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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, October 12, 1992

58-Down : ___ Mountains in E Calif.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,679
Across
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"___ me your ears" : LEND
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Stirring stories : SAGAS
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Raced : SPED
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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Straighten : ALINE
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"___ Shanter" : TAMO
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Spanish town where Columbus died: 1506 : VALLADOLID
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Actor from Chicago : OLIN
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G.O.P. symbol : ELEPHANT
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In abundance : GALORE
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Pillboxes : HATS
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Hereditary factors : GENES
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Biblical land of gold : OPHIR
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Shell implement : OAR
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Map within a map : INSET
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Uses a millstone : GRINDS
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Weep and wail : BAWL
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Thickness : PLY
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Defeat : LOSS
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Aplomb : POISE
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Bucket : PAIL
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Psychic inits. : ESP
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Deck unit : CARD
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Mock : DERIDE
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Come to : REACH
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Spacecraft part, for short : LEM
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Hermit : LONER
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Sister's daughter, e.g. : NIECE
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Few: Comb. form : OLIG
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___ d'hôtel : MAITRE
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More boring : DREARIER
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"Omnia vincit ___" : AMOR
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Island home of Columbus: c. 1479 : PORTOSANTO
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Humdinger : LULU
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Suffix with parliament : ARIAN
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Talking bird : MYNA
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Epochs : ERAS
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Valuable fur : SABLE
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Fly high : SOAR
Down
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Mezzo-soprano Shirley ___ : LOVE
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Israeli airline : ELAL
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Egypt's lifeline : NILE
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Miami eleven : DOLPHINS
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Co-Nobelist for Peace: 1978 : SADAT
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Noted Cuban ballerina : ALONSO
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Golden : GILT
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Cuckoo : ANI
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Marsh plant : SEDGE
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"___ Kisses," 1968 film : STOLEN
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Whence Columbus sailed: Aug. 3, 1492 : PALOSSPAIN
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Arabian bigwig : EMIR
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Completed : DONE
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Drive ___ bargain : AHARD
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Blue dye : ANIL
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Mardi ___ : GRAS
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Peep-show fan : OGLER
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Thackeray's forte : PROSE
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Where the Santa Maria was wrecked: 1492 : HISPANIOLA
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Tolerate : ABIDE
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Slur over : ELIDE
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Tippecanoe's associate : TYLER
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Hot tub : SPA
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Marry : WED
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Wreath on a knight's helmet : ORLE
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Playbills : PROGRAMS
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"Mermaids" star: 1990 : CHER
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Inventor Howe : ELIAS
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Lemon tree, e.g. : CITRUS
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Human being : MORTAL
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"N'est ___?" : CEPAS
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Buck or bull : MALE
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Long Asian river : AMUR
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Bit; fragment : DRIB
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___ Mountains in E Calif. : INYO
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Sicilian menace : ETNA
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Niagara sound : ROAR
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A feast ___ famine : ORA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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