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Arnold Moss
Arnold Moss

New York Times, Monday, October 31, 1977

Author:
Arnold Moss
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.7
Arnold Moss has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,306
Across
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Ericson : LEIF
5
Like March days : BLOWY
10
Dippy or dotty : GAGA
14
Pakistani language : URDU
15
One of the media : RADIO
16
Color of the eight ball : EBON
17
Contends : VIES
18
"___ My Souvenirs" : AMONG
19
Three-six follower : NINE
20
Genesis phrase (2:8) : EASTWARDINEDEN
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Fleming et al. : IANS
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Queen of King's game : EVERT
25
Warning : OMEN
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Have a yen for : CRAVE
30
Berlin-Rome ___ : AXIS
31
Oil from orange trees : NEROLI
33
School for would-be lts. : OCS
36
Genesis phrase (1:3) : LETTHEREBELIGHT
39
Pismire : ANT
40
Emulates Isocrates : ORATES
41
Soft French cheese : BRIE
42
Part of a Stein line : AROSE
43
Army car : JEEP
44
Celebration, Italian style : FESTA
47
River near Trier : SAAR
49
Genesis phrase (1:1) : INTHEBEGINNING
55
Ice formation : FLOE
56
Actress Terry : ELLEN
57
Epoch upon epoch : AEON
59
Deserve : EARN
60
Unisonally : ASONE
61
Pact acronym : NATO
62
Parts of hoops : RIMS
63
Polish anew : REWAX
64
Put away : STOW
Down
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Schisgal play : LUV
2
N.Y. county : ERIE
3
Seed for a plot : IDEA
4
Most finicky : FUSSIEST
5
Muscle : BRAWN
6
Actor Fernando : LAMAS
7
Repute : ODOR
8
Sirocco, e.g. : WIND
9
Ascetic of the East : YOGI
10
Swiss city, to the French : GENEVE
11
Start of Lyte's notable hymn : ABIDE
12
His goose is cooked : GONER
13
In reference to : ANENT
21
Thrash : TAN
22
Author Shute : NEVIL
25
Bullocks : OXEN
26
Baseball item : MITT
27
El Greco's homeland : CRETE
28
Academic garb : ROBE
29
English county festivals : ALES
30
___ carte : ALA
31
Stout detective, ___ Wolfe : NERO
32
Alexandrian and Augustan : ERAS
33
Menace in old tales : OGRE
34
A Carter : CHIP
35
Marie or Jeanne: Abbr. : STE
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Book of Hours : HORAE
38
Reputed ancestors of Basques : IBERIANS
42
Timon's home : ATHENS
43
Peerce : JAN
44
"Spirit of '76" figure : FIFER
45
Chou ___ : ENLAI
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Something often kicked up : STORM
47
Where Duccio painted : SIENA
48
Wing : ANNEX
50
Policeman, in C.B. lingo : BEAR
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"O earth! What ___?": Hamlet : ELSE
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Incandescence : GLOW
53
Without water or club soda : NEAT
54
___ seed (overripen) : GOTO
58
" ___ hear this!" : NOW

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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