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Arnold Moss
Arnold Moss

New York Times, Tuesday, October 2, 1984

Author:
Arnold Moss
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 32.1
Arnold Moss has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,747
Across
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Kind of tissue : SCAR
5
Heater : GAT
8
David work : PSALM
13
Great Lakes acronym : HOMES
15
Inst. at Tempe : ASU
16
Walk with trees : ALLEE
17
Circumference : AMBIT
18
Mal de ___ : MER
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Playwright Gilroy's "subject" : ROSES
20
Loesser-Newman song of 1937, with "The" : MOONOFMANAKOORA
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Princess's sensibility : PEA
24
Trade off : SWAP
25
Jam : SCRAPE
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Marienbad, etc. : SPAS
30
Eng. money, formerly : LSD
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Boor : CHURL
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Pasha and Baba : ALIS
35
___ precedent : SETA
36
Odets play: 1938 : ROCKETTOTHEMOON
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Annoys : IRKS
40
A.B.A. members : ATTS
41
Russian hero : LENIN
42
A.M.A. members : MDS
43
Hilo instruments, for short : UKES
44
Like a Cheviot's coat : FLEECY
45
"___ of thieves" : ADEN
46
Louis XVI, e.g. : ROI
47
Maugham novel, with "The" : MOONANDSIXPENCE
55
As far as : UNTIL
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"We ___ to please" : AIM
57
Kind of pigeon : STOOL
58
Yet : STILL
59
Mobile-to-Birmingham dir. : NNE
60
Roof parts : EAVES
61
Sprays : HOSES
62
Radio's Husing : TED
63
Actress Thompson : SADA
Down
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Cheap falseness : SHAM
2
Famed barber-warbler : COMO
3
Early pulpit : AMBO
4
Check : REIN
5
Type of ray : GAMMA
6
On the Coral : ASEA
7
Barbecue devices : TURNSPITS
8
Arctic wear : PARKAS
9
Sailboat with one jib : SLOOP
10
Additionally : ALSO
11
Lustful look : LEER
12
___ Verde National Park : MESA
14
Plug : STOPPLE
21
Charge : FEE
22
Flooded : AWASH
25
Curtain material : SCRIM
26
Combination for Rubinstein : CHORD
27
Creases : RUCKS
28
Synagogue enclosures : ARKS
29
Casino cash-collectors : SLOTS
30
Ex-president of Italy : LEONE
31
Impassive : STOIC
32
Marlo's father : DANNY
34
Charmian, to Cleopatra : ATTENDANT
35
J. M. Barrie role : SMEE
37
Occupied, as a seat : TAKEN
38
Closed curve : ELLIPSE
43
Arizona's Mo and Stu : UDALLS
44
Vixen, e.g. : FOX
45
Old-womanish : ANILE
46
Hoary : RIMED
47
Order to a dog team : MUSH
48
Aware of : ONTO
49
Colonial patriot : OTIS
50
___ qua non : SINE
51
They follow zetas : ETAS
52
Bright new star : NOVA
53
Betty of songdom : COED
54
Lanchester or Maxwell : ELSA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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