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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, July 28, 1993

51-Down : Gael's land

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
13
Zhivago's lover : LARA
14
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
24
Poet or church official : SEXTON
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Health resorts : SPAS
29
Ex-parent of NBC : RCA
32
Butterine : OLEO
33
Distributed pasteboards : DEALT
34
Gr. underground movement in W.W. II : EAM
35
Dangerous Atlantic area : BERMUDATRIANGLE
39
She raised Cain : EVE
40
Early Soviet space probe : LUNIK
41
Mansard edge : EAVE
42
In medias ___ : RES
43
Nine inches : SPAN
44
Pequod or Ahab : WHALER
46
Fit to ___ : ATEE
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Epoch : ERA
48
Result of haste : WASTE
51
Vigorous effort : EXERTION
56
Imaginary line N of South Pole : ANTARCTICCIRCLE
59
Country singer Vince ___ : GILL
60
Actor Jacobi : DEREK
61
Lake ___, at Orlando : EOLA
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Wild plum : SLOE
63
A Cather biographer : EDEL
64
Knot on a tree : KNAR
Down
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Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
2
"Das Kapital" author : MARX
3
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
9
Baffle : STUMP
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Sinai dweller : ARAB
11
Remedy : CURE
12
Boat-bottom timber : KEEL
14
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
51
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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