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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, September 3, 1992

9-Across : What Yarborough holders do

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 30.4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,640
Across
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Not nude : CLAD
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Historic sewer : ROSS
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What Yarborough holders do : PASS
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Guipure, e.g. : LACE
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Kett and James : ETTAS
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Mystical mark : RUNE
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Turpitude : EVIL
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Wild goose : BRANT
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School Orwell attended : ETON
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Not off the rack : MADETOORDER
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Aurora, to Aristotle : EOS
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Minor minor : TOT
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Singer McEntire : REBA
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Salt Lake City athlete : UTE
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Put a bid in : OFFERED
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German reservoir : EDER
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Bock kin : ALE
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Firefighters' activity : SATURATING
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That is ___ : TOSAY
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In medias ___ : RES
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The O'Grady girl : ROSIE
44
Small units of weight : HECTOGRAMS
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Amatol ingredient : TNT
48
Original site of U. of Nevada : ELKO
49
Smocks : CAMISES
52
Tabard or Mermaid : INN
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Sky sightings : UFOS
57
Unite : WED
58
Uproar : DIN
59
Corny : MICKEYMOUSE
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"Last ___ to Brooklyn": Selby : EXIT
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Smash inward : STAVE
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Artery for Artemidorus : ITER
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___ qua non : SINE
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Misanthrope : HATER
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Execrate : DAMN
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Mullins contemporary : TEEN
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Bears' lairs : DENS
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Wheeling's river : OHIO
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Skelton's Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
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Kilauea output : LAVA
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Etcher's need : ACID
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Strike out : DELETE
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Rear walls of jai-alai courts : REBOTES
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Another, in Ávila : OTRO
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Bart or Brenda : STARR
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Three-time Derby-winning jockey : SANDE
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Grand ___, Acadia : PRE
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Believers in film directors' full control : AUTEURISTS
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High-hat : SNOOT
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Kinesthesia, e.g. : SENSE
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Soprano from W. Va. : STEBER
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M. Anderson's "High ___" : TOR
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Fence for defense : RADAR
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Imprecatory remark : OATH
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Ice raft : FLOE
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Obscene : FESCENNINE
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Black tern : DARR
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Ike's command : ETO
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Cachar, e.g. : TEA
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Mil. group at Parris Island : USMC
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Ennead : NINE
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Obtains : GETS
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Expanse west of Eur. : ATL
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Li'l Abner ___ : YOKUM
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Children's card game : GOFISH
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Some lumbermen : SAWYERS
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Hebrew letter : MEM
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M. Martin musical: 1966 : IDOIDO
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Undeliverable piece of mail : NIXIE
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Series of eight : OCTAD
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Emulate K. Witt : SKATE
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Level : EVEN
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Where Young grew old : UTAH
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Trucking rig : SEMI
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Pianist Balogh : ERNO
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Half a score : TEN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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