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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, September 12, 1983

45-Down : O. Henry's "The ___ of Red Chief"

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,361
Across
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Something to strike : POSE
5
Libreville is its capital : GABON
10
___ mater : ALMA
14
Preacher's last word : AMEN
15
"___ Ben Jonson!" : ORARE
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Extreme want : NEED
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Journalist's headline re reef mishap : CARRIERGROUNDED
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Sashays : TRAIPSES
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Oct. 31 giveaway : TREAT
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Broadway musical : CATS
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Utah's state flower : SEGO
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Cobbler in "Die Meistersinger" : SACHS
27
Hence : THEREFORE
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If ... not : UNLESS
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Hemmed in by : AMID
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Follower of hopping : MAD
36
Sept. 13, e.g. : IDES
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Mulligrubs : COLIC
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Do-fa connection : REMI
40
Sri Lanka export : TEA
41
Sagan or Sandburg : CARL
42
___ railway : SCENIC
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Removed from usual surroundings : ESTRANGED
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Math sense, to an engineer : ASSET
48
Dist. ___ : ATTY
49
Raptorial bird : ERNE
51
Shelley's "The ___" : CENCI
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Make unfriendly : ALIENATE
57
Yellow journalist's headline for 17 Across : GOBSHELDUPATBAR
59
Melville book : OMOO
60
Event at Vicksburg: 1862-63 : SIEGE
61
Roper of polling fame : ELMO
62
Judge : DEEM
63
Key person : TUNER
64
Cochineal and fuchsin : DYES
Down
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Covenant : PACT
2
Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
3
Shipments to the Mayo Clinic : SERA
4
Decorates : ENRICHES
5
"For whither thou ___ ... " : GOEST
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Item on a certain blotter : ARREST
7
"Three ___ full" : BAGS
8
Bruin great : ORR
9
Modernists : NEOTERICS
10
___ Cleves : ANNEOF
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Mother of Castor : LEDA
12
Convene : MEET
13
Say further : ADD
18
Goren declaration : IPASS
19
Exhorted : URGED
23
Prefix with finalist : SEMI
24
Simon's "Plaza ___" : SUITE
25
Llama's habitat : ANDES
26
Item on Seaver's shoe : CLEAT
28
Handel's birthplace : HALLE
29
Harbingers : OMENS
30
Lustrous fiber : RAMIE
31
Fiat or ukase : EDICT
33
Like an ecdysiast's attire : SCANTIEST
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Roué's delight : ORGY
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Felt a bitter hurt : RESENTED
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"22" is one : CATCH
43
City in Crete : CANEA
45
O. Henry's "The ___ of Red Chief" : RANSOM
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No problem for Noah : DELUGE
50
Less green : RIPER
51
Request to the faithful : COME
52
C. A. tree : EBOE
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City in South Yemen : ADEN
54
With skill : ABLY
55
Far from feral : TAME
56
The Graces waited on him : EROS
57
"In ___ we trust" : GOD
58
The Blackbirds' inst. : LIU

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

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