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Arnold Moss
Arnold Moss

New York Times, Monday, April 9, 1979

10-Down : Dislose

Author:
Arnold Moss
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arnold Moss has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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C
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C
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B
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G
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F
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K
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F
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H
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K
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,744
Across
1
Smart : CHIC
5
Met mezzo-soprano : DALIS
10
Cars of the 20's : REOS
14
Actor from N.Y.C. : COCO
15
Mrs. Bunker : EDITH
16
Dresden's river : ELBE
17
Full extent or reach : SPAN
18
Hell's neighbor : LIMBO
19
Contended : VIED
20
Oscar-award phrase, with "The" : ENVELOPEPLEASE
23
Mundane and Vulgar : ERAS
24
Reliever : EASER
25
Oscar winner Bancroft : ANNE
27
___ metabolism : BASAL
30
Mitch Miller's first love : OBOE
31
Benefits : AVAILS
33
Empty talk : GAS
36
Oscar-award phrase : FIRSTLETMETHANK
39
Not masc. or neut. : FEM
40
Changed an author's text : EDITED
41
All: Prefix : OMNI
42
Nationalist Timothy ___ of Ireland: 1885-1931 : HEALY
43
Eye part : UVEA
44
Trapshooting : SKEET
47
It goes with sukiyaki : SAKE
49
Oscar-award phrase : ANDTHEWINNERIS
55
Greenish plum : GAGE
56
Caribbean volcano : PELEE
57
Where Isfahan is : IRAN
59
Always : EVER
60
Oscar winner Tatum : ONEAL
61
Number of Oscar awards in 1926 : NONE
62
Modify : REDO
63
Feed a fire : STOKE
64
What rodents do : GNAW
Down
1
Prescription amt. : CCS
2
Frequent emcee for Oscar awards : HOPE
3
"Possom" to Pompey : ICAN
4
Meets : CONVENES
5
Singer Reese : DELLA
6
"So long" in San Juan : ADIOS
7
Like a wet rag : LIMP
8
"Let ___," Beatles hit : ITBE
9
Boutique : SHOP
10
Dislose : REVEAL
11
Poet Lieberman : ELIAS
12
Overweight : OBESE
13
Passover service : SEDER
21
Before, to Marlowe : ERE
22
Minimal : LEAST
25
Hero of Nichols's long-run play : ABIE
26
Average : NORM
27
Bonkers : BATTY
28
Beloved: Fr. : AIME
29
Winter item : SLED
30
Not working : OFF
31
Pierce in "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
32
Bride's covering : VEIL
33
Musical chairs, e.g. : GAME
34
Oscar winner Magnani : ANNA
35
Compete in a dauerlauf : SKI
37
Bicuspids : TEETH
38
Hanging about : HOVERING
42
Different: Prefix : HETERO
43
Kona instrument : UKE
44
Wiser : SAGER
45
Jack : KNAVE
46
Bordered : EDGED
47
Kind of preview : SNEAK
48
Anoint, old style : ANELE
50
Heroic poetry : EPOS
51
Left : WENT
52
Former Congolese prime minister : ILEO
53
"The ___ Duke" (Wellington) : IRON
54
Capital of Yemen : SANA
58
___ Bedford, Mass. : NEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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