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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, June 17, 1991

3-Down : Lincoln's "___ Eri"

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { G K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 9, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,196
Across
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Singer Davis : MAC
4
Cheekbone : MALAR
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Magazine on which 47 Across worked : TIME
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Author Paton : ALAN
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Animated : ALIVE
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White with age : HOAR
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Make fun of : JAPE
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A thrush : ROBIN
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Sicilian resort : ENNA
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Book by 47 Across : INTOTHEVALLEY
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Court-martial : TRIAL
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Banjo sound : TUM
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Potsdam conferee : STALIN
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"Men on ___," book by 47 Across : BATAAN
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Miner's strike : LODE
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Blame; indict : ACCUSE
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Tenn. native : VOL
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Went skyward : AROSE
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Charged atom : ION
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Barrel part : STAVE
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Subject for 47 Across : WAR
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Certify : ATTEST
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Rushed : HIED
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Author born June 17, 1914 : HERSEY
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Berlin's "___ With an Umbrella" : AFELLA
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Moray : EEL
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Kind of vote : STRAW
54
Pulitzer Prize book by 47 Across : ABELLFORADANO
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"The ___," 1985 book by 47 Across : CALL
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Actress Drew : ELLEN
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Another magazine on which 47 Across worked : LIFE
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Genuine : TRUE
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Rosie's fastener : RIVET
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Lhasa priest : LAMA
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Swamp plant : REED
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Pool person : STENO
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Coterie : SET
Down
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Joppolo's rank: Abbr. : MAJ
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Lincoln's "___ Eri" : CAPN
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Navratilova or Arroyo : MARTINA
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Oahu greeting : ALOHA
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Malign : LIBEL
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Tel ___ : AVIV
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Tebaldi and Scotto : RENATAS
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"Amen" character : THELMA
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Actress Skye : IONE
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Numerous : MANY
12
Notable period : ERA
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Prickly plants : NETTLES
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Mouth: Comb. form : ORI
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Pandurinas : LUTES
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Side dish : SLAW
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Pentateuch : TORAH
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Idolize : ADORE
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Bread rolls : BUNS
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Effect; use : AVAIL
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What 54 Across is : NOVEL
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Hiroshima or Tientsin : CITY
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Famed miler : COE
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Castor's mother : LEDA
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Canvas holder : EASEL
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Book by 47 Across : THEWALL
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Bank employees : TELLERS
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Port SE of Naples : TARANTO
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Staggered : REELED
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A day's craze : FAD
52
Decipher : SOLVE
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Made of wood : TREEN
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Bern's river : AARE
55
Azure : BLUE
56
Zip around : FLIT
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Sumatra neighbor : NIAS
58
"All ___," 1931 song : OFME
59
Lincoln is one: Abbr. : CTR
62
Have brunch : EAT

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

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