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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, January 21, 1993

4-Down : Ominous

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,780
Across
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Annie Oakley : PASS
5
More judicious : SAGER
10
Far East weight unit : TAEL
14
Playbill heading : ACTI
15
Rousseau classic : EMILE
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With regard to : INRE
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Co-star of "Thelma and Louise" : GEENADAVIS
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Novelist Ferber : EDNA
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Spend the summer : ESTIVATE
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Surfeited : CLOYED
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Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
24
Prompter's activity : CUING
25
Debut film for 17 Across : TOOTSIE
29
Disclose : REVEAL
31
Umpire's palms-down call : SAFE
32
Give consent : ACCEDE
34
Inlet : RIA
36
"Per ardua ad ___," R.A.F. motto : ASTRA
38
Bricklayer's burden : HOD
39
Big A events : RACES
41
Deer: Ger. : REH
42
Impassive : STOLID
45
Rinehart book : TISH
46
Small sofa : SETTEE
48
Having left a will : TESTATE
50
Shackles : IRONS
51
Hush-hush org. : CIA
52
Person who can be grand : PARENT
54
Casanovas : AMORISTS
59
Conflict : AGON
60
"The ___ Tourist," in which 17 Across won an Oscar : ACCIDENTAL
62
Lascivious : LEWD
63
Singer from the Bronx : GORME
64
Literary alias : ELIA
65
Optician's product : LENS
66
Arabian bigwig : EMEER
67
Numbskull : DOLT
Down
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Trainbearer : PAGE
2
Top pitchers : ACES
3
Editorial O.K. : STET
4
Ominous : SINISTER
5
Mo. state-fairgrounds site : SEDALIA
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Third of a Latin trio : AMAT
7
Donate : GIVE
8
Yalie : ELI
9
Liberated : RESCUED
10
___ on (get squiffed) : TIEONE
11
He fooled 17 Across in "Hero" : ANDYGARCIA
12
Irish lake : ERNE
13
Prized role : LEAD
18
Rara ___ : AVIS
22
Kind of wurst : LIVER
24
Believe : CREDIT
25
Despot : TSAR
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Refuges : OASES
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"A League ___," 1992 film : OFTHEIROWN
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Canyon sounds : ECHOES
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"Villain, thou ___": Shak. : LIEST
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Regt. head : COL
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Tennis great : ASHE
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Nobelist in Chemistry: 1922 : ASTON
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Reached : ATTAINED
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Camping gear : TENTAGE
44
Cryptographer's device : DECODER
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Faddists' concerns : TRENDS
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Colt's father : SIRE
52
Weary : PALL
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Askew, in Yorkshire : AGEE
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Israeli port : ACRE
55
Marceau, e.g. : MIME
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Town on the Vire : STLO
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Scut, for one : TAIL
58
Blind part : SLAT
61
Prefix with mix : COM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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