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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, October 23, 1986

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { F Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 60.3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,498
Across
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Tropical, insect-eating bird : JACAMAR
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Manhattan College student : JASPER
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Glossy silk for hoods : ALAMODE
15
Philosopher José ___ y Gasset : ORTEGA
16
Londoners' movies : CINEMAS
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Author of "Nonsense Novels" : LEACOCK
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LL.B.'s group : ABA
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Meditation : MUSING
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The last of a count : TEN
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Piles : NAPS
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Perilous precipitation : SLEET
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Marceau, for one : MIME
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Opposite the middle of a ship's side : ABEAM
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Use a shuttle : TAT
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Prune; abridge : RAZEE
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Has high hopes : ASPIRES
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Yellow-fever causer : AEDES
34
Condemned ab ovo : PREDOOMED
36
Hit 56 : SPEED
38
Wee chinquapins : NUTLETS
41
All Americans : PEERS
42
___ up (excited) : HET
43
Aardvark's feature : SNOUT
45
Tabard and Wayside : INNS
46
Family of a 1973 Skylab astronaut : CARRS
48
Capital of Yemen Arab Republic : SANA
49
Ammonia, e.g. : GAS
50
Dwarfed tree or shrub : BONSAI
51
___ Lanka : SRI
52
Wage : STIPEND
54
Stage-light color sheet : GELATIN
57
Spanish province or city : OVIEDO
58
Engineer for whom a peak was named : EVEREST
59
Darling of the 1984 Olympics : RETTON
60
Velleities : DESIRES
Down
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Wading bird or timber tree : JACANA
2
Morgiana's master : ALIBABA
3
Party tidbits : CANAPES
4
Soul, in Savoie : AME
5
Apple-pie maker : MOM
6
Tarkington's "Alice ___" : ADAMS
7
Antonym for caused : RESULTED
8
Ill. city named for an explorer : JOLIET
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"Where there ___ no Ten Commandments ... ": Kipling : ARENT
10
Smoker : STAG
11
Yugoslav town : PEC
12
Have "I" trouble : EGOTIZE
13
Unbranched flower clusters : RACEMES
18
Locale for a jerk : KNEE
21
Condiments : SEASONERS
24
Booby-trap specialists : SAPPERS
26
Angers : MADDENS
28
Embogs : MIRES
30
Titubates : REELS
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Part of A.R.C. : RED
33
Danish district : AMT
35
Violently resentful : OUTRAGED
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Nancy Kassebaum, e.g. : SENATOR
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Derby winner: 1944 : PENSIVE
39
Catcher for the rye : TOASTER
40
Aurora's time : SUNRISE
41
___ Eye, former name of St. Paul, Minn. : PIGS
42
Transmit to an heir : HANDON
44
Vitiates : TAINTS
46
A modern dwelling, for short : CONDO
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Bolter or chaffer : SIEVE
50
Chard : BEET
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Stone : PIT
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Guitarist Paul : LES
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Uris hero : ARI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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