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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, March 19, 1993

15-Across : On the up and up

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: 289 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,837
Across
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Weak, dull person : WIMP
5
Vintner's purchase : PRESS
10
Walk lamely : GIMP
14
Mother of Augustus : ATIA
15
On the up and up : LEGIT
16
Cyma recta : OGEE
17
Harvey's drink? : WALLBANGER
19
Yield to tension : SNAP
20
Horseshoe Curve site in Pa. : ALTOONA
21
Rod on a dogsled : GEEPOLE
23
Swifty Lazar, e.g. : AGENT
25
Maintain : AVER
26
"To know the change and ___": Keats : FEELIT
29
Like a waif : HOMELESS
33
Rounded : OVATE
34
Ed Norton's milieu : SEWER
35
Motorists' org. : AAA
36
___ Beach, Fla. : VERO
37
Less furnished : BARER
38
Small village: Abbr. : HMLT
39
Tolkien creature : ENT
40
Poe's one-word bird : RAVEN
41
At liberty : LOOSE
42
Decathlon participants : ATHLETES
44
___ up (in confusion) : MESSED
45
Discontinue : QUIT
46
Diva Lucine ___ : AMARA
48
Cad : BOUNDER
51
Monkshood : ACONITE
55
"When I was ___ ... ": Gilbert : ALAD
56
Deceased campanologist? : DEADRINGER
58
Piquant : RACY
59
Adult insect : IMAGO
60
___ Domini : ANNO
61
Signs : INKS
62
Irv ___, ex-Yankee : NOREN
63
Forms a lap : SITS
Down
1
Baba ___, Radner role : WAWA
2
Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
3
Cartoonist Gross : MILT
4
Battle scene: May 8, 1846 : PALOALTO
5
Morning star, e.g. : PLANET
6
French historian: 1823-92 : RENAN
7
Heckler's missile : EGG
8
Victory, in Bonn : SIEG
9
Narrow flag : STREAMER
10
Glad tidings : GOSPEL
11
Pay attention to Andy, but ___? : IGNOREAMOS
12
Fast breaker : MEAL
13
Cantinflas film: 1960 : PEPE
18
Low truck or cart : BOGIE
22
Ad infinitum : EVER
24
"___ Small Hotel," 1936 song : THERESA
26
Small pit : FOVEA
27
Nine days' wonder : EVENT
28
Pseudo-seismologist? : EARTHQUACK
30
Author Wister : OWEN
31
Mud volcano : SALSE
32
Full : SATED
34
Except : SAVE
37
Two-thirds of r.b.i. : BATTEDIN
38
Acclamations : HOSANNAS
40
U.S. flag designer: 1818 : REID
41
Ibert's "___ d'Yvetot" : LEROI
43
___ Lane, 1814 battle site : LUNDYS
44
Diacritic over a vowel : MACRON
47
Actress Evans of old films : MADGE
48
Adriatic seaport : BARI
49
Buck heroine : OLAN
50
San ___, Riviera spa : REMO
52
Fire: Comb. form : IGNI
53
Big top : TENT
54
Statue in Piccadilly Circus : EROS
57
Thun's river : AAR

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

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