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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, July 23, 1992

44-Across : In ___ (bogged down)

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,598
Across
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Bedstaff : SLAT
5
Dealer in Darjeeling : TEAMAN
11
Two ___ kind : OFA
14
Hercules' captive : IOLE
15
Bis : ENCORE
16
Actress Salonga : LEA
17
Juliet's oxymoron re parting : SWEETSORROW
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Smack chaser : DAB
20
Double trio : SEXTET
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Mild rebuke : TUT
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Hunters' org. : NRA
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Tolkien creatures : ENTS
25
Unisonally : ASONE
27
Burgeon : SPROUT
29
Subscriber's action : RENEWAL
32
"Bali ___," 1949 song : HAI
33
Stats for Bonilla : RBIS
35
Unit of force : DYNE
36
Turkish general : AGA
37
Peale's appeals : SERMONS
41
U.S. satellite : OGO
42
Budget item : RENT
44
In ___ (bogged down) : ARUT
45
Japanese money of account : RIN
46
Valor; superior skill : PROWESS
50
Stern one in a shell : STROKE
52
Mr. ___ (handyman) : FIXIT
53
Hibernia : ERIN
54
Greg Norman is one : PRO
56
Ms. Hogg of Tex. : IMA
57
Existing: Lat. : INESSE
61
Canal zone : EAR
62
Oxymoron re Stephen Douglas : LITTLEGIANT
65
Bill's possible future : ACT
66
One by one? : ELEVEN
67
Naturalist Fossey : DIAN
68
Caulfield's milieu : RYE
69
Household pest : REDANT
70
Stonewort : ALGA
Down
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Radiator sound : SISS
2
Rob of Hollywood : LOWE
3
___ Haley, "Roots" author : ALEX
4
Seesaw : TEETER
5
Lab cylinder : TESTTUBE
6
Rock producer Brian ___ : ENO
7
Summit: Comb. form : ACR
8
Vessel for a pestle : MORTAR
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Innervate : AROUSE
10
He didn't give a fig for guesswork : NEWTON
11
Gotham oxymoron : OLDNEWYORK
12
"Cape ___," 1991 film : FEAR
13
Scheme for Frost : AABA
18
Purports : TENORS
24
Cooler for a firebug : STIR
26
Whom the riled raise : NED
27
More perspicacious : SAGER
28
Musical oxymoron : PIANOFORTE
30
Actress Dickinson : ANGIE
31
Oboist Goossens : LEON
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Trigon, e.g. : HARP
34
Like a wee bairn : SMA
38
"The ___'e knows ... ": Kipling : ORSE
39
Health-food substance : NUTRIENT
40
Sequence : STRING
43
Light lead-in : TWI
47
The banishing man : EXILER
48
A trope : SIMILE
49
Said : STATED
51
N.Y.'s geographic hub : ONEIDA
54
Cornice or Bosc : PEAR
55
Piquant : RACY
58
Canvas : SAIL
59
Run producer : SNAG
60
Vulcan's chimney : ETNA
63
Norris Dam agcy. : TVA
64
Actor Cariou : LEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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