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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Thursday, October 18, 1990

27-Down : Floor, in France

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,954
Across
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Crow : BRAG
5
Pork delicacies : CHOPS
10
Slow way to China : BOAT
14
Large hall : AULA
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Scopes : RADII
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Not fooled by : ONTO
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Despot : TSAR
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Exclusive : ELECT
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Bakery employee : ICER
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BLUE ROT : STIRUPTROUBLE
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Suffix for treat : ISE
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Drink served in a Toby : ALE
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"What place soever," e.g. : TMESIS
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Barren : STERILE
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U.S. industrialist: 1883-1979 : EATON
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Pigeon's home : COTE
35
Headland : RAS
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SAD REDS : CHANGEOFADDRESS
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Crone : HAG
41
Diagnostic aid : XRAY
42
Daughter of Louis XII : RENEE
43
Slunk : SNEAKED
46
Asps : VIPERS
47
Fix, in a way : RIG
48
Imitate : APE
49
EAST ST. : ALTEREDSTATES
56
Word in mystery titles : CASE
58
Assail : SETAT
59
Informal farewell : TATA
60
Related : AKIN
61
"___ on his very absence": Shak. : IDOTE
62
Part of Q.E.F. : ERAT
63
Merit : RATE
64
Submarine detector : SONAR
65
Valley : DALE
Down
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Goes to the plate : BATS
2
" ... dew will ___ them": Shak. : RUST
3
Turkish regiment : ALAI
4
U.S. abolitionist: 1805-79 : GARRISON
5
Thin pancakes : CREPES
6
Border guard's command : HALT
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German boundary river : ODER
8
Small amount, in Madrid : PICO
9
Located : SITUATED
10
Kind of plate or room : BOILER
11
Formerly : ONCE
12
"___, o cara," Bellini aria : ATE
13
Rocky peak : TOR
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Applying : USING
22
Wheat, in Nice : BLE
25
Cal. and M.I.T. : TECHS
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U.S. historian: 1840-1914 : MAHAN
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Floor, in France : ETAGE
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Remain : STAY
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A Castle : IRENE
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Type of beam : LASER
31
Curves : ESSES
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Sennit : CORD
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Two ___ kind : OFA
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Critical interpretation : EXEGESIS
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Shed drops : DRIPT
39
Said over : REPEATED
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Dahl, for one : ARLENE
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Little fox : KIT
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More immense : VASTER
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___ were (seemingly) : ASIT
50
Fix over : REDO
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Bond's school : ETON
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Type of bank : DATA
53
Famed Irish hill : TARA
54
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
55
Cloy : SATE
56
Stutz or Essex : CAR
57
Alias : AKA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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