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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, October 11, 1958

61-Across : Main highway.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,392
Across
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Housewife's activity. : SHOPPING
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Noisy frolics. : SPREES
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Roman's name for Ireland. : HIBERNIA
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Fit for tillage. : ARABLE
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Shah's subjects. : IRANIANS
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Testify. : DEPOSE
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Hands. : MEN
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Fabric. : CREPE
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Modern leviathan. : LINER
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Name of twelve Popes. : PIUS
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Libertine. : ROUE
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Bluestocking. : PEDANT
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Miscellaneous articles. : SUNDRIES
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By joint action of. : AMONG
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Popular shade tree. : MAPLE
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Vital fluid. : SAP
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Ramble. : ROVE
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Half of a word meaning patronizing. : HOITY
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Sum, ___, fui, futurus. : ESSE
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Native of: Suffix. : ITE
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Birds with wailing cries. : LOONS
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Shipment from Harrisburg. : STEEL
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Bilko. : SERGEANT
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High-pitched. : SHRILL
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Exceptional. : RARE
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Order founded in 1868. : BPOE
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All right, in signaling. : ROGER
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Venturesome one. : DARER
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Third century date. : CCL
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Historical capital of Picardy. : AMIENS
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Maine symbol. : PINETREE
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Kind of wave. : MARCEL
60
Not ephemeral. : ENDURING
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Main highway. : ARTERY
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Intervals of rest. : RESPITES
Down
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Tapering shingle. : SHIM
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Charter. : HIRE
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Scottish seaside resort. : OBAN
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Corral. : PEN
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Concomitant of 1 Across. : PRICING
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Doing the same things daily. : INARUT
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Cards. : NINES
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Pant. : GASP
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Mournful. : SAD
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Introduction. : PRELUDE
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Two-edged sword. : RAPIER
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Jet. : EBON
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If not. : ELSE
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Diviner. : SEER
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Bursts forth. : ERUPTS
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Glazier's item. : PANE
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Single. : ONLY
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Romeo's rival. : PARIS
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Overdo a scene: Colloq. : EMOTE
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Delaware's capital. : DOVER
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Holy one. : SAINT
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Japanese immigrant. : ISSEI
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Atelier stand. : EASEL
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Incantation. : SPELL
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Behaved listlessly. : MOONED
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Gray-haired with age. : HOAR
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Schoolboy. : LEARNER
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Support with props. : SHOREUP
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"To the glory that was ___ ... " : GREECE
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Disburses. : SPENDS
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Ocean water. : BRINE
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Incarnation of Vishnu. : RAMA
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The Tentmaker. : OMAR
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Encircled. : GIRT
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Imitator. : APER
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Type of writing: Abbr. : CRIT
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Recent: Comb. form. : CENE
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___ it (walks). : LEGS
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Crafty. : SLY
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Part of TNT. : TRI

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

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