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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, January 27, 1959

51-Across : Contemporaries.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, 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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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,483
Across
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Style. : MODE
5
Same as CD, in Roman numerals. : CCCC
9
Prior to: Dial. : AFORE
14
New Haven team. : ELIS
15
Port on Guam. : APRA
16
Potato. : TUBER
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Color gradation. : TINT
18
Whirlpools. : MAELSTROMS
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Emulate Steve Canyon. : AVIATE
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"___ malice toward none ... " : WITH
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Abraham's nephew. : LOT
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Soup vegetable. : LENTILS
26
Appeal. : PLEA
28
Columbia. : GEMOFTHEOCEAN
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Son of: Prefix. : MAC
35
Base in Greenland. : ETAH
36
Extend beyond a border. : OUTLIE
37
Brazilian bird. : ARARA
39
Greek letters. : XIS
41
Cry of satisfaction. : THERE
42
Late Show films. : RERUNS
44
TV and radio topic. : NEWS
46
Miss Charisse of Hollywood. : CYD
47
Inspected a place before a robbery: Slang. : CASEDTHEJOINT
50
Virginia of Virginia. : DARE
51
Contemporaries. : MODERNS
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Mr. ___ of Capitol Hill. : SAM
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Abyss. : GULF
59
American or Foreign ___. : LEGION
60
Character in a whodunit. : PRIVATEEYE
63
When the curtain rises. : ACTI
64
Gateway to a Shinto temple. : TORII
65
Relative of krypton. : NEON
66
Waterproof canvas: Colloq. : TARP
67
Country gallant. : SWAIN
68
Charity. : ALMS
69
Robert ___ of C. S. A. : ELEE
Down
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Cast iron. : METAL
2
Relish. : OLIVE
3
Places to eat. : DININGCARS
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Squire's place. : ESTATE
5
Site of Guinevere's court. : CAMELOT
6
Ledger inspector. : CPA
7
College sport. : CREW
8
Mohammedan ruler. : CALIPH
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Phrase for utmost limit. : ATTHEOUTSIDE
10
Chinchilla. : FUR
11
Coin for Xanthippe. : OBOL
12
San ___, on the Riviera. : REMO
13
Formerly: Archaic. : ERST
19
5th Century Pope. : STLEO
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Repeatedly. : TIMEANDAGAIN
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Tunisian port. : SFAX
27
Miracle drug. : ACTH
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"To ___ own self be true ... " : THINE
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Type of engineering. : ELECTRICAL
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Vivacious. : AIRY
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Obligation. : NEED
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Composer Blitzstein. : MARC
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Yard. : AREA
38
Felt regret. : RUED
40
Polish Parliament. : SEJM
43
Walk pompously. : STRUT
45
Serge and tweed. : WOOLENS
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Gov. Aronson's capital. : HELENA
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Deny: nullify. : NEGATE
52
___ Dame. : NOTRE
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Woodcock's relative. : SNIPE
54
N.Y.C. and others. : SPTS
55
In a line. : AROW
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Variable star in Cetus. : MIRA
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Have sympathy. : FEEL
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Number on a clock dial. : VII
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___ Kippur. : YOM

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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