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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Thursday, December 8, 1988

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.3
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,275
Across
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Not fem. or neut. : MASC
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Young hooter : OWLET
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"Nature's ___ nurse": Shak. : SOFT
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Mine, to Mimi : AMOI
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Ingenuous : NAIVE
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Warlike officers? : MARTIALMARSHALS
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Snarl : ENTANGLE
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Little spotted skunk : CIVET
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Playing card : TREY
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Splotch : BLOB
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Shrewder : CAGIER
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___ de force : TOUR
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African cobra : ASP
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Melville work : OMOO
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Passage : AISLE
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Govt. org. once headed by Bush : CIA
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A.M. sorrow? : MORNINGMOURNING
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Before, in poetry : ERE
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Site of witch trials : SALEM
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Fairy-tale opener : ONCE
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Barber or Buttons : RED
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Unique person : ONER
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Thrust : LUNGED
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Harte's Poker ___ : FLAT
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Not flaccid : FIRM
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Brought to court : TRIED
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Succession; series : SEQUENCE
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Gathered a hot-dog condiment? : MUSTEREDMUSTARD
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Like some seamen : ABLE
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"Remember the ___" : ALAMO
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Bald ___ eagle : ASAN
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Require : NEED
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Tightwad : PIKER
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Color called goose gray : LAMA
Down
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A Lansbury role : MAME
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To ___ (with no exception) : AMAN
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Classify : SORT
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Triple Crown winner: 1948 : CITATION
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Medieval catapult : ONAGER
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Cox of early TV : WALLY
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Gimlet ingredient : LIME
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Braun or Gabor : EVA
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Thrice, in prescriptions : TER
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Sir, to Hindus : SAHIB
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King of Norway : OLAV
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Rank's companion : FILE
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Criterion : TEST
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Concerning : INRE
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Track official : SCORER
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Heart or affection : BOSOM
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Congressman's plum : LULU
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Yuppie, e.g. : COMER
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Love, in Livorno : AMORE
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Stuck a torero : GORED
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Colleague of 19 Down : TIMER
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Serving winners : ACING
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Because : SINCE
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Summoned, as at a hotel : PAGED
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Ornamental tag : AGLET
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Wagner heroine : ISOLDE
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Zola novel : NANA
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Nitrogen or carbon : NONMETAL
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Tequila, e.g. : LIQUOR
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Extinct wild ox : URUS
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Entertained an honoree : FETED
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___ fatale : FEMME
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Govt. agent : TMAN
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Cartoonist Goldberg : RUBE
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Homophone for 33 Across : ISLE
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A neighbor of Wyo. : SDAK
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Houston org. : NASA
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Stuff : CRAM
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Best or Ferber : EDNA
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Sound at a séance : RAP
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A descendant of Aaron : ELI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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