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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, April 16, 1957

23-Across : Wild hogs.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,849
Across
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Way out yonder. : AFAR
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Softened, as sound. : MUTED
10
Men of the cloth: Abbr. : REVS
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Island south of Borneo. : JAVA
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Dutch news agency. : ANETA
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Issue. : EMIT
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___ Mountains in New York. : ADIRONDACK
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12-point type. : PICA
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Fanciful musing. : REVERIE
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City on the Weser. : HAMELIN
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Wild hogs. : BOARS
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Money in Abadan. : RIAL
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Once more. : AGAIN
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Engineers' degrees. : BES
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Acrobatic feat. : STUNT
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Wealthy and powerful. : PLUTOCRATIC
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Through: Prefix. : DIA
38
Bush or Hill: Abbr. : SEN
39
Settles by decree. : RULES
40
Fit for ducks. : WET
41
Dine. : EAT
42
Marion McKnight's title. : MISSAMERICA
45
Deal a blow. : SMITE
47
Ho's partner. : HUM
48
Put money on. : WAGER
49
Hugh O'Brian role. : EARP
51
Shucks! : PSHAW
53
Painter's process. : TEMPERA
56
Becomes solid. : HARDENS
60
Part of Q. E. D. : ERAT
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Urgency. : INSISTENCE
63
___ mater. : ALMA
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Take as one's own. : ADOPT
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Shortly. : ANON
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Maintain. : KEEP
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Title for a little girl. : MISSY
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Newest. : LAST
Down
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Slightly open. : AJAR
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Languish. : FADE
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Tel ___. : AVIV
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Chafing dish specialty. : RAREBIT
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Excessive enthusiasm. : MANIA
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Scrub. : UNDERBRUSH
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Oolong. : TEA
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What aquatinters do. : ETCH
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Africa's western port. : DAKAR
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Say it again. : REPEAT
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Biographer of Goethe, Napoleon, et al. : EMILLUDWIG
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Part of Caesar's message. : VICI
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Jazz maestro Kenton. : STAN
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Site of U. of Maine. : ORONO
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Diverse: Abbr. : MISC
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Closes completely. : SEALSUP
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Church recesses. : APSES
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Coruscate. : GLEAM
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Roz Russell role. : AUNTIEMAME
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Liners. : STEAMSHIPS
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Relative. : NIECE
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Turkic tribesman. : TATAR
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Dernier ___. : CRI
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School of thought. : ISM
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Nothing more than. : MERE
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William Gladstone's middle name. : EWART
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Unfair treatment: Slang. : RAWDEAL
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Woodpecker sound effect. : TAPTAP
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Hector's sire. : PRIAM
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Impetuous. : HASTY
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Valuable wood. : TEAK
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One of the Gardners. : ERLE
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"The Moon ___," Yum-Yum's song. : ANDI
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Sicilian city. : ENNA
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Sgts. : NCOS
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Caused to go. : SENT
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Help! : SOS

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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