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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, October 26, 1984

4-Down : Hectic, frustrating routines

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,771
Across
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Bradley and Sharif : OMARS
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Motorist's dread : FLAT
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Kind of light : STOP
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Fictional man without a country : NOLAN
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Mongolian monk : LAMA
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Shakespearean "hanger" : TALE
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Cause euphoria : ELATE
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Claim or affirm : AVER
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Innisfail : ERIN
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With 51 Across, Aussie comic's quip : TIREDKANGAROOS
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Modern "art" : ARE
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Rebel in a 1955 film : DEAN
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Thrill-givers on roller coasters : DESCENTS
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Stair parts : TREADS
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Word after X : RATED
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Ouida's real name : RAMEE
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Taramasalata ingredient : ROE
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Kin of semis : UTES
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Sound : VALID
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Slow flow : OOZE
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Palais social event : BAL
42
Red Sea republic : YEMEN
43
Kind of guard : ARMED
44
"Hogan's Heroes" site : STALAG
46
Natives of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom : MERCIANS
48
___'Orléans : ILED
50
"Floor" for an Orr score : ICE
51
See 20 Across : RUNOUTOFBOUNDS
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Conversant with : UPON
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Fit to ___ : ATEE
60
Motionless : STILL
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Caen neighbor : STLO
63
Set of three : TERN
64
She was a lady : EADIE
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Unguis : HOOF
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Former lightweight champ : ERNE
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Glacis : SLOPE
Down
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A bill : ONE
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Shed plumage : MOLT
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Hectic, frustrating routines : RATRACES
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Showed contempt : SNEERED
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Bomber's bugbear : FLAK
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Fluid rock : LAVA
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Better : AMEND
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Set up as a goal : TARGETED
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"A Sentimental Journey" author : STERNE
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Poi source : TARO
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Vaudeville entr'acte : OLIO
13
Slammers : PENS
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It didn't daunt Daniel : DEN
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Interlaken's river : AARE
25
Clobbers : DRUBS
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Erode : EATAT
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Commemorative slab : STELA
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Tyne and Wear trolley : TRAM
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Hawthorne's birthplace : SALEM
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Redolence : AROMA
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Thirteen tarts, perhaps : DOZEN
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Pips : SEEDS
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Colliery center : MINE
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Lead a dull, inactive life : VEGETATE
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Anagram for relation : ORIENTAL
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Korean border river : YALU
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Blames : ACCUSES
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___ Judah (Selassie) : LIONOF
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Rita's place : RIO
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Grandpa, maybe : DOTER
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Woo for a frat : RUSH
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Incumbent on : UPTO
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___ contendere : NOLO
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Brake or bracken : FERN
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Roman's approval : BENE
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Caper : DIDO
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Fluff : SLIP
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The quiet side : LEE

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

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