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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, November 15, 1986

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 33.6
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,521
Across
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With 6 Across, young American tenor : JERRY
6
See 1 Across : HADLEY
12
Monk who reformed music : ARETINO
15
Emulated Odom : AVIATED
17
Egeran or epidote : MINERAL
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Bold ___, 1936 Derby winner : VENTURE
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Entrepreneurial G.I. : BTO
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Old-fashioned garb for tots : ROMPERS
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Jacob's fifth son : DAN
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Shrub used for hedges : PRIM
25
Field grown in Pasadena : SALLY
26
Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!" : LEVI
27
Like St. Elmo's fire : EERIE
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Signorina's beauty spot : NEO
30
Musical epilogues : CODAS
31
Nobelist in medicine: 1944 : GASSER
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Impeaches : ACCUSES
35
Pivot : SLUE
37
Filibeg : KILT
38
Spade's customers : CLIENTS
41
Harry E. Fosdick's "___ Brown" : DEARMR
45
Poet who ridiculed Dryden : PRIOR
46
Norwegian rock group : AHA
48
Hector's home, to Henri : TROIE
49
Count who organized the Prussian troops : ROON
50
Bonn buck : DMARK
52
Shea shield : TARP
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Confess, with "up" : OWN
54
Purfled : TRIMMED
56
Hindu unit of weight : SER
57
Stadium area : SECTION
59
Lection : EPISTLE
61
"I hope to see London once ___": Shak. : EREIDIE
62
Scatters : DISPELS
63
Causes slippery roads : SLEETS
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Incas' victims: 15th century : CARAS
Down
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Device for faceting gems : JAMBPEG
2
Ethiopian province : ERITREA
3
Louvre display : RENOIRS
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P.O. beat : RTE
5
Scotch terrier's growl : YIRR
6
Headgear devised by an English general : HAVELOCK
7
Fisher or Brundage : AVERY
8
Tintamarres : DINS
9
Cato's lang. : LAT
10
Balzac's "___ femme" : ETUDEDE
11
Coorg mountaineers : YERAVAS
13
Ancient temple : NAOS
14
Kern's "___ River" : OLMAN
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Patron saint of France : DENIS
21
Nul tiel record, e.g. : PLEA
24
Junípero Serra establishment : MISSION
26
Forgotten skill : LOSTART
28
Spitchcock cook, perhaps : EELER
30
Brilliant part : CULET
32
Bank scourge : RUN
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El ___, Spanish hero : CID
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Worsted fabrics : ETAMINES
38
They gasconade : CROWERS
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Heraldic jungle king : LIONCEL
40
Pillow cover : SHAM
42
Coffee machine : ROASTER
43
Soprano Freni : MIRELLA
44
Check : REPRESS
45
Journalese, e.g. : PROSE
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Mailed : ARMED
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Legal right : DROIT
51
Hat De Gaulle wore : KEPI
54
Ocean motion : TIDE
55
Platter : DISC
58
Draw : TIE
60
Gastein, e.g. : SPA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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