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Mel Rosen
Mel Rosen

MALEFACTORS

New York Times, Sunday, June 9, 1974

20-Across : Quemoy's neighbor

Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 95, Avg Word Len: 5.09, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 524 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 108, Cheaters: 24, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Mel Rosen has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,066
Across
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Latin-primer word : AMO
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Thinly diffused : SPARSE
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Clears the windshield : WIPES
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___ fatuus : IGNIS
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Bird's wing : PINION
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Good dice throw : NATURAL
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Quemoy's neighbor : MATSU
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Which TV game to watch, e.g. : MANSPREROGATIVE
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Cay: Var. : ILOT
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Word for a sideshow member : FATTEST
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Chemical ending : ASE
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Shell man, for short : COX
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Pitch : TONE
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Copy : APE
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Uncertain : IFFY
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Distant : AFAR
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Christmas Past and others : SPIRITS
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"___ damn!" : GIVEA
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Angelico, e.g. : FRA
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Kind of sayer : SOOTH
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English composer : ARNE
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Dance, music, painting, etc. : THEARTS
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Pinky or Lila : LEE
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Garroway : DAVE
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Be ghostly: Var. : HANT
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Holbrook : HAL
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"We have nothing ___ but ... " : TOFEAR
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Standout : ONER
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O. T. book : ESTH
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Gabor et al. : EVAS
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Tie down again : RELASH
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Kind of ice : DRY
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Like helium : RARE
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Have it made : RATE
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Old Irish garment : INAR
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Not suitable : UNAPT
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Join : ENTER
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Molding : OGEE
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High home : AERY
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Gaucho's weapon : BOLA
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Chemical prefix : OXA
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Insult : OFFEND
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Certain fees : DUES
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Porkpie feature : BRIM
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Miss Naldi : NITA
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Full of spunk : FEISTY
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Bench warmer : SUB
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Nuclear abbr. : ATNO
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Jewish month : ELUL
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Neat thing : PIN
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Indian turbans : PUGREES
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Maryland athlete : TERP
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Diplomat : ENVOY
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Shropshire inhabitant : LAD
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Eat away : ERODE
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Football pass : LATERAL
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Hooters : OWLS
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Passable : SOSO
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Golf target : PAR
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Alaskan port : NOME
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Alas, in Bonn : ACH
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Continent: Abbr. : EUR
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Soap ingredient : OLEOOIL
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Sundial offering : TIME
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Absent parent : WHISTLERSFATHER
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Bill addendum : RIDER
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Most slippery : EELIEST
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Long-legged birds : HERONS
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Dutch colonists : BOERS
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French income : RENTE
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Islands off Scotland : ORKNEY
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Elected ones : INS
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Shakespeare's merchant : ANTONIO
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Innocent Chicagoan : MISTEROLEARYSBULL
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Columbus initials : OSU
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Freshet : SPATE
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Pub quantity : PINT
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Handle: Fr. : ANSE
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Tidal flows : RIPS
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Combat mission : SORTIE
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Compass heading : ENE
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Carry on : WAGE
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Call ___ a day : ITA
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Stock-market maneuver : PUT
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Heath genus : ERICA
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Enjoy : SAVOR
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Reproductions: Abbr. : IMITS
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Lively dances : GALOPS
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Old ___ (Wellington) : NOSY
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Caesar's statute : LEX
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Glove-compartment items : MAPS
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British mil. unit : RAF
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Poor provider : FATHERHUBBARD
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A man for all seasons : FATHERNATURE
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Timetable notation : ARR
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Necessity's mate : FATHEROFINVENTION
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Willows : ITEAS
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Anna Mary Robertson's husband : GRANDPAMOSES
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Turn over : INVERT
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Thrush : VEERY
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Old man Bailey : FATHEROFPEARL
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Stir : ADO
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Attacks : HASAT
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___ nous : ENTRE
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Wild ones : SAVAGES
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Potential : LATENT
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Musical chord : TRIAD
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Althaea's husband : OENEUS
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Sudden outbreak : FLAREUP
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Run-down : SEEDY
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Compass heading in Cadiz : NORTE
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Set straight : ALINE
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Separated from home : EXILED
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___ a customer : ONETO
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Boxing ploy : FEINT
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Matterhorn : ALP
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Natural resource : GAS
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Alloys for cheap jewelry : OROIDES
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Grumble : YAMMER
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Tile worker : ROOFER
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Hideaway : LAIR
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Naughty glances : LEERS
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Earth color : OCHER
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Although : WHILE
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Tallow ingredient : SUET
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Hockey star : ORR
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Odes, sonnets, etc. : POESY
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Veneration : AWE
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Alternative word : ELSE
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Frolic : LARK
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Collar : ETON
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Without, in Baden : OHNE
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Pride, for one : SIN
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Asian holiday : TET
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___ nuff! : SHO
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Relative of E.R.A. : RBI

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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