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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, June 15, 1991

39-Across : Launce

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 23.9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,194
Across
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Salad ingredient : CRESS
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Sprig : BRAD
10
Group led by an akela : PACK
14
Cry of surprise : HELLO
15
San ___, Riviera resort : REMO
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Kind of hemp : ALOE
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"I never saw ___": Dickinson : AMOOR
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" ... the Bird ___ the Wing": FitzGerald : ISON
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First U.S. woman in space : RIDE
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Trivial : PEPPERCORN
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"Camino ___" : REAL
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A k a Nestor Ironside : STEELE
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Introduction : LEADIN
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"Bullitt" director : YATES
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Nest-building S.A. fish : ACARA
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Dudeen, e.g. : PIPE
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Disencumber : RID
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Grub Street denizen : WRITER
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Good news : EVANGEL
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Launce : SANDEEL
40
Cleft : PARTED
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Akela follower : CUB
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Tropical food staple : EDDO
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Muster : ENROL
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Squawbush : SUMAC
46
European cavalryman : HUSSAR
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Kind of daisy : SHASTA
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Dr. ___ in "Buck Rogers" : HUER
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Full-dress coat, colloquially : CLAWHAMMER
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Amphora adjunct : ANSA
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Newspaper sect. : ROTO
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Retinue : SUITE
60
Reagan's first Secretary of State : HAIG
61
Judah's 14th king : AMON
62
John from Middlesex : ELTON
63
Corolla petals : ALAE
64
Fringe benefit, for short : PERK
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U.S.S.R. river : DESNA
Down
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Rancher's leggings : CHAPS
2
Convened anew : REMET
3
Bolt together : ELOPE
4
Glacis : SLOPE
5
How some are missed : SORELY
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___-a-brac : BRIC
7
Did a cobbler's job : RESOLED
8
Ovid work : AMORES
9
Valens hit : DONNA
10
Oedipus or Orestes : PARRICIDE
11
Made hostile : ALIENATED
12
Closing chords : CODA
13
Actor-singer from Ill. : KEEL
21
Performed a pesade : REARED
25
Junior's imprecation : DARN
27
Sesame : TIL
29
Palustrine plant : REED
30
Woody's boy : ARLO
31
Cantinflas film: 1960 : PEPE
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Actor Dixon : IVAN
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Freedom of speech : PARRHESIA
34
Building's surroundings : ENTOURAGE
36
"___ Moon," Downey theme song : WABASH
38
Thickens : GELS
39
Bottom line : SUM
41
He has lots of hang-ups : CURATOR
44
Strauss opera : SALOME
45
Ornamented, as metal : CHASED
47
Row : SCRAP
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Stubborn as ___ : AMULE
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Jimmy of "L.A. Law" : SMITS
51
Wyo.'s ___ Range : TETON
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Sacramento's ARCO : ARENA
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Guffaw : HAHA
54
Single : UNAL
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A grind: Slang : WONK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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