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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, September 26, 1991

4-Down : Appliances for chefs

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,297
Across
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Grouch : CRAB
5
Mess of cress : SALAD
10
Size of type : PICA
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Take it easy : LOLL
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Perspicacious : ACUTE
16
"Giselle" composer : ADAM
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"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
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Religious teachers' maxims : LOGIA
19
Onetime Irish capital : TARA
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Drinks made of rum, lime juice, etc. : PLANTERSPUNCHES
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What Butler didn't give : DAMN
24
Greetings prior to gams : AHOYS
25
Spy with Joshua : CALEB
28
Procacious : SASSY
31
Don José's emotion : AMOR
32
Ploy; ruse : GAMBIT
34
Health resort : SPA
37
Some fruity desserts : BOYSENBERRYPIES
40
Reno-to-Las Vegas dir. : SSE
41
___ Athena : PALLAS
42
Pan's foe : HOOK
43
Bach work : MOTET
44
Where to see Lincoln : PENNY
45
Netlike head covering : SNOOD
48
Young Seaver pitched here : SHEA
50
A modern style of French cooking : NOUVELLECUISINE
57
Oppositionist : ANTI
58
Roof edges : EAVES
59
"___ in Calico," 1946 song : AGAL
60
Crook found in a 65 Across : KNEE
61
Soup made of the hock of beef : SKINK
62
Alaskan city : NOME
63
What the walls have : EARS
64
Like caviar : SALTY
65
Hornbeam, e.g. : TREE
Down
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What claques do : CLAP
2
Kipfel, e.g. : ROLL
3
Saturn attachment : ALIA
4
Appliances for chefs : BLENDERS
5
Capital of Ore. : SALEM
6
Type of squash : ACORN
7
Drags along : LUGS
8
Eagerly expectant : ATIP
9
Jet ___ (fountain) : DEAU
10
Of inconsistent quality : PATCHY
11
Hell's Canyon is here : IDAHO
12
Composer of "Sally in Our Alley" : CAREY
13
Act like a pack rat : AMASS
21
What a sport picks up : TAB
22
Abominable : NASTY
25
Fiacres : CABS
26
Book of the Bible : AMOS
27
Ravel's "Ma Mère ___" : LOYE
28
Sparling : SMELT
29
Siren in "East of Eden" : ABRA
30
Letter opener : SIRS
32
Midge : GNAT
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Qualified : ABLE
34
Suffix with scan : SION
35
Mexican muzhik : PEON
36
" ... ___ of slate": Symons : ASKY
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Horatian creation : EPODE
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It's often served under glass : PHEASANT
43
"Merton of the ___" : MOVIES
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Noted architect : PEI
45
Racer, for one : SNAKE
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Ragazza's grandmother : NONNA
47
Peripheral : OUTER
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Pointer's best point : SCENT
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Robust : HUSKY
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Not so much : LESS
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Nevin's "Mighty ___ Rose" : LAKA
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Malevolent : EVIL
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Borodin's "Prince ___" : IGOR
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Item in an onomasticon : NAME
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Foe of S. Grant : ELEE

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

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