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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, June 17, 1989

42-Across : Sawfishes' saws

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { B F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,466
Across
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Berber chieftain : CAID
5
Viking landfall : MARS
9
Nidification result : NEST
13
Lyrist Harbach : OTTO
14
Resign : DEMIT
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Figure in a title search : AREA
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Lyrist Sammy and 13 Across? : CAHNTEMPORARIES
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Punta ___, Chile : ARENAS
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Swizzle sticks : STIRRERS
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Sundance Kid's girl : ETTA
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Hawaiian timber tree : KOA
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Cousin of a jay : PIE
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Goals : AIMS
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Involve necessarily : ENTAIL
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Prisoner of war, e.g. : INTERNEE
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Norwegian river : OTRA
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Where Sammy's lyrics are sometimes sung? : CAHNSERVATORIES
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French violinist: 18th century : ANET
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Friends of the Alcotts : EMERSONS
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Sawfishes' saws : SERRAE
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Faction that exiled Dante : NERI
46
___ Filippias, Greek town : NEA
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Code name for Stockholm's airport : ARN
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Con man's ruse : SCAM
50
Marks with furrows : STRIATES
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Menuhin's teacher : ENESCO
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Kind of message from Sinatra to Sammy? : CAHNGRATULATORY
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Widely planted African tree : AKEE
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Maintains : AVERS
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Loser to S. Grant : ELEE
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He wrote "Sheridan's Ride" : READ
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Writer Robert ___ Warren : PENN
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Barasingh or brocket : DEER
Down
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Comedienne Imogene : COCA
2
Opera by Salieri : ATAR
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Spillane's "___ Jury" : ITHE
4
First metaphysical poet : DONNE
5
Thirteenth Hebrew letter : MEM
6
Elec. units : AMPS
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Tohubohu : RIOT
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Bowler's X : STRIKE
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They tell tales : NARRATORS
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Scene of Perry's triumph : ERIE
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Nostradamus was one : SEER
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Scottish goblet : TASS
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Foreordain : DESTINE
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Some Crimeans : TATARS
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"East of Eden" character : ARON
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Part of N.A. : AMER
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Types of type : PICAS
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Fatuous : INANE
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Astronaut's milieu : ETHER
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Heptad : SEVEN
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Suffix with commend : ATION
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One of the Horae : IRENE
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"And every ___ queen": Kingsley : LASSA
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Boarded Amtrak : ENTRAINED
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The ___ Brothers of songdom : AMES
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Male peregrines : TERCELS
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Epithet for Elizabeth I : ORIANA
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Berlin's "He's ___ Picker" : ARAG
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Snare : ENTRAP
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Apportioned : METED
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Identification mark : SCAR
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Capture : TAKE
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Actress Perlman : RHEA
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Chalet feature : EAVE
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Star of "Nana": 1934 : STEN
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Thenar : SOLE
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Kin of a Maskegon : CREE
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Kind of criminal trial : OYER
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Ossuarium : URN

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3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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