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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, April 14, 1955

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 34.9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,116
Across
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Rabbit's foot. : PAW
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Sherman Adams' title: Abbr. : ASST
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Kitchen appliance. : RANGE
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Composer Khachaturian. : ARAM
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Theodoric the Great was one. : GOTH
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Echo was one. : OREAD
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Network of nerves. : RETE
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City in Pennsylvania. : ERIE
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Astonish. : AMAZE
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Pinch. : TWEAK
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Sandhurst, to Churchill. : ALMAMATER
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19th century composer, : VERDI
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Opposite of "hooked." : SLICED
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Pasture palaver. : MOOS
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Capital of Pakistan. : KARACHI
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Aims (with "on"). : DRAWSABEAD
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Fly high. : SOAR
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Three. : III
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Worked dough. : KNEADED
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Passing through. : VIA
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Famous four-year-old. : ANNE
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"The Cat and the Fiddle" composer. : JEROMEKERN
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Piquant. : ZESTFUL
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Four seasons. : YEAR
48
Maniacal. : CRAZED
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"Right makes ___": Lincoln. : MIGHT
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Cause of employment and unemployment. : MACHINERY
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More cunning. : SLIER
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Irving Berlin's wife. : ELLIN
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Assuaging agency. : BALM
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Contemporary cartoonist. : ARNO
62
Coined words. : SLANG
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Gov. Lee's state. : UTAH
64
Ferry landing. : SLIP
65
Irish dramatist. : SYNGE
66
"Pro ___ publico." : BONO
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Comprehend. : SEE
Down
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Fifth section. : PARTV
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"___ downhearted?" : AREWE
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Conduits. : WATERMAINS
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Generation. : AGE
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Rail birds. : SORAS
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Moonshiner's contraption. : STILL
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G. & S. perennial. : THEMIKADO
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Vagabond. : ROAMER
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Fleets. : ARMADAS
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Like the proverbial pin. : NEAT
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Look intently. : GAZE
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River in Germany. : EDER
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Sward. : MEADOW
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Ornamental subway entrance. : KIOSK
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Part of U.S.N.A. : ACADEMY
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Capital of Puerto Rico. : SANJUAN
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Outstanding models. : COVERGIRLS
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Very small degree. : HAIR
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Pahlevi's land. : IRAN
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Former President of Mexico. : DIAZ
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Russian hemp. : RINE
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"Prince of demons." : BEELZEBUB
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"Play it by ___." : EAR
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Composer Taylor. : DEEMS
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Type of picture. : ETCHING
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High peak in Tibet. : KAILAS
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Surrey adornment. : FRINGE
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Muse of lyric poetry. : ERATO
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___ Thomas, late Welsh poet. : DYLAN
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Dancer on ice. : HENIE
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Figure of speech. : TROPE
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Botch. : MESS
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Auxiliary. : ALLY
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Roderick Dhu's group. : CLAN
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Unit of conductance. : MHO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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