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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, September 22, 1956

53-Down : Chanteuse Horne.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 61.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,643
Across
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Spume. : FOAM
5
District NW of Charing Cross. : SOHO
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Clout. : SWAT
13
Seaport in Spain. : ADRA
14
School appurtenance. : RULER
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Where Callao is. : PERU
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Popular entertainment. : COMICOPERA
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Telephoned. : RANG
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Flow forth. : EMANATE
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What fishermen hope for. : STRIKES
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Provokes (with "up"). : STIRS
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Argus had 100. : EYES
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Pacific group of nations. : SEATO
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Parties: Brit. colloq. : DOS
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Author Remarque. : ERICH
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C. I. A. head. : ALLENDULLES
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Pronoun. : SHE
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Zanuck production. : FILM
38
Reel. : SPOOL
39
Stuttering comedian. : ATES
40
Greek vowel. : ETA
41
Old-fashioned watches. : STEMWINDERS
43
Ballerina Jeanmaire. : RENEE
45
Gypsy's husband. : ROM
46
Hair-raising. : EERIE
47
Turkistan sea. : ARAL
49
He played Queeg. : NOLAN
51
Part of F.H.A. : FEDERAL
54
Aztec's neighbor. : TARASCO
58
Author Paton. : ALAN
59
Like Florida. : PENINSULAR
61
French composer. : LALO
62
Netlike hat. : SNOOD
63
River near Paris. : EURE
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Once more. : ANEW
65
Deserve. : EARN
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Rodless attachment. : REEL
Down
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Look toward. : FACE
2
Round-the-world solo flyer. : ODOM
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"Cedant ___ togae," motto of Wyoming. : ARMA
4
Where the bright lights are. : MAINSTEM
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"Tops" in teen talk. : SUPERDUPER
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Spanish "bravo." : OLE
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Pronoun. : HERS
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Declaim. : ORATE
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More vigorous. : SPRIER
10
One often in need of aid. : WEAKSISTER
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Composer of "Rule Britannia." : ARNE
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Vessels. : TUGS
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Type of entrée. : ROTI
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Part of a Williams title. : CATON
21
Pumpernickels. : RYES
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Son of Bathsheba and David. : SOLOMON
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Less dangerous. : SAFER
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The "400." : ELITE
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Friend of Robin Hood. : ALLANADALE
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Type of movie. : SLOWMOTION
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One of Colette's novels. : CHERI
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Part of Germany. : HESSE
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It ends Oct. 28: Abbr. : DST
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Yale. : ELI
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V.I.P. at Bonn. : ADENAUER
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Burn. : SEAR
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Approaches. : NEARS
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Heretofore. : ERENOW
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Slip. : LAPSE
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Disembark. : LAND
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Former White House occupant. : FALA
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Joie de vivre. : ELAN
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Chanteuse Horne. : LENA
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Twist or turn. : SLUE
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Be concerned. : CARE
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City in Russia. : OREL
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Conjunction. : NOR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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