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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, March 19, 1983

37-Down : Was of consequence

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B Q U V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,184
Across
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File sect. : MISC
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David Copperfield's forte : MAGIC
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Culloden Moor fighter : SCOT
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Gazetteer datum : AREA
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Cockatoo's cousin : ARARA
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Job for Mason : CASE
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Colleagues of March 19 patron : CARPENTERS
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General locale of Nazareth : ASIA
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Doesn't become superannuated : RETIRES
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Smooth, easy pace : CANTER
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License plate : TAG
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Certain ships : COASTERS
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March 19, to some : STJOSEPHSDAY
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Papal cape : ORALE
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Grow toward evening : LATEN
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Cannoneer's plug : WAD
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Loupe : LENS
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Jung and Sagan : CARLS
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Famed dweller in Nazareth : MARY
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Spud bud : EYE
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Health, to Henri : SANTE
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Strass : PASTE
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Role of March 19 patron : FOSTERFATHER
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Accented : STRESSED
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Bit of land : AIT
47
Jonah : HOODOO
48
A preceder of spring : MINERAL
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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Swallows' March 19 mecca : CAPISTRANO
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Suffix with origin : ATOR
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Swedish dollar : KRONA
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Arabian bigwig : EMIR
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Tribunals : FORA
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Line of chatter : SPIEL
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Soprano Clamma ___ : DALE
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Large: Comb. form : MACR
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Of wrath: Lat. : IRAE
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Noted muralist : SERT
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Temple of Jupiter and its hill : CAPITOLS
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Riding academy : MANEGE
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Some are fine : ARTS
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Proceed, in Dundee : GAE
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Kind of vb. : IRR
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Mt. Rainier's range : CASCADES
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Parsimonious : SCANTY
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Kshatriya, e.g. : CASTE
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Withy : OSIER
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Cause of Alice's pool : TEARS
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Fix a typo : ERASE
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Wise ___ owl : ASAN
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Made a cartograph : CHARTED
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Stableboy in "The Highwayman" : OSTLER
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Part of a pump : SOLE
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Deuce topper : TREY
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Burroughs heroine : JANE
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Goalie who popularized masks : PLANTE
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Wear's partner : WASH
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A Johnson : ARTE
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Batik expert : DYER
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Clergymen : CASSOCKS
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Was of consequence : MATTERED
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Middling : SOSO
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Emulate Raphael : PAINT
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Opera by Giordano : FEDORA
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King of Iraq: 1921-33 : FAISAL
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Bundle exported to Russia : SHEAF
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John Todd's radio role : TONTO
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Helicopter part : ROTOR
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Golconda : MINE
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Nicaraguan native : RAMA
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Anagram for nail : ANIL
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Erudition : LORE
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Famed Dadaist : ARP
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Next: Mus. dir. : POI

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2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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