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Norman S. Wizer
Norman S. Wizer

New York Times, Monday, May 21, 1984

36-Across : Pealed

Author:
Norman S. Wizer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Norman S. Wizer has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,613
Across
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Luge : SLED
5
Cow catcher : LASSO
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Tilt : LIST
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Orderly : TIDY
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Fall bloomer : ASTER
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Hip : ONTO
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Christmas-tree decoration : ANGELSHAIR
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Sheltered arcade in Athens : STOA
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Turn to the right : GEE
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Customers : USERS
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Older brother of Moses : AARON
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Broadway musical : NINE
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Actor Moss : ARNOLD
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Deference : HOMAGE
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___ in a poke : APIG
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Roulette bets : EVENS
31
Delicate flowers : ANGELEYES
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Pealed : RANG
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Lend ___ (heed) : ANEAR
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She gets what she wants : LOLA
39
Dietrich vehicle, with "The" : BLUEANGEL
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Stately : REGAL
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Mineral: Comb. form : LITE
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Small, flat seed : SESAME
44
Pure : CHASTE
47
Elia : LAMB
49
Wants : LACKS
50
Hawk's home : AERIE
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Short, as in a poker game : SHY
54
Italian commune : ASTI
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White, spongy confections : ANGELCAKES
57
Salt Lake City team : UTES
58
Silly : INANE
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Progenitor : SIRE
60
Does a lawn job : SODS
61
Kind of race : RELAY
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Receive top billing : STAR
Down
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For men only : STAG
2
Couturier's offering : LINE
3
Margin : EDGE
4
Color : DYE
5
Glaswegian girl : LASSIE
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Pale : ASHEN
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Gaze : STARE
8
Cinco follower : SEIS
9
Hockey great : ORR
10
Second city of the U.S. : LOSANGELES
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Emcee's function : INTRO
12
Kind of pigeon : STOOL
13
___ fro : TOAND
18
Bellows : LUNGS
22
Seed covering : ARIL
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Mimic : APER
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Alpert or Shriner : HERB
26
Race track : OVAL
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Computer list : MENU
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Bartender's offering : ANGELSKISS
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"I've Got ___ ... " : AGAL
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Spiritual being, to Fifi : ANGE
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Formerly named : NEE
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Eastern philosophy : YOGA
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Biblical land : ELAM
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Tie-in or twofer : SALE
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Prefix for date or room : ANTE
40
Islets : AITS
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Violin's ancestor : REBEC
43
Le Carré character : SMILEY
44
Annual visitor : CLAUS
45
Must : HASTO
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Trod the boards : ACTED
47
Licit : LEGAL
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Place of combat : ARENA
50
Bancroft or Baxter : ANNE
51
Burlesque shtick : SKIT
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First lady on Olympus : HERA
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Belgian river : YSER
55
Tune : AIR
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Simpleton : ASS

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

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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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