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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, November 20, 1986

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,526
Across
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Girasol : OPAL
5
St.-John's-bread : CAROB
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Like some straits : DIRE
14
Club or spice : MACE
15
Reckon : OPINE
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Innisfail : ERIN
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With 52 Across, report on the first cafe in space : ITHASSAVORYFOOD
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Epithet for Sinatra : THEVOICE
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Enter, as a profession : GOINTO
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Loser to Gans in 1902 : ERNE
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Soap unit : CAKE
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Foe of a Cheyenne : PAWNEE
27
Neil Simon products : COMEDIES
31
American dogwood : OSIER
32
___ Bill, legendary cowboy : PECOS
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"___ me in soft Lydian airs": Milton : LAP
34
Arrive at Logan : LAND
35
Mubarak's predecessor : SADAT
36
Kind of wine : ROSE
37
Printer's need : INK
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Fodder plants : TARES
39
Christie's "The ___ Dials Mystery" : SEVEN
40
Did a chassé : SASHAYED
42
Least vivid : PALEST
43
Contrafagotto : OBOE
44
Actress Damita : LILI
45
A satellite of Uranus : OBERON
48
Harassed : MOLESTED
52
See 17 Across : BUTNOATMOSPHERE
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Cicero's pronoun for Catiline : ISTE
55
Reach by radio : RAISE
56
Otherwise : ELSE
57
Skat or Spica : STAR
58
U.F.O. crewman : ALIEN
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Coaster : SLED
Down
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Skip : OMIT
2
Lane : PATH
3
Flu symptom : ACHE
4
Infused : LEAVENED
5
Trig ratio : COSINE
6
Quickly : APACE
7
Split : RIVE
8
Lennon's widow : ONO
9
Pear-shaped citrus fruit : BERGAMOT
10
Resisted openly : DEFIED
11
Mashie or niblick : IRON
12
Tumult : RIOT
13
Conductor Akira ___ : ENDO
18
More tender : SORER
19
Links, as oxen : YOKES
23
Actress Imogene and family : COCAS
24
Greek city-state : POLIS
25
Yoga position : ASANA
26
Nictates : WINKS
27
Yielded, as by treaty : CEDED
28
Translation for "amo" : ILOVE
29
Alleviates : EASES
30
Exhausted : SPENT
32
Cole Porter song: 1929 : PAREE
35
Goodbye, in Tokyo : SAYONARA
36
Some appetizers : RELISHES
38
Verboten : TABOO
39
Orchid byproduct : SALEP
41
Well-known pastry eater : HORNER
42
German name for a Czech city : PILSEN
44
Detached : LOOSE
45
Geishas' sashes : OBIS
46
Hall of Fame sight : BUST
47
Kett of comics : ETTA
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Year in the next century : MMII
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Swiss hero : TELL
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Exploit : DEED
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Former chess champ : TAL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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