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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Tuesday, March 30, 1982

29-Down : One of seven sins

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,830
Across
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White House dog in the 30's : FALA
5
"The ___ Wise Man": Van Dyke : OTHER
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Gwyn : NELL
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Matured : AGED
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Delete : ERASE
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Melville novel : OMOO
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Quit in the casino : CASHINONESCHIPS
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Spring peeper : TREETOAD
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Buenos ___ : AIRES
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Transmit : SEND
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"The Great Commoner" : PITT
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Quit before becoming superannuated : RETIRE
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Start of an epitaph : HERE
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Baden-Baden, e.g. : SPA
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Spanish river : EBRO
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Submarine detector : SONAR
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Nephew of Abraham : LOT
35
Quit under fire : ABANDONONESPOST
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Garland in Oahu : LEI
40
Good will : AMITY
41
Kett of comics : ETTA
42
Middle of the 16th century : MDL
43
Phooey! : RATS
44
Renoir's "The Blonde ___" : BATHER
46
Strays : ERRS
47
Major European waterway : ELBE
48
Houston athlete : ASTRO
51
Lowest-fare quarters on liners : STEERAGE
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Quit, at ringside : THROWINTHETOWEL
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Even : TIED
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True's companion : TRIED
60
Soviet range : URAL
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Recess at St. Peter's : APSE
62
Peerage group : EARLS
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Dido's home town : TYRE
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Reality : FACT
2
Chinese gelatin : AGAR
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___-majesté : LESE
4
Devoted attachment : ADHESION
5
Paris's lover before he met Helen : OENONE
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Ancient Asia Minor area : TROAD
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Clock part : HAND
8
Brooklyn follower : ESE
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In medias ___ : RES
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___ game (pitcher's coup) : NOHIT
11
Arab chief : EMIR
12
Easy gait : LOPE
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Deprivation : LOSS
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Roman road : ITER
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Shows consideration for, with "to" : CATERS
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___ arcade : PENNY
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"Dies ___," ancient hymn : IRAE
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Kingdom : REALM
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Waned : EBBED
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The Oregon ___ : TRAIL
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Hollers' companions : HOOTS
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One of seven sins : SLOTH
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French mail service : POSTE
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Essence : ATTAR
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Stews of a sort : SNITS
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Scopes trial attorney : DARROW
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Actor Sharif : OMAR
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Fizzle : PETEROUT
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Practices extortion: Slang : BLEEDS
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Second : ABET
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Undermine gradually : ERODE
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Merman : ETHEL
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Ending with lord or lady : SHIP
50
___ bien : TRES
51
Mix : STIR
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Out of kilter : AWRY
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Equipment : GEAR
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She, in Savoie : ELLE
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Mennon or Gideon follower : ITE
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Gun owner's org. : NRA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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