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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, December 20, 1984

39-Down : Judgment time

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 44.4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,826
Across
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Tirana shopping need : LEKS
5
Earns F's : FAILS
10
Incumbent upon : UPTO
14
Dismounted : ALIT
15
"___ face!" : ABOUT
16
Skinflinty : NEAR
17
Minuscule : TINY
18
Dyan/Lucille : CANNONBALL
20
Aerie youngster : EAGLET
22
Lure : INVEIGLE
23
Pate cover : FEDORA
25
Fed. ecology group : EPA
26
Yellowish-green mineral : EPIDOTE
28
Lopped or cropped : TRASHED
32
___ Alamos : LOS
33
Gardener's spread : MULCH
35
On one's guard : LEERY
36
Nobelist in Physics: 1922 : BOHR
38
Stuck in the muck : MIRED
40
Moist and chilly : DANK
41
Tatum from L.A. : ONEAL
43
Barnyard cylinders : SILOS
45
What Caesar cast : DIE
46
Like May in Maryland : WARMISH
48
Freeloads : MOOCHES
50
___ de chose (trifle) : PEU
51
Chinese liquor : SAMSHU
52
Moss used by gardeners and surgeons : SPHAGNUM
56
Ponca City native : SOONER
59
Paul/Ayn : KRUGERRAND
61
Opera patron Kahn : OTTO
62
Whiffenpoofs' locale : YALE
63
Spore producers : AECIA
64
Emulate a telegrapher : SEND
65
Legendary seven : SEAS
66
Gabby : YAKKY
67
Periods : ERAS
Down
1
Like George Apley : LATE
2
Boz compatriot : ELIA
3
Coretta/Eddie : KINGFISHER
4
Named : STYLED
5
Jack-of-all-trades : FACTOTUM
6
Arab's cloak : ABA
7
Mich. city or county : IONIA
8
Sally ___ (tea cake) : LUNN
9
"___ at Yale": Johnson : STOVER
10
Impartial : UNBIASED
11
Wampum : PEAG
12
Like Parish of the Celtics : TALL
13
Heraldic band : ORLE
19
Katmandu is its capital : NEPAL
21
Biblical country : EDOM
24
Burger topper : RELISH
26
Greco/Clara : ELBOW
27
Indian educational center : POONA
28
Actress Ritter : THELMA
29
Edith/Tab : HEADHUNTER
30
Bert's "Sesame Street" pal : ERNIE
31
One of Connie Mack's stars : DYKES
34
Dernier ___ : CRI
37
Rushes wildly about : RAMPAGES
39
Judgment time : DOOMSDAY
42
Sovereign or vassal : LIEGE
44
Mediocre : SOSO
47
Yat-sen/Milland : SUNRAY
49
"I do not ___ to run ... ": C.C. : CHOOSE
51
Noisy osculation : SMACK
52
"The ___ the limit" : SKYS
53
Before: Prefix : PRAE
54
Hilo undulation : HULA
55
Compound used in making plastics : UREA
57
Sicilian site : ETNA
58
Shafts : RODS
60
Suffix for beat : NIK

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

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