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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, March 14, 1959

51-Across : Coronets.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,529
Across
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Striped game fish. : BASS
5
Crows. : DAWS
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Pass off as genuine. : FOIST
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Skilled. : ABLE
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Enough: Archaic. : ENOW
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More boorish. : RUDER
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Refusals. : NOES
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Well-known blonde. : LORELEILEE
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Emulate the Wrights. : AVIATE
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Eins, zwei, ___. : DREI
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Also: Archaic. : EKE
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Reporters on the job. : LEGMEN
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Crystal-lined cavities in rock. : VUGS
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Completely. : HEADOVERHEELS
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Craggy eminence. : TOR
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Scene of a miracle. : CANA
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Waterway. : STRAIT
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Prone to imitate. : APISH
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Greek vowel. : ETA
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Peevish. : TESTY
42
Cuplike spoons. : LADLES
44
Deep freeze. : ICER
46
State: Abbr. : TEX
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Shopper's opportunity. : CLEARANCESALE
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River into Lake Ilmen. : MSTA
51
Coronets. : TIARAS
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Stern. : AFT
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Essential part. : PITH
59
Dancer in "Peer Gynt." : ANITRA
60
18th cen. German physicist. : FAHRENHEIT
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Pickle flavoring. : DILL
64
Tumultuously. : ARIOT
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Composer of "Rule Britannia." : ARNE
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Inkling. : IDEA
67
Sunders. : RENDS
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Eggy drinks. : NOGS
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Headland. : NESS
Down
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Lacking originality. : BANAL
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Superior to. : ABOVE
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Winter outing. : SLEIGHRIDE
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Oil-yielding herb. : SESAME
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"___ est Carthago": Cato's dictum. : DELENDA
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Year: Span. : ANO
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Promise. : WORD
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Turn aside from a straight line. : SWERVE
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One way to deliver the goods. : FREIGHTTRAIN
10
Gallic affirmative. : OUI
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Pointless. : IDLE
12
Try to obtain. : SEEK
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Ailanthus, for one. : TREE
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Les ___ (theirs): Fr. : LEURS
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Pampered pupils. : TEACHERSPETS
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Withered. : SERE
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Single. : ONE
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Prophetic. : VATIC
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Period in the spring. : EASTERTIDE
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Stone; mineral: Comb. form. : LITE
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Mythical river. : STYX
33
Powder ingredient. : TALC
34
Girasol. : OPAL
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Noisy impact. : SLAM
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One-spot. : ACE
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Lustrous fabric. : SATIN
45
Monticello and Mount Vernon, for example. : ESTATES
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Patriot Hale. : NATHAN
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Stored up. : LAIDIN
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City on the Rhone. : ARLES
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Parts of casas. : SALAS
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Way out yonder. : AFAR
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Diet. : FARE
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Spare. : THIN
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Leading man. : HERO
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Dowel. : ROD
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Participial ending. : ING

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

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