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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, April 5, 1984

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 28.4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,567
Across
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Poetic sigh : ALAS
5
C.S.A. soldiers : REBS
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Go over 55 m.p.h. : SPEED
14
City on the Truckee : RENO
15
Señora's stewpot : OLLA
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Postpone a decision on a bill : TABLE
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Little Hamlet's question : CANYOUSEWMYROBE
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Xenophon classic : ANABASIS
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Ratified : AMENED
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___ Park, Colo. town : ESTES
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Start of a film dog's name : RIN
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Book by Anatole France : THAIS
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Activity of many Americans : DIETING
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Prefix with port or plant : TRANS
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Redford is one : BLOND
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June bug : DOR
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Towel marking : HERS
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Ballerina Shearer : MOIRA
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Apportion : METE
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Second person : EVE
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Hero of 1927 : LINDY
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Erroll Garner song: 1955 : MISTY
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Blunder : MISTAKE
42
"Twelfth Night" clown : FESTE
43
"___ Loser," Beatles song : IMA
44
Something to toss : SALAD
46
Divided, in a way : SPACED
49
Turkey in Asia : ANATOLIA
53
Yorick's reply to 17 Across : NOIKNOWNOTSEAMS
55
Word on a Québec stop sign : ARRET
56
Mussolini's daughter : EDDA
57
Me.-to-Fla. hwy. : RTEI
58
Punkies, e.g. : PESTS
59
Woads : DYES
60
Prescribes : SETS
Down
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Ancient strongbox : ARCA
2
Not fatty : LEAN
3
First name of Grandma Moses : ANNA
4
Subjects of Dr. Carver's experiments : SOYBEANS
5
Yanks from slumber : ROUSTS
6
Dinsmore of fiction : ELSIE
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Consecrate : BLESS
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Witnessed : SAW
9
Blocked : STYMIED
10
Progenitor : PARENT
11
Black : EBON
12
Magdeburg's river : ELBE
13
Legal paper : DEED
18
Gobi filling station : OASIS
19
Yacht basin : MARINA
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Where lire gleam under water : TREVI
25
Lagomorphs : HARES
26
Sturdy boat : DORY
27
Cato's "that is" : IDEST
28
Night, in Novara : NOTTE
29
Jane or Zane : GREY
30
Oates novel : THEM
31
Maxilla or scapula : BONE
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Pot topper : LID
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Nanki-Poo's father : MIKADO
36
Criminals : MISDOERS
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Jeremiads : LAMENTS
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Supermarket section : MEATS
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Unwelcome item on a windshield : TICKET
42
As ___ a pancake : FLATAS
44
Dennis or Duncan : SANDY
45
Battery terminal : ANODE
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Cinch : SNAP
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Lucubrate : PORE
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What snobs put on : AIRS
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Behind schedule : LATE
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"___ a man with ... " : IMET
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Sale stipulation : ASIS
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Unite : WED

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2 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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