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Arthur W. Palmer
New York Times, Thursday, October 18, 1990
Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.1
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 B | 2 R | 3 A | 4 G | 5 C | 6 H | 7 O | 8 P | 9 S | 10 B | 11 O | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 A | U | L | A | 15 R | A | D | I | I | 16 O | N | T | O |
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17 T | S | A | R | 18 E | L | E | C | T | 19 I | C | E | R |
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20 S | T | I | R | 21 U | P | T | R | O | U | 22 B | L | E | ||
23 I | S | E | 24 A | L | E | |||||||||
25 T | 26 M | 27 E | S | I | S | 28 S | T | E | R | 29 I | 30 L | 31 E |
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32 E | A | T | O | N | 33 C | 34 O | T | E | 35 R | A | S |
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36 C | H | A | N | G | 37 E | O | F | A | D | 38 D | 39 R | E | S | S |
40 H | A | G | 41 X | R | A | Y | 42 R | E | N | E | E |
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43 S | N | E | 44 A | 45 K | E | D | 46 V | I | P | E | R | S |
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47 R | I | G | 48 A | P | E | |||||||||
49 A | L | T | E | 50 R | 51 E | 52 D | S | T | A | 53 T | 54 E | 55 S |
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56 C | 57 A | S | E | 58 S | E | T | A | T | 59 T | A | T | A |
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60 A | K | I | N | 61 I | D | O | T | E | 62 E | R | A | T |
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63 R | A | T | E | 64 S | O | N | A | R | 65 D | A | L | E |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,954
Across
1
Crow : BRAG
5
Pork delicacies : CHOPS
10
Slow way to China : BOAT
14
Large hall : AULA
15
Scopes : RADII
16
Not fooled by : ONTO
17
Despot : TSAR
18
Exclusive : ELECT
19
Bakery employee : ICER
20
BLUE ROT : STIRUPTROUBLE
23
Suffix for treat : ISE
24
Drink served in a Toby : ALE
25
"What place soever," e.g. : TMESIS
28
Barren : STERILE
32
U.S. industrialist: 1883-1979 : EATON
33
Pigeon's home : COTE
35
Headland : RAS
36
SAD REDS : CHANGEOFADDRESS
40
Crone : HAG
41
Diagnostic aid : XRAY
42
Daughter of Louis XII : RENEE
43
Slunk : SNEAKED
46
Asps : VIPERS
47
Fix, in a way : RIG
48
Imitate : APE
49
EAST ST. : ALTEREDSTATES
56
Word in mystery titles : CASE
58
Assail : SETAT
59
Informal farewell : TATA
60
Related : AKIN
61
"___ on his very absence": Shak. : IDOTE
62
Part of Q.E.F. : ERAT
63
Merit : RATE
64
Submarine detector : SONAR
65
Valley : DALE
Down
1
Goes to the plate : BATS
2
" ... dew will ___ them": Shak. : RUST
3
Turkish regiment : ALAI
4
U.S. abolitionist: 1805-79 : GARRISON
5
Thin pancakes : CREPES
6
Border guard's command : HALT
7
German boundary river : ODER
8
Small amount, in Madrid : PICO
9
Located : SITUATED
10
Kind of plate or room : BOILER
11
Formerly : ONCE
12
"___, o cara," Bellini aria : ATE
13
Rocky peak : TOR
21
Applying : USING
22
Wheat, in Nice : BLE
25
Cal. and M.I.T. : TECHS
26
U.S. historian: 1840-1914 : MAHAN
27
Floor, in France : ETAGE
28
Remain : STAY
29
A Castle : IRENE
30
Type of beam : LASER
31
Curves : ESSES
33
Sennit : CORD
34
Two ___ kind : OFA
37
Critical interpretation : EXEGESIS
38
Shed drops : DRIPT
39
Said over : REPEATED
44
Dahl, for one : ARLENE
45
Little fox : KIT
46
More immense : VASTER
49
___ were (seemingly) : ASIT
50
Fix over : REDO
51
Bond's school : ETON
52
Type of bank : DATA
53
Famed Irish hill : TARA
54
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
55
Cloy : SATE
56
Stutz or Essex : CAR
57
Alias : AKA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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