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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, August 11, 1993

14-Across : West Pointer

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q U Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,982
Across
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Actor Jimmy ___ from N.Y.C. : SMITS
6
Scrooge utterances : BAHS
10
Slightly open : AJAR
14
West Pointer : CADET
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"Iacta ___ est" : ALEA
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Banjoist Fleck : BELA
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Rocket stage : AGENA
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"Our ___," Gershwin musical : NELL
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In the distance : AFAR
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Standard-size garb : READYTOWEAR
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Hamlet's cry of distaste : FIE
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G.I.'s respectful assent : YESSIR
25
Compose : INDITE
27
Innocent one : NAIF
29
Raphael's "La ___" : PERLA
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Great Barrier Island : OTEA
36
Seine sights : ILES
38
Support for Hopper : EASEL
39
Cotton cloth for sheets : PERCALE
41
___ non grata : PERSONA
43
Court-martial : TRIAL
44
Endings for pay and boff : OLAS
46
Biblical oldster : ENOS
47
Cherubini work : OPERA
48
Rectangular pier : ANTA
50
Unite firmly : CEMENT
53
Black Sea port : ODESSA
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___ loss for words : ATA
60
French for 20 Across : PRETAPORTER
62
Reasonable : SANE
64
Bird, to Brutus : AVIS
65
Emplane : BOARD
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Prof's creation : EXAM
67
Clock sound : TICK
68
Fisher or Foy : EDDIE
69
Is out of sorts : AILS
70
Individuals : ONES
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Author Anya ___ : SETON
Down
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Frightening : SCARY
2
Sade in "Marat/Sade": 1965 : MAGEE
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Concepts : IDEAS
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Takes care of : TENDS
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Sit-down strike, in London : STAYIN
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Bath, in Madrid : BANO
7
Round pompano : ALEWIFE
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Hayes or Reddy : HELEN
9
Kind of bar : SALAD
10
Lawyer's org. : ABA
11
President Clinton's middle name : JEFFERSON
12
Kyrgyz range : ALAI
13
Seldom seen : RARE
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Cowboy route : TRAIL
22
More mature : RIPER
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Hector : TEASE
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Former Congolese Prime Minister : ILEO
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Comedian Jay ___ : LENO
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"Woe is me!" : ALAS
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Vision: Comb. form : OPTO
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U. of Md. athlete : TERP
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De Witt Clinton's pet project : ERIECANAL
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Without ___ in the world : ACARE
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Bridge : SPAN
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" ... ___ unto my feet" : ALAMP
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Prevent legally : ESTOP
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A crisscross structure : LATTICE
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Houses of clay : ADOBES
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Muse for Sappho : ERATO
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"The Rosary" composer : NEVIN
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Wear away : ERODE
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City, in Köln : STADT
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A comic like Chaplin : SERIO
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She was Miss Brooks : ARDEN
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Cruising : ASEA
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Hack : TAXI
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Inquires : ASKS
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Muts : EMS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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