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Merryl Maleska
Merryl Maleska

New York Times, Monday, December 31, 1984

53-Down : Chanteuse Horne

Author:
Merryl Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 39.4
Merryl Maleska has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,837
Across
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Alpha follower : BETA
5
These may revolve : DOORS
10
Canton is here : OHIO
14
Let forth : EMIT
15
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
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Musical finale : CODA
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Number in the news : EIGHTYFIVE
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Group of devotees : CULT
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Bishops, e.g. : PRELATES
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Breaks; rests : PAUSES
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Ike's post in W.W. II : ETO
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Cuba ___, rum drink : LIBRE
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Frequently : OFTEN
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Lowest pinochle card : NINESPOT
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Fearsome Greek goddesses : ARAI
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What 30 Across do : AVENGE
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Beer's cousin : ALE
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McEnroe vs. Connors : MATCH
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New Year's ___ : EVE
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___ Mile Island : THREE
39
Biblical verb ending : ETH
40
Aid : ASSIST
43
Mighty mite : ATOM
44
Tiny spores : SEEDLETS
46
Actor Calhoun and boxer Calhoun : RORYS
48
Player-piano inserts : ROLLS
49
Ampersand : AND
50
Hepplewhite product : SETTEE
52
Maeterlinck's "The ___" : BLUEBIRD
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R.I.P. notice : OBIT
58
Dec. 31 figure : CELEBRATOR
60
City in Alaska : NOME
61
Strong cord : TWINE
62
Porter of Tin Pan Alley : COLE
63
Turned right : GEED
64
Drooping part of an iris : SEPAL
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"If You ___ Susie ... " : KNEW
Down
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Busy signal : BEEP
2
Arabian bigwig : EMIR
3
Buster Brown's dog : TIGE
4
Part of N.C.A.A. : ATHLETIC
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___ Beach, Fla. : DAYTONA
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A fishbowl occupant : ORFE
7
Elevator man : OTIS
8
Miss. or Mo. : RIV
9
Action in osmosis : SEEPING
10
Happens : OCCURS
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Common event on Dec. 31 : HOUSEPARTY
12
Unemployed : IDLE
13
Feed-bag filling : OATS
18
London art gallery : TATE
22
Red as ___ : ABEET
24
Wrinkles : LINES
25
Declaim : ORATE
26
Cartoon figure on Dec. 31 : FATHERTIME
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Ben ___, Great Britain's highest peak : NEVIS
28
Bread spreads : OLEOS
29
Abound : TEEM
30
Author Ben ___ Williams : AMES
32
Jerkins : VESTS
35
Handel's birthplace : HALLE
38
Book with a stiff cover : HARDBACK
41
Chooses : SELECTS
42
Soprano from St. Louis : TRAUBEL
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___ swiss : DOTTED
47
Unique person : ONER
50
"Auld Lang Syne" is one : SONG
51
C. American tree : EBOE
52
Radarscope signal : BLIP
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Chanteuse Horne : LENA
54
Take ___ the lam : ITON
55
Thespian's quest : ROLE
56
Sketched : DREW
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Flock member : EWE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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