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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

New York Times, Saturday, January 1, 1983

44-Across : Dept. of Commerce bureau

Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
John M. Samson has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,107
Across
1
"___- Treader," Frost poem : ALEAF
6
Mule team : SPAN
10
Derrick booms : JIBS
14
Normandy conqueror : ROLLO
15
Word with deaf or poem : TONE
16
Of the mouth : ORAL
17
Title of a poem by J. Samson : DAILYBREAD
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Mata ___ : HARI
20
Polynesian present : LEI
21
Mass part : CANON
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Start of Samson poem : WAKEEACHMORNING
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Try to find : HUNT
30
Make tight : TAUTEN
31
Proclamation : EDICT
33
Stain : BLOT
34
Gardner : AVA
37
Poem: Part II : WITHASMILEANDIT
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Mayday, in a way : SOS
42
Cards' relief pitcher : KAAT
43
Snare : NOOSE
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Dept. of Commerce bureau : CENSUS
46
Majorcan miss: Abbr. : SRTA
47
Poem: Part III : WILLMAKETHEYEAR
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Pewter, e.g. : ALLOY
53
Swiss river : AAR
54
Deli offering : SLAW
55
End of poem : WORTHWHILE
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Vanderbilt's loc. : TENN
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Heckelphone's kin : OBOE
64
Jots : IOTAS
65
Amorous archer : EROS
66
Warmhearted : KIND
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Sleep, food, etc. : NEEDS
Down
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Speed skater Schenk : ARD
2
Mauna ___ : LOA
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Yalie : ELI
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Cure pursuer : ALL
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"Kitty ___," Morley novel : FOYLE
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Precise : STRICT
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"The Happiest Day ... " poet : POE
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Library collection : ANA
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Actor Beatty : NED
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Composer Pachelbel : JOHANN
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Native of Teheran : IRANI
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Magnate : BARON
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Kind of shot : SLING
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Actress Arthur : BEA
21
Minos, e.g. : CRETAN
22
Sounds of relief : WHEWS
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Telecast portion : AUDIO
24
Makes cardigans : KNITS
25
Engrave : ETCH
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Regular : HABITUE
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Spice up cider : MULL
28
Winnebago separatists : OTOE
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"___ Heart," 1936 song : TAKEMY
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Idolize : ADORE
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Peace Corps counterpart : VISTA
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Go off on ___ (carouse) : ATEAR
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Yemen's capital : SANA
39
Falseface : MASK
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Like a yenta : NOSY
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Bozo and Kelly : CLOWNS
45
Specified : STATED
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Squander : WASTE
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Danube tributary : ILLER
49
Venezuelan plain : LLANO
50
"I told you so!" : HAH
51
Rommel : ERWIN
55
Stir-frying utensil : WOK
56
Geisha's sash : OBI
57
Glass or Howard : RON
58
Weed : HOE
59
Favor follower : ITE
60
Stripling : LAD
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Le Mans curve : ESS

Answer summary:
5 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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