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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, August 22, 1991

4-Down : Guinevere's lover

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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. 15,262
Across
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Become tiresome : PALL
5
Picasso's "Dora ___ Seated" : MAAR
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Paw, to Pedro : PATA
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Silkworm : ERIA
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Up to it : ABLE
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Papa Bear of Chicago : HALAS
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Sally ___ (tea cake) : LUNN
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___ with (fights against) : DOESBATTLE
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Spirited : ELECTRIC
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Home of Odysseus : ITHACA
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Rural variety shop : GENERALSTORE
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Writer France or director Litvak : ANATOLE
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Cicero's "I know" : SCIO
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Franks' ___ law : SALIC
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___ de mer : MAL
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Circularly, to the left from the top : CONTRACLOCKWISE
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Parabola : ARC
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Bridge declaration : IPASS
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"___ boy!" : ITSA
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Did as told : BEHAVED
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Gob's swab : MOP
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Cheese-ale-toast dish : WELSHRAREBIT
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Narcotic : OPIATE
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A breed of large terriers : AIREDALE
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Londoner's "Fine! O.K.!" : TICKETYBOO
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Baritone Hawkins : OSIE
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"The ___," Tryon novel : OTHER
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Image: Comb. form : EIDO
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Monitor lizard : URAN
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Send to Coventry : SHUN
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Tommy gun for Tommy Atkins : STEN
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Thrashes : TANS
Down
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A descendant of Noah : PELEG
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As ___ (usually) : ARULE
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Dundee product : LINEN
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Guinevere's lover : LANCELOT
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Light cotton fabric : MADRAS
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Seething : ABOIL
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Actors Baldwin and McCowen : ALECS
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In medias ___ : RES
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___ Lao, leftist Asian group : PATHET
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Ski resort in Utah : ALTA
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Soft mineral; soapstone : TALC
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Out of port : ASEA
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Hallstand : HATRACK
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Having superhuman strength : BIONIC
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Prefix with angle or meter : TRI
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Mythical man of brass : TALOS
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Leave out : OMIT
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Colleen : LASS
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Birthplace of Zeno : ELEA
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Strikebreaker : SCAB
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Throwaway ever since Eden : CORE
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Height of a kangaroo at birth : INCH
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Oodles; gobs : SCADS
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Pacino and Hirt : ALS
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Rosie, in W.W. II : RIVETER
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Small simian : APELET
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Bankrupt : WIPEDOUT
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Rouse : AWAKEN
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Leave high and dry : MAROON
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Pay dirt : ORE
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Monk's garb : HABIT
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___ Janeiro : RIODE
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Iraqi port : BASRA
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Trojan : ILIAN
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Adolescent period : TEENS
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Tribe in Neb. : OTOS
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Inside stuff : PITH
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Valuable grass in the Andes : ICHU
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Sandburg's "The People, ___" : YES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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