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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

New York Times, Thursday, December 27, 1984

54-Across : Limnologist's field

Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
John M. Samson has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,833
Across
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Fellow : CHAP
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Rascal : SCAMP
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Actress Freeman : MONA
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Golfer Wayne ___ : LEVI
15
Islamic god : ALLAH
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Augur : OMEN
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Nutmeg's covering : ARIL
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Suspicious : LEERY
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Kind of shark : LOAN
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"Conditioned Reflexes" author : PAVLOV
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Storiologist's field : FOLKLORE
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Oriental nurse : AMAH
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Hawaii's most populous island : OAHU
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Threpsologist's field : NUTRITION
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Awake : ASTIR
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U.N. arm : ILO
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Row : TIER
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Turkey's capital : ANKARA
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Undercover man : NARC
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College exams : ORALS
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"___, cat!" : SCAT
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Certain Cornhusker : OMAHAN
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What Brooklyn is not : CITY
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Brooklyn follower : ITE
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Master, in Hindi : SAHIB
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Ethologist's field : CHARACTER
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Clytemnestra's mother : LEDA
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Thespian's need : ROLE
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Limnologist's field : PONDLIFE
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Settle snugly : NESTLE
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Frankenstein's friend : IGOR
63
" ... from ___ shining ... " : SEATO
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___ Mountains, on Asia's border : URAL
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She, in Sedan : ELLE
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Billiard shot : CAROM
68
Insurer's concern : RISK
69
Daffy or Dizzy : DEAN
70
Cheerful : SUNNY
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Altar locale, at times : APSE
Down
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Applaud : CLAP
2
Juno's counterpart : HERA
3
Tel ___ : AVIV
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Column : PILLAR
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Soteriologist's field : SALVATION
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Little one: Suffix : CLE
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First Hebrew letter : ALEF
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Colgate's color : MAROON
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Zoologists' concerns : PHYLA
10
Malacologist's field : MOLLUSKS
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Melville novel : OMOO
12
Kind of miss : NEAR
13
Actress Meara : ANNE
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Fail to include : OMIT
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Mongol emperor Kublai : KHAN
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Yesterday, in Québec : HIER
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Composer Rota et al. : NINOS
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Group of Moslem theologists : ULAMA
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The Pentateuch : TORAH
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Spinachlike plant : ORACH
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Silent : TACIT
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Hot under the collar : IRATE
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Teacher, at times : RATER
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Uranologist's field : ASTRONOMY
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Pedologist's field : CHILDREN
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Fibber : LIAR
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Labor leader I. W. : ABEL
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Lock man : YALE
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___ lait : CAFEAU
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Musical pause : CESURA
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Deejays spin them : DISCS
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Variegated : PIED
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Make goo-goo eyes at : OGLE
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Lopez's theme song : NOLA
57
Accrue interest : EARN
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Stumble : TRIP
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Girl : LASS
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Actress Sommer : ELKE
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Won-___ soup : TON

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

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