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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, September 30, 1989

50-Down : Triangle ratio

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.67, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,571
Across
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___ a March hare : MADAS
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Spotlight color : AMBER
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An anagram for airmen : MARINE
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Princeton's stadium : PALMER
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Johnny ___, Jane Wyman's Oscar-winning role : BELINDA
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Quitclaim : RELEASE
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Being : EXISTENCE
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"A dillar, a dollar" hr. : TENAM
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Soupçon : HINT
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Oodles : SCADS
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Memorable Surrealist : DALI
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___ spades (top bridge card) : ACEOF
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Inferred conclusions : ERGOS
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Asian holiday : TET
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Freshwater alga : NOSTOC
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Senses of taste : PALATES
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Tree with 8-to-12-inch diameter : LARGEPOLE
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"Under the opening eyelids of ___": Milton : THEMORN
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West Coast shrubs : SALALS
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Tincture : HUE
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Kind of fence : SPITE
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Battle royal : MELEE
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Suffix with beaver : ETTE
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Garvey of baseball : STEVE
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Smith of tennis : STAN
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Kin of sorrels : ROANS
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Overpass; exceed : TRANSCEND
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"The soul of wit" : BREVITY
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Poem by Swinburne : DOLORES
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Unruffled : SERENE
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Jessica or Juliet : ELOPER
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Belled the cat : DARED
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Gone with the trend : DATED
Down
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Fine, stiff net for millinery : MALINES
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Author of 13 books on metaphysics : ARISTOTLE
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Force : DINT
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Aconcagua's site : ANDES
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This might produce a happy medium : SEANCE
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Kala of fiction : APE
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Grain for Vassar : MALT
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Draw sap from a maple : BLEED
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Spring : EMANATE
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Auction events : RESALES
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Where Popocatéptl rises : MEXICO
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Pay or pardon : REMIT
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"Borstal Boy" author : BEHAN
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Ruggles's milieu : REDGAP
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Author who was once Claudia Johnson's press secretary : CARPENTER
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Relatives of a Lindy hop? : SOLOS
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These are found at lager heads : FOAMS
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Lebanese statesman : SALAM
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Snips snaps : CROPS
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Condense : TELESCOPE
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Resolute and courageous : GRITTY
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Emulated Pangloss : TUTORED
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Mistress : HETAERA
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Like emendated works : ALTERED
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Almost perfect horseshoes pitch : LEANER
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Taps out from a shack : SENDS
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Dittany and freesia : HERBS
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Played the quibbler : EVADED
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___ Pasha, Young Turks' leader : ENVER
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Col. Tibbets's mother : ENOLA
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Triangle ratio : SINE
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Casino cash-collector : SLOT
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___ Sorensen, "Kennedy" author : TED

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2 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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