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Alan Arbesfeld
Alan Arbesfeld

New York Times, Saturday, October 16, 1982

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 383 (avg 2.07)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 24.2
Alan Arbesfeld has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 123 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,030
Across
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Alphabetic quartet : OPQR
5
Mesopotamia today : IRAQ
9
Bartlett cit. : QUOT
13
Lechers : ROUES
15
Humdinger : LULU
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Partner of the radius : ULNA
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Censure : BLAME
18
Pope who became a saint : LEOI
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Like a hellkite : EVIL
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Sward : SOD
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Fouts or Jaworski : QUARTERBACK
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Drive out : ROUST
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Conical support in driving : TEE
27
Trembles : QUAKES
29
Applelike fruits : QUINCES
33
"Wait ___ Dark," 1967 film : UNTIL
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Pursuit : QUEST
35
End of a math proof : QED
37
The shivers : AGUE
38
Misgiving : QUALM
39
Bon mot : QUIP
40
Part of the Axis: Abbr. : GER
41
Behan's "The ___ Fellow" : QUARE
42
She raised skirts in the 60's : QUANT
43
Petition : REQUEST
45
Partitas : SUITES
46
Nasser's repub. : UAR
47
Whence to see Pichincha : QUITO
48
Midway : EQUIDISTANT
53
Kind of room : REC
56
Vidal subject : BURR
57
Jigger : SHOT
58
A sibling of Zeppo : CHICO
60
Chance : RISK
61
Scarlett's letters arrived here : TARA
62
"___ melodies are sweet ... ": Keats : HEARD
63
Big-band singer Anita : ODAY
64
Toots : SHOR
65
Navy, e.g. : BLUE
Down
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Eyes, poetically : ORBS
2
Game in which you "horse around" : POLO
3
Act of squaring : QUADRATURE
4
Dream indicator : REM
5
___ ease : ILLAT
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He feels remorse : RUER
7
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
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Religious mysticism : QUIETISM
9
Nordiques' home : QUEBEC
10
Edible seaweed : ULVA
11
Chemical suffix : ONIC
12
It's cheap : TALK
14
"Omoo," to "Typee" : SEQUEL
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Enterprise initials : USS
23
Schism : RENT
25
Dust-bowl fleer : OKIE
27
Marsh : QUAG
28
Famed contralto: 1803–77 : UNGER
29
Liter's cousin : QUART
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River in Zaire : UELE
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Torrid : EQUATORIAL
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Net : SEINE
34
European night herons : QUAS
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Agr. and Def. : DPTS
38
They seek answers : QUERISTS
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Abandon : QUIT
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Coll. area : QUAD
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Couch grass : QUITCH
44
Peculiar : QUIRKY
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Helios : SUN
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Arab sheikdom : QATAR
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River in Spain : EBRO
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One pound sterling : QUID
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___ Minor : URSA
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Mohammed Riza Pahlevi : SHAH
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Bull in a Spanish ring : TORO
54
Beige : ECRU
55
Set of principles : CODE
59
Semitic lang. : HEB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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