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Arnold Moss
Arnold Moss

New York Times, Thursday, November 17, 1977

50-Down : Norway, to Norwegians

Author:
Arnold Moss
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arnold Moss has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,323
Across
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Tiller : HELM
5
Irksome imps : PESTS
10
Mark on a radar screen : BLIP
14
Give the glad eye to : OGLE
15
"Prufrock" author : ELIOT
16
Nurse's ___ : AIDE
17
Soviet river : URAL
18
Actress Keaton : DIANE
19
___ Hedin, Gobi explorer : SVEN
20
Ad ___ (relevant) : REM
21
Oahu landmark : DIAMONDHEAD
23
Emphatic print type : ITALICS
25
Campus group : COEDS
26
"___ Vale," Frost poem : INA
27
Pseudonym : ALIAS
29
Precariously situated, as a jeweler? : OVERABERYL
33
Buzz : HUM
36
At no time : NEVER
37
Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du ___" : MAL
38
Rub out : ERASE
40
What employees sometimes get : AXE
41
Star of "No, No, Nanette" revival : RUBYKEELER
43
Lanate: Var. : WOOLY
45
Gershwin, the lyricist : IRA
46
Sherwood's "There ___ Be No Night" : SHALL
48
Divorcé's penance : ALIMONY
52
Land of "Mother Machree" : EMERALDISLE
55
Albee's "___ Story" : ZOO
56
1492, e.g. : YEAR
57
Up-tight : TENSE
58
President who was never elected : FORD
59
Roof part : EAVE
60
Horse opera : OATER
61
"Bus Stop" author : INGE
62
Scott of 1850's : DRED
63
Scenarios : PLOTS
64
Irish dance : REEL
Down
1
Beautiful young woman : HOURI
2
White heron : EGRET
3
Andean pack beast : LLAMA
4
Brooks of filmdom : MEL
5
Rickshaw's relative : PEDICAB
6
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
7
Where Mrs. Leonowens taught : SIAM
8
___ avail (useless) : TONO
9
Printing duplicator : STENCIL
10
British shindigs : BASHES
11
Breathed : LIVED
12
Author's notebook items : IDEAS
13
Be unsettled : PEND
21
Tunisian currency : DINAR
22
Fateful letters on a police blotter : DOA
24
Lucre, in Lucca : LIRE
27
"The Sheik of ___" : ARABY
28
Author of "Euphues" : LYLY
29
"High ___ Windy Hill" : ONA
30
Irritate : VEX
31
Seth's mother : EVE
32
Milky liquid: Abbr. : EMUL
33
Computer in "2001" : HAL
34
Employment : USE
35
Debussy's "La ___" : MER
38
Spooky : EERIE
39
500 sheets of newsprint : REAM
41
Kind of desk : ROLLTOP
42
Hemingway title, with "The" : KILLERS
43
Contended : WARRED
44
Wave: Sp. : OLA
46
Medical-lab technique : SMEAR
47
Lift with exertion : HEAVE
48
Plus quantity : ASSET
49
O3 : OZONE
50
Norway, to Norwegians : NORGE
51
Alpine singing : YODEL
52
Wall or cross follower : EYED
53
Raw or New : DEAL
54
"___ the valley of Death ... " : INTO
58
Symbol of Oregon : FIR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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