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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, November 2, 1985

32-Across : Maintain

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,143
Across
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Hogback : RIDGE
6
Chinese society : TONG
10
Actor Turhan : BEY
13
All of ___ (suddenly) : AHEAP
14
Makes a photographer's error : OVERTIMES
17
Blue Grotto site : CAPRI
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Intercessor's quest : MEDIATION
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Poem by Hodgson : EVE
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Nine inches : SPAN
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Full of ledges : SHELFY
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Colleges' councils : SENATES
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Rent : TEAR
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Sketched : DREW
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Suffix with cup : FUL
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Young oyster : SPAT
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Maintain : CLAIM
34
Hayworth role : GILDA
36
Future fish : ROE
37
Important concern of a firm : PUBLICRELATIONS
40
Tennis term : ALL
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Derrick : CRANE
42
Great Lakes acronym : HOMES
43
Bird food : SUET
45
Coda : END
46
Prefix with cumulus : ALTO
47
Declaim violently : RANT
49
Rialto spot : THEATER
52
Arid tract : SAHARA
55
At the drop of ___ : AHAT
56
Choler : IRE
57
Corporation V.I.P. : EXECUTIVE
59
A Massey : ILONA
61
Range finder : TELEMETER
62
Wound textile yarn : CONED
63
Pupil's protector : LID
64
Dickie of comics : DARE
65
Like a snip : SASSY
Down
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Moves swiftly : RACES
2
"___ a little shadow ... ": R.L.S. : IHAVE
3
Trustworthy : DEPENDABLE
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Needlefish : GAR
5
Relating to knowledge : EPISTEMIC
6
Smid of tennis : TOMAS
7
Hot spot : OVEN
8
Whom the riled raise : NED
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Patient wife in a Boccaccio tale : GRISELDA
10
Bad dogs : BITERS
11
Pianist Gilels : EMIL
12
" ... O ___ little faith?": Matt. 8:26 : YEOF
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Bird resembling a finch : TAHA
16
Plank's curve : SNY
21
Fixed bench : PEW
24
Integument : ARIL
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Netting for veils : TULLE
27
Hellkite : FIEND
29
Actions taken to increase sales : PROMOTIONS
30
Super : AONE
31
Actress Harper : TESS
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Some I.R.S. employees : CPAS
33
Berg opera : LULU
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Artist Wood : GRANT
35
Concern of N.C.A.A. : ATHLETICS
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Scalloped, as a leaf : CRENATED
39
Whit; tittle : IOTA
44
Went over carefully : TRACED
46
Eureka! : AHA
48
Calla, e.g. : ARUM
49
Voila! : THERE
50
Pelagic predators : ERNES
51
Rough partner : READY
52
Coterie : SET
53
Figure skater's feat : AXEL
54
Sun: Comb. form : HELI
55
Verify : AVER
58
City in Paraguay : ITA
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Mauna ___ : LOA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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