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Edward J. Marchese
Edward J. Marchese

New York Times, Monday, March 2, 1981

Author:
Edward Marchese
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.8
Edward J. Marchese has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Edward Marchese is an alias for Edward J. Marchese.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,437
Across
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Counterfeit : SHAM
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Thick-coated dog : CHOW
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Pantheon ruler : ZEUS
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Treacherous ensign : IAGO
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Israel's first native-born prime minister : RABIN
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Louvre name : LISA
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Grain husk : BRAN
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"Grief weeps ___": Knowles : ALONE
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City below Moscow : OREL
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Disturbed situation : TROUBLEDWATERS
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Law degrees : LLBS
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Snoop : PRY
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Weasel : ERMINE
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Shout disapproval : HOOT
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Frequently, to Freneau : OFT
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Michelangelo masterpiece : PIETA
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Sullen : DOUR
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Whine : PULE
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Frances and Ruby : DEES
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Remainder : REST
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Employs : HIRES
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Do wrong : ERR
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Sheep shelter : COTE
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Expunge : DELETE
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Euripides play : ION
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Flipper flapper : SEAL
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Confuse an issue : MUDDYTHEWATERS
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Minotaur, for example : OGRE
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Norse gods : AESIR
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Weblike membrane : TELA
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Excuse : PLEA
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Minimum : LEAST
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Receptions : TEAS
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Caesar and Silvers : SIDS
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Luxuriant : LUSH
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Place of banishment : ELBA
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Kin : SIB
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Moss or Lorenz : HART
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Culture base : AGAR
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Obelisks, e.g. : MONOLITHS
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He played Tarzan in 1933 : CRABBE
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"From the ___ of Montezuma ... " : HALLS
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Woodwind : OBOE
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Entwine : WIND
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Polish coin : ZLOTY
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Ireland, formerly : EIRE
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Addict : USER
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Pharmacy salts : SALS
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Rhode Island resort : NEWPORT
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Forearm bones : ULNAE
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Tennyson's "The Palace of ___" : ART
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Type of lyric poem : EPODE
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More prevalent : RIFER
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Verse rhythm : METER
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Gym apparatus : HORSE
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Expel : OUST
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Eccentric : OUTRE
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Swift : FLEET
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Succinct : TERSE
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Daily fare : DIET
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Spangle or sequin : PAILLETTE
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Head-on; direct : FRONTAL
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Zach ___ : WHEAT
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Evasive : COY
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Scarcity : DEARTH
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Concepts : IDEAS
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People you can "bank" on : SWISS
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Implements for Carroll's "seven maids" : MOPS
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Jamaican citrus fruit : UGLI
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___ Scott case : DRED
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List, as a ship : HEEL
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Inheritance vendor : ESAU
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Stagger : REEL
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Part of a pitcher's mound : SLAB
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" ... lonely ___ cloud": Wordsworth : ASA

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

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