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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Monday, October 17, 1983

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Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,396
Across
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Native of Nis : SERB
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More eccentric : ODDER
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Aurora : DAWN
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Together, in music : ADUE
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Inflame : ROUSE
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Thought : IDEA
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P.O. department : GENERALDELIVERY
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Settle snugly : ENSCONCE
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Canonical hour : NONES
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Mammoth : HUGE
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Huck Finn's transport : RAFT
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Unyielding : FLINTY
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Antitoxins : SERA
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Nitwit : SAP
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Early Japanese : AINU
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Become irate : STEAM
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Refrain syllable : TRA
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"I am the ___": Henley : CAPTAINOFMYSOUL
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College board mem. : TRU
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Ivan and Peter : TSARS
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A first name in whodunits : ERLE
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Concorde, e.g. : SST
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Rube : HICK
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Impeded : DAMMED
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Rolltop, for one : DESK
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Artifice : WILE
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O'Hare area : APRON
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Arthur Miller character : SALESMAN
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Physician's option : PRIVATEPRACTICE
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"___ Enchanted Evening" : SOME
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Ten-percenter : AGENT
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Barely gets by : EKES
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Woolly creatures : EWES
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Use a divining rod : DOWSE
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Relax : REST
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Sapient : SAGE
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Tree-of-life site : EDEN
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Scores at Shea : RUNS
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Chewing-gum flavor : BEECHNUT
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Like a mandarin or Osage : ORANGY
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"La ___ Vita" : DOLCE
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Tenderfoot : DUDE
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Capt.'s direction : ESE
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Bro., to sis. : REL
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Aftermath of an iron shot : DIVOT
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Arabian gulf : ADEN
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As it ___ : WERE
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Senate responses : NAYS
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Stampede : ROUT
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Disgrace : INFAMY
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Trims sails : REEFS
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Khachaturian : ARAM
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Actualities : FACTS
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Prevaricators : LIARS
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Computer food : INPUT
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Voiceless bird : STORK
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Type of door : STORM
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As ___ (generally) : ARULE
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Lost color : PALED
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Dieter's temptation : SNACK
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She sprang from Zeus's head : ATHENA
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Goddess crowned with a cow's horns : ISIS
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Part of a college year : SEMESTER
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Expand : DILATE
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Author Waugh : ALEC
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Peace advocates : DOVES
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Puts on guard : WARNS
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Basilica area : APSE
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Front of the Constitution : PROW
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Mass of ice crystals : RIME
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Eject : SPEW
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Pat's pal : MIKE
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King beaters : ACES
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Shelter of a sort : NEST
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Boy : TAD
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Self : EGO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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