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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

New York Times, Saturday, December 25, 1982

1-Across : Home of a certain cross

Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
John M. Samson has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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M
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A
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L
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T
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A
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B
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E
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P
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K
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,100
Across
1
Home of a certain cross : MALTA
6
Competent : ABLE
10
Saintly-sounding name : PIUS
14
E.T., e.g. : ALIEN
15
It glows for shows : NEON
16
Pay one's share : ANTE
17
Start of a Christmas message : GLORYTOGODINTHE
20
Suffix with Christ : IAN
21
Pleiades' pursuer : ORION
22
Felt love for : CARED
23
Concerning : ANENT
24
Computer's bank : MEMORY
25
Message: Part II : HIGHEST
28
___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
29
Black cuckoos : ANIS
30
Goodbye : TATA
31
Kind of fly, for short : MED
34
Message: Part III : ANDONEARTHPEACE
39
Diocese : SEE
40
Christian Science founder : EDDY
41
Heavenly Harp : LYRE
42
Goal net : CAGE
43
Cause of "good news of great joy" : SAVIOUR
46
Self-defense system : KARATE
49
Expanse of land : ACRES
50
Become one on the run : ELOPE
51
Adjust the wheels : ALIGN
52
"Israfel" author : POE
55
End of message : TOMENOFGOODWILL
58
Word before broil or coal : CHAR
59
Allison, to Ollie : FRAN
60
Aid for Moses : EASEL
61
___ Christian Andersen : HANS
62
Sloth features : TOES
63
Delete : ERASE
Down
1
They saw the Light : MAGI
2
Actress Nazimova : ALLA
3
Unicorn's foe : LION
4
Thrice, to Titus : TER
5
" ... he who receives ___ I send, receives me" : ANYONE
6
Consecrate : ANOINT
7
Fathered : BEGOT
8
Great diver : LOON
9
Eternity lacks this : END
10
Canal completed in 1914 : PANAMA
11
Musical lead-in : INTRO
12
King Arthur's father : UTHER
13
Like a pomegranate : SEEDY
18
Very, in Verdun : TRES
19
Small glacier : ICECAP
23
Chan's comment : AHSO
24
Miller, e.g. : MOTH
25
Golfer Jay : HAAS
26
Taverne : INNE
27
Nobelist novelist: 1947 : GIDE
28
Leatherwing : BAT
30
Endeavor : TRY
31
Croagh Patrick's county : MAYO
32
Beige : ECRU
33
Caribou : DEER
35
Tidy up : NEATEN
36
Advantage : EDGE
37
Citrus drink : ADE
38
Yalies : ELIS
42
Pranks : CAPERS
43
Genealogist's concern : SCIONS
44
Mythical ship : ARGO
45
Buyer : VENDEE
46
Two-master : KETCH
47
The ___ State (Hawaii) : ALOHA
48
Kind of law or nose : ROMAN
49
Seaweed : ALGAE
51
Hair style : AFRO
52
Site of a tilting tower : PISA
53
What Greco hears : OLES
54
She, in Sèvres : ELLE
56
"What ___ was thought ... ": Pope : OFT
57
Anathema to doves : WAR

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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