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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

"STEPQUOTE" SPECIALTY

New York Times, Sunday, July 4, 1965

85-Across : Heathens.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 516 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 104, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22 Grid has duplicate clues.
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

The stepquote reads, "I'm not a politician, and my other habits are good."

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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,817
Across
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Start of a 10-word quotation descending in steps to 123 Across. : IMNO
5
St. ___. : IVES
9
Quiet. : HUSH
13
Welsh solar divinity. : LLEW
17
Clobber. : CLOUT
18
Sample. : TASTE
20
Olav's city. : OSLO
21
Ponselle role. : AIDA
22
Corporeal channel. : AORTA
23
Independent. : AUTONOMOUS
25
Half peck: Bibl. : OMER
26
Orthographers don't. : MISSPELL
28
Interstice. : PORE
29
Settle down. : DESCEND
31
Caucho. : ULE
32
Part of the "Stepquote." : OLITI
34
Harems. : SERAGLIOS
36
___ say. : SOTO
38
Type of noun: Abbr. : MASC
39
Spa specialty. : CURE
40
Remarks. : NOTES
43
Land of romance. : ARDEN
45
Goldwater's "Where ___." : ISTAND
48
Madrileña. : SENORA
49
"Eggbeater." : COPTER
51
Stumper. : FACER
52
Canticle. : ODE
54
Nothing. : NIL
55
In the ___ luxury. : LAPOF
56
Opera roles. : MANONS
57
Odorous. : REDOLENT
60
City on the Oka. : OREL
61
Conclusion. : FINALE
62
Persian fabric. : SUSI
63
Thisbe's beloved. : PYRAMUS
65
Part of the "Stepquote." : NDMYO
68
Corrected. : EMENDED
72
Coward. : NOEL
73
Ethyl acetates. : ESTERS
75
Metric unit. : KILO
76
Grappled. : WRESTLED
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"Cat ___ Tin Roof." : ONAHOT
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French writer. : SAGAN
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City in SE France. : AIX
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Tokyo of old. : EDO
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Pens: Var. : STYES
85
Heathens. : PAGANS
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Typewriter part. : SPACER
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The Egyptian. : NASSER
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Full. : SATED
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U.S. writer. : HECHT
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Former chess champion. : EUWE
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Pillboxes. : HATS
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Missile pit. : SILO
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Puffball. : TOADSTOOL
102
Part of the "Stepquote." : ABITS
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Colloid. : GEL
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Signifies. : DENOTES
107
Woody herbs. : RUES
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Damage of a sort. : BREAKAGE
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Olympian. : ARES
112
Listens. : LENDSANEAR
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Western show. : RODEO
116
Bon Silène. : ROSE
117
Step ___! : ONIT
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Validity. : FORCE
119
Choirboys' collars. : ETONS
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Turn's mate. : TOSS
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Utah symbol. : SEGO
122
Author of "Drums." : BOYD
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End of the "Stepquote." : GOOD
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Panay port. : ILOILO
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Telegraph key. : MORSETAPPER
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Filberts. : NUTS
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Part of the "Stepquote." : OTAPO
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Man from Tuscany. : ITALIAN
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Arches. : VAULTS
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Sum, es, ___. : EST
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Nonplus. : STOP
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Sports event. : HOMERUN
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Group serving servicemen. : USO
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New sea ice. : SLUDGE
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Golf-club socket. : HOSEL
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Statue in the Vatican. : LAOCOON
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Dolomite. : LIMESTONE
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"East of ___." : EDEN
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Author of the "Stepquote." : WARD
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Nobelist author, 1957. : CAMUS
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Father of Cainan. : ENOS
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Mine vehicles. : ORECARS
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Playwright Rice. : ELMER
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___ die. : SINE
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Part of the "Stepquote." : ICIANAN
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Zeal. : ARDOR
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Buntings. : ORTOLANS
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Neighbor of Albion. : ERIN
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Ancient mariner. : SALT
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Put off: Abbr. : DEF
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Ducking-stool candidate. : SCOLD
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Kin of flats. : TENEMENTS
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Stonecrops. : SEDUMS
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Street sound. : CLOP
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Like swans' feet. : OARY
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Punka. : FAN
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Painted ___. : DESERT
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Deceived. : MISLED
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Simple sugar. : OSE
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Chain features. : LINKAGES
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Stoker. : FUELER
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Witticism. : MOT
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Belgian violinist. : YSAYE
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Part of the "Stepquote." : OTHERHA
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Hit song of the Twenties. : DIGADIGADOO
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Joie de vivre. : ELAN
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Jose et al. : DONS
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Orion's beloved. : EOS
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Drench. : WASH
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Full-blown. : RIPE
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Accuracy. : EXACTNESS
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Cake of a sort. : DONUT
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Bony. : OSSEOUS
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Held court. : SAT
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Stick. : PASTE
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Picks. : CHOOSES
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State: Fr. : ETAT
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"___ the wise ... " : AWORDTO
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Aroused. : STIRRED
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Dead Sea monastic. : ESSENE
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Monastery office. : ABBACY
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Story. : LEGEND
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Foodstuffs. : OLEOS
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Apollo's island. : DELOS
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Petal. : LEAF
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Part of the "Stepquote." : SAREG
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Missile. : DART
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Slangy suffix. : EROO
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Brahmin. : SNOB
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Japanese zither harp. : KOTO
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Dress stone. : NIG
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I will be: Lat. : ERO

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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