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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Tuesday, August 2, 1983

49-Down : Stabilizing device, for short

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,320
Across
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Mets' stadium : SHEA
5
Roman goddess : VESTA
10
"The Man Who ___ to Dinner" : CAME
14
Decree ___ : NISI
15
River through Bavaria : ILLER
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"___! poor Yorick" : ALAS
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Sunburn inducers : ULTRAVIOLETRAYS
20
Strategic barrier : BLOCKADE
21
Up the bet : RAISE
22
Kind of grass or flower : RICE
23
Groove : SLIT
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Bovary, e.g. : MADAME
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Ostriches' cousins : EMUS
29
Actress Ullmann : LIV
32
Norway's king : OLAF
33
Airborne : ALOFT
34
Sayings collection : ANA
35
Mrs. Cripps, in "Pinafore" : LITTLEBUTTERCUP
39
King topper : ACE
40
Eat away : ERODE
41
Prefix for dynamic : AERO
42
Type of herring : RED
43
Neap or flood : TIDE
44
Jim Palmer specialty : SLIDER
46
"Of ___ I Sing" : THEE
47
Ball ___ hammer : PEEN
48
Where Anaxagoras shopped : AGORA
51
Type of bacon : CANADIAN
55
Song hit of 1899 : MYWILDIRISHROSE
58
Woody's son : ARLO
59
Unattended : ALONE
60
Preminger : OTTO
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Turn's partner : TOSS
62
Basted : SEWED
63
Neck affliction : PAIN
Down
1
Slight : SNUB
2
Beans measurement : HILL
3
This, to Manuel : ESTO
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747, e.g. : AIRCRAFT
5
Brisk, in music : VIVACE
6
Leave out : ELIDE
7
Type of gin : SLOE
8
___ Aviv : TEL
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Exist : ARE
10
Gem weight : CARAT
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Willie of diamond fame : MAYS
13
Existence : ESSE
18
Tamiroff : AKIM
19
"Valse ___" : TRISTE
23
Struck : SMOTE
24
Air, to a Berliner : LUFT
25
Grinding tooth : MOLAR
26
Wonderland visitor : ALICE
27
Passé : DATED
28
Baffle : ELUDE
29
Spiked the punch : LACED
30
Habituate : INURE
31
Steam : VAPOR
33
Residence : ABODE
36
Deadly : LETHAL
37
Canal or Indian : ERIE
38
Cloud effluence : RAINDROP
44
Realized : SENSED
45
A daughter of Laban : LEAH
46
Threesomes : TRIOS
47
Author of "Common Sense" : PAINE
48
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
49
Stabilizing device, for short : GYRO
50
Certain hooters : OWLS
51
Exult : CROW
52
Theta-kappa connection : IOTA
53
___ spumante : ASTI
54
Relative of krypton : NEON
56
"___ Kapital" : DAS
57
___ de France : ILE

Answer summary:
2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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