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| Total | Debut | Latest |
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| 2 | 6/1/2019 | 12/11/2020 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Scrab | Debut | Flow | Fresh |
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| 1.63 | 13 | 62.6 | 95% |
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With apologies to J.K. Rowling, I've been asked to say a few words, and here they are: ALAI IPSE RARA MALESKA.
This bizarre incantation is not, as far as I know, how modern speed solvers fire themselves up for crossword tournaments, but 40 years ago it might have passed for a daily New York Times cheat code. I've never watched a jai alai match, nor I could use the Latin phrases ipse dixit and rara avis in a sentence other than this one. But I still know the name Eugene T. Maleska, the former crossword editor, and if nothing else, he taught me how to fill in the blanks with otherwise-alien letter combinations. Fortunately I didn't have to resort to any of those for this puzzle.
Just a few more words: KROZEL WEINTRAUB BURNIKEL REID NOTHNAGEL._ You all make terrific puzzles — thanks for letting me sneak one in!
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A 62-answer debut?
In the words of Bob Seger, "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then..."