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Anderson
Anderson

New York Times, Thursday, October 18, 1984

21-Down : Damp

Author:
Anderson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Anderson has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The constructor could be Robert H. Anderson, who appeared in a Simon & Schuster crossword collection in 1989.

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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,763
Across
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Gump's Min : WIFE
5
Palindromic pop group : ABBA
9
Great Lakes fish : CISCO
14
Zither's kin : ASOR
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By and by : SOON
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Kind of squash : ACORN
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Goad : SPUR
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Nervous state : SNIT
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Gore of literature : VIDAL
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Site of Anaho Island : PYRAMIDLAKE
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Actress Irving : AMY
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Opposed to lee : STOSS
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Cytoplasmic substances: Abbr. : RNAS
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Exculpate : ACQUIT
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Unharmed or unpunished : SCOTFREE
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Fleshy fruits : PLUMS
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Golf stroke : PUTT
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Coagulated part of milk : CURD
36
Word with coal or coat : PEA
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On the rangy side : TALLISH
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Miry place : BOG
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Pasternak heroine : LARA
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Soft mineral : TALC
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Abridge : ELIDE
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"Deserts of vast ___": Marvell : ETERNITY
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Twisted : SNAKED
49
M : IOOO
50
Troubles : CARES
51
Nabokov novel : ADA
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Elite core : INNERCIRCLE
58
Mocks : JAPES
60
Froster : ICER
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Calendar abbr. : TUES
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Type of skirt : ALINE
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Queens stadium : SHEA
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Israeli statesman : EBAN
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Tears : RENDS
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Exaction : TOLL
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Parched : SERE
Down
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Epithet for Alexander Pope : WASP
2
Former TV show : ISPY
3
Forthrightly : FOURSQUARE
4
Printer's fluff : ERRATUM
5
Statistic for Magic Johnson : ASSIST
6
James and Julian : BONDS
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Seethe : BOIL
8
Region Byrd explored : ANTARCTIC
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___ emptor : CAVEAT
10
Here, in Le Havre : ICI
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Word with jerk or pop : SODA
12
Study intensely : CRAM
13
The one and ___ : ONLY
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Damp : MOIST
22
Matthew Walker, etc. : KNOTS
26
A certain noncom : SFC
27
Brown Betty ingredient : APPLE
28
Gridder's gripper : CLEAT
29
Besmirch : SULLY
30
Popular puzzle : RUBIKSCUBE
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Wear : ERODE
32
Did a lawn job : EDGED
34
Plotinus, for one : PLATONIST
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Damn follower : ATION
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Matisse or Pétain : HENRI
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Onassis nickname : ARI
45
Brother of Ophelia : LAERTES
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Dins : NOISES
48
Holy : SACRAL
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Fish basket : CREEL
51
In a discordant state : AJAR
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Dingle : DALE
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As neat as ___ : APIN
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Adorer of Narcissus : ECHO
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Cordelia's sire : LEAR
57
Drudge of yore : ESNE
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Desinence : END

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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