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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Monday, July 15, 1985

36-Down : Plant new trees

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,033
Across
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Schoolgoer in a nursery rhyme : LAMB
5
Brahman, e.g. : CASTE
10
Shower alternative : BATH
14
Aliform : ALAR
15
Nurses in Peking : AMAHS
16
She loved Narcissus : ECHO
17
Sub ___ (secretly) : ROSA
18
Incurred, as debts : RANUP
19
Dry : ARID
20
Skimming-stones-on-water pastime : DUCKSANDDRAKES
23
___ Kett : ETTA
24
Before, to Byron : ERE
25
Birthplace of Pythagoras : SAMOS
27
Brief : ABSTRACT
32
Cherub : ANGEL
33
Baseball's Slaughter : ENOS
34
Hyson, e.g. : TEA
35
Former U.A.W. head : LEONARDWOODCOCK
39
Cash follower : IER
40
Alaskan statesman : EGAN
41
"Dallas" character : ELLIE
42
Ticket given to a bus rider : TRANSFER
45
Attachment to a fish line : SNELL
46
Gone by : AGO
47
Attention getter : AHEM
48
American trailing plant : PARTRIDGEBERRY
55
Poker holding : PAIR
56
Town near Harrisburg : ENOLA
57
Negatives : NOES
58
Kind of phobia : ACRO
59
Guide : STEER
60
Publisher's ponderous product : TOME
61
Dither : STEW
62
Civil wrongs : TORTS
63
Slammer : STIR
Down
1
Dress for cooking : LARD
2
Baseballer Matty : ALOU
3
Not fem. or neut. : MASC
4
Railroad workers : BRAKEMEN
5
Weights of pearls : CARATS
6
Famous town SW of Cedar Rapids : AMANA
7
Tot's box-filler : SAND
8
Dull sound : THUD
9
Coffee, Italian style : ESPRESSO
10
Pharmacist's vessel : BEAKER
11
Farm unit : ACRE
12
"___ above all ... ": Shak. : THIS
13
Mason's burden : HOD
21
Garment for Calpurnia : STOLA
22
Actor Carney : ART
25
Scoff : SNEER
26
Marketplace, in old Athens : AGORA
27
Sadat : ANWAR
28
Blessing : BOON
29
Coral reef : ATOLL
30
Rhodes or De Mille : CECIL
31
Capture : TAKE
32
Landed : ALIT
33
Brink : EDGE
36
Plant new trees : REFOREST
37
Star in Cygnus : DENEB
38
Fourteen Vatican leaders : CLEMENTS
43
Short of breadth : NARROW
44
An NCO : SGT
45
Large scissors : SHEARS
47
Ornamental tag : AGLET
48
Locarno ___: 1925 : PACT
49
River at Leeds : AIRE
50
Division word : INTO
51
Active one : DOER
52
Type of beer : ROOT
53
Ancient Gauls : REMI
54
W.W. I battle site : YSER
55
___ de deux (duet) : PAS

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

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