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Merryl Maleska
Merryl Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, November 21, 1984

54-Across : Voltaire hero

Author:
Merryl Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.4
Merryl Maleska has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,797
Across
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W.W. I plane : SPAD
5
Anklebones : TALI
9
"If ___ My Way," 1913 song : IHAD
13
Alley Oop's beloved : OOLA
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In the know : UPON
15
Hot month in Uruguay : ENERO
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Progresses in jumps or stages : LEAPFROGS
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"___ With Judy," old radio show : ADATE
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Executive's payment : STIPEND
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Guarantees : ENSURES
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___ Cruces, N.M. : LAS
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Like a martinet : STRICT
24
The Sultan of Swat : BABERUTH
28
Type of horn : ANTLER
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Without limit : ANY
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Cowpokes' pokers : SPURS
34
Graylags and quinks : GEESE
35
Choler; spleen : BILE
37
Short snort : NIP
38
Researcher's collection : DATA
39
Native of Unalaska : ALEUT
41
What hoarders do : AMASS
44
___ capita : PER
45
Actor in "King's Row": 1942 : REAGAN
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Presents as a toast : PROPOSES
49
Floral leaves : PETALS
51
Performed : DID
52
Give the wrong title : MISNAME
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Voltaire hero : CANDIDE
58
Robin of ballad fame : ADAIR
59
When U.S. Presidents are elected : LEAPYEARS
61
Rosalynn's successor : NANCY
62
Two prepositions in one : INTO
63
Pornography : SMUT
64
Beatty and Buntline : NEDS
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Surmounting : ATOP
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Break a bronco : TAME
Down
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Musical tones : SOLS
2
Countee Cullen was one : POET
3
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Sancho Panza's steed : DAPPLE
5
Makes an appearance : TURNSUP
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Footless : APOD
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Part of a cord : LOG
8
Small map in an atlas : INSET
9
Enrolled a draftee : INDUCTED
10
"My ___ up ... ": Wordsworth : HEARTLEAPS
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"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria : ARTE
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Some deer : DOES
15
Alleviating : EASING
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Dreads : FEARS
21
Blue Eagle initials : NRA
23
Prawns : SHRIMPS
24
Elephant in a children's classic : BABAR
25
Old-womanish : ANILE
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___ bounds (very fast) : BYLEAPSAND
27
Food fish : TUNA
29
Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
30
Brings up : REARS
33
U.S.C.G. member : SPAR
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Hereditary-control movement : EUGENICS
40
Golden Horde's region : TATARY
42
Soft drink : SODAPOP
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Troublesome : SPINY
46
Mfrs.' group : NAM
48
Most eccentric : ODDEST
50
Maurois biography of George Sand : LELIA
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Educator Horace : MANN
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Zoological suffix : IDAE
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Roman statesman : CATO
55
"___ Camera" : IAMA
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Tabor : DRUM
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Alberti's patron : ESTE
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Tolkien creature : ENT

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

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