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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Monday, September 22, 1986

52-Down : Units of laughter

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,467
Across
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Huge : VAST
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Discloses : BARES
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Three-handed card game : SKAT
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Greek flask : OLPE
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" ... clean starved for ___": Shak. : ALOOK
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Antler's point : TINE
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Handle granite? : TOUCHSTONE
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Best of movies : EDNA
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Finish : END
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Minute particle : ATOM
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Loewe's collaborator : LERNER
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Lodge : RESIDE
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Burnt ___, artist's pigment : SIENNA
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Give up : CEDE
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Feature of many churches : STEEPLE
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Spikes the punch : LACES
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Marner or Lapham : SILAS
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Remove a cherry stone : PIT
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Having wings : ALAR
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Real bargain : STEAL
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Exec's communication : MEMO
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Criticize : RAP
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Ascertain : LEARN
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Munchausen, e.g. : BARON
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Analyze : DISSECT
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Skin: Comb. form : DERM
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Turkish inn : IMARET
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Long, wearying periods : SIEGES
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Establish new village guidelines : REZONE
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"___ quam videri," N.C. motto : ESSE
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Emulate Olivier : ACT
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One of several Danish kings : ERIC
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Enjoy deeply? : TASTEFULLY
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___ or swim : SINK
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Consumed : EATEN
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Guarantee of a kind : SEAL
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Appendages : TAGS
68
Enfold : DRAPE
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Borgia in-law : ESTE
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Elector : VOTER
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Desolate : ALONE
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Taters : SPUDS
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Sleuth, for short : TEC
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Moistened the turkey : BASTED
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Choir member : ALTO
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House units : ROOMS
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Ages upon ages : EON
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Emaciated : SKELETAL
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Author of "Tristram Shandy" : STERNE
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Sleeping goat? : KIDNAPPER
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Boleyn, for one : ANNE
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Type of drop : TEAR
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Pluto's realm : HADES
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Readings on vanes : ENES
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Bakery worker : ICER
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"No man is an ___ ... ": Donne : ISLAND
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Squire's place : ESTATE
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Vehicle from Kennedy to N.Y.C. : LIMO
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British school : ETON
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Fat : LARD
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Fitting hats? : CAPSIZING
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Cash or front follower : IER
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Hid : SECRETED
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Russell role : MAME
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Tilt : LEAN
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Lawyer's paper : BRIEF
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Apparel for artists : SMOCKS
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Ascetic of yore : ESSENE
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Seed cover : TESTA
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Units of laughter : GALES
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Brilliance : ECLAT
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Fashion : STYLE
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Take a break : REST
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Silkworm : ERIA
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Dance : STEP
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Swiss river : AAR
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Take advantage of : USE

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