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Arnold
Arnold

New York Times, Tuesday, April 10, 1984

6-Down : Cake decorator

Author:
Arnold
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arnold has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,572
Across
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"La Bohémienne" painter : HALS
5
Supple : LITHE
10
Buddhist language : PALI
14
Border : ABUT
15
Bavarian Alps lake : ACHEN
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Rainer role : OLAN
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Festive : GALA
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Equals : PEERS
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Mix : STIR
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June event : SUMMERSOLSTICE
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Buddy : PAL
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Subdue : UNARM
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"Winesburg, Ohio" author : ANDERSON
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Containers : VIALS
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___ Arabia : SAUDI
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Tardy : LATE
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Void's partner : NULL
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Devilish child : IMP
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Immortal : AGELESS
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"Mamma ___!" : MIA
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Ooze : SEEP
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Ballplayer who refuses to fade away : ROSE
45
Revise : AMEND
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Ionesco work : DRAMA
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Having a spree : ONABINGE
51
Hermit : LONER
53
Distress signal : SOS
54
Polar sight : THEMIDNIGHTSUN
60
Southwest Indian : HOPI
61
Support for Grant Wood : EASEL
62
Get ___ the ground floor : INON
64
City in S France : ALES
65
Headstone : STELE
66
Preminger : OTTO
67
Politburo vote : NYET
68
Irritable : TESTY
69
Denials : NOES
Down
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Crone : HAG
2
Camel-hair robes : ABAS
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Doozy : LULU
4
Imprinted : STAMPED
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Jacket features : LAPELS
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Cake decorator : ICER
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Hemingway novel : THESUNALSORISES
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Wading bird : HERON
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Subjugates : ENSLAVES
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Mailer's go-between : POSTMAN
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High: Prefix : ALTI
12
Secular : LAIC
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Concerning : INRE
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"West Side Story" girl : MARIA
22
___ Lanka : SRI
25
Unmodified : ASIS
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Put the finger on : NAMED
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Dolphins' super pass-catcher : DUPER
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Bread spread : OLEO
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Light unit : LUMEN
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David's weapon : SLING
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Adolescent : TEEN
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Dip : LADE
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Most magnificent : GRANDEST
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Wooden shoe : SABOT
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Fortuneteller : PALMIST
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Task : MISSION
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"Après ___ le déluge" : MOI
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Rhett's rival : ASHLEY
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Maternal relative : ENATE
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"Bigger ___ a breadbox" : THAN
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Sacred : HOLY
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Fencing sword : EPEE
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Lucre : GELT
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"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
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Remark : NOTE
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Gogol story : NOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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