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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Monday, September 3, 1984

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 21.1
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. 12,718
Across
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Uncloistered : LAIC
5
Fasten : CLASP
10
Carolina rail : SORA
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Love god : AMOR
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Opposite of été : HIVER
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Revise a manuscript : EDIT
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Pierre's roast : ROTI
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Certain lizard : ANOLE
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Extract anthracite : MINE
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Marriage milestone : DIAMONDWEDDING
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Fish eater : ERN
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Spanish cape : NAO
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Burrowing amphibians : SPADEFOOTTOADS
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Cow sound : MOO
34
King of Norway : OLAV
35
___ de corps : ESPRIT
36
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Put on : DON
40
Tide's companion : TIME
41
Ceremonial bow : SALAAM
44
Scene of first caucus in '84 : IOWA
47
Adjust a clock : SET
48
Relatives of a BLT : CLUBSANDWICHES
51
Syllable of a refrain : TRA
52
1 or 66: Abbr. : RTE
53
Hors d'oeuvre delicacy : ARTICHOKEHEART
61
Vicinity : AREA
62
Attacked : HADAT
63
Fashion name : DIOR
64
Randy and Tai's milieu : RINK
65
___ Gay (W.W. II plane) : ENOLA
66
She married Ernie Kovacs : EDIE
67
Marquis de ___ : SADE
68
Throat ailment, for short : STREP
69
Strike out : DELE
Down
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Prepare meat, in a way : LARD
2
Mine, to Marcel : AMOI
3
Between theta and kappa : IOTA
4
Yalta's area : CRIMEA
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Boat route : CHANNEL
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Singer Jenny : LIND
7
Confess : AVOW
8
Moon: Comb. form : SELENO
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Come before, in a way : PREDATE
10
Big truck, for short : SEMI
11
Father of Thor : ODIN
12
Marvin Hagler's milieu : RING
13
Snacked : ATE
21
Church calendar : ORDO
22
Periods : DOTS
25
Relating to sound : SONAL
26
French soldier : POILU
27
Rage : FAD
28
Like a football : OVOID
29
Choose : OPT
30
"I ___ from dreams of thee": Shelley : ARISE
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Lightest U.S. coins : DIMES
32
Let it stand : STET
33
Label on a file drawer : MISC
37
Dinner check : TAB
39
"___ I lay me ... " : NOW
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Italian wine area : ASTI
43
Sousa output : MARCHES
45
Eavesdrop on the phone : WIRETAP
46
Powerful hormone : ACTH
49
Popular resort outside Boston : NAHANT
50
Paid attention to : HEEDED
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Opera highlight : ARIA
54
Tear : REND
55
Capture : TAKE
56
Aroma : ODOR
57
Type of cabbage : KALE
58
___-de-camp : AIDE
59
Disturb : ROIL
60
Tamarack or ginkgo : TREE
61
"___ gratia artis" : ARS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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