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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, July 20, 1983

4-Down : Able to read

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,307
Across
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Future colt or filly : FOAL
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Clown in "Twelfth Night" : FESTE
10
Swordsman's injury : GASH
14
Longfellow's "The Bell of ___" : ATRI
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Boca ___, Fla. : RATON
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"___ a Rose," 1925 song : ONLY
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With 38 Across, friend's complaint to a new father : THATCIGARTASTED
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Staid; serious : SOBER
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Taradiddle : LIE
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Grassy space in a forest : GLADE
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Less common : RARER
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Playwright's pet letters : SRO
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Spot for a sale : GARAGE
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Liner attendant : STEWARD
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Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
34
Medium-sized sofa : SETTEE
37
Life story, for short : BIO
38
See 17 Across : LIKESOMEOLDROPE
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Suffix with Annam : ESE
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"Criteria" is one; so is "crises" : PLURAL
43
Happily ___ after : EVER
44
Crowds together : SERRIES
46
Writer Michael and songwriter Harold : ARLENS
48
Fort ___, Calif. : ORD
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Threadlike groove : STRIA
51
Showy plant : CALLA
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___ generis (unique) : SUI
55
Ante; wager : STAKE
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New father's reply to friend : OWELLJUSTSKIPIT
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Bouquet holder : VASE
63
City near Boys Town : OMAHA
64
Presidential prerogative : VETO
65
Witness : EYER
66
___ up (crammed) : BONED
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Tree-of-life site : EDEN
Down
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Domino or Waller : FATS
2
Emperor after Galba : OTHO
3
Damascene, e.g. : ARAB
4
Able to read : LITERATE
5
Sat. predecessor : FRI
6
Figure on a quarter : EAGLE
7
Word with case or way : STAIR
8
Ripped : TORE
9
Ending with persist : ENT
10
Sign near a school : GOSLOW
11
B'way group : ANTA
12
Yukon vehicle : SLED
13
___ Park, where F.D.R. lived : HYDE
18
Rough cliff : CRAG
19
Concurred : AGREED
24
Did a shoemaker's task : RESOLED
25
Astral : STELLAR
26
Big blows : GALES
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Revolt : ARISE
28
Suburbanite in autumn : RAKER
29
Greek colonnade : STOA
30
In heaven : ABOVE
31
Mature : RIPEN
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Activists : DOERS
35
Cassowaries' cousins : EMUS
36
Thrice, in prescriptions : TER
39
Helix : SPIRAL
40
Kinsman : RELATIVE
45
Kind of derby : ROLLER
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Daredevil's delight : RISK
49
Lazy ___ (tray for food) : SUSAN
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Church tax : TITHE
51
Marine haven : COVE
52
Not at home : AWAY
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___-majesté : LESE
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Japanese form of wrestling : SUMO
56
Impersonated : APED
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It's often gone with the wind : KITE
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Harrow's rival : ETON
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Occupation : JOB
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Morose : SAD

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

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