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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, August 26, 1992

53-Down : Saint-___, French port

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, 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. 15,632
Across
1
White House dog in the 30's : FALA
5
Yugoslav coin : PARA
9
Kind of phone or wave : MICRO
14
Leigh Hunt hero : ABOU
15
End of a Breslin title : AMEN
16
Famed oil-well firefighter : ADAIR
17
Any OPEC member : CARTELIST
19
Succinct : TERSE
20
A snake mackerel : ESCOLAR
21
Escapades : SCRAPES
23
Harbor seal : SEACAT
24
Cynosure on a green : HOLE
25
Mortgage : LIEN
27
Aristotle's "political animal" : MAN
28
Pen point : NIB
31
Praline ingredient : PECAN
34
Computer symbol : ICON
36
" ___ boy!" : ATTA
37
Century plant : AGAVE
38
Otto ___ Bismarck : VON
39
Large kangaroos : EUROS
40
Kind of package for the poor : CARE
41
Yield : CEDE
42
"I'll Walk Alone" songwriter : STYNE
43
Rutledge or Rutherford : ANN
44
Rock's ___ Halen : VAN
45
Dorothy Gale's pet : TOTO
47
Bellicose god : ARES
49
Emulated Lantz's Woody : PECKED
53
Of the morning : MATINAL
56
Run : OPERATE
57
Of wrens and hens : AVINE
58
Robot : AUTOMATON
60
Detached : LOOSE
61
Rainbow flower : IRIS
62
Pie plates : TINS
63
Deed recipient : OWNER
64
Paddy product : RICE
65
Mobutu ___ Seko, President of Zaire : SESE
Down
1
Confronts : FACES
2
Humble : ABASE
3
Spanish city or playwright : LORCA
4
Kin of a pressure cooker : AUTOCLAVE
5
Sense of taste : PALATE
6
Afghan bigwig : AMIR
7
In medias ___ : RES
8
Formicary group : ANTS
9
Mature married woman : MATRON
10
Perfect type : IDEAL
11
One of the trades : CARPENTRY
12
Lose a lap : RISE
13
Galena and prill : ORES
18
"The lily maid of Astolat" : ELAINE
22
Derr Biggers hero : CHAN
26
Actor who wrote "The Moon's a Balloon" : NIVEN
27
He painted "Cape Martin" : MONET
29
Lay ___ (flatter) : ITON
30
Supply station : BASE
31
S.A. rodent : PACA
32
First elected governor of Alaska : EGAN
33
Ohio's state flower : CARNATION
35
North Atlantic fish : COD
36
Domineering people : AUTOCRATS
39
Regard highly : ESTEEM
41
Hacienda, e.g. : CASA
44
Antique owner's concern : VENEER
46
Contest : OPPOSE
48
Washer cycle : RINSE
50
Porter's " ___ Went to Haiti" : KATIE
51
Certain collars : ETONS
52
Thickly populated : DENSE
53
Saint-___, French port : MALO
54
Swear : AVOW
55
Leo's lodgings : LAIR
56
Of the ear : OTIC
59
Scene of the Tell legend : URI

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

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