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Arnold Moss
Arnold Moss

New York Times, Tuesday, January 31, 1984

66-Across : "Tell ___ in Gath"

Author:
Arnold Moss
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arnold Moss has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,502
Across
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Goddess of discord : ERIS
5
Part of LEM : LUNAR
10
Fiber used in paper : PITA
14
N.A. or S.A. : CONT
15
Maniple : ORALE
16
Ensnare : SNAG
17
Musical ending : CODA
18
Loosen : UNTIE
19
Run a car in neutral : IDLE
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Emulated Greeley : EDITED
22
"War of the Worlds" event : INVASION
24
Foreign ___ : AID
25
Certain greenbacks : VEES
26
Fable character : ANT
27
Done togetheer : CONCERTED
31
John to Jock : IAN
33
Winner over T.E.D. : HST
34
Doll of "A Doll's House" : NORA
35
Dauntless : UNAWED
38
Templeton : ALEC
40
Supreme Court Justice: 1911-16 : LAMAR
42
Weapon for Napoleon : ARME
43
Kind of fin : DORSAL
45
Make ___ meet : ENDS
47
Strauss's "___ Heldenleben" : EIN
48
Slammer sentence : RAP
49
With great effort : ARDUOUSLY
51
Gstaad item : SKI
53
Hindu garb : SARI
55
Legal pers. : ATT
56
Pitiful : PATHETIC
58
U.S. spacecraft mission : APOLLO
61
___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
62
Nicholas and Peter : TSARS
64
Unstable nuclear particle : PION
65
Laconic to a fault : CURT
66
"Tell ___ in Gath" : ITNOT
67
He wrote "A Loss of Roses" : INGE
68
Culbertson et al. : ELYS
69
"Julius Caesar" role : CASCA
70
Middle ___ : AGES
Down
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"Lo!" to Lucullus : ECCE
2
Crucifix : ROOD
3
Okla. from 1820 to 1840 : INDIANTERRITORY
4
Radio interference : STATIC
5
Garish : LOUD
6
Homophone for earn : URN
7
Crow and Fox, e.g. : NATIVEAMERICANS
8
In a row : ALINED
9
Pass rope through a hole : REEVE
10
Greek letters : PSIS
11
Two-man test of strength : INDIANWRESTLING
12
Hawk's weapon : TALON
13
Deputy : AGENT
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First place : EDEN
23
P ___ Peter : ASIN
27
Neighbor of Niger : CHAD
28
Site of Frogner Park : OSLO
29
Parker House or Vienna : ROLL
30
Round sound : TRA
32
Org. for motorists : AAA
35
Language of Peshawar : URDU
36
Author Ludwig : EMIL
37
Say "no" to : DENY
39
Pres. Davis's org. : CSA
41
"___ so to bed" : AND
44
Church part : APSE
46
Kind of opera : SOAP
49
Awn : ARISTA
50
"Road to ___," 1946 film : UTOPIA
51
Michener title : SPACE
52
It commands Khyber Pass : KABUL
54
Spot for old toys : ATTIC
57
Nissen's creations : HUTS
58
Lassie's colleague : ASTA
59
Theater box : LOGE
60
G. W.'s bills : ONES
63
Bird of legend : ROC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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