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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Tuesday, October 28, 1986

44-Across : Flattens on impact

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,503
Across
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Did a hay job : BALED
6
___ eagle : BALD
10
Spelunker's milieu : CAVE
14
Protozoan : AMEBA
15
Cleveland's lake : ERIE
16
Like Methuselah : AGED
17
Dunce snoops? : BOOBYPRIES
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Remark : NOTE
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Fish-eating bird : ERN
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Two-___ sloth : TOED
22
Trail name : OREGON
24
Maid of the ___ (Niagara Falls boat) : MIST
25
Part of et al. : ALIA
26
Was changed into : BECAME
29
Grow dull : STAGNATE
33
"___ est laborare ... " : ORARE
34
Coagulate : CLOT
35
Mild oath : DRAT
36
Airport abbrs. : ARRS
37
French critic-historian Hippolyte ___ : TAINE
38
Atmosphere : AURA
39
Actress Lillian : ROTH
40
___ Boleyn : ANNE
41
V.I.P. in a monastery : ABBOT
42
In fear of : DREADING
44
Flattens on impact : SPLATS
45
Symbol of purity : LILY
46
Colonist Virginia : DARE
47
French racing site : LEMANS
50
Utah's flower : SEGO
51
Likely : APT
54
State : AVER
55
Zebulon's irritation? : PIKESPIQUE
58
Orderly : NEAT
59
Detail : ITEM
60
Small egg : OVULE
61
Odds' companion : ENDS
62
Newport ___, Va. : NEWS
63
Water mammals : SEALS
Down
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Ruth or Zaharias : BABE
2
Cupid : AMOR
3
Ponce de ___ : LEON
4
Certain tide : EBB
5
Dawn-to-dusk period : DAYTIME
6
Visorless cap : BERET
7
Dry : ARID
8
Location of a golfer's ball : LIE
9
Abandoned : DESOLATE
10
Brothers: one lame, the other fit? : CANEANDABLE
11
Eager : AGOG
12
Prohibition : VETO
13
Paradise : EDEN
18
Model : POSE
23
Fix, as an election : RIG
24
Sheriff's skills? : MARSHALARTS
25
Expiate : ATONE
26
Go up a gangplank : BOARD
27
Wild throw on the field : ERROR
28
A la ___ : CARTE
29
Type of shot : SLING
30
Caribbean isle : ARUBA
31
Fortunetelling card : TAROT
32
Les ___-Unis : ETATS
34
Foresighted : CANNY
37
Demoralization : TAILSPIN
41
Relevant : APROPOS
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Uproar : DIN
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Droops : SAGS
46
Musicologist Taylor : DEEMS
47
Pathway : LANE
48
Tied : EVEN
49
Fermented drink : MEAD
50
Twist : SKEW
51
Bluish-green : AQUA
52
Influence : PULL
53
Gadgets for Peete : TEES
56
Follower of Brooklyn : ITE
57
"___ Got a Secret" : IVE

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4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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