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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

New York Times, Friday, May 28, 1982

44-Across : Kansas City team

Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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. 11,889
Across
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Actress Russell : ROSALIND
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Part of M.T.M. : MOORE
14
Captivated : ENAMORED
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Untangles or tangles : RAVELS
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Glorify : DIVINIZE
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"___ Mater" : STABAT
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Gazed : STARED
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Guitar's kin : LUTE
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Leisure : REST
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Expert : MASTER
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Oyster cloisters : BEDS
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Tea-party tidbits : SCONES
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City near St. Bonaventure : OLEAN
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Debtors : OWERS
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Sixth sense : ESP
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May's flower : LILYOFTHEVALLEY
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Former chess champ Mikhail : TAL
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Lugged : TOTED
43
Bumpkin : YOKEL
44
Kansas City team : ROYALS
46
Hackman : GENE
47
Garnered : REAPED
51
Supermarket dept. : DELI
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Bancroft or Meara : ANNE
54
Kind of pool : INDOOR
59
Elbow and knee : JOINTS
62
Endearing : LOVEABLE
64
Real : ACTUAL
65
Present too aggressively : OVERSELL
66
One of a tiny septet : HAPPY
67
Arrival time : BIRTHDAY
Down
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Cincinnati team : REDS
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"Step ___!" : ONIT
3
Yugoslav river : SAVA
4
Moslem prince : AMIR
5
Solitary : LONER
6
Rainbows : IRIDES
7
Pince-___ : NEZ
8
One of R.R.'s predecessors : DDE
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"___ Miniver" : MRS
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Kind of meal : OAT
11
Where pacers pace : OVALS
12
Disprove : REBUT
13
Make very proud : ELATE
16
Suffix with pun or tip : STER
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Nickname for a Glaswegian : SCOTTY
23
Blond : TOWHEAD
24
Griffin : MERV
25
Analyze : ASSAY
26
Gulp down : BOLT
27
Dissertator's name : ELIA
28
Glen : DELL
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Cry of surprise : SAY
31
Rib : NEEDLE
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Our, in Oise : NOTRE
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Sommer from Berlin : ELKE
36
Spotted : SEEN
37
He wrote "The Wonder Clock" : PYLE
39
Nutriment : FOOD
40
Toothpick for Paul Bunyan : LOG
45
Loose fiber of flax : SLIVER
47
Indian ruler : RAJA
48
Cain's eldest son : ENOCH
49
Actress Ekberg : ANITA
50
Enclose : PENUP
52
Dormant : INERT
55
Verve : DASH
56
Boaz's son : OBED
57
Spicy stew : OLLA
58
Depend (on) : RELY
60
Plug : TAP
61
Tricky : SLY
62
Lloyd play : LOB
63
Egg: Comb. form : OVI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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