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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, April 13, 1983

26-Across : Comic's reply to 17 Across

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { B F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,209
Across
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Do some bailing : LADE
5
Pan's instruments : PIPES
10
Nursery word : MAMA
14
Arrived at O'Hare : ALIT
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Sheeplike : OVINE
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Part of an account : ITEM
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Stooge, to comic at a piano : ISTHATASTEINWAY
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Decay : ROT
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Barrett or Jaffe : RONA
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Beezer : SNOOT
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Kin of brassies : SPOONS
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Norris Dam agcy. : TVA
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Comic's reply to 17 Across : NOITSAHENWAY
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Stylish : CHIC
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Less abundant : RARER
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Onager : ASS
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Abhorred : HATED
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Expanse east of N.A. : ATL
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Hackneyed : TRITE
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Ar follower : ESS
44
Dinsmore of fiction : ELSIE
46
Suffix with comment : ATOR
47
Stooge's second question : WHATSAHENWAY
51
Rogers or Clark : ROY
52
Punish via a fine : AMERCE
56
" ... and ___ grow on" : ONETO
58
Othello's perfidious aide : IAGO
60
Gee's opposite : HAW
61
Comic's reply to 47 Across : TWOPOUNDSORMORE
64
Cinder follower : ELLA
65
Hawk's weapon : TALON
66
Perfume : ODOR
67
Garland's "___ of the Middle Border" : ASON
68
Where to see risers : STEPS
69
Glaswegians' headgear : TAMS
Down
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Dens : LAIRS
2
Noted columnist : ALSOP
3
The same : DITTO
4
Biblical verb ending : ETH
5
City in Bolivia : POTOSI
6
Czar's name : IVAN
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Leaning Tower city : PISA
8
Ending with consist : ENT
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___ light (comprehends) : SEESTHE
10
Of a prehistoric Cretan culture : MINOAN
11
" ... sharp as ___-edged sword": Proverbs : ATWO
12
Anathema to vegetarians : MEAT
13
Golfer Alcott : AMY
18
River through 7 Down : ARNO
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Turn upside down : INVERT
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Thrice minus twice : ONCE
27
Rubbish : TRASH
28
"Socrate" composer : SATIE
29
Author of "The Green Hat" : ARLEN
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Show patience, in a way : WAIT
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Concerning : ASTO
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Belgian canal connector : YSER
33
Masticate : CHEW
34
Jumble : HASH
35
"___ boy!" : ITSA
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Mississippi discoverer : DESOTO
42
Martha from Montana : RAYE
45
Makeups of magazines : LAYOUTS
48
Boring instrument : TREPAN
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Followers of station and patrol : WAGONS
50
Cupid : AMOR
53
Hit role for Valerie Harper : RHODA
54
Mosconi ploy : CAROM
55
Pieces of crockery : EWERS
56
Temple U. team : OWLS
57
___ contendere : NOLO
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Unemployed : IDLE
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Drenched : ASOP
61
Hyson is one : TEA
62
Turner or Cole : NAT
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Witty remark : MOT

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

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

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