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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, August 4, 1983

29-Down : Emerson poem

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,322
Across
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Hacienda room : SALA
5
The Checkers of 1944 : FALA
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Event at Baghdad or Warsaw : PACT
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Eagerly expecting : ATIP
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Prolific auth. : ANON
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Muscovite's villa : DACHA
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"___ that!" : TAKE
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Demast : STRIPASHIP
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Latex source : ULE
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Twice DLI : MCII
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Separate magazine leaf : INSET
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Mars or the moon : PLACEINSPACE
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A plea at sea : SOS
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Get reckless in a bridge game : OVERBID
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On the ___ (under consideration) : TAPIS
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Acts listlessly : MOPES
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Amendment backed by NOW : ERA
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___ acids : AMINO
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Inst. at Columbus : OSU
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Pathetic : TEARY
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Soldier at Seoul : ROK
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Camera-lens aperture : FSTOP
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Robespierre's hometown : ARRAS
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Former remedy for poison : TREACLE
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"Domine, dirigo ___": London motto : NOS
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Brown : CRULLERCOLOR
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Brief introduction : PROEM
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Gula : OGEE
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Porter : ALE
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Bambi's equals : DEERSPEERS
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Nap : PILE
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Across: Prefix : TRANS
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Nest sound : TWEE
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Discordia : ERIS
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River-pollution problem : SUDS
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Rooted plant cutting : SETT
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Clairvoyant's phrase : ISEE
Down
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Showed interest or surprise : SATUP
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In any way : ATALL
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Pointed : LIKEASPIKE
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What epigones do : APE
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Mussolini's local branches : FASCI
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She wrote "The Promised Land" : ANTIN
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Lemur called bashful Billy : LORIS
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Witch bird : ANI
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QB, at times : PASSER
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Feel pity (for) : ACHE
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I.o.u. : CHIT
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Start of an N.B.A. game : TAP
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Posture taken by Arthur Murray : DANCESTANCE
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Adriatic feeder : PIAVE
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Salad ingredient : MESSOFCRESS
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Krugerrand, e.g. : COIN
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Infield fly : POPUP
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Sites for hibernation : BEARSLAIRS
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Soprano Petina : IRRA
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Emerson poem : DAYS
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Snappish : TART
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Ovid topic : AMOR
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Highway oasis : MOTEL
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Mt. ___, peak in Colo. : OSO
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Slangy suffix for switch : EROO
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Bad news on Wall St. : SLUMP
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Oak nuts : ACORNS
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Lerner's partner in songdom : LOEWE
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Showy bird : EGRET
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Change the type : RESET
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Stan's partner : OLLIE
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Ebbets Field star : REESE
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City in Ind. : PERU
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Practice literacy : READ
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Skid-row affliction, for short : DTS
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Popular dolls : ETS
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Mario ___, writer on language : PEI

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

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