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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, May 15, 1993

68-Across : *One-third of a 1970 film

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,894
Across
1
Yoga posture : ASANA
6
*"Citizen ___" : KANE
10
Chinese nanny : AMAH
14
Hawaiian island : LANAI
15
Israeli airline : ELAL
16
Alone : SOLO
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Command : ORDER
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An alleged force : ELOD
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Disimpassioned : COOL
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Comprehensive : FAR
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Corncake : PONE
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Declaimed : ORATED
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*A 1966 film : THEMONEYTRAP
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Choler : IRE
29
Golfer Woosnam : IAN
30
Umbrella part : RIB
33
Cather's "___ Lady" : ALOST
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*A 1978 film, with "The" : WILDGEESE
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Womanizer : RAKE
40
Botch : MISDO
41
Despicable : VILE
42
*"Hush ... Hush, Sweet ___" : CHARLOTTE
44
"Tiger Joy" poet : BENET
45
Kid ___ of jazz : ORY
46
Mountain ___ (rowan) : ASH
47
Junior : SON
48
Actor in starred items herein : JOSEPHCOTTEN
54
Shine : POLISH
57
Foray : RAID
58
Juan's gold : ORO
59
Early evictee : ADAM
60
Author Kingsley ___ : AMIS
62
___ America : LATIN
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Standard : NORM
65
Cheer : ROOT
66
An Allen : ETHAN
67
Salver : TRAY
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*One-third of a 1970 film : TORA
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Off. figure : STENO
Down
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On high : ALOFT
2
Bernhardt : SARAH
3
Pianist Watts : ANDRE
4
Scot's dissent : NAE
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*"___ '77" : AIRPORT
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*A 1969 film : KEENE
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Shubert ___ : ALLEY
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Spanish cape : NAO
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Place of wealth : ELDORADO
10
Org. headed by Morton Gould : ASCAP
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Debatable : MOOT
12
Tub plant : ALOE
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*"Hers to ___" : HOLD
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Undivided : ONE
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Chimed : RANG
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Skinflint : MISER
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A diacritic : TILDE
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Check : REIN
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Key : ISLE
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Chard : BEET
33
Village in Idaho : ARCO
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Memorable Bert : LAHR
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Righto : OKAY
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Willow twig : WITHE
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Adherent : IST
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Decathlon part : EVENT
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U.S. playwright: 1904-61 : MOSSHART
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Landlocked land : LAOS
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Swindles : BOODLES
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H.S. subject : SCI
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Gerald's successor : JIMMY
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Monastery V.I.P. : PRIOR
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"___ la vista" : HASTA
51
*"From the Earth ___ Moon" : TOTHE
52
Of a Great Lake : ERIAN
53
Ragazzo's grandfather : NONNO
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Heave : PANT
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Gardenia, e.g. : ODOR
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Zhivago's lover : LARA
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Cow's call : MOO
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A.B.A. member : ATT

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

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