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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

BOOK COUNTRY

New York Times, Sunday, September 22, 1985

70-Down : Five: Comb. form

Author:
E. T. M.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 519 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 125, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 28, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
E. T. M. is an alias for Eugene T. Maleska.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,102
Across
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Lesage's "Gil ___" : BLAS
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Frank Norris book: 1921 : BRASS
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Juliet's betrothed : PARIS
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"Hop-___," Poe tale : FROG
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Where Pizarro died : LIMA
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Violin's kin : REBEC
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"This sweet wee wife ___": Burns : OMINE
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Hamlet is one : ROLE
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He wrote "The Virginian" : OWENWISTER
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Clancy's "The Hunt for ___" : REDOCTOBER
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Voltaire hero : CANDIDE
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She wrote "Angel of Light" : OATES
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Make a boo-boo at bridge : RENEGE
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Author Harte : BRET
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De Coverley or Ascham : ROGER
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Forward : SEND
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Ruark's "Something of ___" : VALUE
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A sister-in-law of Albany : REGAN
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One bearing witness : ATTESTER
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"But what is he to ___?": Shak. : ALORD
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"North of Boston" poet : ROBERTFROST
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TV's "___ Haw" : HEE
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Writer Woolf, to friends : DOUG
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Surf sound : ROTE
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Christie's "Death in the ___" : AIR
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Evan Hunter's "Streets of ___" : GOLD
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Zoology suffix : INI
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Danielle Steel best seller : FAMILYALBUM
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Like certain forces : ARMED
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Poems with six-line stanzas : SESTINAS
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The Cat Nation : ERIES
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Tire parts : TREADS
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She wrote "Women and Beauty" : LOREN
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Din's burden : WATER
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Fast-food order : FRIES
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Dance step : CHASSE
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Livy's tongue : LATIN
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"Penguin Dreams ... " author : BREATHED
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"Network" director : LUMET
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Judith Michael best seller : POSSESSIONS
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Sheed subject : ALI
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Tub plant : ALOE
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Hass's "___ to Win" : EAT
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Tare's partner : TRET
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College event : PROM
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T.C.U. rival : SMU
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"___ of a Hooker": Hope-Netland : CONFESSIONS
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Light anchor : KEDGE
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Jeeves and Mrs. Jenkins : SERVANTS
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End of a Hemingway title : TOLLS
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Colombian explorer-author : REYES
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"___ Sanctorum" : ACTA
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Free-for-all : MELEE
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Scorch : CHAR
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Folk singer from Birmingham, Ala. : ODETTA
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Rescued : SAVED
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Theory expounded by Howells : REALISM
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Wallace best seller : THEMIRACLE
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"A Passion for ___": Peters-Austin : EXCELLENCE
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Like Ben Jonson : RARE
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West ___, New Guinea : IRIAN
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Ranch in "Giant" : REATA
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Connell's "Son of the Morning ___" : STAR
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Steinbeck hero : ARON
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Balms : ODORS
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Creator of the Moffats : ESTES
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Resentful : SORE
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Political group : BLOC
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Moslem administrative district : LIWA
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Preacher's sign-off : AMEN
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He wrote "The People, Yes" : SANDBURG
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Larson's "___ of the Far Side" : BRIDE
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Change type : RESET
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Browning's "___ Vogler" : ABT
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"Rhine Maidens" author : SEE
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Marley's partner : SCROOGE
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Sign for Cassandra : PORTENT
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Afghan bigwig : AMEER
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Disencumbers : RIDS
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Helle's stepmother : INO
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Wambaugh's "The ___ of Harry Bright" : SECRETS
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Palm leaves : FRONDS
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L. C. Douglas's "The ___" : ROBE
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Designer Cassini : OLEG
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Actor from Philadelphia : GERE
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Cabled : WIRED
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Doctrine : TENET
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Pulitzer Prize historian: 1934 : AGAR
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Wat Tyler was one : REBEL
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Lindsey's "Tender Is the ___" : STORM
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Sienkiewicz's "Quo ___?" : VADIS
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Byrd book : ALONE
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"Jubal Sackett" author : LOUISLAMOUR
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French meat dishes : ROTIS
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Fourth-century theologian condemned as a heretic : ARIUS
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He wrote "The Dynasts" : THOMASHARDY
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Fished selectively : EELED
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Trout's spawning grounds : REDDS
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___ à clef : ROMAN
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Famed English publisher-writer : FABER
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Punjab princess : RANEE
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Salute : GREET
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Morrell's "Rambo: ___ Blood ... " : FIRST
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Nobelist in Literature: 1923 : YEATS
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Ade book: 1896 : ARTIE
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Mortgages : LIENS
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McEnroe rival : ARIAS
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"___ a fine lady ... " : TOSEE
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"Last Case" sleuth : TRENT
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Eliot's "The ___ Land" : WASTE
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Log splitters' wedges : FROES
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Segal's "The ___" : CLASS
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Author of "The Nun's Story" : HULME
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Idles : LOAFS
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Sockets on clarinets : BIRNS
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Funeral oration : ELOGE
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Annual marchers : DIMES
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Five: Comb. form : PENTA
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Wrap : STOLE
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Adjective for The Bard : PEERLESS
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Saguaros : CACTI
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Part of HOMES : ONTARIO
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Poet Wallace ___ : STEVENS
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Pump part : SOLE
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Bay of Biscay island : ILEDERE
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S. African pen : KRAAL
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They dye often : VATMEN
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Zygomatic bone : MALAR
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Homeland of Daedalus : CRETE
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Apollinaire's "Alas!" : HELAS
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Norwegian river : OTRA
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Pillar Mosque site : DHAR
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Shadow: Comb. form : SCIO
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Ambler's "Journey ___ Fear" : INTO
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Battle memento : SCAR
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Simple; bare : MERE
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Ending for dull : ARD
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Ballot marks : XES
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Garfield, e.g. : CAT

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4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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