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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, October 14, 1987

41-Down : Equipped

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,854
Across
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Porter or King : COLE
5
Open-window hazard : DRAFT
10
Carbonize : CHAR
14
Aldrich's "The Story of ___ Boy" : ABAD
15
Like certain beavers : EAGER
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Ethereal : AERY
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Part of T.L.C. : LOVINGCARE
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Lovers' ___ : LANE
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Eye, ear, nose, etc. : FEATURES
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Baldwins, e.g. : APPLES
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Angers : IRES
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Ermine in summer : STOAT
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Put side by side : APPOSE
28
Sutures : STITCHES
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He wrote "The Happy Valley": 1968 : BERNE
32
Thin-skinned places : SHINS
33
Retiree's nest egg: Abbr. : IRA
34
Psyche's beloved : EROS
35
Emulate a limpet : CLING
36
Fast breaker : MEAL
37
Ignited : LIT
38
Aim : POINT
39
Billiard shot : MASSE
40
Refinement : ELEGANCE
42
Nondisputable things : TASTES
43
Use a thurible : CENSE
44
Propensity : BENT
45
A source of starch : POTATO
47
Decimal part of a logarithm : MANTISSA
51
Eastern bigwig : EMIR
52
Tends : LOOKSAFTER
54
Bathe : LAVE
55
Some laud her cosmetics : ESTEE
56
Driver's warning : FORE
57
Flintstone of comics : FRED
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They have "prophetable" jobs : SEERS
59
Cannonballed : SPED
Down
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Veal source : CALF
2
Hautboy : OBOE
3
Etnean output : LAVA
4
Publications : EDITIONS
5
M.D. or D.D.S. : DEGREE
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Where the Marx Brothers spent a day : RACES
7
Arabian chieftains : AGAS
8
Chemin de ___ (gambling game) : FER
9
Physician's activity : TREATING
10
Cap worn in the Middle East : CALPAC
11
Leading the "in-the-pink" group : HEALTHIEST
12
"Comus" composer : ARNE
13
These cross the bar : RYES
18
She gives T.L.C. : NURSE
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Kitchenware : POTS
24
Task : STINT
25
White poplar : ABELE
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Problem for Pauline : PERIL
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On guard : PROTECTIVE
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"Rise and ___" : SHINE
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Clean the slate : ERASE
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Soupy of TV : SALES
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Rasher or collop : SLICE
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Comforts : CONSOLES
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Large, powerful dogs : MASTIFFS
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Show signs of exertion : PANT
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Shawl or horse blanket : MANTA
41
Equipped : GEARED
42
Present and past : TENSES
44
His product may be stollen : BAKER
45
Lucre : PELF
46
Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
47
Cornea irritant : MOTE
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Break a habit : STOP
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Withered : SERE
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Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest" : ARED
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Ending for malt or herb : OSE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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