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John R. Prosser
John R. Prosser

New York Times, Tuesday, September 6, 1983

Author:
John R. Prosser
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
John R. Prosser has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,355
Across
1
Earth is one : ORB
4
"I cannot ___ lie" : TELLA
9
Second son of Adam : ABEL
13
Alpine river : AAR
14
Soap opera. e.g. : SERIES
15
First Lady Claudia ___ Johnson : ALTA
16
19
Flower named for its scent : TEAROSE
20
How earls should behave? : NOBLY
21
Unaspirated : LENE
22
Traverse : SPAN
24
Actor W. C. ___ : FIELDS
27
Believe : DEEM
28
Stripling : LAD
31
Caddo native of La. : ADAI
32
___ Haute : TERRE
33
American in Paris: Slang : AMI
34
A tramp, for one : CIRCUMAMBULATOR
38
Unit of weight : TON
39
___ gin fizz : RAMOS
40
Blurt out : VENT
41
Kin of rds. : STS
42
Secluded valley : GLEN
43
Tightfisted : STINGY
45
Exploit : DEED
46
Mother of Zeus : RHEA
47
Decorate : ADORN
50
Treated with carbon dioxide : AERATED
53
Free-spending tourist : VISITINGFIREMAN
57
Repose : EASE
58
Nothing but : MERELY
59
First Lady McKinley : IDA
60
Vehicle with two runners : SLED
61
Author Buck : PEARL
62
Price indicator : TAG
Down
1
Adult acorn : OAK
2
Talk irrationally : RANT
3
French cheese : BRIE
4
Wyo. range : TETONS
5
Worn away : EROSE
6
Lennon's "In My ___" : LIFE
7
Give the go-ahead : LET
8
One Wednesday each year : ASH
9
Brother of Moses : AARON
10
Splotch : BLOB
11
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
12
Scott's "The ___ of the Lake" : LADY
14
Tatter : SHRED
17
Of Pierre's country : GALLIC
18
Japan; lacquer : ENAMEL
22
Some Yugoslavs : SERBS
23
Its capital is Lima : PERU
24
What liars distort : FACTS
25
Dostoyevsky's "The ___" : IDIOT
26
Receives recompense : EARNS
27
The neighbor's child? : DEMON
28
Make unpunctual : LATEN
29
In the thick of : AMONG
30
Begrimed : DIRTY
32
Submissive at last : TAMED
35
Pressing : URGENT
36
Ram or stag : MALE
37
Emulate Jacqueline Cochran : AVIATE
43
Piercing : SHRILL
44
Lachrymose : TEARY
45
Wiped the dishes : DRIED
46
Have recourse (to) : REFER
47
Salutations : AVES
48
Finger a phone : DIAL
49
Bone: Comb. form : OSSE
50
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
51
Send out : EMIT
52
Infant's father : DADA
54
The neighbor's child? : IMP
55
First Lady Lou Hoover, ___ Henry : NEE
56
Faultfinder : NAG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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