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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, May 7, 1993

12-Down : Oz creature

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,886
Across
1
Young salmon : PARR
5
Faro card : SODA
9
Abbot's aide : PRIOR
14
Together, to 54 Across : ADUE
15
"Amores" poet : OVID
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Kind of rocket : RETRO
17
Dancer who had only a few fans : RAND
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Marquisette : LENO
19
Conjure up : EVOKE
20
Capital of Madagascar : ANTANANARIVO
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Neil Simon slob : OSCAR
24
Activity on Dec. 31 : REVELING
28
The Johannes ___ : TRIO
30
Intrada : ENTREE
31
Hater of tobacco smoke : MISOCAPNIST
36
An old Burmese capital : AVA
37
Important river in W.W. II : ODER
38
This has a vestibule : EAR
39
Hip appendage : STER
40
Do a buck and wing : TAP
41
Circus figures : RINGMASTERS
45
Henley Regatta site : THAMES
47
Male ant : ANER
48
He breaches rules of grammar or etiquette : SOLECIST
51
Etchers' needs : ACIDS
54
Famed Russian-born cellist-conductor : ROSTROPOVICH
57
Home of the Dolphins : MIAMI
60
Coleridge product : RIME
61
Concept: Comb. form : IDEO
62
Orlando court star : ONEAL
63
Nestlers in sleeves : ACES
64
Number of inches in a span : NINE
65
Heifers' habitats : BARNS
66
Confined : PENT
67
Sees the point : GETS
Down
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Brazilian state : PARA
2
Hersey town : ADANO
3
Litter Lilliputians : RUNTS
4
Diaskeuast : REDACTOR
5
Sun rooms : SOLARIA
6
It's on the range : OVEN
7
Money in Baghdad : DINAR
8
Idolize : ADORE
9
Hinder : PREVENT
10
Putsch : REVOLT
11
Honshu city : ITO
12
Oz creature : ORK
13
Anonymous Richard : ROE
21
User's accuser : NARC
22
Lithograph man : IVES
25
Fit to be tied : IRATE
26
Diehard's cry : NEVER
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They make a mesh : GEARS
29
Patulous : OPEN
31
Groves on prairies : MOTTS
32
Pend Oreille Lake site : IDAHO
33
Calyx part : SEPAL
34
Bangtail : NAG
35
MacLaine role: 1963 : IRMA
39
Goal-oriented activity : STRIVING
41
Shrinks : RECOILS
42
"Whatever ___ right": Pope : ISIS
43
Poet's three-syllable foot : ANAPEST
44
Dry, in Durango : SECO
46
Oakley portrayer : MERMAN
49
Latigo : STRAP
50
Secure a sail : TRICE
52
Baby's cloth, in baby talk : DIDIE
53
"___ of a Woman," 1992 film : SCENT
55
Auspice : OMEN
56
Scuffles : HOES
57
Canaille : MOB
58
Soprano Souez : INA
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What we breathe: Comb. form : AER

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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