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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, March 14, 1991

48-Across : Syria's capital

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, 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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,101
Across
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Lieutenants' insignia : BARS
5
Cartoonist Dean : ABNER
10
Causerie : CHAT
14
Father, in Arabic : ABOU
15
Aptly named author : READE
16
One of Hera's rivals : LEDA
17
Dish named for its sound while cooking : BUBBLEANDSQUEAK
20
Mythical racer : ATALANTA
21
Treeless plain : TUNDRA
22
"___ corny ... " : IMAS
23
Evangelist's suggestion : PRAY
24
A friend of Porthos : ARAMIS
27
Dry as dust : ARID
28
Black Hawk was one : SAC
31
A sister of Cordelia : REGAN
32
"Poema del Cid," e.g. : EPIC
33
Ortolan : SORA
34
Some ingredients of 17 Across : MEATANDPOTATOES
37
Tasso's patron : ESTE
38
Kin of a hydria : EWER
39
V.P. John ___ Garner : NANCE
40
Kingsley's "The Sands of ___" : DEE
41
Malefic : EVIL
42
The ___ (Friendly Islands) : TONGAS
43
Star of 7 Down : STEN
44
Cowboy's buddy : PARD
45
Keynoter, e.g. : ORATOR
48
Syria's capital : DAMASCUS
52
Type of inn : BEDANDBREAKFAST
54
Redolence : ODOR
55
High goal : IDEAL
56
"All ___," 1931 song : OFME
57
Slight lead : EDGE
58
"___ Vere," book by Couperus : ELINE
59
Lop the crop : REAP
Down
1
Rum cake : BABA
2
Be adjacent : ABUT
3
Clothes, in Calabria : ROBA
4
Purify, in a way : SUBLIMATE
5
Punta ___, Chilean port : ARENAS
6
Tans : BEATS
7
Goldwyn film: 1934 : NANA
8
Ph.D.'s cousin : EDD
9
Circumscribe : RESTRICT
10
Lace place : CLUNY
11
Attention : HEED
12
Jewish month : ADAR
13
"We'll ___ cup ... ": Burns : TAKA
18
Thin plate : LAMINA
19
Block of type metal : QUAD
23
Abbot's aide : PRIOR
24
___ and dangerous : ARMED
25
Pee Wee of baseball : REESE
26
A May birthstone : AGATE
27
Fencer's warning : APPEL
28
Maiden name of Mme. Chiang Kai-shek : SOONG
29
Betel-nuts source : ARECA
30
Mason work : CASES
32
Newman or Booth : EDWIN
33
Tolerates or represents : STANDSFOR
35
"Old soldiers ___ ... " : NEVERDIE
36
Parka's kin : ANORAK
41
Bond studied here : ETON
42
This is hot stuff : TAMALE
43
Rubberneck : STARE
44
Hymn of joy : PAEAN
45
Musette : OBOE
46
Comedian Foxx : REDD
47
Sick as ___ : ADOG
48
Three, in Bonn : DREI
49
Estaminet : CAFE
50
Ike's alma mater : USMA
51
Rundle : STEP
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Pkg. : BDL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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