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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, July 10, 1956

18-Across : Land of Gaels.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, 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. 2,569
Across
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When Brutus struck. : IDES
5
Verboten. : TABU
9
Tiff. : SPAT
13
Sediment. : SILT
14
Gulf of ___, Aegean inlet. : SAROS
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Correct. : TRUE
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Churchill's award, 1953. : NOBELPRIZE
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Land of Gaels. : EIRE
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Popular opera (with "La"). : TRAVIATA
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Arthur Miller's forte. : DRAMAS
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Share in a business venture. : STAKE
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Starting point for many vacationers. : PENNSTATION
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Trim the lawn. : MOW
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Ach! : ALAS
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God of love. : AMOR
34
Bouquet. : AROMA
36
V. I. P. in Belgrade. : TITO
37
Stair post. : NEWEL
39
Welshman's name. : EVAN
40
Short, thick piece: Colloq. : CHUNK
42
River in England. : NENE
43
Incline. : BEND
44
Lew Wallace's "Ben." : HUR
45
Big name in ship news. : ANDREADORIA
48
Saint of January 21. : AGNES
50
Teutonic god for whom a weekday is named. : TIU
51
Observing social amenities. : POLITE
53
Rival of 14 Down. : ATHENIAN
58
Seed covering. : ARIL
59
Minister in "The Scarlet Letter." : DIMMESDALE
61
Ascent. : RISE
62
A famous Davis. : ELMER
63
Protection. : EGIS
64
Termites. : ANTS
65
River into Firth of Clyde. : DOON
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Dowries. : DOTS
Down
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"Say it ___ so." : ISNT
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French style maker. : DIOR
3
Where Napoleon was an exile. : ELBA
4
He wrote "What I Think." : STEVENSON
5
Pielet. : TART
6
Highlight of 19 Across. : ARIA
7
Dickens' pen name. : BOZ
8
Habituated. : USEDTO
9
Thick slice of cod. : STEAK
10
A machine, as a turbine. : PRIMEMOVER
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Subtle emanation. : AURA
12
Pegs for Venturi. : TEES
14
B. C. Greek. : SPARTAN
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False propaganda. : LIES
21
Ambassador from Nepal. : RANA
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Fog horn: Var. : SIRENE
24
Piece together. : PATCH
25
Root or Yale. : ELIHU
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Teddy Roosevelt was one. : NATURALIST
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Reparation. : AMENDS
28
Campanile. : TOWER
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Natives of Muscat. : OMANI
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Harpsichordist Landowska. : WANDA
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Caromed. : REBOUNDED
38
Morocco. : LEATHER
41
German philosopher. : KANT
46
Had cause for. : NEEDED
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Fades away. : DIES
49
National League President. : GILES
51
Humid region in Brazil. : PARA
52
O'Neill character. : ORIN
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Shot and shell. : AMMO
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Government agents: Colloq. : TMEN
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Desdemona's disparager. : IAGO
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Came down. : ALIT
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Noun suffix. : NESS
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World-wide labor group. : ILO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later.

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