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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

New York Times, Saturday, October 29, 1988

20-Across : Samwise served him

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: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
John M. Samson has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,235
Across
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Bambi became one : STAG
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Nobel chemist Onsager: 1968 : LARS
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Dragon faced by Bilbo : SMAUG
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Claudius Caesar : NERO
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Hibernia : ERIN
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Seed coat : TESTA
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___ Hills of Rhûn : IRON
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Carte : MENU
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Attempt : ESSAY
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Samwise served him : FRODOBAGGINS
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Thighbones : FEMORA
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Fang and Doom : MOUNTS
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Mormons: Abbr. : LDS
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Tucker's partner : BIB
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Metrist : POET
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Finley's Dinsmore : ELSIE
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Blackthorn : SLOE
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Genetic initials : DNA
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Tolkien : JOHNRONALDREUEL
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Before, in poesy : ERE
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Castor's mother : LEDA
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Celerity : HASTE
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Zodiacal creature : CRAB
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Jamie ___ Curtis : LEE
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Family nickname : SIS
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Brewer of songdom : TERESA
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Access : ENTREE
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Part of a Tolkien trilogy : THETWOTOWERS
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Cremona craftsman : AMATI
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Emporium : MART
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Rara ___ : AVIS
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Third Marshal of Riddermark : EOMER
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Behold, to Brutus : ECCE
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Darth Vader's son : LUKE
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Coil : SPIRE
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Margin of loss : NOSE
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Lanky : LEAN
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Whiff : SNIFF
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___ Haute : TERRE
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Forster's "___ With a View" : AROOM
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Where Eärendil the Mariner was born : GONDOLIN
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Elvish waybread : LEMBAS
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Tract : AREA
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What Gollum once possessed : RING
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Like a bug in a rug : SNUG
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Narrow: Comb. form : STENO
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Blunder : MESSUP
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Hinny's mother : ASS
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Actress Hagen : UTA
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Brewer of golf : GAY
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Fiat : ORDER
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Plant : IMBED
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Knotty situation : NODUS
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Doctrine : TENET
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Insipid : STALE
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Sword : BLADE
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SE Kan.city : IOLA
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VCR button : EJECT
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Actor in "Beat the Devil" : LORRE
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Fleece : SHEAR
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Snick's partner : SNEE
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Jars, to Julian : OLLAE
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Heavy herbivore : RHINO
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Sheer cliff of Rohan : EASTWALL
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Improve : BETTER
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Love seat : SETTEE
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Hobbits' home : SHIRE
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Follies : REVUE
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Violinist Morini : ERIKA
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City near Düsseldorf : ESSEN
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Feds : TMEN
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Siter of Baylor U. : WACO
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Sauron's soldiers : ORCS
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Opponent of D.D.E. : AES
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Do a floor chore : MOP
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"What Kind of Fool ___?" : AMI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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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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