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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Tuesday, November 24, 1981

8-Down : Caspian, e.g.

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, 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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,704
Across
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"I Remember ___" : MAMA
5
Like Falstaff : OBESE
10
Clip : SNIP
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An Iraqi : ARAB
15
Certain race horse : PACER
16
Whig's opponent : TORY
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Jim Hart, e.g. : STLOUISCARDINAL
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Soak thoroughly : SATURATE
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" ... all, all ___": Coleridge : ALONE
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Archibald of the Celtics : NATE
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Revolutionary War general : GAGE
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" ... out, brief ___!": Macbeth : CANDLE
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"___ virumque cano" : ARMA
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Cleopatra's killer : ASP
32
Medicinal plant : ALOE
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"___ of snow-white horses ... " : ATEAM
34
Zeta-theta separator : ETA
35
Dan Fouts, e.g. : SANDIEGOCHARGER
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Season after printemps : ETE
40
Swedish city : MALMO
41
Ireland once : EIRE
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___ Moines : DES
43
Reptile, to an owl : PREY
44
Pencil end : ERASER
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"I ___ dance ... " : WONT
47
Cole ___ : SLAW
48
Accented syllable : ARSIS
51
Reading matter for Redford : SCENARIO
55
Ahmad Rashad, e.g. : MINNESOTAVIKING
58
Ballerina's knee bend : PLIE
59
He wrote "The New Art of Living" : PEALE
60
Medieval slave : ESNE
61
Fixes : SETS
62
Shakespearean forest : ARDEN
63
Photo-finish feature : NOSE
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Church rite : MASS
2
Greek gulf : ARTA
3
Beer ingredient : MALT
4
Teemed : ABOUNDED
5
Drug : OPIATE
6
Sew loosely : BASTE
7
"Look!" to Cato : ECCE
8
Caspian, e.g. : SEA
9
Slip a cog : ERR
10
Crossover on a pasture : STILE
11
"___, Nanette" : NONO
12
Neighbor of Afghanistan : IRAN
13
Jim Nabors role : PYLE
18
U.S.S.R. river : URAL
19
Founder of the Portuguese empire in the East : DAGAMA
23
Painter El ___ : GRECO
24
Chinese nurse : AMAH
25
Took a first look, as a crook : CASED
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Winged : ALATE
27
Roman calendar date : NONES
28
Tiny being : ATOMY
29
Protection : AEGIS
30
Cubic meter : STERE
31
A cook at times : PARER
33
Metal tip : AGLET
36
Obtrude : IMPOSE
37
Merit : EARN
38
Rouse again : REAWAKEN
44
Field-hockey team : ELEVEN
45
Hindu queen : RANI
46
Médoc and hock : WINES
47
Libra holds it : SCALE
48
Elec. units : AMPS
49
Raise one's hackles : RILE
50
Stew of a sort : SNIT
51
African village : STAD
52
Laughter, in Livorno : RISO
53
Stopovers : INNS
54
Curved molding : OGEE
56
Baden-Baden, e.g. : SPA
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Atop, to Key : OER

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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