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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, September 17, 1954

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 33.7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,907
Across
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Extremely small margin. : HAIR
5
Listen! : HIST
9
Canyon in Utah. : ECHO
13
Founder of Georgia. : OGLETHORPE
16
Call on (with "up"). : LOOK
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Giants' center fielder. : WILLIEMAYS
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Mrs. F. D. R.'s first name. : ANNA
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Be delayed. : LOSETIME
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Unreliable. : TRICKY
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Weathercock. : VANE
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Chief Justice a decade ago. : STONE
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Benevolent. : HUMANE
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Alley near Broadway. : SHUBERT
29
Mashie, niblick, etc. : IRONS
30
Fearing: Comb. form. : PHOBE
31
Sock part. : TOE
33
Fluff from fabrics. : LINT
34
Dazzling sunlight. : GLARE
35
Heated chamber. : KILN
36
Use a shuttle. : TAT
37
Confederate in the audience. : PLANT
38
___ Park, where Edison worked. : MENLO
39
Moot point in the fashion world. : HEMLINE
41
Worry. : HARASS
42
Reason enough. : CAUSE
43
A Vincent Lopez favorite. : NOLA
44
Denizens of the Borneo jungle. : ORANGS
46
Customary. : HABITUAL
50
Quality. : SORT
51
Where Holloman Air Base is. : ALAMOGORDO
53
Droop. : LOLL
54
Dodgers' center fielder. : DUKESNIDER
55
Nebraska City's county. : OTOE
56
Symbolic letters. : EXES
57
Our Ambassador to Spain. : DUNN
Down
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Sound of grief. : HOWL
2
Foreign trade discount. : AGIO
3
Troubles. : ILLS
4
On the subject. : RELEVANT
5
Any Frenchman. : HOMME
6
"Dies ___," Latin hymn. : IRAE
7
Northern ___, a winter apple. : SPY
8
Chemist's aid. : TESTTUBE
9
Sir Galahad's mother. : ELAINE
10
Cousin of the accordion. : CONCERTINA
11
Goose to goose. : HONK
12
Roger. : OKAY
14
Atlas, Prometheus, etc. : TITANS
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He wrote "Die Lorelei." : HEINE
21
Dolman. : ROBE
23
Infield position. : SHORT
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Poniard handle. : HILT
25
Mr. Heep. : URIAH
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Riviera resort. : MONTECARLO
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Ladd role. : SHANE
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Verb in a Hemingway title. : TOLLS
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Dumbo or Mariner. : PLANE
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Biblical patriarch. : ENOS
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Ballerina's gliding step. : GLISSADE
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Horny. : KERATOID
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Commercial: Slang. : PLUG
38
Traduce. : MALIGN
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Yankees' center fielder. : MANTLE
41
Riders of the rods. : HOBOS
43
Synonym for news. : NAMES
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Ambassador Strong's post. : OSLO
45
T. R.'s Secretary of State. : ROOT
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Codlike fish. : HAKE
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Hindustani. : URDU
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Arabian-African gulf. : ADEN
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Forsaken. : LORN
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"___ et Veritas," Yale motto. : LUX

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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