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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, January 17, 1991

39-Across : Golfer Jacobsen

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, Grid flow: 35.4
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
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Operation since August 1990 : DESERTSHIELD
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Auto pioneer's monogram : REO
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Minstrel-show character : MRBONES
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General who wrote "On to Berlin" : GAVIN
30
Simple melody : CAVATINA
31
Expert : MAVEN
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Agrippina, to Nero : MATER
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Jet-set problem : LAG
34
Was in the red : OWED
35
Tyro's "learning matter" : ROPES
36
Apple or pear : POME
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Choreographer Lubovitch : LAR
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Whales : CETES
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Golfer Jacobsen : PETER
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Tarnish : DISCOLOR
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Type of truck : PANEL
43
Cynic : SNEERER
44
Kindled : LIT
45
United ___ (approvers of 20 Across) : ARABEMIRATES
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"Gil ___" : BLAS
54
Money in Peru : SOLES
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Celebration : GALA
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Adjuvant : AIDE
57
Famed chairmaker : EAMES
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Neighbor of 45 Across : OMAN
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Action : DEED
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Feed a furnace : STOKE
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Zero : NONE
Down
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Forward; brazen : BOLD
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Busy as ___ : ABEE
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Diana from Detroit : ROSS
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Merited : DESERVED
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Dolly from Tenn. : PARTON
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Athenian soldier's deity : ARES
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Luxurious : POSH
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Assesses; appraises : ESTIMATES
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Extra forces in 20 Across : RESERVES
10
Actress from Paris : BARDOT
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Nigerian native : ARO
12
T.C.U. rival : SMU
13
Hurricane's center : EYE
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Control : REIN
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Construction piece : LBAR
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One of the Sudanese : NILOTE
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Crown protector : ENAMEL
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More perspicacious : SAGER
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A nephew of King Arthur : GAWAIN
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Unwilling : AVERSE
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Frolic : CAPER
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Gelatine devices : MOLDS
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Vessel used by water-skiers : MOTORBOAT
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Frees hostages : RELEASES
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Busy place since August 1990 : PENTAGON
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Ltr. writer : CORR
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Poker holding : PAIR
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Left off : CEASED
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Fabric with a crinkled finish : PLISSE
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Admiral Zumwalt Jr. : ELMO
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Earth's inheritors : MEEK
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"___ Shanter" : TAMO
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Esprit de corps : ELAN
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Rational : SANE
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Not prudent : BAD
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Prevaricate : LIE
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Summer drink : ADE

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

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