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Maramarco
Maramarco

New York Times, Saturday, January 2, 1982

39-Down : Mute bird

Author:
Maramarco
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Maramarco has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,743
Across
1
Set of verses : STAVE
6
Sounds resounding on Jan. 1 : RAHS
10
Jazz singing : SCAT
14
Kitchen utensil : PARER
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Touched Kennedy after a trip : ALIT
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What Eve probably discarded : CORE
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Where some matches are fiery : ARENA
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___ contendere : NOLO
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Dealer's request : ANTE
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Smart drivers? : ROADSSCHOLARS
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Triple Crown horse: 1935 : OMAHA
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Passage : ACCESS
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Reinforcing rod : STRUT
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Oscillation of a lake's surface : SEICHE
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Old Irish soc. : AOH
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Superficial burn : SINGE
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Perfect gift for Perlman : STRAD
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Golf predicaments, at times : LIES
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Approaches : NEARS
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River on The Broads : YARE
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Fauntleroy : ERROL
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She might inspire Marceau : ERATO
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___ Hedberg, Swedish dramatist : TOR
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Became a sidewalk superintendent : PEERED
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"All of the ___ time!": Aytoun : OLDEN
50
Triangular candelabrum : HEARSE
51
On which Berlin boaters go : SPREE
53
"Shame on you, eggheads!" : FIEBETAKAPPAS
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Cornea irritation : MOTE
60
To Hadrian, this was "Heu!" : ALAS
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Kin of a chaplet : TIARA
62
Drinks : ADES
63
Short comedy : SKIT
64
Brilliant effect : ECLAT
65
Saucy : PERT
66
Underling in 1066 : ESNE
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Commemorative slab : STELE
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Yard : SPAR
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Tropical plant : TARO
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Hectare measurement : AREA
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Coin-operated machine : VENDOR
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Praiser of folly : ERASMUS
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House style : RANCH
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Love in 8 Down : ALOHA
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Hawaiian city : HILO
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Roman garb, Anglicized : STOLAS
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Dearth : SCARCITY
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Hallow : CONSECRATE
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MOMA offering : ART
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Ar, ess, ___ : TEE
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Duchesse, e.g. : SATIN
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Experts : ACES
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Rose of ___ : SHARON
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Feast re an exodus : SEDER
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Party : SOIREE
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From then on : THEREAFTER
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Hebrew letter : ALEPH
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Sarah Polk, ___ Childress : NEE
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Needlefish : GAR
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Time period : ERA
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Most wretched : SORRIEST
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Mute bird : STORK
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___-majesté : LESE
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Certain esters : OLEATES
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Lessen : DEBASE
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Show : DEPICT
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Soil : STAIN
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Adhesive : PASTE
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Cousins of Lions : ELKS
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Fence picket : PALE
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Shallow sea in Asia : ARAL
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Fill : SATE
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Mercator product : MAP
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"Golden Treasury" item : ODE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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