This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, February 23, 1984

68-Across : Dead duck

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
J
2
A
3
D
4
E
5
A
6
N
7
E
8
S
9
T
10
M
11
E
12
O
13
W
14
A
X
E
L
15
P
A
D
U
A
16
A
N
G
E
17
P
I
N
K
18
A
S
S
E
M
19
B
L
E
R
S
20
E
L
I
21
A
C
H
E
22
A
T
R
E
E
23
G
24
O
D
H
E
L
25
P
26
S
T
H
O
S
E
27
S
28
T
R
I
D
E
29
O
A
H
U
30
T
R
A
D
E
31
S
32
H
U
N
33
S
34
L
35
A
36
B
37
O
A
T
38
R
39
E
T
I
R
E
40
S
41
I
D
A
42
W
Y
E
43
S
44
V
E
T
S
45
H
46
E
M
I
N
47
P
48
L
I
E
49
S
E
R
E
N
E
50
W
51
H
52
O
H
E
L
P
53
O
54
T
H
E
R
S
55
R
O
V
E
S
56
L
O
O
N
57
T
58
O
59
E
60
O
V
E
R
S
61
H
62
A
D
O
W
63
F
O
X
X
64
T
E
T
E
65
A
D
E
L
E
66
O
N
E
I
67
E
R
A
S
68
G
O
N
E
R
69
B
E
N
T
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,525
Across
1
Worn-out horse : JADE
5
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
10
Sound from a clowder : MEOW
14
Rosalynn Sumners feat : AXEL
15
Galileo taught here : PADUA
16
Spirit of Saint Louis : ANGE
17
"Ticklish" color : PINK
18
"Westminster Standards" framers : ASSEMBLERS
20
Part of R.E.O. : ELI
21
Smart's kin : ACHE
22
Up ___ (cornered) : ATREE
23
With 50 Across, theologians' rebuttal to cynics : GODHELPSTHOSE
27
Take giant steps : STRIDE
29
Pearl Harbor's locale : OAHU
30
Plumbing, e.g. : TRADE
31
Eschew : SHUN
33
Concrete strip : SLAB
37
Pilcorn : OAT
38
Goes to the land of Nod : RETIRES
41
McKinley's wife : IDA
42
Exes' followers : WYES
44
Am. Legion members : VETS
45
Surround : HEMIN
47
Ballerina's knee bend : PLIE
49
Part of H.S.M. : SERENE
50
See 23 Across : WHOHELPOTHERS
55
Divagates : ROVES
56
Grebe's cousin : LOON
57
Little corn grower : TOE
60
Outdo in importance : OVERSHADOW
63
Baseball Hall of Famer : FOXX
64
Roller in 1789 : TETE
65
"Die Fledermaus" maid : ADELE
66
"The ___ Love," old song : ONEI
67
Augustan and Caesarean : ERAS
68
Dead duck : GONER
69
Propensity : BENT
Down
1
Make fun of : JAPE
2
Leafstalk angle : AXIL
3
Defame : DENIGRATE
4
Tooth wearer : ELK
5
Cochise was one : APACHE
6
W.S. contemporary : NASHE
7
Detroit lemon : EDSEL
8
Girl of songdom : SUE
9
Milliner's item : TAM
10
Writer on population: 1798 : MALTHUS
11
Don's January : ENERO
12
Bugaboos : OGRES
13
" ... ___ through a glass, darkly": I Cor. 13:12 : WESEE
19
English spa : BATH
21
Krait, e.g. : ADDER
24
Suffix with human : OID
25
Officiates at a tea : POURS
26
Antinuclear acronym : SANE
27
Pack : STOW
28
S. Foster dog : TRAY
31
Infuse : STEEP
32
S.R.O. show : HIT
34
Stalactite base : LIMESTONE
35
Tennis term : ADIN
36
Deadly poison : BANE
39
Apollyon's delight : EVIL
40
Refulgence : SHEEN
43
Mars, Venus, etc. : SPHERES
46
Slip a cog : ERR
48
Minus : LESS
49
Fiancée's surprise : SHOWER
50
Indited : WROTE
51
Hang over : HOVER
52
___ Culp Hobby, ex-H.E.W. Sec. : OVETA
53
Of yore : OLDEN
54
Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1981 : TOOLE
58
Some bovines : OXEN
59
Sign in red : EXIT
61
Gorgon : HAG
62
Stir : ADO
63
Little pocket : FOB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
42 ms