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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, October 14, 1987

6-Down : Where the Marx Brothers spent a day

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 33.8
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,854
Across
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Porter or King : COLE
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Open-window hazard : DRAFT
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Carbonize : CHAR
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Aldrich's "The Story of ___ Boy" : ABAD
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Like certain beavers : EAGER
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Ethereal : AERY
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Part of T.L.C. : LOVINGCARE
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Lovers' ___ : LANE
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Eye, ear, nose, etc. : FEATURES
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Baldwins, e.g. : APPLES
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Angers : IRES
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Ermine in summer : STOAT
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Put side by side : APPOSE
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Sutures : STITCHES
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He wrote "The Happy Valley": 1968 : BERNE
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Thin-skinned places : SHINS
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Retiree's nest egg: Abbr. : IRA
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Psyche's beloved : EROS
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Emulate a limpet : CLING
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Fast breaker : MEAL
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Ignited : LIT
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Aim : POINT
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Billiard shot : MASSE
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Refinement : ELEGANCE
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Nondisputable things : TASTES
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Use a thurible : CENSE
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Propensity : BENT
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A source of starch : POTATO
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Decimal part of a logarithm : MANTISSA
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Eastern bigwig : EMIR
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Tends : LOOKSAFTER
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Bathe : LAVE
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Some laud her cosmetics : ESTEE
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Driver's warning : FORE
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Flintstone of comics : FRED
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They have "prophetable" jobs : SEERS
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Cannonballed : SPED
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Veal source : CALF
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Hautboy : OBOE
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Etnean output : LAVA
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Publications : EDITIONS
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M.D. or D.D.S. : DEGREE
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Where the Marx Brothers spent a day : RACES
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Arabian chieftains : AGAS
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Chemin de ___ (gambling game) : FER
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Physician's activity : TREATING
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Cap worn in the Middle East : CALPAC
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Leading the "in-the-pink" group : HEALTHIEST
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"Comus" composer : ARNE
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These cross the bar : RYES
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She gives T.L.C. : NURSE
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Kitchenware : POTS
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Task : STINT
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White poplar : ABELE
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Problem for Pauline : PERIL
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On guard : PROTECTIVE
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"Rise and ___" : SHINE
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Clean the slate : ERASE
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Soupy of TV : SALES
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Rasher or collop : SLICE
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Comforts : CONSOLES
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Large, powerful dogs : MASTIFFS
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Show signs of exertion : PANT
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Shawl or horse blanket : MANTA
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Equipped : GEARED
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Present and past : TENSES
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His product may be stollen : BAKER
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Lucre : PELF
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Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
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Cornea irritant : MOTE
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Break a habit : STOP
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Withered : SERE
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Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest" : ARED
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Ending for malt or herb : OSE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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