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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, March 7, 1957

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 38.3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,809
Across
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Ivy League football champs. : ELIS
5
Club. : MACE
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Tobacco planter's kiln. : OAST
13
Sports structure. : ARENA
14
N. African port. : ORAN
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Amb. Zellerbach's predecessor. : LUCE
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A hero of 1927. : LINDY
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Aswan's river. : NILE
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Small quantity. : DRAM
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Perfect type. : BEAUIDEAL
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Where the tonic goes. : SCALP
22
Tippecanoe's middle name. : HENRY
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Elaine's home. : ASTOLAT
25
U. N. health project. : WHO
27
Barbarian. : GOTH
29
___ Desert, the Nefud. : RED
30
Pitch. : HURL
32
Star-maker. : PRESSAGENT
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Second Mrs. Copperfield. : AGNES
39
Cassowary's cousin. : EMU
40
Aegean island. : MELOS
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Global area. : THEFAREAST
44
Sundered. : RENT
45
Mild rebuke. : TUT
46
Sgts. : NCOS
48
These: Fr. : CES
49
Consecrates. : DEVOTES
53
Awkward. : INEPT
55
Relish. : OLIVE
56
Saturates. : WATERLOGS
60
Montrachet. : WINE
61
Kinds of crude rubber. : PARA
62
Girl in a song. : MARIE
63
River in Germany. : EDER
64
Spinach addenda. : GRIT
65
Florida orange-shipping center. : OCALA
66
Inferior. : LESS
67
Tool for dressing wood. : ADZE
68
___ Gwyn. : NELL
Down
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Toledo's lake. : ERIE
2
Popular chanteuse. : LENAHORNE
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Clothe. : INDUE
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Aphorism. : SAYING
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Subject of recent hit song. : MONEYTREE
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Operatic recording. : ARIA
7
Lily. : CALLA
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Chemical suffix. : ENE
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Eccentric elder. : OLDCODGER
10
Of the ear. : AURAL
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Milan's La ___. : SCALA
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Incline strongly. : TEMPT
13
Vestment. : ALB
20
Trapdoor. : DROP
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Clermont's power. : STEAM
24
Certain students: Abbr. : SRS
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Exclamation of surprise. : WHAT
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Man's name. : HUGH
28
Virile fellow. : HEMAN
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Refrigerator hoard. : LEFTOVERS
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Uplift; rouse. : SUSCITATE
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National "College." : ELECTORAL
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Nobody. : NONE
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Sounds seeking silence. : TSTS
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Pan-fried. : SAUTE
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Highway: Abbr. : RTE
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E-flat is one. : TONE
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Homily. : SERMON
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Carpenter's fastener. : DOWEL
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Omit in pronunciation.. : ELIDE
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Creepers. : VINES
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Turf. : SWARD
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Residence. : PLACE
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State: Abbr. : ARIZ
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Half a cup. : GILL
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___ serpent. : SEA
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Golfers' group: Abbr. : PGA

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

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