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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, July 2, 1991

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 41.0
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,211
Across
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General's pinup : MAP
4
Misbehave : ACTUP
9
Large number : RAFT
13
Pelvic bones : ILIA
15
TV's letter-turner : VANNA
16
Phillies' manager: 1987 : ELIA
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Giants' home : CANDLESTICKPARK
20
Fred and Adele : ASTAIRES
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Habituate : INURE
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Gathering of still stones : MOSS
23
Have ___ (get angry) : AFIT
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Gas-station word : OCTANE
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Unlisted candidate : WRITEIN
30
Gulf of Lions feeder : RHONE
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"Utopia" author : MORE
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"___ Turn" (road sign) : NOU
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Kingdome hosts : SEATTLEMARINERS
38
C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
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Composer Speaks : OLEY
40
Coalesce : MERGE
41
"I have ___ to be Thine ... ": Melville : STRIVEN
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Freshets : SPATES
45
He wrote "Polly of Hollywood" : AGEE
46
Rabbit's tail : SCUT
47
A gaseous element : ARGON
49
Tract noted for floating seaweed : SARGASSO
53
Nickname for Fenway Park's left-field wall : THEGREENMONSTER
55
Nonpareil : AONE
56
Charger : STEED
57
Trammell of baseball : ALAN
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Used puccoon : DYED
59
Far East weight units : TAELS
60
Pay dirt : ORE
Down
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Biotite : MICA
2
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto : ALAS
3
Four noggins : PINT
4
Loath : AVERSE
5
Examples : CASES
6
Blasters' materials : TNTS
7
Prefix with form or corn : UNI
8
Device for a crying baby : PACIFIER
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Good name : REPUTE
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Product called a pesticide by the E.P.A. : ALAR
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Vivacity : FIRE
12
"We'll ___ a cup ... ": Burns : TAK
14
Rock star : ADAMANT
18
Youngster in a pride : LIONET
19
Make cardigans : KNIT
23
Marshal : ARRAY
24
Thereabouts : ORSO
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Karpov's forte : CHESS
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Idol of a sort : TOAST
27
Luce subject : WOMEN
28
Like 47 Across : INERT
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Neighbor of Sverige : NORGE
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Rowdydow : MELEE
33
Applications : USES
35
Hideaway for amours : LOVENEST
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Cast doubt upon : IMPUGN
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___ pin (very tidy) : NEATASA
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Shaggy or scraggly : RAGGED
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Harpsichordist Kipnis : IGOR
44
Pollock fillets : SCRODS
46
Crumbly, as kiln bricks : SAMEL
47
Hailing call at sea : AHOY
48
Lévesque of Quebec : RENE
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Koko's weapon : SNEE
50
French town destroyed in 1944 : STLO
51
Rifle part : SEAR
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Writer Sarah ___ Jewett : ORNE
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Little bit : TAD
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LAX abbr. : ETA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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