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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, February 23, 1984

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,525
Across
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Worn-out horse : JADE
5
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
10
Sound from a clowder : MEOW
14
Rosalynn Sumners feat : AXEL
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Galileo taught here : PADUA
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Spirit of Saint Louis : ANGE
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"Ticklish" color : PINK
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"Westminster Standards" framers : ASSEMBLERS
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Part of R.E.O. : ELI
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Smart's kin : ACHE
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Up ___ (cornered) : ATREE
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With 50 Across, theologians' rebuttal to cynics : GODHELPSTHOSE
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Take giant steps : STRIDE
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Pearl Harbor's locale : OAHU
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Plumbing, e.g. : TRADE
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Eschew : SHUN
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Concrete strip : SLAB
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Pilcorn : OAT
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Goes to the land of Nod : RETIRES
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McKinley's wife : IDA
42
Exes' followers : WYES
44
Am. Legion members : VETS
45
Surround : HEMIN
47
Ballerina's knee bend : PLIE
49
Part of H.S.M. : SERENE
50
See 23 Across : WHOHELPOTHERS
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Divagates : ROVES
56
Grebe's cousin : LOON
57
Little corn grower : TOE
60
Outdo in importance : OVERSHADOW
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Baseball Hall of Famer : FOXX
64
Roller in 1789 : TETE
65
"Die Fledermaus" maid : ADELE
66
"The ___ Love," old song : ONEI
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Augustan and Caesarean : ERAS
68
Dead duck : GONER
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Propensity : BENT
Down
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Make fun of : JAPE
2
Leafstalk angle : AXIL
3
Defame : DENIGRATE
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Tooth wearer : ELK
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Cochise was one : APACHE
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W.S. contemporary : NASHE
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Detroit lemon : EDSEL
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Girl of songdom : SUE
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Milliner's item : TAM
10
Writer on population: 1798 : MALTHUS
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Don's January : ENERO
12
Bugaboos : OGRES
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" ... ___ through a glass, darkly": I Cor. 13:12 : WESEE
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English spa : BATH
21
Krait, e.g. : ADDER
24
Suffix with human : OID
25
Officiates at a tea : POURS
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Antinuclear acronym : SANE
27
Pack : STOW
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S. Foster dog : TRAY
31
Infuse : STEEP
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S.R.O. show : HIT
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Stalactite base : LIMESTONE
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Tennis term : ADIN
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Deadly poison : BANE
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Apollyon's delight : EVIL
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Refulgence : SHEEN
43
Mars, Venus, etc. : SPHERES
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Slip a cog : ERR
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Minus : LESS
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Fiancée's surprise : SHOWER
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Indited : WROTE
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Hang over : HOVER
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___ Culp Hobby, ex-H.E.W. Sec. : OVETA
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Of yore : OLDEN
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Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1981 : TOOLE
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Some bovines : OXEN
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Sign in red : EXIT
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Gorgon : HAG
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Stir : ADO
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Little pocket : FOB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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