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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, October 12, 1985

2-Down : Author Ludwig

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 40.5
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,122
Across
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Evening, in Genova : SERA
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Rob Roy or pirogue : CANOE
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Broadway hit: 1985 : ASIS
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Rhea's cousin : EMEU
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Tocsin : ALARM
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Advanced : LATE
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Famed Venetian painter: 16th century : TINTORETTO
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Verify : AVER
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Statesman slain by the Brigata Rossa: 1978 : ALDOMORO
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"All roads lead ___" : TOROME
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Shipment to Milwaukee : MALT
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Form of protest : SITIN
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Esoteric : ARCANE
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Station on Parris Island : BOOTCAMP
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Butt or butter : GOAT
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Sara Roosevelt, née ___ : DELANO
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Friend of Milne's Tigger : ROO
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City and district in Uttar Pradesh : AGRAS
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Tie fabric : REP
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Las Vegas "bandits" : SLOTS
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Cannes condiment : SEL
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Little chief hares : CONEYS
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Fronton cheers : OLES
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Emulated 27 Down : PRODUCED
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Sight at East Hampton : ESTATE
49
Stones : PELTS
50
Irish chief's stronghold : RATH
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Too much, in Torino : TROPPO
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Namesakes of a great Italian tenor : LUCIANOS
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The Rhine, to Rocco : RENO
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Michelangelo ___ : BUONARROTI
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Patronizes a pizzeria : EATS
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" ... Time,/Will one day ___": Shak. : ENDIT
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A club for Caponi : IRON
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Site of Villa Maria College : ERIE
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He portrayed Belasco: 1940 : RAINS
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Sign for Cassandra : OMEN
Down
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Silk, in Siena : SETA
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Author Ludwig : EMIL
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Tear : REND
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Robots : AUTOMATA
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Sang joyfully : CAROLED
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On the qui vive : ALERT
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Alliance acronym : NATO
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Scrap for Spot : ORT
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Love or anger : EMOTION
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He invaded Italy in A.D. 400 : ALARIC
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Spiritual leader of Firenze: 1494 : SAVONAROLA
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Column detail : ITEM
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Dry : SERE
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Gulf of ___, off Iran : OMAN
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Hahn and Kahn : OTTOS
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Saponaceous : SOAPY
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Breathless : AGASP
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Jolly one? : ROGER
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Sophia Loren's spouse : CARLOPONTI
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Practice extortion : BLEED
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A Bach work : MOTET
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Hustlers after rustlers : POSSE
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Fulmars' kin : ERNES
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Skin of a young seal : SCULP
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Gay deceiver : LOTHARIO
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Discovery time: 1492 : OCTOBER
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Wolffish : SEACATS
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Bear witness : DEPOSE
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Hoopla : STIR
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Arrest : RUNIN
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What Daphne became : TREE
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Erect : REAR
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City SE of Milano : LODI
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Average : NORM
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Sioux : OTOE
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___ Fein, Irish society : SINN
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"___ voce poco fa," Rossini aria : UNA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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