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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, May 17, 1958

17-Across : Childish.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,245
Across
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Bang. : THWACK
7
Printer's "double daggers." : DIESES
13
Vitamin B1. : THIAMIN
14
Confined to one region: Biol. : ENDEMIC
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Subject of Shakespearean trilogy. : HENRYVI
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Childish. : PUERILE
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Table scrap. : ORT
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Hat or hen. : LEGHORN
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More than 600,000 teachers. : NEA
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Work hard. : MOIL
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In that respect. : THERE
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Burning glass. : LENS
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Doubleday or Dean. : ABNER
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Make an edging. : TAT
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Parry arguments by shifting grounds. : FENCE
30
Signs marking musical repeats. : SEGNOS
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Collapsed. : DEFLATED
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Practiced deception. : IMPOSEDON
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First section. : FOREPART
39
Western jamborees. : RODEOS
43
Drying chambers. : OVENS
44
Motorist's must. : GAS
46
Bowler. : DERBY
47
Denomination. : SECT
48
Goethals built one. : CANAL
50
Fighter plane maneuver. : ROLL
51
Three: Ital. : TRE
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Serf or villein. : BONDMAN
54
Small drink. : SIP
55
In Greek legend, sons of the "Seven Against Thebes." : EPIGONI
57
"Tops." : ACEHIGH
59
Extravagant utterances. : RAVINGS
60
Takes away. : REMOVES
61
Make amends for. : REDEEM
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Made amends for. : ATONED
Down
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Novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. : THEROBE
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Intimating. : HINTING
3
Cold ___. : WAR
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___ acetate (banana oil). : AMYL
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Catlike animal. : CIVET
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Governor in Sacramento. : KNIGHT
7
Exile. : DEPORTEE
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Toughen. : INURE
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Whence Cain went east. : EDEN
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Pulpit speech: Abbr. : SER
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Distinguished. : EMINENT
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Still. : SILENCE
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Doubting Apostle. : THOMAS
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Left off. : CEASED
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Acrobatic feat. : HEADSTAND
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Merciful. : LENIENT
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Hero's lover. : LEANDER
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Gambols. : ROMPS
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Deluge. : FLOOD
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Belgian watering place. : SPA
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___, H. S. T., D. D. E. : FDR
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Any living thing. : ORGANISM
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One of the Dulleses. : FOSTER
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Describing a bogey at golf. : OVERPAR
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Take in. : RECEIVE
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Tending to wear away. : EROSIVE
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Much ___ (much indebted to). : OBLIGED
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Women who can wear sacks. : SYLPHS
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Winged fruit of the maple. : SAMARA
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Unceremonious dismissal. : CONGE
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Bootlace. : LACET
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Funny ___. : BONE
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Verne character. : NEMO
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Disease of sheep. : GID
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Pet name. : HON

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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