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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, August 8, 1984

24-Down : Neural branch

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F H J V X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,692
Across
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A son of Juno : MARS
5
Bewildered : MAZED
10
Part of h.c.l. : COST
14
Baseball family name : ALOU
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All by oneself : ALONE
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Texan's stewpot : OLLA
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Dish named for its sounds on the stove : BUBBLEANDSQUEAK
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Scarlett's rival : MELANIE
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Eisenhower's "Crusade in ___" : EUROPE
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"___ Old Cowhand" : IMAN
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Young herring : BRIT
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Cleaned a briar : REAMED
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Walked like a two-year-old : TOTTERED
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Composer for Broadway's "St. Louis Woman" : ARLEN
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First-rate : AONE
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Coleridge product : RIME
34
Epithet for Anthony Wayne : MAD
35
Seafood fritters, Japanese style : TEMPURA
38
Group for a G.P. : AMA
39
Pre-owned : USED
41
Liberty or America : MISS
42
Kind of box or joint : MITER
44
Calmness : SERENITY
46
Be eleemosynary : DONATE
47
Red beast in a Steinbeck tale : PONY
48
Appear : SEEM
49
Femme fatale's forte : ALLURE
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Ingredient of 17 Across : CABBAGE
55
Ingredients of 17 Across : MEATANDPOTATOES
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"___ Me Disappear," 1969 play : MAKE
59
Foreign minister under Mussolini : CIANO
60
Innisfail, to a Gael : EIRE
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Bankers' Washingtons : ONES
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Railroad safety rail : EASER
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Phoebe or C. P. : SNOW
Down
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Mythical sovereign : MAB
2
An astringent : ALUM
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Post-shower garb : ROBE
4
Exalted : SUBLIME
5
Bacchante : MAENAD
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M. Lesage : ALAIN
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Frigid, e.g. : ZONE
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Sake : END
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Rat : DESERTER
10
Swain : COURTER
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Oil, in Olot : OLEO
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Masher's comeuppance : SLAP
13
Shot on a set : TAKE
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Jeremiad : LAMENT
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Discontinue : QUIT
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Boss's largess : BONUS
24
Neural branch : RAMUS
25
Clean the slate : ERASE
26
Wood used for piling : ALDER
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Stowe's "limb of mischief" : TOPSY
28
Lariat : RIATA
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Robert ___ Sherwood : EMMET
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Mary ___, Innes ship : DEARE
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Peace : AMITY
36
Hill : EMINENCE
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It multiplies by fission : AMOEBA
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Appoints as one's agent : DEPUTES
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Bridewell occupants : INMATES
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Jiggs and Maggie's daughter : NORA
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I.o.u. giver : DEBTOR
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Rhone feeder : SAONE
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Material for matérial, in short : AMMO
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Spare : LEAN
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Dead Sea, for one : LAKE
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Nos. men : CPAS
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"___ Out of My Head," 1966 hit : GOIN
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Saarinen : EERO
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Through: Prefix : DIA
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Emulate Dorcas : SEW

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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