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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

HALLOWEEN PARTY

New York Times, Sunday, October 31, 1982

16-Across : Conduits

Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 92, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 670 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 155, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,045
Across
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Comprehend : GRASP
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Bow who wowed 'em : CLARA
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Nonpayer : CRIME
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Conduits : DUCTS
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Having rounded projections : LOBAR
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Restrict : LIMIT
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Kind of code : PENAL
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Record : ENROL
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Battery part : ANODE
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Lamblike : OVINE
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___ Ababa : ADDIS
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Like Hermes' shoes : ALATE
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Humpty Dumpty's costume? : DEVILEDEGG
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Sigmund Freud's costume? : WIZARDOFID
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Daw vehicle : SEESAW
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100 to 1, e.g. : ROUT
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It's not nice : VICE
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Brightens up : ELATES
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Remus, e.g. : TWIN
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Like poteen : POTENT
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He played Hopalong : BOYD
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Chatter : YAK
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Early Roman monster : NERO
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Czech river : OHRE
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Mama or Peggy : CASS
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Montreal Canadien : HAB
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Party hostess? : ALICEGHOSTLEY
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Roofing material : TAR
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Likeness : IMAGE
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Lounges about : LOLLS
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Savor : RELISH
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He came as Klinger : FARR
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Super stars : NOVAS
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Vesta's vestment : TUNIC
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Exploited : USED
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Lord of the theater : OLIVIER
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Alaskan port : NOME
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What charcoal does : ADSORB
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Go back to the drawing board : REPLAN
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She came with 135 Across : BLACKCAT
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Hamlin's cave man : OOP
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"Now I ___ down ... " : LAYME
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Watering place : SPA
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Casanova's costume? : WEREWOLF
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Detective Lupin : ARSENE
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Where not to be led : ASTRAY
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Jot : ATOM
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Biennial herb : PARSNIP
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Stats for Walk and Waits : ERAS
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Occupation : TRADE
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Tiny Tom : THUMB
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Fit to be ___ : TIED
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Like Mr. Hyde : INSANE
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Push back : REPEL
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Entirety : TOTAL
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Darjeeling, e.g. : TEA
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How Dracula came : DRESSEDTOKILL
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157.5° to a mariner : SSE
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Salt Lake City team : UTES
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Trickling : DRIP
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Hence : ERGO
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"___ Boot" (recent movie) : DAS
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Reel backwards? : LEER
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Boxing weight : BANTAM
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Aphrodite's son : EROS
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Debussy : CLAUDE
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Gift from Gina : DONO
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Goodly amount : LOTS
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Thespians : ACTORS
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Kermit's costume? : HORNEDTOAD
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Shirley Booth's costume? : WITCHHAZEL
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Indian state : ASSAM
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Trick-or-treater's trick : ANTIC
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Concluding : FINAL
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Durable wood : EBONY
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Take care of : SEETO
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Transparent : SHEER
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Lake NE of Ladoga : ONEGA
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Indian princess : RANEE
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Düsseldorf's neighbor : ESSEN
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"___, Wrong Number" : SORRY
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Utah's third-largest city : OGDEN
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Rodeo animal : STEER
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Cheerful flowers : GLADS
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Singer-actress Blakley : RONEE
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Upstairs : ABOVE
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Inhuman human : SADIST
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Type of student Bailey was : PRELAW
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Oaf : CLOD
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Calf's ___ : LIVER
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Fernando's friend : AMIGO
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Phone : RINGUP
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Gobbled : ATE
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Controller, for short : CPA
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Port, for one : REDWINE
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Accuse : INDICT
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Corn color : MAIZE
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Famous lioness : ELSA
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Singer Pride's costume? : DEADLYSIN
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Dump : UNLOAD
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Ship : CRAFT
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Memorable Fields : TOTIE
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What huskies haul : SLEDS
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J.R. of TV : EWING
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Vintage cars : REOS
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Chisel and gouge : TOOLS
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"The ___ Thought of You" : VERY
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India's first P.M. : NEHRU
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Benedictine's costume? : THEHOLYSPIRIT
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Hogsheads : BARRELS
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Conference site: 1945 : YALTA
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Audibly : ALOUD
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Ceramists' cookers : KILNS
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Anonymous Richards : ROES
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Famed Canadian physician : OSLER
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Lesser Antilles native : CARIB
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Ruin : HAVOC
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Old World lizard : AGAMA
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Attack : BESET
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TV-commercial award : CLIO
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Money held in trust : ESCROW
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Soft clam's home : TIDELAND
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Hebrew "T" : TAV
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Thelonious ___ : MONK
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Exquisite perfection : FINENESS
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Like some excuses : LAME
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___ Nui (Easter Island) : RAPA
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Betty of comics : BOOP
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Prefix with mutuel : PARI
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One-time Washington Senator hopeful : CASTRO
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What the Sprats cleaned : PLATTER
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André, the pianist : WATTS
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Mores : ETHOS
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Postman's rounds : ROUTE
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Dressler movie : EMMA
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Fast-food food : FRIES
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Clear a tape : ERASE
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Journey : TREK
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Swift : RAPID
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Author St. Johns : ADELA
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Hollers : YELLS
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Carson subject : SEA
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Male ant : ANER
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Papyrus : SEDGE
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De Paul player's costume? : BLUEDEMON
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A neighbor of Tibet : NEPAL
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James Bond movie : DRNO
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Pentateuch : TORAH
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___ off (angry) : TEED
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More foppish : DANDIER
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Crescent-shaped : LUNATE
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Gondolier : BOATER
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Greenskeeper's job : MOWING
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Dark yellows : OCHERS
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"___ Mater" : STABAT
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Hunt : CHASE
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Gets nosed out : LOSES
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Musical upbeats : ARSES
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He sings lays with a lei : DONHO
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Like a trident : TINED
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Proscenium's locale : STAGE
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Pale-blue gas : OZONE
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Dancer Jeanmaire : RENEE
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More artful : SLYER
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Pravda provider : TASS
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Clique : CLAN
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Shout : CRY
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___ yong : FOO

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