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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

LITERARY MANHATTAN

New York Times, Sunday, September 20, 1992

8-Down : Widely planted African tree

Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 551 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 133, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
John M. Samson has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,657
Across
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The New Yorker founder : ROSS
5
Acclaim : ECLAT
10
Tatami material : STRAW
15
Casa room : SALA
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Sad notice : OBIT
20
Agitate : SHAKE
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Shining: Comb. form : PHENO
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Nutmeg feature : ARIL
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Squire-to-be : PAGE
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Roughrider, e.g. : TAMER
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Pergola : ARBOR
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Gradually slower: Mus. dir. : RALL
27
Hotel Lombardy resident: 1930-35 : EDNAFERBER
29
Algonquin's literary luncheon club : ROUNDTABLE
31
Daily fare : DIET
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Useful quality : ASSET
34
Subs at bridge : SITSIN
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Extreme cruelty : SADISM
38
Henry IV's second wife : MARIE
40
Perfectly, with "to" : ATEE
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Ampulla's cousin : CRUET
42
Novelist Cook : ROBIN
43
Baking soda : SALERATUS
48
Dickens's "___ Times" : HARD
49
Resident of 570 Park Avenue: 1932-47 : WILLACATHER
51
Holyoke Center designer : SERT
52
Wharton's "The ___ of Innocence" : AGE
53
Fissile rock : SHALE
54
"The two-l ___ ... ": Ogden Nash : LLAMA
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Aphorism : ADAGE
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Truth : VERACITY
58
"Pénélope" composer : FAURE
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Table wine : CLARET
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Roster : ROTA
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They're often billowed : SAILS
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Lear's devoted companion : FOOL
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"Stubborn Hope" poet : BRUTUS
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Herculean serpent : HYDRA
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A founding member of 29 Across : CONNELLY
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Fitting : RIGHT
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Review board : PANEL
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Stickum : PASTE
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Lixivium : LYE
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A Jane Addams org. : ACLU
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Resident of 1000 Park Avenue: 1948-55 : PGWODEHOUSE
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___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
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Indirectly : THIRDHAND
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Less desirable : WORSE
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Coiffeuse's appliance : DRYER
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Farrow and Korf : MIAS
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One accepted for a job : HIREE
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Muffle : DEADEN
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Whirls : EDDIES
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Agglomerate : AMASS
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Iranian province : FARS
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Resident of 333 Riverside Drive: mid-50's : SAULBELLOW
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Patchin Place resident: 1923-62 : EECUMMINGS
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Agriculturist Jethro ___ : TULL
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Airheads : DOLTS
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Shady promenades : MALLS
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People of SW China : LOLO
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Formerly : ONCE
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Fuming : IRATE
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Stage whisper : ASIDE
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Novelist Murdoch : IRIS
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Feather: Comb. form : PTER
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"The Highwayman" poet : NOYES
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King Birendra's land : NEPAL
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Pulpit of old : AMBO
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Ratline : ROPE
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O.T. book : OBAD
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Doyle's "The ___ of the Four" : SIGN
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Stabilized : STEADIED
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Look up to : ESTEEM
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Horoscope : CHART
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Schoolmate of Coleridge : LAMB
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Widely planted African tree : AKEE
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Glass gardens : TERRARIA
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Exiguous : SPARSE
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Pang : THROE
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Confute : REBUT
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Soon : ANON
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Bombastic talker or writer : WORDSTER
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Resident of 211 Central Park West: 1917-27 : SARATEASDALE
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Douar denizens : ARABS
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Soprano Lehmann : LILLI
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Drury or Tate : ALLEN
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Stallone film : FIST
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Stratum : TIER
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Hotel Lombardy resident: 1939-40 : SINCLAIRLEWIS
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Sorrel soup : SCHAV
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O'Hara's "___ to Live" : ARAGE
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"Four Apostles" painter : DURER
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Mrs. Leopold Bloom : MOLLY
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Competent : ABLE
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Epithet of Athena : ALEA
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Lariat : RIATA
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Pentangles : STARS
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Alas! : AHME
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Spree : TEAR
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Push along : URGE
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Printing directive : STET
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Jots : WHITS
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Spurious wing : ALULA
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Tonto's mount : SCOUT
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Book by Admiral Byrd : ALONE
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Chelsea Hotel resident: 1962-68 : ARTHURMILLER
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Washed-out : FADED
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Adventurous tale : CONTE
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Church council : SYNOD
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"Cabaret" director : FOSSE
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Holy terror : BRAT
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Like a Dives : RICH
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Large tangelo : UGLI
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"Overboard" star : HAWN
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Grounds : CAUSE
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Harold of "Safety Last" : LLOYD
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Parisian's high school : LYCEE
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Ache : YEARN
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Hagen won four of these : PGAS
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Read with interest : PORE
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Incorporated gradually : PHASEDIN
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Rotten Row figure : HORSEMAN
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Capital of Jorge Amado's homeland : BRASILIA
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African jackal : DIEB
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Skin: Comb. form : DERM
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Parts of ships' bows : HAWSES
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Maiden, in old literature : DAMSEL
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Preclude legally : ESTOP
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Unnerve : DAUNT
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Wilfred Owen's "___ et Decorum Est" : DULCE
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Lighten : ALLAY
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Southwestern copse : MOTTE
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Kassel's river : FULDA
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Parrot fish : LORO
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Facility : EASE
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Football infraction : CLIP
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Par : NORM
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Voluble : GLIB
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Ho-hum : SOSO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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