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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, September 3, 1992

18-Across : Wild goose

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,640
Across
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Not nude : CLAD
5
Historic sewer : ROSS
9
What Yarborough holders do : PASS
13
Guipure, e.g. : LACE
14
Kett and James : ETTAS
16
Mystical mark : RUNE
17
Turpitude : EVIL
18
Wild goose : BRANT
19
School Orwell attended : ETON
20
Not off the rack : MADETOORDER
23
Aurora, to Aristotle : EOS
24
Minor minor : TOT
25
Singer McEntire : REBA
26
Salt Lake City athlete : UTE
27
Put a bid in : OFFERED
31
German reservoir : EDER
33
Bock kin : ALE
34
Firefighters' activity : SATURATING
39
That is ___ : TOSAY
42
In medias ___ : RES
43
The O'Grady girl : ROSIE
44
Small units of weight : HECTOGRAMS
47
Amatol ingredient : TNT
48
Original site of U. of Nevada : ELKO
49
Smocks : CAMISES
52
Tabard or Mermaid : INN
54
Sky sightings : UFOS
57
Unite : WED
58
Uproar : DIN
59
Corny : MICKEYMOUSE
64
"Last ___ to Brooklyn": Selby : EXIT
66
Smash inward : STAVE
67
Artery for Artemidorus : ITER
68
___ qua non : SINE
69
Misanthrope : HATER
70
Execrate : DAMN
71
Mullins contemporary : TEEN
72
Bears' lairs : DENS
73
Wheeling's river : OHIO
Down
1
Skelton's Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
2
Kilauea output : LAVA
3
Etcher's need : ACID
4
Strike out : DELETE
5
Rear walls of jai-alai courts : REBOTES
6
Another, in Ávila : OTRO
7
Bart or Brenda : STARR
8
Three-time Derby-winning jockey : SANDE
9
Grand ___, Acadia : PRE
10
Believers in film directors' full control : AUTEURISTS
11
High-hat : SNOOT
12
Kinesthesia, e.g. : SENSE
15
Soprano from W. Va. : STEBER
21
M. Anderson's "High ___" : TOR
22
Fence for defense : RADAR
27
Imprecatory remark : OATH
28
Ice raft : FLOE
29
Obscene : FESCENNINE
30
Black tern : DARR
32
Ike's command : ETO
35
Cachar, e.g. : TEA
36
Mil. group at Parris Island : USMC
37
Ennead : NINE
38
Obtains : GETS
40
Expanse west of Eur. : ATL
41
Li'l Abner ___ : YOKUM
45
Children's card game : GOFISH
46
Some lumbermen : SAWYERS
50
Hebrew letter : MEM
51
M. Martin musical: 1966 : IDOIDO
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Undeliverable piece of mail : NIXIE
55
Series of eight : OCTAD
56
Emulate K. Witt : SKATE
60
Level : EVEN
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Where Young grew old : UTAH
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Trucking rig : SEMI
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Pianist Balogh : ERNO
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Half a score : TEN

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

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