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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, July 28, 1992

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 50.0
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,603
Across
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Dummy : SAP
4
Produces produce : FARMS
9
Scornfully self-satisfied : SMUG
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Sabot's sound on a pavement : CLOP
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Dostoyevsky's "The ___" : IDIOT
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Altman's "Welcome ___" : TOLA
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Galileo was one : ASTRONOMER
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Cousin of etc. : ETAL
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Mint "for remembrance" : ROSEMARY
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Earnest attempt : EFFORT
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Flatfish : SOLE
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Of bodily tissue : TELAR
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Having rounded projections : LOBAR
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Some concerns of racers : DISTANCES
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Aphorisms : ADAGES
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Gridiron feat : SACK
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U.S. satellite : OGO
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Radial : TIRE
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Sparkling headdress : TIARA
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Mentor : GURU
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Newman film : HUD
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Sketch : DRAW
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Noisy oil well : ROARER
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Full of feeling : EMOTIONAL
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Zasu of early films : PITTS
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Half-sister of Liza : LORNA
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Actor Dixon : IVAN
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Saharan nomad : TUAREG
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Redoubtable : FEARSOME
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Kitty sweller : ANTE
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Apt anagram for 17 Across : MOONSTARER
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Whaler's cask : RIER
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" ... lovely as ___" : ATREE
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Salt's tale : YARN
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Norwegian river : OTRA
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Lecture material : NOTES
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D. S. Freeman subject : LEE
Down
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Battle memento : SCAR
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Too : ALSO
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Kitchenware : POTS
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Ultimate : FINAL
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Put on a pedestal : ADORED
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Frosted : RIMY
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Country singer Bandy : MOE
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T. Williams vehicle : STREETCAR
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Co-creator of a law of radiation : STEFAN
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Inn off a highway : MOTORCOURT
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Suffix with cell : ULAR
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Scottish novelist: 1779-1839 : GALT
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Foresight : PRESAGE
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S. Lover's "Rory ___" : OMORE
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Criticism : FLAK
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Autocrat : TSAR
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Shaping machine : LATHE
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Hatred : ODIUM
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Shakespearean fan : BARDOLATER
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" ... crowd": Wordsworth : ISAWA
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Everglades bird : EGRET
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Some bar crossers : SOURS
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Atlas : STRONGMAN
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Suffix with Boswell : IANA
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Deny : GAINSAY
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Calamitous : DIRE
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MOMA display : OPART
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Female bullfighter : TORERA
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One with a mortgage : LIENEE
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Some objets d'art : VASES
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Poi source : TARO
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Module; monad : UNIT
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Dix or Knox : FORT
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Not written : ORAL
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Pure and simple : MERE
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Pelagic predator : ERNE
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A Siouan : OTO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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