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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, June 14, 1956

53-Across : Diplomatic bodies.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, 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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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,543
Across
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Catfish Row heroine. : BESS
5
Ship's anchorage. : BERTH
10
Shipment from Scranton. : COAL
14
Songstress Fitzgerald. : ELLA
15
City of 251,117, on the Missouri. : OMAHA
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Hankering. : URGE
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She loves: Latin. : AMAT
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Hollywood innovation. : WIDESCREEN
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Young or Mature. : MOVIESTAR
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Role for Jean Simmons. : HILDA
23
Roof edge. : EAVE
24
Part of R. F. E. : RADIO
26
Parents' paid proxies. : SITTERS
29
TV family. : NELSONS
33
Actress Marta. : TOREN
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Great personage. : MOGUL
36
Portuguese India. : GOA
37
"When ___ one and twenty ... " : IWAS
38
Gets on. : FARES
39
Coagulate. : CLOT
40
No gentleman. : CAD
41
Faux pas. : ERROR
42
Verse of yore. : POESY
43
Relative of Diet or Storting. : KNESSET
45
Gamester. : SPORTER
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Oil from rose petals. : ATTAR
49
Growing profusely. : LUSH
50
Ball park in Philadelphia. : SHIBE
53
Diplomatic bodies. : LEGATIONS
57
Summer dessert. : WATERMELON
59
Harvest. : CROP
60
Moslem ruler. : AMIR
61
Vista. : SCENE
62
Addendum to a nave. : APSE
63
"Kettle of fish." : MESS
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Trapshooter's game. : SKEET
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Want. : NEED
Down
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Pilot's aid. : BEAM
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Sailor's patron saint. : ELMO
3
Problem 100 years ago. : SLAVETRADE
4
Cloys. : SATIATES
5
Bing Crosby's name for his toupee. : BOWSER
6
Send forth. : EMIT
7
See 1 Down. : RADAR
8
Stanley Cup aspirants. : THERANGERS
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Owns. : HAS
10
Collectors' items. : CURIOS
11
City 225 miles south of Moscow. : OREL
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___ in the wood. : AGED
13
Heroine of Conrad's "Victory." : LENA
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Make cold. : CHILL
21
Level. : EVEN
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___ ex machina. : DEUS
26
Lever for operating an airplane. : STICK
27
Hawkeye. : IOWAN
28
Wise guy. : SMARTALECK
30
Founder of the colony of Georgia. : OGLETHORPE
31
Halter. : NOOSE
32
Companion of Bacchus. : SATYR
35
Spanish gold. : ORO
38
Worry. : FRET
39
Napoleon was one. : CORSICAN
41
Italian girl's name. : ESTER
42
Be piqued. : POUT
44
Side arms. : SABERS
46
Neptune is one. : PLANET
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Subject of D. S. Freeman Pulitzer Prize biography. : RELEE
50
Did the trudgen. : SWAM
51
Piece of harness. : HAME
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"___ a far, far better thing that I do ... " : ITIS
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Auctioneer's word. : GONE
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Problem of Rostand's hero. : NOSE
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Streaked. : SPED
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Stack on publisher's desk: Abbr. : MSS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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