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Robert O
Robert O'Malley

New York Times, Thursday, July 5, 1962

29-Across : Hardens.

Author:
Robert O'Malley
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Robert O'Malley has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,738
Across
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Mineral. : MICA
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Author of "The Trial." : KAFKA
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Face of a fox, dog, etc. : MASK
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Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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German name of Eger, Hungary. : ERLAU
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Friend, in Paris. : AMIE
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Isle of Venus. : MILO
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Specialized study. : EGYPTOLOGY
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Italian port. : SALERNO
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Dress fabrics. : POPLINS
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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Pulitzer Prize novelist. : AGEE
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Fixed. : REPAIRED
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Hardens. : INURES
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Merman. : ETHEL
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Equip. : GEAR
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Window frame. : SASH
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Exclamation. : AHA
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Zodiac sign. : VIRGO
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Youth group: Abbr. : BSA
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Throe. : PANG
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Patron saint of sailors. : ELMO
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Side arm. : SABER
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Scoffs. : SNEERS
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Gooselike. : ANSERINE
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Asiatic palm. : NIPA
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Mountain lake. : TARN
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Advice to the lovelorn. : CHEERUP
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Discomfort. : MALAISE
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Shoemaker of folklore. : LEPRECHAUN
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College sports group: Abbr. : NCAA
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Extent. : AREA
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Municipal. : CIVIC
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City in Ontario. : GALT
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Christmas in France. : NOEL
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Grenoble's river. : ISERE
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Wapitis. : ELKS
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Hebrew letters. : MEMS
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Certain bones. : ILIA
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Transparent stuff. : CELLOPHANE
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Tiny animals. : AMOEBAE
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Sharper. : KEENER
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Mythical ship. : ARGO
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Texas Leaguer. : FLY
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Greek letter. : KAPPA
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Kind of aircraft. : AUTOGIRO
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Ear bone, the hammer. : MALLEUS
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Mine: Fr. : AMOI
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THINK, for one. : SIGN
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Phi Beta Kappa symbols. : KEYS
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Unlocked. : OPEN
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Stir up. : ROIL
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Harvests. : REAPS
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One of the Allens. : ETHAN
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Archer in Norse mythology. : EGIL
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Layer of skin. : DERMA
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Of certain teachers. : RABBINICAL
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West German city. : ESSEN
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Quota. : SHARE
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Stravinsky ballet. : AGON
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Amazon explorer, 1499. : VESPUCCI
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Officer. : GENERAL
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Official symbol. : SEAL
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Classify. : ARRANGE
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To laugh: Fr. : RIRE
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Golfer's position. : STANCE
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Garden pest. : APHIS
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Tribe. : CLAN
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"Much Ado" character. : HERO
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Fencing sword. : EPEE
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Alaskan glacier. : MUIR
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Notable doctor. : SALK
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Picnic provender. : EATS
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Prayer. : AVE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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