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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, June 15, 1991

41-Across : Akela follower

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, 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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,194
Across
1
Salad ingredient : CRESS
6
Sprig : BRAD
10
Group led by an akela : PACK
14
Cry of surprise : HELLO
15
San ___, Riviera resort : REMO
16
Kind of hemp : ALOE
17
"I never saw ___": Dickinson : AMOOR
18
" ... the Bird ___ the Wing": FitzGerald : ISON
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First U.S. woman in space : RIDE
20
Trivial : PEPPERCORN
22
"Camino ___" : REAL
23
A k a Nestor Ironside : STEELE
24
Introduction : LEADIN
26
"Bullitt" director : YATES
28
Nest-building S.A. fish : ACARA
31
Dudeen, e.g. : PIPE
35
Disencumber : RID
36
Grub Street denizen : WRITER
37
Good news : EVANGEL
39
Launce : SANDEEL
40
Cleft : PARTED
41
Akela follower : CUB
42
Tropical food staple : EDDO
43
Muster : ENROL
44
Squawbush : SUMAC
46
European cavalryman : HUSSAR
48
Kind of daisy : SHASTA
53
Dr. ___ in "Buck Rogers" : HUER
55
Full-dress coat, colloquially : CLAWHAMMER
57
Amphora adjunct : ANSA
58
Newspaper sect. : ROTO
59
Retinue : SUITE
60
Reagan's first Secretary of State : HAIG
61
Judah's 14th king : AMON
62
John from Middlesex : ELTON
63
Corolla petals : ALAE
64
Fringe benefit, for short : PERK
65
U.S.S.R. river : DESNA
Down
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Rancher's leggings : CHAPS
2
Convened anew : REMET
3
Bolt together : ELOPE
4
Glacis : SLOPE
5
How some are missed : SORELY
6
___-a-brac : BRIC
7
Did a cobbler's job : RESOLED
8
Ovid work : AMORES
9
Valens hit : DONNA
10
Oedipus or Orestes : PARRICIDE
11
Made hostile : ALIENATED
12
Closing chords : CODA
13
Actor-singer from Ill. : KEEL
21
Performed a pesade : REARED
25
Junior's imprecation : DARN
27
Sesame : TIL
29
Palustrine plant : REED
30
Woody's boy : ARLO
31
Cantinflas film: 1960 : PEPE
32
Actor Dixon : IVAN
33
Freedom of speech : PARRHESIA
34
Building's surroundings : ENTOURAGE
36
"___ Moon," Downey theme song : WABASH
38
Thickens : GELS
39
Bottom line : SUM
41
He has lots of hang-ups : CURATOR
44
Strauss opera : SALOME
45
Ornamented, as metal : CHASED
47
Row : SCRAP
49
Stubborn as ___ : AMULE
50
Jimmy of "L.A. Law" : SMITS
51
Wyo.'s ___ Range : TETON
52
Sacramento's ARCO : ARENA
53
Guffaw : HAHA
54
Single : UNAL
56
A grind: Slang : WONK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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