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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Tuesday, May 20, 1986
28-Down : Actor O'Toole
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C H J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 31.6
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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13 A | T | L | E | 14 E | R | N | I | 15 E | 16 O | M | A | R |
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17 G | O | O | D | 18 M | A | N | O | R | S | 19 S | A | R | I |
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20 E | M | U | L | A | T | E | S | 21 T | 22 A | S | T | E | D |
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23 E | L | L | S | 24 F | E | T | E | |||||||
25 M | 26 A | 27 N | G | L | E | 28 P | O | L | E | S | 29 T | 30 A | 31 R |
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32 E | R | A | S | E | 33 S | E | L | L | 34 S | I | N | E |
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35 R | A | M | 36 T | 37 A | T | T | L | E | 38 S | 39 A | G | E |
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40 I | D | E | 41 S | 42 P | R | E | Y | 43 T | 44 A | R | E | S |
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45 T | A | R | P | 46 A | P | E | R | 47 L | A | V | A | R | E |
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48 A | N | E | W | 49 N | I | L | E | |||||||
50 S | 51 P | 52 A | R | T | A | 53 S | E | M | I | N | 54 A | 55 R | 56 S |
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57 L | U | X | E | 58 R | 59 I | N | G | I | N | G | W | E | T |
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60 A | M | I | S | 61 S | T | A | R | T | 62 E | A | V | E |
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63 M | A | S | T | 64 E | G | I | S | 65 D | Y | E | R |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,342
Across
1
Jack the quipper : PAAR
5
"Where's the ___?" : BEEF
9
Mama's man : PAPA
13
Salt tree : ATLE
14
Kovacs or Pyle : ERNIE
16
Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
17
What some maids have? : GOODMANORS
19
Rani's garb : SARI
20
Tries to equal or surpass : EMULATES
21
Took a sip : TASTED
23
Certain annexes : ELLS
24
Honor at a party : FETE
25
Spoil; botch : MANGLE
28
Top Warsaw athlete? : POLESTAR
32
Expunge : ERASE
33
Find a buyer : SELL
34
___ qua non : SINE
35
Aries : RAM
36
Blabs : TATTLES
39
Application item : AGE
40
March 15, e.g. : IDES
42
Mouse, to a skunk : PREY
43
Darnels : TARES
45
Gob's source of news? : TARPAPER
47
Molière play : LAVARE
48
Once more : ANEW
49
Egypt's lifeline : NILE
50
Rival of Athens : SPARTA
53
Ph.D. courses : SEMINARS
57
Elegance : LUXE
58
Drenched in the belfry? : RINGINGWET
60
Writer Kingsley ___ : AMIS
61
Commence : START
62
Roof edge : EAVE
63
Topgallant : MAST
64
Sponsorship : EGIS
65
The vat man : DYER
Down
1
Book unit : PAGE
2
Mighty mite : ATOM
3
Matty of baseball : ALOU
4
Old World birds : REDLEGS
5
George Harrison was one : BEATLE
6
Sea eagles : ERNES
7
Biblical patriarch : ENOS
8
Douglas ___ : FIR
9
Own : POSSESS
10
She loves: Lat. : AMAT
11
Whittle : PARE
12
Dry as dust : ARID
15
Actress Parsons : ESTELLE
18
Croquet implement : MALLET
22
Lunched : ATE
24
Unwise behavior : FOLLY
25
Deserve : MERIT
26
Plowed land, in the Southwest : ARADA
27
Christener : NAMER
28
Actor O'Toole : PETER
29
Queenly headdress : TIARA
30
A deadly sin : ANGER
31
Singer Della : REESE
33
Make a disorderly mess : STREW
37
Comes onstage : APPEARS
38
Yalta figure: Feb. 1945 : STALIN
41
Least fleshy : SPAREST
44
Got even : AVENGED
46
Formicary dweller : ANT
47
Boundaries : LIMITS
49
Pola of silents : NEGRI
50
Bridge coup : SLAM
51
Cougar : PUMA
52
Foes in W.W. II : AXIS
53
Stumbling block : SNAG
54
Not at home : AWAY
55
Pierre's dream : REVE
56
Suffix with old or young : STER
59
Ending for Jersey : ITE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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