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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, October 26, 1984

39-Down : Lead a dull, inactive life

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,771
Across
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Bradley and Sharif : OMARS
6
Motorist's dread : FLAT
10
Kind of light : STOP
14
Fictional man without a country : NOLAN
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Mongolian monk : LAMA
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Shakespearean "hanger" : TALE
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Cause euphoria : ELATE
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Claim or affirm : AVER
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Innisfail : ERIN
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With 51 Across, Aussie comic's quip : TIREDKANGAROOS
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Modern "art" : ARE
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Rebel in a 1955 film : DEAN
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Thrill-givers on roller coasters : DESCENTS
30
Stair parts : TREADS
34
Word after X : RATED
35
Ouida's real name : RAMEE
37
Taramasalata ingredient : ROE
38
Kin of semis : UTES
39
Sound : VALID
40
Slow flow : OOZE
41
Palais social event : BAL
42
Red Sea republic : YEMEN
43
Kind of guard : ARMED
44
"Hogan's Heroes" site : STALAG
46
Natives of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom : MERCIANS
48
___'Orléans : ILED
50
"Floor" for an Orr score : ICE
51
See 20 Across : RUNOUTOFBOUNDS
58
Conversant with : UPON
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Fit to ___ : ATEE
60
Motionless : STILL
62
Caen neighbor : STLO
63
Set of three : TERN
64
She was a lady : EADIE
65
Unguis : HOOF
66
Former lightweight champ : ERNE
67
Glacis : SLOPE
Down
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A bill : ONE
2
Shed plumage : MOLT
3
Jai ___ : ALAI
4
Hectic, frustrating routines : RATRACES
5
Showed contempt : SNEERED
6
Bomber's bugbear : FLAK
7
Fluid rock : LAVA
8
Better : AMEND
9
Set up as a goal : TARGETED
10
"A Sentimental Journey" author : STERNE
11
Poi source : TARO
12
Vaudeville entr'acte : OLIO
13
Slammers : PENS
21
It didn't daunt Daniel : DEN
22
Interlaken's river : AARE
25
Clobbers : DRUBS
26
Erode : EATAT
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Commemorative slab : STELA
28
Tyne and Wear trolley : TRAM
29
Hawthorne's birthplace : SALEM
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Redolence : AROMA
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Thirteen tarts, perhaps : DOZEN
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Pips : SEEDS
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Colliery center : MINE
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Lead a dull, inactive life : VEGETATE
40
Anagram for relation : ORIENTAL
42
Korean border river : YALU
43
Blames : ACCUSES
45
___ Judah (Selassie) : LIONOF
47
Rita's place : RIO
49
Grandpa, maybe : DOTER
51
Woo for a frat : RUSH
52
Incumbent on : UPTO
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___ contendere : NOLO
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Brake or bracken : FERN
55
Roman's approval : BENE
56
Caper : DIDO
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Fluff : SLIP
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The quiet side : LEE

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

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