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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, March 20, 1987

10-Down : Eire staple

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,646
Across
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Start of a Milton quote re cafes? : THEY
5
Furnish : EQUIP
10
A certain crown : PATE
14
York or Murphy : HERO
15
Simon's "Plaza ___" : SUITE
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"___, you noblest English" : ONON
17
Makes unclear : OBFUSCATES
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Something to pitch : TENT
20
Soak timber : RET
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A way to stand : PAT
22
L. Smith's "___ Fruit" : STRANGE
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Sahib's sunshade : TOPEE
26
Rose oil : ATTAR
27
Quote: Part II : ALSOSERVEWHO
32
Petrarch's love : LAURA
33
"The Rosary" composer : NEVIN
34
Blarney-stone kisser's gift : GAB
37
Icky stuff : MIRE
38
Inverted V : CARET
39
Collapsed : GAVE
40
Pitcher Clemens, e.g. : ACE
41
Black or Valentine : KAREN
42
Nomothetes : SOLON
43
Quote: Part III : ONLYSTANDAND
45
Shakespeare contemporary : NASHE
48
Porter products : TUNES
49
Enemies of the Iroquois : OTTAWAS
52
Ripen : AGE
53
___ de France : ILE
56
Mental state : MOOD
57
Sorority : SISTERHOOD
60
Christie or Lucasta : ANNA
61
Acuminate : TAPER
62
"The Breeze ___," 1940 song : ANDI
63
Judge : DEEM
64
Store up : AMASS
65
End of quote : WAIT
Down
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Asgard dweller : THOR
2
"Pinafore" lass : HEBE
3
W. German river : ERFT
4
Pronoun : YOU
5
"Stalag 17" event : ESCAPE
6
Set of four : QUATERNARY
7
Out, in Edam : UIT
8
Residents of: Suffix : ITES
9
Gnat or rat : PEST
10
Eire staple : POTATO
11
In re : ANENT
12
Calcutta carriage : TONGA
13
Script direction : ENTER
18
Bride, in Bari : SPOSA
23
Actress Muriel : RAHN
24
Raced : TORE
25
Global apex : EVEREST
27
___-Ata, Soviet city : ALMA
28
Secular : LAIC
29
Certain : SURE
30
Comes to pass : EVENTUATES
31
Thurber was one : WIT
34
Celebration : GALA
35
Eden's earldom : AVON
36
Flex : BEND
38
Lone Eagle's monogram : CAL
39
Zeus and Jove : GODS
41
Gnu homophone : KNEW
42
Curl the lip : SNEER
43
"___ was a gardener ... ": Kipling : OHADAM
44
City ENE of Nantes : ANGERS
45
Footloose one : NOMAD
46
Expiate : ATONE
47
Pelt : STONE
50
Film dog : ASTA
51
Thailand, once : SIAM
53
Type of grape : IONA
54
N.J. borough : LODI
55
Redact : EDIT
58
Evian, e.g. : SPA
59
Turn left : HAW

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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