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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, January 9, 1957

61-Across : Strip of gear.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 43.3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,752
Across
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"___ Fan Tutte." : COSI
5
Military cap. : SHAKO
10
Lucre. : PELF
14
A styptic. : ALUM
15
Metal fare. : TOKEN
16
Opinion. : IDEA
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Source of menthol. : PEPPERMINT
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Emphatic "yes" in Mexico. : SISI
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"Israfel" poet. : POE
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Property claim. : LIEN
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Successful batter. : HITTER
24
Profits from sowing. : REAPS
26
Coin of Argentina. : PESO
27
Buttonhead or flathead. : RIVET
29
Inland port near Bonneville Dam, Oregon. : THEDALLES
34
Old-womanish. : ANILE
35
Part of an electrical machine. : ROTOR
36
Dog ___ manger. : INA
37
Kettle of fish. : MESS
38
Hem in. : BESET
39
"Snug as ___ in a rug."—Benjamin Franklin. : ABUG
40
Person of experience. : PRO
41
Moby Dick's milieu. : WATER
42
Musical treat. : OPERA
43
Predecessor of "The Cat." : STREETCAR
45
Mother of Proserpina. : CERES
46
Part of a trellis. : LATH
47
"Per ardua ad ___," RAF motto. : ASTRA
49
Largest city of Pakistan. : LAHORE
52
Skilled. : ABLE
53
It follows sigma. : TAU
56
Vanity case. : ETUI
57
He'll have role in "Sayonara" film. : REDBUTTONS
60
"___ and the Man." : ARMS
61
Strip of gear. : UNRIG
62
Vases on pedestals. : URNS
63
Ready for picking. : RIPE
64
Types of fuel. : PEATS
65
Slavic title. : TSAR
Down
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Founder of Dogpatch. : CAPP
2
Soybean product. : OLEO
3
VIP at school. : SUPERVISOR
4
Young scamp. : IMP
5
Airport runway. : STRIP
6
Final part of an undertaking. : HOMESTRETCH
7
Similar. : AKIN
8
Golfer Venturi. : KEN
9
Promptly. : ONTHEDOT
10
Colt. : PISTOL
11
Redact. : EDIT
12
___ majesty. : LESE
13
Promising. : FAIR
18
Make exultant. : ELATE
23
River through Munich. : ISAR
25
Fish dish. : EELS
26
Children's classic. : PETERRABBIT
27
Sloping ways. : RAMPS
28
Adjective for helium. : INERT
30
Book of Old Testament. : HOSEA
31
U. S. planes in W. W. II. : LIBERATORS
32
Toughen. : ENURE
33
Heroic tales. : SAGAS
38
Ump's cry. : BATTERUP
39
Impersonator. : APER
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Fatigue. : WEAR
42
Singing group. : OCTET
44
Kay Thompson's heroine. : ELOISE
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Small mollusks. : SLUGS
49
King or poet. : LEAR
50
Longfellow's "bell" town. : ATRI
51
Camel's ___, peak in Green Mountains. : HUMP
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Seaport in Spain. : ADRA
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Deborah Kerr role. : ANNA
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The Great Enigma. : USSR
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Lab suffix. : ENE
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Mild rebuke. : TUT

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

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