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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, January 27, 1987

8-Down : Primer, e.g.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,594
Across
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Push roughly : SHOVE
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Catherine ___, Henry VIII's sixth wife : PARR
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Kind of sch. : PREP
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Was concerned : CARED
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Sector : AREA
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Former divorce mill : RENO
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Shaped like Humpty Dumpty : OVATE
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A Belgradian : SLAV
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Chemical compound : ENOL
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___ Aviv : TEL
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Yellowish green : RESEDA
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Senator from R.I. : PELL
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Sign in the window of 51 Across : PLEASEGOAWAY
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Type of lettuce : ICEBERG
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Bring up : REAR
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What a tug does : TOWS
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Cash or cloth additive : IER
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Irritable : TESTY
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An original sinner : EVE
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Gobi and Mojave : DESERTS
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Tiller's tool : HOE
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Actress Oberon : MERLE
44
Morning moisture : DEW
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Seeded : SOWN
46
Woeful cry : ALAS
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Eavesdrops : LISTENS
51
See 24 Across : TRAVELAGENCY
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Hard to find : RARE
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Reed or Hardy : OLIVER
57
Name : DUB
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State confidently : AVER
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Wahine's dance : HULA
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Rebel : ARISE
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Spare : LEAN
65
Egyptian symbol : ATEN
66
Broché : WOVEN
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Poet Sexton : ANNE
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Paving block : SETT
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Minimum : LEAST
Down
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Carlyle was one : SCOT
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Possess : HAVE
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Evangelist Roberts : ORAL
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Experienced G.I. : VET
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Channel swimmer: 1926 : EDERLE
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Aisles : PASSAGES
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Van Gogh painted here : ARLES
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Primer, e.g. : READER
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Work havoc : RAVAGE
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Get ready : PREPARE
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Extend a subscription : RENEW
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___ Gay, historic plane : ENOLA
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Actress-singer Bergen : POLLY
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Causing goose pimples : EERIE
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Viewer-supported TV : PBS
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Meal for Lady's Secret : OATS
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Detail : ITEM
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Where vessels nestle : COVE
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Jug : EWER
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Carmine : RED
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Oxford : SHOE
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Hamlet grown up : TOWN
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Hankerings : YENS
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Cancel : DELE
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Germane : RELEVANT
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Strong cord : TWINE
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Penny Marshall TV role : LAVERNE
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Swine's confines : STY
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Greetings in Oahu : ALOHAS
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Recognize rank : SALUTE
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Hen tracks on paper : SCRAWL
51
Refrain words : TRALA
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Poe's one-word bird : RAVEN
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Of the planet Mars : AREAN
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Waistcoat : GILET
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Callas was one : DIVA
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Employs : USES
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Proclivity : BENT
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Caviar : ROE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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