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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, July 28, 1955

39-Across : Mme. Schiaparelli.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q U Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, 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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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,221
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Stock in trade. : WARES
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Sea moss. : ALGA
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Wash. : LAVE
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"___ Lucy." : ILOVE
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Bottle. : VIAL
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Resting. : ABED
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Queen's attendants. : LADIESINWAITING
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Actor Jannings. : EMIL
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Cubs' manager. : HACK
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Indigent. : NEEDY
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Hither's partner. : YON
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Gruenther's post. : NATO
25
Bankbook abbreviation. : ACC
26
Author of "Back to Mandalay." : LOWELLTHOMAS
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Where Gov. Patterson works. : SALEM
34
Bevan's nickname. : NYE
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Be listless. : MOPE
36
Type of dance. : CLOG
37
River of Virginia. : JAMES
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Mme. Schiaparelli. : ELSA
40
A King of Israel. : OMRI
41
Fruit punch. : ADE
42
Definite plan. : ORDER
43
Important Congressional committee. : WAYSANDMEANS
47
Former V. I. P. in U. N. : LIE
48
"The joke is ___." : ONME
49
Kimono sash. : OBI
52
A rival of Middlecoff. : SNEAD
55
Carousal. : ORGY
56
Rind. : SKIN
57
Colorado. : CENTENNIALSTATE
60
Contemporary cartoonist. : ARNO
61
King slain by Samuel. : AGAG
62
Over: Prefix. : HYPER
63
Columbia cheer leader's word. : ROAR
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Native of Lodz. : POLE
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Be present. : EXIST
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Senior Senator from Wisconsin. : WILEY
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Crockett's Armageddon. : ALAMO
3
"Le Penseur" sculptor. : RODIN
4
Like Old Scratch. : EVIL
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Get the point. : SEE
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Fly a plane. : AVIATE
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Structure designed by Henry Bacon. : LINCOLNMEMORIAL
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Clumsy one: Colloq. : GAWK
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Between Miss. and Ga. : ALA
10
Ten o'clock scholars. : LATECOMERS
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Hero of 2,327 performances. : ABIE
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Sell. : VEND
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Snappish. : EDGY
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Creator of Mr. Doolittle. : SHAW
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"Every ___ a king." : INCH
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___ de plume. : NOM
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Dancer in "Fanny." : ATES
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What 1 Down is. : LEGISLATOR
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Strong alkaline solution. : LYE
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Shaped core. : MOLD
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Church recess. : APSE
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Scorch. : SEAR
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Flatboat. : SCOW
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___ mater. : ALMA
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Small parrot. : LORY
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Actress Froman. : JANE
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Do sums. : ADD
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"Party of ___" by Fadiman. : ONE
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Staff member at Dix. : AIDE
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Hire. : ENGAGE
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Hydrocarbon in fuel oil. : AMYL
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African animal. : OKAPI
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Angler's goal. : BITES
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Slow. : INERT
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Identification mark. : SCAR
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Sleuth Wolfe. : NERO
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Town in Sicily. : ENNA
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Progress. : ONGO
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Mythical river. : STYX
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Siesta. : NAP
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Pronoun. : SHE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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