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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, January 8, 1993

18-Across : French river, scene of four W.W. I battles

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,767
Across
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Tilting, as a ship : ALIST
6
Diplomat's attire : TAILS
11
Bit of wit : MOT
14
"___ With Love" : TOSIR
15
Devotedly following : INTOW
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Galba's greeting : AVE
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___ acids : AMINO
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French river, scene of four W.W. I battles : AISNE
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Bandleader Beneke : TEX
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Piscatorial group : ANGLERS
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Siskel's TV partner : EBERT
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Companions of radii : ULNAE
25
LAX announcement : ETA
26
Batman's cousin : VALET
28
Makes reprisals for : AVENGES
32
Ike's W.W. II colleague : MONTY
33
Listee on a 1040 form : DEPENDENT
35
Great Barrier Island : OTEA
36
Proverbial corrupter : POWER
37
Mark Leyner's "___, Babe" : ETTU
38
Cited formally : MENTIONED
40
Mailed : ARMED
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Statute provision : ARTICLE
42
Cheeseparer : MISER
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Cry of amused surprise : OHO
44
Contemn : SCORN
46
Zona Gale's last novel : MAGNA
49
Do some editorial work : COLLATE
52
Devon river : EXE
53
Short of : BELOW
56
Public warehouse : ETAPE
58
Arikara : REE
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"___ est laborare ... " : ORARE
60
Theater curtain : SCRIM
61
Wawaskeesh : ELK
62
Widow's due : DOWER
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Rough cabin : SHACK
Down
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One ___ time : ATA
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Mesa's cousin : LOMA
3
Ancient Sumerian city : ISIN
4
Hiccup : SINGULTATION
5
Londoner's tea cart : TROLLEY
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Royal adornment : TIARA
7
Flavoring for ouzo : ANISE
8
"___ Magic," 1948 song : ITS
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Cambodia's Nol : LON
10
Add aspartame : SWEETEN
11
Beat Spassky : MATE
12
Wireless word : OVER
13
Sermon basis : TEXT
21
Tolkien creature : ENT
23
Menace; nuisance : BANDERSNATCH
25
At all : EVER
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Campaign target : VOTER
27
Concerning : ANENT
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Parroted : APED
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"___ to the Church on Time" : GETME
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Inscribe : ENTER
31
Scantling : STUD
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Museum on 53d St., N.Y.C. : MOMA
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Completed : DONE
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Wool giver : EWE
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Prince Charles's game : POLO
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Brom's skinny rival : ICHABOD
40
Still; stuffy : AIRLESS
42
Gram weight : MOL
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Berate : SCORE
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Shrink in fear : COWER
46
Pure and simple : MERE
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Figure skater's jump : AXEL
48
One of the carnies : GEEK
50
Historic Irish village : TARA
51
Noyes's "Drake" is one : EPIC
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Leandro's love : ERO
55
Nomologist's forte : LAW
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Sen. from Mass. : EMK

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

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