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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Tuesday, July 3, 1984

4-Down : Revive an old flame

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,656
Across
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White frost : HOAR
5
Cnossus' country : CRETE
10
Type of oil : LUBE
14
Behold! to Brutus : ECCE
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Stair part : RISER
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Catchall abbr. : ETAL
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Auto pests : BACKSEATDRIVERS
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Calculate approximately : ESTIMATE
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Romance in verse : GESTE
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"___ creature was stirring ... " : NOTA
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Eat out : DINE
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Bit : SMIDGE
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Type of skirt : MINI
29
Liturgical vestment : ALB
32
Viscount's superior : EARL
33
Price increase : BOOST
34
Society-page word : NEE
35
Wryneck's cousin : GREENWOODPECKER
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___ Arbor, Mich. : ANN
40
Busiest airport : OHARE
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Ye ___ Shoppe : OLDE
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Poe's Annabel : LEE
43
Type of learning : ROTE
44
Most tractable : TAMEST
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Namesakes of Cantor's wife : IDAS
47
Cuckoopint : ARUM
48
Vietnamese capital : HANOI
51
Height : EMINENCE
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Patrick Henry, for one : IRONCLADPATRIOT
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Elfin being : PERI
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One of the senses : SMELL
60
Hibernian : CELT
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Fountain order : SODA
62
Hamlet's people : DANES
63
Raines or Fitzgerald : ELLA
Down
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Cupbearer to the gods : HEBE
2
Wood sorrels : OCAS
3
Bookkeeper: Abbr. : ACCT
4
Revive an old flame : REKINDLE
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Produce : CREATE
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Lariat : RIATA
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Villa d'___ : ESTE
8
Kennedy, to pals : TED
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Go wrong : ERR
10
Fashionable party : LEVEE
11
Shoshones : UTES
12
Starr of football fame : BART
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Otherwise : ELSE
18
Los Angeles problem : SMOG
19
Light : IGNITE
23
Electron tube : DIODE
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Police off. : INSP
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He wrote "Love Story" : SEGAL
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Seine feeder : MARNE
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Dunne or Castle : IRENE
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Victor ___, former comedian : MOORE
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Talus locale : ANKLE
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West Yorkshire city : LEEDS
31
Pierre's cap : BERET
33
Ferry and wherry : BOATS
36
Scandinavian : NORDIC
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Order to Dobbin : WHOA
38
Trade : COMMERCE
44
Track preliminaries : TRIALS
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Pittypat in "G.W.T.W." : AUNT
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Ancient Greek district : IONIA
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Plentiful : AMPLE
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Coxae : HIPS
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Martian: Comb. form : AREO
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Sud's opposite : NORD
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Garden in Genesis : EDEN
52
Maréchal ___ (type of rose) : NIEL
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C.C.N.Y. is one : COLL
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Kett of comics : ETTA
56
Mind-altering drug, for short : LSD
57
Dr.'s org. : AMA

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

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