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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, July 15, 1992

28-Down : Blacksmiths

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { G J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,590
Across
1
"Shane" hero : LADD
5
Maître d's handouts : MENUS
10
A rib in knit goods : WALE
14
Hebrew measure : OMER
15
Use a podium : ORATE
16
Actor Braeden : ERIC
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Capitol Hill ploy : FILIBUSTER
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Junior's bb's : AMMO
20
"Saturday Night Fever" star : TRAVOLTA
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Spoken : VERBAL
23
Biblical high priest : ELI
24
Near-ringer : LEANER
26
Flatware items : SPOONS
29
Verily : INTRUTH
32
Kringle : CLAUS
33
"It ___ Be You" : HADTO
35
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
36
Shopper's aid : LIST
37
Everybody, in Spain : TODOS
38
Poisonous Tibetan plant : ATIS
39
TV spots : ADS
40
Staggering : AREEL
41
Sparling : SMELT
42
Persephone's mother : DEMETER
44
Troupe group : ACTORS
46
Disquiet : UNEASE
48
Thun's river : AAR
49
Had erotic cravings : LUSTED
51
Doorway curtain : PORTIERE
56
Oppositionist : ANTI
57
Dull : LACKLUSTER
59
Or, in Essen : ODER
60
Province of Ecuador : ELORO
61
Beethoven's "Archduke ___" : TRIO
62
Agnail, e.g. : SORE
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Attack : SETAT
64
City of the Huguenots : SENS
Down
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Golf shot : LOFT
2
Kabul chieftain : AMIR
3
Poet ___ Mare : DELA
4
Expel : DRIVEOUT
5
___ Rouge, Paris : MOULIN
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Once, once : ERST
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Of birth : NATAL
8
Navajo foe : UTE
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Kind of quarters : SERVANTS
10
Nudist's antithesis : WEARER
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"Amharic Grammar" author : ARMBRUSTER
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Type of bean : LIMA
13
Bionomics: Abbr. : ECOL
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G.I.'s who can't shoot straight : BOLOS
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
25
Phantoms : EIDOLA
26
Skitter : SLIDE
27
Be adequate : PASSMUSTER
28
Blacksmiths : SHOERS
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Diplomat's attire : TAILS
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Boniface : HOST
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Like 10 Down : CLAD
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Hoosier humorist : ADE
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Levers on looms : TREADLES
38
Casanovas : AMORISTS
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Fit to ___ : ATEE
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In ___ quo (as is) : STATU
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Whole : ENTIRE
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Certain freight shipment : CARLOT
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___ Center, Orlando attraction : EPCOT
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Neighbor of Thailand : LAOS
50
Disassemble : UNDO
52
Podded plant : OKRA
53
Being, in Pau : ETRE
54
Bridle strap : REIN
55
Libido : EROS
58
Pub tap : ALE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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