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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, August 30, 1984

63-Across : Thorny shrub

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 3, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,714
Across
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Poet's plaint : ALAS
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Garnishes, in a way : LARDS
10
" ... ___ souls of housemaids": T.S.E. : DAMP
14
A Balt : LETT
15
Well nigh : ABOUT
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Ex-manager of the Indians : ELIA
17
With 36 and 56 Across, quip at exam time : DSAREUNDERWATER
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Party participant : ATTENDEE
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___ rod (mullein) : AARONS
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Suffix with team or gang : STER
23
Harp of Arthur's site : LYRA
24
Bark-stripping lumberjack : ROSSER
27
Chou En-___ : LAI
28
Wild guess : STAB
32
Omni employee : USHER
33
Dracula, e.g. : COUNT
35
Part of Eur. : IRE
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See 17 Across : THOSEPOORGRADES
39
Twankay, e.g. : TEA
40
Caponi of the L.P.G.A. : DONNA
41
Winged ant : ALATE
42
Buckley's alma mater : YALE
44
Bandleader Alvino ___ : REY
45
Fish having feeble teeth : MULLET
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Gyles : VATS
48
Innocent : BABE
49
Actress Pier : ANGELI
52
Kind of conclusion : FOREGONE
56
See 17 Across : FALLBELOWCLEVEL
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Homer's "one-horse" town : TROY
59
The O'Grady girl : ROSIE
60
One of two L.A. elevens : RAMS
61
Scattered, as seeds : SOWN
62
Frame for Fragonard : EASEL
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Thorny shrub : SLOE
Down
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Alan of TV and films : ALDA
2
"___ we forget" : LEST
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Rat follower : ATAT
4
Accents : STRESSES
5
"Roamin' in the Gloamin'" composer : LAUDER
6
A Yokum : ABNER
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Jockeyed : RODE
8
Kind of process : DUE
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Errant : STRAYING
10
"___ remember'd kisses ... ": Tennyson : DEARAS
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Countertenor : ALTO
12
Bearing : MIEN
13
Doral norms : PARS
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Diarized : ENTERED
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Whitman's "The Real ___" : WAR
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Petrarch's love : LAURA
24
Full of potholes : RUTTY
25
Tessie of music-hall fame : OSHEA
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Horde of herrings : SHOAL
27
Cuckoo : LOONY
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Type of wave : TIDAL
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Alpine ridge : ARETE
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Plague : BESET
33
Geometric figures : CONES
34
Wagnerian soprano: 1899-1972 : TRAUBEL
37
Doorway curtain : PORTIERE
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Their testaments need testing : ALLEGERS
43
One of the Waughs : EVELYN
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Another type of wave : MARCEL
47
What a chasuble covers : ALB
48
Hunting knife : BOWIE
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P.M. periods : AFTS
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Sicilian commune : NARO
51
Phosphorescence : GLOW
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He wrote "Back Country Poems" : FOSS
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Ellipse : OVAL
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Nobody, to Nero : NEMO
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Besides : ELSE
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Mauna ___ : LOA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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