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Merryl Maleska
Merryl Maleska

New York Times, Monday, December 31, 1984

41-Down : Chooses

Author:
Merryl Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Merryl Maleska has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,837
Across
1
Alpha follower : BETA
5
These may revolve : DOORS
10
Canton is here : OHIO
14
Let forth : EMIT
15
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
16
Musical finale : CODA
17
Number in the news : EIGHTYFIVE
19
Group of devotees : CULT
20
Bishops, e.g. : PRELATES
21
Breaks; rests : PAUSES
23
Ike's post in W.W. II : ETO
24
Cuba ___, rum drink : LIBRE
25
Frequently : OFTEN
27
Lowest pinochle card : NINESPOT
30
Fearsome Greek goddesses : ARAI
31
What 30 Across do : AVENGE
33
Beer's cousin : ALE
34
McEnroe vs. Connors : MATCH
36
New Year's ___ : EVE
37
___ Mile Island : THREE
39
Biblical verb ending : ETH
40
Aid : ASSIST
43
Mighty mite : ATOM
44
Tiny spores : SEEDLETS
46
Actor Calhoun and boxer Calhoun : RORYS
48
Player-piano inserts : ROLLS
49
Ampersand : AND
50
Hepplewhite product : SETTEE
52
Maeterlinck's "The ___" : BLUEBIRD
57
R.I.P. notice : OBIT
58
Dec. 31 figure : CELEBRATOR
60
City in Alaska : NOME
61
Strong cord : TWINE
62
Porter of Tin Pan Alley : COLE
63
Turned right : GEED
64
Drooping part of an iris : SEPAL
65
"If You ___ Susie ... " : KNEW
Down
1
Busy signal : BEEP
2
Arabian bigwig : EMIR
3
Buster Brown's dog : TIGE
4
Part of N.C.A.A. : ATHLETIC
5
___ Beach, Fla. : DAYTONA
6
A fishbowl occupant : ORFE
7
Elevator man : OTIS
8
Miss. or Mo. : RIV
9
Action in osmosis : SEEPING
10
Happens : OCCURS
11
Common event on Dec. 31 : HOUSEPARTY
12
Unemployed : IDLE
13
Feed-bag filling : OATS
18
London art gallery : TATE
22
Red as ___ : ABEET
24
Wrinkles : LINES
25
Declaim : ORATE
26
Cartoon figure on Dec. 31 : FATHERTIME
27
Ben ___, Great Britain's highest peak : NEVIS
28
Bread spreads : OLEOS
29
Abound : TEEM
30
Author Ben ___ Williams : AMES
32
Jerkins : VESTS
35
Handel's birthplace : HALLE
38
Book with a stiff cover : HARDBACK
41
Chooses : SELECTS
42
Soprano from St. Louis : TRAUBEL
45
___ swiss : DOTTED
47
Unique person : ONER
50
"Auld Lang Syne" is one : SONG
51
C. American tree : EBOE
52
Radarscope signal : BLIP
53
Chanteuse Horne : LENA
54
Take ___ the lam : ITON
55
Thespian's quest : ROLE
56
Sketched : DREW
59
Flock member : EWE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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