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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, October 8, 1954

17-Across : Magical key.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,928
Across
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Mens ___ in corpore sano. : SANA
5
Pirates' position. : LAST
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Melee memento. : SCAR
13
State: Fr. : ETAT
14
Potpourri. : OLIO
15
Place for a glider. : PORCH
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Unabridged dictionary. : TOME
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Magical key. : OPENSESAME
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Saint ___, historic English city. : ALBANS
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Capital of Okinawa. : NAHA
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Recent song hit. : GEE
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President Coty's residence. : ELYSEEPALACE
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Cleric who wrote best-seller. : PEALE
27
Diver's equipment. : HELMET
31
Lady of Spain: Abbr. : SRA
33
Village on the Hudson. : NYACK
36
Firma or cotta. : TERRA
37
Bedouin. : NOMAD
39
Heart: Anat. : COR
40
Copal or lac. : RESIN
41
Describing Uriah Heep. : UMBLE
42
Where Martin presides. : HOUSE
44
Step or degree. : PEG
45
Herbert ___ Swope. : BAYARD
47
Stage. : PHASE
49
Persons opposed to change. : STANDPATTERS
54
Husking party. : BEE
57
Shaped piece of steel. : HBAR
58
Nearsightedness. : MYOPIA
59
Not under I.C.C. : INTRASTATE
62
K-2, for instance. : PEAK
63
Cancel. : ANNUL
64
Roman god. : AMOR
65
English composer. : ARNE
66
Key place in Schuman Plan. : SAAR
67
Boyle's and Gresham's. : LAWS
68
Hissed sounds meaning "hush!" : TSTS
Down
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Bristlelike stalks of mosses. : SETAE
2
Christmas Island. : ATOLL
3
Insipid. : NAMBYPAMBY
4
Parade ground command. : ATEASE
5
Without cohesion. : LOOSELY
6
Jungfrau. : ALP
7
Italian art center. : SIENA
8
Of sound. : TONAL
9
Relative of Mayday (m'aidez). : SOS
10
Steep, rugged rock. : CRAG
11
Culmination. : ACME
12
Spring visitor to White House. : RHEE
15
State Department undertaking. : PEACETREATY
18
Pahlevi. : SHAH
20
Rhine valley for which a man was named. : NEANDERTHAL
24
Nectarine. : PEACH
25
"Waitin' for the Robert ___." : ELEE
28
Patricia Benoit. : MRSPEEPERS
29
Ashtabula's waterfront. : ERIE
30
Sharp taste. : TANG
31
Ostracize socially. : SNUB
32
Italian liner. : ROMA
34
Bird's note. : COO
35
"Cannon king" of Essen. : KRUPP
38
Oh, dear! : ALAS
43
They bring ignominy. : SHAMERS
46
Strikes gently. : DABS
48
Reside temporarily in. : STOPAT
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Brazilian port. : NATAL
51
Robert Anderson's forte. : DRAMA
52
Laughing. : RIANT
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Goodness ___ alive! : SAKES
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What F. E. P. C. fights. : BIAS
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Town in Sicily. : ENNA
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Volcano. : ETNA
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Play by Capek. : RUR
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A string of barges. : TOW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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