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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

SOUND TRACKS

New York Times, Sunday, February 23, 1958

111-Across : Sorceress.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 547 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 117, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,162
Across
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Subject of a Poe poem. : BELLS
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"How about ___?" : THAT
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Keep highly amused, in theatre jargon. : PANIC
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World-wide labor group. : ILO
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Girl in 1865 book. : ALICE
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Hebrides isle. : IONA
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Manolete's milieu. : ARENA
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Ludwig subject. : NILE
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Much-used car. : RATTLETRAP
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Cracker of the whip. : RINGMASTER
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Adjective suffix. : ENT
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___ Cities. : TWIN
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Levy. : RAISE
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A god and a planet. : PLUTOS
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Be indolent. : LAZE
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Garments. : BLOUSES
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Wall Street optimist. : BULL
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Butcher's pin. : SKEWER
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Personal aspect. : LOOK
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With no place to sleep. : BEDLESS
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Goose group. : ANSER
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Bittern's cry. : BOOM
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"Tatler" editor. : STEELE
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Teutonic god. : TIU
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Literal. : BALD
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Cut, as wood. : SAWN
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Lakme's haunting aria. : THEBELLSONG
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Actress Saint. : EVA
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Gets sent up. : TAKESTHERAP
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Galba's garb. : TOGA
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Reward or tip. : REMEMBER
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Author Lafcadio. : HEARN
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Waver. : TEETER
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King Vong's land. : LAOS
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Source of a long-run play. : DIARY
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Tie. : DRAW
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Silvery. : ARGENT
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Half a quart: Fr. : PINTE
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Primacy. : HEADSHIP
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Desolate. : LORN
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Denizens of the sandy plains. : HORNEDTOADS
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Golden ___. : AGE
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Pioneer in sewing machines. : ISAACSINGER
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"Tops." : AONE
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Squealers. : PIGS
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Hold court. : SIT
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More rigorous. : HARDER
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Accept a deceptive order. : BITE
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Baritone of the strings. : CELLO
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Burke's list. : PEERAGE
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Western sound effect. : BANG
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Vaulting blocks. : HORSES
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"Spirit of '76" item. : FIFE
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Composer of "The Telephone." : MENOTTI
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Decibel is one. : UNIT
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Diverting one. : AMUSER
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Concerning. : ANENT
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Low in pitch : BASS
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Lexicographer's abbreviation. : OBS
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Simplify one's discourse. : TALKDOWNTO
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O'Connor book (with "The"). : LASTHURRAH
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Demand. : SALE
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Disdain. : SPURN
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Very dark. : EBON
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Sorceress. : LAMIA
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One of the Chaplins. : SYD
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Disburdens. : EASES
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General at Bull Run. : RENO
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Snappish. : TESTY
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Unfurnished. : BARE
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Joie de vivre. : ELAN
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Bridge term. : LITTLESLAM
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Landing boat. : LCT
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Mineral water. : SELTZER
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Ironwood. : TITI
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C. S. Forester hero. : HORNBLOWER
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Miscellany. : ANA
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Part of a tavern. : TAPROOM
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Romeo's rival. : PARIS
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Get ___ out of. : ARISE
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Baby boys: Sp. : NENES
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Common suffix. : ING
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British speedboat champ. : CAMPBELL
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Former public utilities tycoon. : INSULL
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Tugboat in Gramatky tale for children. : LITTLETOOT
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Marge. : OLEO
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Forage plant. : ERS
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Jug. : EWER
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Laboratory vessel. : ALUDEL
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Look-alike of the penguin. : AUK
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Inspired with dread. : AWED
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Diving birds. : LOONS
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Sleuth on TV. : SABER
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Rascal. : KNAVE
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Sound from the sky. : BEEP
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Burn slightly. : SINGE
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Export from Camagüey : SUGAR
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Relatives of picnics. : BAKES
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Fleeced. : SHEARED
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Pile fabric. : TERRY
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Israeli spokesman. : EBAN
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Kind of shoe. : SABOT
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Joshua Logan's field. : THEATER
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Frets: Colloq. : STEWS
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One of Ike's guards. : TMAN
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Additive to paint. : THINNER
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Met contralto Nikoladi. : ELENA
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Baseball headline. : TRADE
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Mississippi jetties engineer. : EADS
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Mourning song. : DIRGE
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Diplomat of Franklin's time. : DEANE
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Speaking indistinctly. : ALISP
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Girl in an old song. : ROSIE
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With thanks. : GRATEFULLY
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Waldon ___. : POND
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Star of silent Westerns. : HOOTGIBSON
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Weather prediction. : HAILSTORMS
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Capp's Bald ___. : IGGLE
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Money in Manila. : PESOS
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Charter. : HIRE
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Sully. : TAINT
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Fretted. : CHAFED
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Yellow alder. : SAGEROSE
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Beautiful woman. : PERI
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Dogged fighter. : BATTLER
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Refer to. : CONSULT
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Ventured. : RISKED
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___ mot. : BON
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Make no sound. : HUSH
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Largest of Admiralty Islands. : MANUS
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___ nous. : ENTRE
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Lights. : NEONS
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Army group: Abbr. : ATS
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Liège's river. : MAAS
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___ cost (gratis) : ATNO
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Night crawlers. : BAIT
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O. W. Holmes topic. : SHAY
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FDR creation. : WPA
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Gov. Ribicoff. : ABE
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Rachel's nickname. : RAE

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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