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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Wednesday, January 30, 1991

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q U V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.7
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,058
Across
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Secure : SAFE
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Cornered : TREED
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Report of a sort : BANG
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Word with bent or diver : HELL
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Hair rinse : HENNA
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Cupid : AMOR
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Precinct : AREA
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Homeric works : EPICS
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Pro ___ : RATA
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Feather quality? : DOWNGRADE
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Played a role : ACTED
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Activist : DOER
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Scotch's companion : SODA
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Mineral spring : SPA
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Archibald or Thurmond : NATE
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Rose, for one : PARADE
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Filched : PILFERED
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Ethically neutral : AMORAL
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Con : ANTI
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Part of the U.K. : ENG
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Fuzz : LINT
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Squiffed : STONED
45
In the open air : ALFRESCO
48
Ironer : MANGLE
49
Fodder vat : SILO
50
Velvet attachment : EEN
51
Type of sch. : ELEM
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P.M. do's : TEAS
55
Frame : CADRE
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When to study physics? : AFTERMATH
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Settled : ALIT
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Shoelace tag : AGLET
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Word with tooth or heart : ACHE
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Certain skirt : MINI
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Kind of drum : SNARE
68
Zeno's "classroom" : STOA
69
Nest noise : PEEP
70
Butterfly or libertine : SATYR
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Pack of camels : HERD
Down
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A roe source : SHAD
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Dynamic forerunner : AERO
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Emulated Daedalus : FLEW
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Large antelope : ELAND
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"Step to ___," old song : THEREAR
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Banter : REPARTEE
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Author Bagnold : ENID
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Endings for differ and prefer : ENCES
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"___ Kapital" : DAS
10
Exclude Lombard? : BARCAROLE
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Not prof. : AMAT
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Do or la : NOTE
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Alum : GRAD
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Lost : GONE
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Bede of fiction : ADAM
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An org. under F.D.R. : OPA
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Burst : SPASM
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A Niña companion : PINTA
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City north of East St. Louis : ALTON
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Best and Ferber : EDNAS
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Rebel : ARISE
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Pavane, e.g. : DANCE
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John, the singer : ELTON
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Identify O'Neill? : FINGERTIP
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Gaudy : GLITTERY
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Women's magazine : ELLE
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Low mark : DEE
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More rapid : FLEETER
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Bellow : ROAR
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___ cum laude : MAGNA
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Type of hit : SMASH
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Pitch a tent : CAMP
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Eat at the Ritz : DINE
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Like Kan. : FLAT
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Part of a Racine play : ACTE
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Thunder god : THOR
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Designer Edith : HEAD
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Burro : ASS

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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