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J. Samuel Smart
J. Samuel Smart

New York Times, Thursday, August 18, 1983

39-Across : Like a bump on ___

Author:
J. Samuel Smart
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 83.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
J. Samuel Smart has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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F
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L
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A
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Y
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C
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O
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A
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C
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H
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S
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C
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O
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T
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L
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D
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H
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N
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S
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K
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K
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H
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E
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A
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P
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P
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R
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M
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O
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E
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R
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S
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T
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M
A
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K
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R
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T
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B
A
M
B
I
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I
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A
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G
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R
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G
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N
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T
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H
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N
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N
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D
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B
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A
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L
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C
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R
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H
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,336
Across
1
Excoriate : FLAY
5
Amos Alonzo Stagg was one : COACH
10
Native of Inverness : SCOT
14
Dancer Montez : LOLA
15
"Die Fledermaus" maid : ADELE
16
Tortoise's competition : HARE
17
Mideastern port : ADEN
18
Pyongyang's counterpart : SEOUL
19
Cinnabar and tinstone : ORES
20
Paint the town red : KICKUPONESHEELS
23
Spirit : ELAN
24
Possessive pronoun : ITS
25
Show up : APPEAR
28
Grendel and Cyclops : MONSTERS
33
Educate : TRAIN
34
Con man's victim : MARK
35
Actual : REAL
36
Rent : TORN
37
Disney film : BAMBI
38
"___ La Douce" : IRMA
39
Like a bump on ___ : ALOG
40
She caused strife in Priam's life : ERIS
41
Negatively charged particle : ANION
42
Demote : RELEGATE
44
Silver, to Shelley : ARGENT
45
King Cole : NAT
46
Actor Porter : ERIC
47
Can.-N.Y. resort area : THOUSANDISLANDS
55
Navajo's neighbor : HOPI
56
Neutral color : BEIGE
57
Corrida participant : TORO
58
Touch on : ABUT
59
Oscar winner for "Two Women" : LOREN
60
Hermit or fiddler : CRAB
61
Sanguine : ROSY
62
___-Deux-Mers (white wine) : ENTRE
63
Exhibitionists : HAMS
Down
1
Antiaircraft fire : FLAK
2
Napoleonic battle: 1796 : LODI
3
Waugh or Guinness : ALEC
4
Inventiveness of a sort : YANKEEINGENUITY
5
Mr. Milquetoast : CASPAR
6
"___ Melancholy": Keats : ODEON
7
Eternity's cousin : AEON
8
Lead : CLUE
9
High-latitude capital : HELSINKI
10
Fielder's fabulous feat : SHOESTRINGCATCH
11
Concern : CARE
12
City on the Oka : OREL
13
Kinski role : TESS
21
___ Bator : ULAN
22
Alts. : HTS
25
Perfume : ATTAR
26
British laborer : PROLE
27
Oral : PAROL
28
___ Stover (Huie heroine) : MAMIE
29
Spheres : ORBS
30
Mysterious : EERIE
31
Film star Novarro : RAMON
32
Point of view : SLANT
34
Trading center : MART
37
Unlike city hall : BEATABLE
41
Seed covering : ARIL
43
Ethane or methane : GAS
44
Leblanc's M. Lupin : ARSENE
46
Alpine climber's challenge : EIGER
47
Indo-Pakistani desert : THAR
48
Bindlestiff : HOBO
49
Musical composition : OPUS
50
Element no. 10 : NEON
51
Gossip : DIRT
52
Ibsen heroine : NORA
53
Nip : DRAM
54
Cries : SOBS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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