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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, September 27, 1984

5-Down : Guam's locale

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 40.6
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,742
Across
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Little ones : TOTS
5
Coffee or color : MOCHA
10
Jalopy : HEAP
14
Ben Adhem : ABOU
15
As thin as ___ : ARAIL
16
___ mater : ALMA
17
Nautical term involving a pirate's ruse : JIBBERTHEKIBBER
20
Meeting : SESSION
21
Somme city : AMIENS
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"Yes, ___": Davis book : ICAN
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Flap, as a sail : SLAT
24
Make disconsolate : SADDEN
27
Zachary Taylor was one : WHIG
28
Cuckoo : ANI
31
Help!: Fr. : AMOI
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Sailing : ASEA
34
Wild blue yonder : ETHER
36
What 17 Across means : LUREASHIPASHORE
39
"I loved ___ ... " : ALASS
40
Russian grain center : OREL
41
College in N.C. : ELON
42
Andrea ___ Sarto : DEL
43
Was left on base : DIED
45
Mother of Dionysus : SEMELE
47
Alliance of a sort : BUND
48
Carolina rail : SORA
49
Obscures, to the Bard : BEDIMS
52
Past tenses, to Plato : AORISTS
55
Equipment used re 17 and 36 Across : ABOBBINGLANTERN
58
What ships do in storms : ROLL
59
Lorelei : SIREN
60
Part of Q.E.F. : ERAT
61
Wounded ___, S. Dak. : KNEE
62
Disagreeable ones : TOADS
63
Allergy symptom : RASH
Down
1
___ Mahal : TAJ
2
Geisha gear : OBIS
3
Words from Hamlet : TOBE
4
Government grants : SUBSIDIES
5
Guam's locale : MARIANAS
6
Playwright Joe : ORTON
7
One of Sinatra's favorite lyrists : CAHN
8
Shake a leg : HIE
9
Acid neutralizer : ALKALI
10
Smoking is one : HABIT
11
European river : ELBE
12
Congregation's response : AMEN
13
P.G.A. norms : PARS
18
Suffix for inchoative verbs : ESCE
19
Amy Lowell creations : IMAGES
23
Mold : SHAPE
24
Caesar, e.g. : SALAD
25
As stubborn as ___ : AMULE
26
An annual golf tournament : DORAL
27
Uncanny : WEIRD
28
Burn ___ in one's pocket : AHOLE
29
Alcohol used in perfumery : NEROL
30
Rich or Papas : IRENE
33
Did a smith's job : SHOED
35
Ibsen's "___ Builder" : THEMASTER
37
___ as a fox : ASDUMB
38
Losers : ALSORANS
44
Demand firmly : INSIST
46
Innisfail : ERIN
47
The Good Book : BIBLE
48
Put platforms on pumps : SOLED
49
Arf or woof : BARK
50
Inky : EBON
51
Secy. of Transportation : DOLE
52
Mecca for tourists in India : AGRA
53
Japanese monastery : TERA
54
Some casa dwellers: Abbr. : SRAS
56
Aegean island : NIO
57
To the ___ degree : NTH

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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