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Arthur W. Palmer
New York Times, Monday, April 14, 1986
Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.2
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 S | 2 U | 3 M | 4 O | 5 S | 6 L | 7 O | 8 A | 9 N | 10 A | 11 B | 12 L | 13 E |
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14 C | R | O | P | 15 H | A | L | L | E | 16 R | O | O | T |
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17 A | D | O | E | 18 I | N | D | I | A | 19 G | O | R | E |
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20 R | U | N | R | 21 I | N | G | S | A | R | 22 O | U | N | D | |
23 E | D | E | 24 B | L | E | |||||||||
25 M | 26 A | 27 T | T | E | R | 28 F | E | E | D | 29 E | 30 R | 31 S |
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32 A | B | U | T | S | 33 A | 34 A | R | E | 35 N | A | E |
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36 R | U | N | A | T | 37 E | M | P | E | R | 38 A | 39 T | U | R | E |
40 I | S | E | 41 Y | I | P | E | 42 D | E | R | E | K |
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43 S | E | D | 44 A | 45 T | E | D | 46 E | L | M | E | R | S |
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47 R | I | P | 48 V | I | P | |||||||||
49 R | 50 U | N | S | I | 51 N | 52 T | 53 H | E | B | L | 54 O | 55 O | 56 D |
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57 J | O | S | E | 58 E | O | S | I | N | 59 A | M | M | O |
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60 A | P | E | S | 61 C | R | A | V | E | 62 T | A | E | L |
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63 W | E | D | S | 64 E | A | R | E | D | 65 E | R | N | E |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,306
Across
1
Japanese wrestling : SUMO
5
John ___, U.S. painter: 1871–1951 : SLOAN
10
Willing's partner : ABLE
14
Farmer's concern : CROP
15
City near Leipzig : HALLE
16
Cheer : ROOT
17
" ... like ___, I go to find my fawn": Shak. : ADOE
18
Type of ink : INDIA
19
Author Vidal : GORE
20
Surpass easily : RUNRINGSAROUND
23
City in Nigeria : EDE
24
Wheat, in Bretagne : BLE
25
What mind wins over : MATTER
28
Winter bird attracters : FEEDERS
32
Borders : ABUTS
33
Swiss river : AARE
35
Negative for Burns : NAE
36
Be feverish : RUNATEMPERATURE
40
Expert follower : ISE
41
Cry out sharply : YIPE
42
Bo or John : DEREK
43
Drugged, in a way : SEDATED
46
Gantry and Fudd : ELMERS
47
Actor Torn : RIP
48
Big shot, for short : VIP
49
Is a family trait : RUNSINTHEBLOOD
57
Pianist Iturbi : JOSE
58
Red dye : EOSIN
59
Arsenal contents, for short : AMMO
60
Simians : APES
61
Yearn for : CRAVE
62
E Asian weight unit : TAEL
63
Unites : WEDS
64
Auriculate : EARED
65
Bald eagle's relative : ERNE
Down
1
Cicatrix : SCAR
2
Indic language : URDU
3
Dream, in a way : MOON
4
"Iolanthe," e.g. : OPERETTA
5
Black eye : SHINER
6
Director Fritz : LANG
7
Auto pioneer : OLDS
8
Inter ___ : ALIA
9
Mild malt liquor : NEARBEER
10
Had a dispute : ARGUED
11
Blessing : BOON
12
"___ Jim," Conrad novel : LORD
13
Summer, in Sedan : ETE
21
I.e. : IDEST
22
Support for a matador : OLE
25
Home-run king in 1961 : MARIS
26
Billingsgate : ABUSE
27
Fixed a piano : TUNED
28
Easy's partner : FREE
29
Harden : ENURE
30
Thinner, as air : RARER
31
Hunts : SEEKS
33
" ... ___ the alien corn": Keats : AMID
34
Certain sorcerer's aide: Abbr. : APP
37
Monocle : EYEPIECE
38
Improvise : ADLIB
39
Doorframe adjunct : TEMPLATE
44
Portrayer of Matt Dillon : ARNESS
45
Musical tones : TIS
46
Tied the score : EVENED
49
Funambulist's footing : ROPE
50
Secondhand : USED
51
Ibsen heroine : NORA
52
Autocrat : TSAR
53
Center of activity : HIVE
54
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
55
Augury : OMEN
56
Relief : DOLE
57
Part of a vise : JAW
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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