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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, March 20, 1987

49-Across : Enemies of the Iroquois

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,646
Across
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Start of a Milton quote re cafes? : THEY
5
Furnish : EQUIP
10
A certain crown : PATE
14
York or Murphy : HERO
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Simon's "Plaza ___" : SUITE
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"___, you noblest English" : ONON
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Makes unclear : OBFUSCATES
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Something to pitch : TENT
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Soak timber : RET
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A way to stand : PAT
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L. Smith's "___ Fruit" : STRANGE
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Sahib's sunshade : TOPEE
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Rose oil : ATTAR
27
Quote: Part II : ALSOSERVEWHO
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Petrarch's love : LAURA
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"The Rosary" composer : NEVIN
34
Blarney-stone kisser's gift : GAB
37
Icky stuff : MIRE
38
Inverted V : CARET
39
Collapsed : GAVE
40
Pitcher Clemens, e.g. : ACE
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Black or Valentine : KAREN
42
Nomothetes : SOLON
43
Quote: Part III : ONLYSTANDAND
45
Shakespeare contemporary : NASHE
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Porter products : TUNES
49
Enemies of the Iroquois : OTTAWAS
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Ripen : AGE
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___ de France : ILE
56
Mental state : MOOD
57
Sorority : SISTERHOOD
60
Christie or Lucasta : ANNA
61
Acuminate : TAPER
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"The Breeze ___," 1940 song : ANDI
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Judge : DEEM
64
Store up : AMASS
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End of quote : WAIT
Down
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Asgard dweller : THOR
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"Pinafore" lass : HEBE
3
W. German river : ERFT
4
Pronoun : YOU
5
"Stalag 17" event : ESCAPE
6
Set of four : QUATERNARY
7
Out, in Edam : UIT
8
Residents of: Suffix : ITES
9
Gnat or rat : PEST
10
Eire staple : POTATO
11
In re : ANENT
12
Calcutta carriage : TONGA
13
Script direction : ENTER
18
Bride, in Bari : SPOSA
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Actress Muriel : RAHN
24
Raced : TORE
25
Global apex : EVEREST
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___-Ata, Soviet city : ALMA
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Secular : LAIC
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Certain : SURE
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Comes to pass : EVENTUATES
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Thurber was one : WIT
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Celebration : GALA
35
Eden's earldom : AVON
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Flex : BEND
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Lone Eagle's monogram : CAL
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Zeus and Jove : GODS
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Gnu homophone : KNEW
42
Curl the lip : SNEER
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"___ was a gardener ... ": Kipling : OHADAM
44
City ENE of Nantes : ANGERS
45
Footloose one : NOMAD
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Expiate : ATONE
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Pelt : STONE
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Film dog : ASTA
51
Thailand, once : SIAM
53
Type of grape : IONA
54
N.J. borough : LODI
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Redact : EDIT
58
Evian, e.g. : SPA
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Turn left : HAW

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

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