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Arnold Moss
Arnold Moss

New York Times, Tuesday, December 6, 1983

27-Down : Ice hockey teams

Author:
Arnold Moss
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,446
Across
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Site of Shah Jahan's monument : AGRA
5
Carson's predecessor : PAAR
9
Pitch-black : SABLE
14
" ... ___ as a well" : DEEP
15
Bombeck : ERMA
16
Expect : AWAIT
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"Rule, Britannia" composer : ARNE
18
Certain votes : AYES
19
One-time German coin : TALER
20
Cole Porter musical: 1944 : MEXICANHAYRIDE
23
Actor Cariou : LEN
24
British actress Mary : URE
25
Hines and Pinza : BASSI
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Incipient flowers : BUDS
31
"El ___," Heston movie : CID
34
Walled city in Spain : AVILA
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Adriatic port : BARI
36
Welles film role : KANE
37
Fancy footwork in Fortín de las Flores : MEXICANHATDANCE
40
Sired : BRED
41
Word with pipe or spin : TAIL
42
Audibly : ALOUD
43
"___ De-Lovely," 1936 song : ITS
44
Alfano air : ARIA
45
Turns around : VEERS
46
Year for Septimius Severus : CCI
47
Brest friend : AMI
49
May 5 and Sept. 15 in Ajijic : MEXICANFIESTAS
57
An Astaire : ADELE
58
Follower of Middle or Far : EAST
59
Town near the Don's mouth : AZOV
61
Finch : SERIN
62
Like Coleridge's "painted ship" : IDLE
63
Slipper : MULE
64
Man from Split : CROAT
65
Ogle's cousin : LEER
66
Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" : ERDE
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Actress Rehan : ADA
2
Seed : GERM
3
Descartes : RENE
4
Peak : APEX
5
"___ in our time" : PEACE
6
Indo-European : ARYAN
7
Kind of corner : AMEN
8
Reckless : RASH
9
Panlike creatures : SATYRS
10
Conscious : AWARE
11
Stop for some cruise ships : BALI
12
Prevaricated : LIED
13
Raison d'___ : ETRE
21
Kind of artery or vein : ILIAC
22
C.P.A.'s job : AUDIT
25
Salten deer : BAMBI
26
Ward off : AVERT
27
Ice hockey teams : SIXES
28
Glided : SLID
29
Brazilian state : BAHIA
30
U.S.S.R. river : URAL
31
Pirogue, e.g. : CANOE
32
Bring down upon : INCUR
33
He went to town : DEEDS
35
___ B'rith : BNAI
36
Cabbagelike vegetable : KALE
38
Courtyards : ATRIA
39
C.S.A. President : DAVIS
44
Stress : ACCENT
46
Eyelashes : CILIA
47
Busy place in June : AISLE
48
Taxi equipment : METER
49
Neither fem. nor neut. : MASC
50
German river : EDER
51
Dry: Comb. form : XERO
52
Simon or Sedaka : NEIL
53
Vanish : FADE
54
Emulate Petruchio : TAME
55
Cote d'___ : AZUR
56
Auctioneer's word : SOLD
60
W.W. II gesture : VEE

Answer summary:
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