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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Tuesday, February 16, 1988

54-Down : Migrant workers of the 30's

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,979
Across
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London gallery : TATE
5
Ipso ___ : FACTO
10
Spanish Surrealist : DALI
14
Actor Ladd : ALAN
15
Gruesome : LURID
16
Soviet river : URAL
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___ avis : RARA
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Revere : ADORE
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"Auntie ___" : MAME
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Discard smoking material? : PITCHPIPE
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Receded : EBBED
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Record : TAPE
24
Him follower : SELF
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N.Y.C.-to-Boston dir. : ENE
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___ an ear (hearken) : LEND
31
Avoids a big wedding : ELOPES
35
Trade : COMMERCE
37
Of the nerves : NEURAL
38
Type of bean : LIMA
39
Comic-strip cry : EEK
41
Ibsen heroine : NORA
42
Roman amphitheaters : ARENAE
45
On the decline : DECADENT
48
Cousin of a leash : TETHER
49
Signs showing success : SROS
50
Eds. receive them : MSS
51
Precinct : AREA
53
Aware of : ONTO
55
Office worker : STENO
58
Regret of a reformed thief? : MISTAKING
63
Garnish : LARD
64
"We're off ___ the Wizard" : TOSEE
65
Privy to : INON
66
College subj. : ECOL
67
Actor Maurice : EVANS
68
Miss Kett : ETTA
69
Quantity : DOSE
70
Belief : TENET
71
Glide on high : SOAR
Down
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Canvas cover, for short : TARP
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Pungent : TART
4
Pass a law : ENACT
5
Swinger in the 20's : FLAPPER
6
Formal interview : AUDIENCE
7
Trim : CROP
8
Bores : TIRES
9
Keats work : ODE
10
Puzzle : DUMBFOUND
11
Yemeni, for one : ARAB
12
Type of excuse : LAME
13
"___ Three Lives": Philbrick : ILED
21
Hearty's companion : HALE
22
Pronoun for a Parisienne : ELLE
25
Dusk's time, to Tennyson : EEN
26
Brilliance : ECLAT
27
Black, in Boulogne : NOIRE
28
Irish patriot : EMMET
30
Some sale documents : DEEDS
32
Introductory remarks : PROEM
33
Merits : EARNS
34
Louvers : SLATS
36
Clue to homo sapiens? : MANHANDLE
40
Flammable oil : KEROSENE
43
Plane or space preceder : AERO
44
Before, poetically : ERE
46
Oppose : CONTEST
47
Movie dog : ASTA
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Get ___ on (stir) : AMOVE
54
Migrant workers of the 30's : OKIES
55
Eskimo vehicle : SLED
56
Mexican staple : TACO
57
A god of love : EROS
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"No man ___ island": Donne : ISAN
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Division word : INTO
61
___ bene : NOTA
62
Growl : GNAR
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Asian holiday : TET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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