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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, October 12, 1983

39-Across : An astringent

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,391
Across
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Alan or Cheryl : LADD
5
Grating : GRID
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"___ nome," Verdi aria : CARO
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"Shall Caesar send ___?": Shak. : ALIE
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"The March King" : SOUSA
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Prof's concoction : EXAM
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N.M. legislator : SENPETEDOMENICI
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Director of "Taxi Driver": 1976 : SCORSESE
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Beginning : OUTSET
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"But every woman ___ heart a rake": Pope : ISAT
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Parcel of land : ACRE
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Nobelist in Medicine: 1969 : SALVADORELURIA
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Rapier's kin : EPEE
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"___ Tu," 1932 pop song : ERES
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Three, in Asti : TRE
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Part of a lemon : RIND
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State flowers of Utah : SEGOS
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Calaboose : JAIL
37
Tiny colonist : ANT
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___ impasse : ATAN
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An astringent : ALUM
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V.I.P. at Albany : GOVMARIOMCUOMO
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Bireme gear : OARS
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In a jiffy : SOON
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Garb for Carmelites : HABITS
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D'Amato or La Guardia : POLITICO
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Sinatra or Iacocca : ITALIANAMERICAN
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Site of Villa Maria College : ERIE
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Standards : NORMS
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Rapacious bird : ERNE
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Holds court : SITS
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She loved Aeneas : DIDO
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These cross the bar : RYES
Down
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Colleen : LASS
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Pianist Templeton : ALEC
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Dean Martin's nickname : DINO
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Like the needy : DEPRIVED
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___ pot (deteriorates) : GOESTO
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Uncivil : RUDE
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Prefix with tope or type : ISO
8
Courtier who sat under a sword : DAMOCLES
9
Lincoln or Rockefeller : CENTER
10
Losers in W.W. II : AXIS
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Siena's Palio is one : RACE
12
Skip over : OMIT
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Follower of bed or home : STEAD
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Pronoun for the Pinta : ESSA
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The southeast wind : EURUS
22
Prefix with plane or sol : AERO
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Evening, in Roma : SERA
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Frye's forte : APING
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Menotti's "slow" : LENTO
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Kingdoms, to Columbus : REGNI
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Writer Calvino : ITALO
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Suffix with planet : ARIUM
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Castel Sant'___, at Napoli : ELMO
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"The ___ Stripes Forever," by 14 Across : STARSAND
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Corn units : EARS
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More sprightly : JAUNTIER
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Violinmaker of Cremona : AMATI
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Sheeer fabrics : VOILES
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"___ Carlo," trio in Verdi's "Ernani" : OSOMMO
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Certain spies : MOLES
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Coconut fiber : COIR
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Shakes a leg : HIES
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Longfellow's bell town : ATRI
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Night crawlers, e.g. : BAIT
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Cowboy's pal : PARD
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" ... ___ in the daytime": Psalms 22:2 : ICRY
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Jacopetti's "Mondo ___" : CANE
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Snake eyes at Reno : ONES
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We, to Ponti : NOI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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