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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, July 28, 1993

5-Down : Trimmed the rim

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Y Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,968
Across
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Iowa college town : AMES
5
Pitcher : EWER
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Bag or wine : SACK
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Zhivago's lover : LARA
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Embellish : ADORN
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Faithful : TRUE
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Where to see Lord Nelson : TRAFALGARSQUARE
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Lengthy : EXTENDED
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A flower cluster : UMBEL
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Composer Rorem : NED
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Door or foot follower : STEP
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Poet or church official : SEXTON
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Health resorts : SPAS
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Ex-parent of NBC : RCA
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Butterine : OLEO
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Distributed pasteboards : DEALT
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Gr. underground movement in W.W. II : EAM
35
Dangerous Atlantic area : BERMUDATRIANGLE
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She raised Cain : EVE
40
Early Soviet space probe : LUNIK
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Mansard edge : EAVE
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In medias ___ : RES
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Nine inches : SPAN
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Pequod or Ahab : WHALER
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Fit to ___ : ATEE
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Epoch : ERA
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Result of haste : WASTE
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Vigorous effort : EXERTION
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Imaginary line N of South Pole : ANTARCTICCIRCLE
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Country singer Vince ___ : GILL
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Actor Jacobi : DEREK
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Lake ___, at Orlando : EOLA
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Wild plum : SLOE
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A Cather biographer : EDEL
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Knot on a tree : KNAR
Down
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Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
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"Das Kapital" author : MARX
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Pelf protector : SAFE
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Trimmed the rim : EDGED
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Blue dye : WOAD
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Sin : ERR
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Hosp. group : RNS
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Baffle : STUMP
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Sinai dweller : ARAB
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Remedy : CURE
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Boat-bottom timber : KEEL
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He spoke for Standish : ALDEN
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___ Domini : ANNO
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"___ o quella," Verdi aria : QUESTA
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Flier from a fire : SPARK
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Anklebones : TALI
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Staid; serious : SOBER
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École attendee : ELEVE
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Where sherry originated : XERES
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Kite or Watson of golf : TOM
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Become prevalent : SETIN
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Stately : REGAL
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Memorable French diva : CALVE
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Prince in Kabul : AMEER
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Mother of Perseus : DANAE
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Loose overcoat : ULSTER
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Hornswoggle : DUPE
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Teachers' gp. : NEA
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Hesperus's fate : WRECK
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Mata ___ : HARI
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"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
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Be superior : EXCEL
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Funny fellows : WAGS
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Another blue dye : ANIL
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Capital of Manche : STLO
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Gael's land : EIRE
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Tough trip : TREK
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Object of devotion : ICON
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Stewpot : OLLA
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Draw close to : NEAR
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B-F connection : CDE
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Turner or Danson : TED

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