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 Armstrong
Armstrong

New York Times, Tuesday, March 28, 1978

30-Down : Town in 24 Down

Author:
Armstrong
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Armstrong has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,454
Across
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Pixilated : DAFT
5
Fur or color : SABLE
10
Track man : TOUT
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Stare amorously : OGLE
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Citizen of Unalaska : ALEUT
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French cleric : ABBE
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Penitent one : RUER
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Andean animal : LLAMA
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Radish or radix : ROOT
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School memento : YEARBOOK
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Salty drop : TEAR
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Kind of ant or worm : ARMY
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Dual-deck rummy : CANASTA
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Chatterbox : MAGPIE
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Like certain beavers : EAGER
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On the other hand : AGAIN
32
Permit : ALLOW
33
Fight finale : TKO
36
Herriot's "All ___ Beautiful" : THINGSBRIGHTAND
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Kind of dance or band : HAT
40
"___ by land ... " : ONEIF
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Moved in a curved path : ARCED
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S.A. capital : QUITO
43
Calls forth : EVOKES
44
Cities in Arkansas and Iowa : DEWITTS
47
Worry : FRET
48
Author Hunter : EVAN
49
NASA-Armstrong coup : MOONSHOT
53
Polite bloke : GENT
54
What a razor may raze : BEARD
56
O'Neill's daughter : OONA
57
Show-biz group : ANTA
58
Snow leopard : OUNCE
59
In the know : UPON
60
Newman or Woodward : STAR
61
"How use doth ___ a habit ... ": Shak. : BREED
62
High-pitched sound : TING
Down
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Small fishing boat : DORY
2
Fit of shivering : AGUE
3
___ market : FLEA
4
Tidewater turtle : TERRAPIN
5
Strauss opera : SALOME
6
Brass or steel : ALLOY
7
Neb : BEAK
8
Abner's radio partner : LUM
9
Greek letter : ETA
10
Kind of sauce or steak : TARTAR
11
Woodwinds : OBOES
12
Vessel under Tirpitz's command: 1915 : UBOAT
13
Tropical fish : TETRA
21
Reveal : BRINGOUT
24
Western state: Abbr. : CALIF
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Highly excited : AGOG
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Ivy League bowl site : NEWHAVEN
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Trig., geom., etc. : MATH
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Turkish title : AGHA
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Pace or canter : GAIT
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Town in 24 Down : ELRIO
32
Helps a bandit : ABETS
33
Sailing course : TACK
34
Word with deep or high : KNEE
35
Bettor's concern : ODDS
37
In a ___ (piqued) : SNIT
38
Puts on display : TROTSOUT
42
Albanian coin : QINTAR
43
Worn away : ERODED
44
"L'Absinthe" painter : DEGAS
45
Part of a decathlon : EVENT
46
"I ___ Girl ... " (1911 song) : WANTA
47
Power : FORCE
49
Simba's pride : MANE
50
Snake-dance specialist : HOPI
51
"___ you noblest English!" : ONON
52
Strong flavor : TANG
54
Hope or Dylan : BOB
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Second-smallest cont. : EUR

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

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