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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, March 15, 1985

27-Across : A fiddler and a pianist

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { G J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,911
Across
1
Roman conspirator : BRUTUS
7
Partner of 1 Across : CASSIUS
14
Tebaldi and Scotto : RENATAS
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Triple ___: 1907-17 : ENTENTE
17
Plain : EVIDENT
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Storyteller : RELATOR
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Douceur : TIP
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Italian saint : STEFANO
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D.C. ecology group : EPA
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Wang Lung's wife : OLAN
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Cather's "___ Lady" : ALOST
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Piquancy : NIP
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A fiddler and a pianist : NEROS
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"Hamlet" part : ACT
30
Very, to Verdi : ASSAI
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Pub game : DARTS
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Encourages : HEARTENS
36
What a cicerone conducts : TOUR
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Director De ___ : SICA
39
Taught : SCHOOLED
43
Mercury, e.g. : METAL
46
Lend ___ (aid) : AHAND
47
Mail convenience: Abbr. : POB
49
Thomas's "___ Go Gentle ... " : DONOT
51
Thing, to Tacitus : RES
52
Cougars : PUMAS
54
Recherché : RARE
55
This, in Paris : CET
56
Silver-eagle wearer : COLONEL
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Org. fostering opera, etc. : NEA
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Van Gogh's "Room ___" : ATARLES
61
Believes : CREDITS
63
Cloy : SATIATE
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Wind : SINUATE
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March 15 : THEIDES
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Victim on 65 Across : CAESAR
Down
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A founder of Surrealism : BRETON
2
Vilipended : REVILED
3
A woman who has borne one child : UNIPARA
4
Dramatist Mosel : TAD
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Salt Lake City team : UTES
6
Bag man : SANTA
7
Horned viper : CERASTES
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Concerning : ANENT
9
Manche's capital : STLO
10
Celebes or China : SEA
11
Considerable : INTENSE
12
Idealist : UTOPIAN
13
Jones's prize in 1779 : SERAPIS
15
Pillarlike monument : STELA
21
Marshal of France in W.W. I : FOCH
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Carney role in "The Honeymooners" : NORTON
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Tolerated : STOOD
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Followed a curving course : ARCED
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Turbine part : STATOR
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Rio Grande do ___, Brazil : SUL
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Object : AIM
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Disgusts : REPULSES
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Caustic wit : SARCAST
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Swift cat : CHEETAH
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Arrow-shaped : HASTATE
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Major-___ : DOMO
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Biblical fibber : ANANIAS
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Singer Lynn : LORETTA
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Judges' seats : BANCS
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Ecdysiast, e.g. : TEASER
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Rostand or Ronsard : POETE
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Silken : SERIC
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Draped, e.g. : CLAD
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Miss Genst? : LENA
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Venezia's canals : RII
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Proper : DUE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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