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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, March 7, 1991

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 38.5
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,094
Across
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Battle memento : SCAR
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Robin's quest : WORM
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At the stern : ABAFT
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G. Gray's Casa ___ Orchestra : LOMA
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"Dove sono" is one : ARIA
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Light beer : LAGER
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Finished parasailing : ALIT
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Definitely not à la carte : TABLEDHOTE
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Defensive wall : PARAPET
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Hopped-up drink : ALE
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Command to oxen : GEE
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Jade : TIRE
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"___ Mia," 1954 song : CARA
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Some Oklahomans : OTOES
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Bergman's "Cries and ___" : WHISPERS
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Colette's emotion : AMOUR
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Stitch, e.g. : PAIN
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Appeal : PLEA
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Bolognese artist: 1575-1642 : RENI
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Like a cliché : TRITE
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Surrounded by : AMID
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"___ in Calico," 1946 song : AGAL
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Bat mitzvah, e.g. : RITE
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Omni or Spectrum : ARENA
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Fenway Park event : BALLGAME
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Has on : WEARS
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Hometown of Larry Holmes : ERIE
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A pollutant : SOOT
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Group for a G.P. : AMA
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Six-legged carpenter : ANT
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Tanglewood event : CONCERT
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Describing heptagons : SEVENSIDED
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Kind of line or shirt : HAIR
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Pakistani, e.g. : ASIAN
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Leo's locks : MANE
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"Money ___ object" : ISNO
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Abominable : NASTY
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Earl of Avon : EDEN
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Vessels for beer : KEGS
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Rebuff : SLAP
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Soft drink : COLA
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N African ruler : AMIR
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Vegetable stew, Provence style : RATATOUILLE
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TV's Beulah : WATERS
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Elocute : ORATE
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Umbrella part : RIB
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Copper-ore source : MALACHITE
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Certain birches : ALDERS
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Cry in "A Christmas Carol" : BAH
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Excited : AGOG
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Celebration : FETE
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Daphne became one : TREE
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Galahad's mother : ELAINE
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Buttress of sorts : PIER
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Bureaucrat, Russian style : APPARATCHIK
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The end : OMEGA
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Of timbre : TONAL
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Papa in "The Waltons" : WAITE
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Rice or Gantry : ELMER
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Arcaro's checkers : REINS
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Actress Thompson : SADA
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Kuwaiti native : ARAB
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When most TV sets are on : PRIMETIME
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Processions : TRAINS
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Ages upon ages : AEON
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Kind of knot : GRANNY
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"The ___ Prince," Bartók ballet : WOODEN
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Vista : SCENE
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Wise ___ owl : ASAN
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Cartouche : MESA
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Rara ___ : AVIS
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Vacationer's joy : EASE
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Tyson's milieu : RING
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Ganymede's father : TROS
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Fall to : EAT
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TV's "Major ___" : DAD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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