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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

New York Times, Friday, August 31, 1984

55-Down : V-E Day setting

Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 39.7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
John M. Samson has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,715
Across
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Mandrell, to her friends : BARB
5
Endured : STOOD
10
Schopfer's pen name : ANET
14
Organ stop : OBOE
15
"Duck Soup" star : HARPO
16
Hay holder : SILO
17
Lynn Anderson hit sing : ROSEGARDEN
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Slight : SNUB
20
Atkins's instrument : GUITAR
21
Que. neighbor : ONT
22
Elusive : EELY
23
___ Alamitos, Calif. : LOS
25
Inadequate : SCANT
27
"___ the Radio" (Don Williams hit) : LISTENTO
32
Caesar's friend : ANTONY
35
Bastard wing : ALULA
36
Scrub a mission : ABORT
38
Antagonist : FOE
39
Forty-five, e.g. : DISC
40
Stone marker : STELE
41
Singer Turner : TINA
42
Drink like a dog : LAP
43
Beg : PLEAD
44
Goalies' stats : SAVES
45
S.C. island : EDISTO
47
"The ___ Girl in the Whole U.S.A." (Donna Fargo hit) : HAPPIEST
49
Pincers : CLAWS
51
Grand Ole Opry sign : SRO
52
Song for Aïda : ARIA
54
"___ to Be A Country Star" (Statler Bros. hit) : HOW
56
Certify : ATTEST
61
Karpov's castle : ROOK
62
"___ Mind" (Willie Nelson hit) : ALWAYSONMY
64
Singer Murray : ANNE
65
Childlike : NAIVE
66
Celebrity : LION
67
Assemblage : MASS
68
Laundromat sight : DRIER
69
Advantage : EDGE
Down
1
Davis Cup star in 1975 : BORG
2
Saudi father : ABOU
3
Alpine skier Mittermaier : ROSI
4
Swiss chard : BEET
5
Israel's Plain of ___ : SHARON
6
Gob : TAR
7
Church calendar : ORDO
8
Certain tournaments : OPENS
9
"I ___" (Ricky Skaggs hit) : DONTCARE
10
Agreement : ASSENT
11
Dolly Parton hit : NINETOFIVE
12
Jewish month : ELUL
13
Yankees' Harrah : TOBY
18
Helmet for Hadrian : GALEA
24
Condition : STATE
26
Army ___ : ANT
27
Tureen emptier : LADLE
28
Early epic : ILIAD
29
Eddie Rabbitt hit : SUSPICIONS
30
Mothering, for short : TLC
31
West Indian witchcraft : OBEAH
33
Canonical hour : NONES
34
What a matzoh lacks : YEAST
37
___ the hills (aged) : OLDAS
40
Conway Twitty hit : SLOWHAND
41
Lake near Shanghai : TAI
43
Harper Valley org. : PTA
44
Pips : SPOTS
46
Quenches : SLAKES
48
Entreaty : PRAYER
50
Kind of battery : SOLAR
52
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
53
Author Jaffe : RONA
55
V-E Day setting : WWII
57
Enameled metalware : TOLE
58
Geraint's wife : ENID
59
E.P.A. concern : SMOG
60
Actress Daly : TYNE
63
Hwy. : AVE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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