire hit show. : BANDWAGON
32
Real estate units. : LOTS
34
Caviar source. : BELUGA
35
Road abbreviation. : RTE
36
Truman aide. : ACHESON
38
Fox. : REYNARD
40
Citizen of: Suffix. : ITE
41
Arrow case. : QUIVER
43
He lived 905 years. : ENOS
44
Conferred with. : CONSULTED
46
Union general. : ORD
47
Hawk's claw. : TALON
48
Artists' garb. : SMOCKS
51
Bent at the end into a hook. : HAMATE
54
One quiz answer. : TRUE
56
At the age of: Lat. abbr. : AET
57
Catkin. : AMENT
58
Furniture period. : QUEENANNE
60
Prickly shrub growing on wastelands. : FURZE
61
Word in 58 Down. : ERAT
62
Singing comedienne. : RAYE
63
Walk. : TREAD
64
Pops. : DADS
65
Attired. : CLAD
Down
1
Abated. : EBBED
2
Ravine. : GORGE
3
"Nine, ten, ___." : ABIGFATHEN
4
___ de guerre. : NOM
5
With fervor. : HOTLY
6
Coach Stagg. : AMOS
7
Saint-Louis is its capital. : SENEGAL
8
Before: Prefix. : PRE
9
Thespian goal. : BROADWAY
10
L. A.'s famed tar pits. : LABREA
11
Round-the-world flyer. : ODOM
12
Scene of battle, 1798. : NILE
13
Kill: Slang. : DOIN
18
Burn. : SEAR
22
Old fogey. : CODGER
24
Ascendancy. : RISE
26
Became hardened: Var. : ENURED
28
Il Duce. : BENITO
29
Venice's Main "Street." : GRANDCANAL
30
Other: Span. : OTRO
31
McCobb, Sparks, etc. : NEDS
32
Secular. : LAIC
33
Eight: Prefix. : OCTO
34
River Kwai creator. : BOULLE
37
Settled on land, without right or title. : SQUATTED
39
Infamous Roman. : NERO
42
Town NW of L. A. : VENTURA
45
Quatrain. : STANZA
46
Preindication. : OMEN
48
Bird feeder foods. : SUETS
49
Where Nairobi is. : KENYA
50
Bucephalus, for one. : STEED
51
Axe handle. : HAFT
52
River in eastern Asia. : AMUR
53
Only (as said to be). : MERE
55
Register. : READ
58
Geometry abbreviation. : QED
59
Trajectory. : ARC
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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