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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, January 17, 1991

24-Across : Minstrel-show character

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,045
Across
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The ___ of Avon : BARD
5
First-anniversary gift : PAPER
10
Parris Island, e.g. : BASE
14
Kin of an English horn : OBOE
15
Rebelled : AROSE
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The Black Knights : ARMY
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No so much : LESS
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Takes a break : RESTS
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Womanizer : ROUE
20
Operation since August 1990 : DESERTSHIELD
23
Auto pioneer's monogram : REO
24
Minstrel-show character : MRBONES
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General who wrote "On to Berlin" : GAVIN
30
Simple melody : CAVATINA
31
Expert : MAVEN
32
Agrippina, to Nero : MATER
33
Jet-set problem : LAG
34
Was in the red : OWED
35
Tyro's "learning matter" : ROPES
36
Apple or pear : POME
37
Choreographer Lubovitch : LAR
38
Whales : CETES
39
Golfer Jacobsen : PETER
40
Tarnish : DISCOLOR
42
Type of truck : PANEL
43
Cynic : SNEERER
44
Kindled : LIT
45
United ___ (approvers of 20 Across) : ARABEMIRATES
51
"Gil ___" : BLAS
54
Money in Peru : SOLES
55
Celebration : GALA
56
Adjuvant : AIDE
57
Famed chairmaker : EAMES
58
Neighbor of 45 Across : OMAN
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Action : DEED
60
Feed a furnace : STOKE
61
Zero : NONE
Down
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Forward; brazen : BOLD
2
Busy as ___ : ABEE
3
Diana from Detroit : ROSS
4
Merited : DESERVED
5
Dolly from Tenn. : PARTON
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Athenian soldier's deity : ARES
7
Luxurious : POSH
8
Assesses; appraises : ESTIMATES
9
Extra forces in 20 Across : RESERVES
10
Actress from Paris : BARDOT
11
Nigerian native : ARO
12
T.C.U. rival : SMU
13
Hurricane's center : EYE
21
Control : REIN
22
Construction piece : LBAR
25
One of the Sudanese : NILOTE
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Crown protector : ENAMEL
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More perspicacious : SAGER
28
A nephew of King Arthur : GAWAIN
29
Unwilling : AVERSE
30
Frolic : CAPER
31
Gelatine devices : MOLDS
32
Vessel used by water-skiers : MOTORBOAT
35
Frees hostages : RELEASES
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Busy place since August 1990 : PENTAGON
38
Ltr. writer : CORR
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Poker holding : PAIR
41
Left off : CEASED
42
Fabric with a crinkled finish : PLISSE
46
Admiral Zumwalt Jr. : ELMO
47
Earth's inheritors : MEEK
48
"___ Shanter" : TAMO
49
Esprit de corps : ELAN
50
Rational : SANE
51
Not prudent : BAD
52
Prevaricate : LIE
53
Summer drink : ADE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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