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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, February 24, 1956

64-Across : Opposite of wax.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,432
Across
1
Tree. : PALM
5
Los Angeles problem. : SMOG
9
Author of "Mary." : ASCH
13
Kazan of the theatre. : ELIA
14
Largest of the Kuril Islands. : ETORO
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Money in Venice. : LIRE
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Wholly absorbed. : RAPT
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A kind of hard candy. : JAWBREAKER
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Underwriters. : INSURERS
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Oil well. : GUSHER
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Set upright. : ERECT
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___ masque. : BAL
24
Baker, Basin or Beale. : STREET
26
Little bouquets. : NOSEGAYS
31
Hebrew letter. : TAV
32
Arsonist, for example. : FELON
34
Capital of French Morocco. : RABAT
35
Indigo. : ANIL
37
Great German wood engraver (1471-1528). : DURER
39
Region near the earth's axis. : POLE
40
Vulcanized tire. : RECAP
42
Scatter. : STREW
44
Actress Hagen. : UTA
45
Upper canines. : EYETEETH
47
Ingress. : PORTAL
49
Scotland's largest river. : TAY
50
Trial print of a negative. : PROOF
51
Acquits. : CLEARS
55
Appendage on a surrey or buggy, : TAILLAMP
58
V-shaped television antenna. : RABBITEARS
60
Highest: Comb form. : ACRO
61
Shape of some faces. : OVAL
62
Man from Tennessee. : ERNIE
63
Headland. : NESS
64
Opposite of wax. : WANE
65
Teases: Slang. : RAGS
66
Big event in 1944. : DDAY
Down
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Beautiful woman. : PERI
2
Ameche of football fame. : ALAN
3
Allegiance in word only. : LIPSERVICE
4
Actor Victor. : MATURE
5
Commence. : START
6
Labors on the lawn. : MOWS
7
Sphere. : ORB
8
Surgeon noted for work in the Canal Zone. : GORGAS
9
Ach! : ALAS
10
Member of a Hindu sect. : SIKH
11
Indian. : CREE
12
German gentleman. : HERR
14
Ousted. : EJECTED
18
Founder of higher mathematics. : EULER
20
Underwater ridge. : REEF
23
Schoolboy's error. : BONER
24
Look earnestly at. : STARE
25
Chief Justice after Marshall. : TANEY
26
Fictional Mr. and Mrs. : NORTH
27
Hiatus. : GAP
28
Reversed one's viewpoint. : ABOUTFACED
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City of historic conference. : YALTA
30
Plagiarize. : STEAL
33
Energetic. : LUSTY
36
Old language: Abbr. : LAT
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Musical repetition. : REPRISE
41
Pianist from Germany. : PETRI
43
Australian export. : WOOL
46
April 1, 1956. : EASTER
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Legendary hero of Charlemagne's time. : ROLAND
50
Helen's kidnaper. : PARIS
51
Exult like Peter Pan. : CROW
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Source of obsidian. : LAVA
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Ambassador from Israel. : EBAN
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Skilled. : ABLE
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Pungent taste. : TANG
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Heroine of Richard Aldrich's book. : MRSA
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Flower. : POSY
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Historical period. : ERA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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