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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, August 14, 1991

29-Down : Gold measure

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,254
Across
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News; tidings : WORD
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Keen : SHARP
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Precisely : TOAT
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"Thus with a kiss ___ ": Romeo : IDIE
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Competitor at Meadowlands : PACER
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River at Caen : ORNE
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Start of a quip : SOMEPOLITICIANS
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Ready : PREPARED
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Goatfish : MULLET
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Sight, in Sevilla : VER
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Roll-call response : HERE
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Cockatoo's relative : ARARA
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Emulate Hans Brinker : SKATE
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Monogram of the "Adonais" poet : PBS
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Become less harsh : RELENT
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Former ring king : ALI
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Go looking for : SEEK
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Middle of the quip : SUFFERFROMACASE
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Step ___ (hurry) : ONIT
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Dockworkers' org. : ILA
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Reasoned out : EDUCED
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Jackie Onassis, ___ Bouvier : NEE
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Jimmy ___, "L.A. Law" actor : SMITS
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"Night Music" playwright : ODETS
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Food in a birdhouse : SUET
48
M. Anderson's "High ___" : TOR
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Memorable English composer : COATES
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Soften by steeping : MACERATE
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End of the quip : OFBADTRUTHDECAY
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Grist for a soothsayer's mill : OMEN
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Follow : ENSUE
62
Brogan or brogue : SHOE
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Require : NEED
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Autumnal role for a suburbanite : RAKER
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Actress Harper : TESS
Down
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Tendril; strand : WISP
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Gardenia's attribute : ODOR
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Hoarfrost : RIME
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Profound : DEEP
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Seed : SPORE
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Word on a Czech's check : HALERS
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Etcher's purchase : ACID
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Soak flax : RET
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Certain TV hours : PRIMETIME
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Sheer linen cloth : TOILE
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Viva-voce : ORAL
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Biographer Edwards : ANNE
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Dry run : TEST
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Stately court dance : PAVANE
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Preserve, as ham : CURE
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Circle of light : HALO
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Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
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Celebrate Alumni Day : REUNE
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Caine's title role: 1966 : ALFIE
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Fissure : REFT
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Gold measure : KARAT
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What "shalom" means : PEACE
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Assail : BESET
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Airline data re flights, for short : SKEDS
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Three-month term : TRIMESTER
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Missile intercepted by a Patriot : SCUD
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Rove on the wing : FLIT
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Put on a pedestal : ADORED
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Brought to court : SUED
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Michelangelo creation : STATUE
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Tolerate : STAND
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Yellowish pigment : OCHER
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Tree-climbing mammal, for short : COON
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"All ___," 1931 song : OFME
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Busy as ___ : ABEE
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Small deer : MUSK
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Caesura : REST
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Relative of a twinge : ACHE
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Site of D. H. Lawrence's home in N.M. : TAOS
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"___ of Laura Mars," 1978 film : EYES
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Acid initials : RNA

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

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