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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, July 4, 1958

62-Across : Snatch.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,293
Across
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Verily. : AMEN
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Student of a sort. : COED
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Ike's former command. : SHAEF
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Pigeon's extinct cousin. : DODO
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Jai ___, "merry festival." : ALAI
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Roaring Camp writer. : HARTE
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Senior members, employes, etc. : OLDTIMERS
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Harmonium. : ORGAN
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Imbued thoroughly. : DYEDINTHEWOOL
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Baltic native. : ESTH
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___ Aviv. : TEL
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Hairy. : PILOSE
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Carmichael perennial. : STARDUST
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Negative verbal contraction. : ARENT
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Finds fault. : CARPS
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We: Ital. : NOI
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Commandant of the Marines. : PATE
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Attractive girl. : CUTIE
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Flout; scoff. : GIBE
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Cuckoo. : ANI
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Gov. Holmes' capital. : SALEM
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What stewards do. : CATER
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Cape Cod structure. : WINDMILL
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Modifies. : ALTERS
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Miss. : LOSE
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Cyrus Field promoted it, 1857-66. : ATLANTICCABLE
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Meditative person. : MUSER
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Pericles' people. : ATHENIANS
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Grass for Mexican baskets. : OTATE
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Canton of the Jungfrau. : BERN
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The Muses (with "the"). : NINE
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Used a gimlet. : BORED
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Not brand new. : USED
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Snatch. : GRAB
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Fuss. : ADO
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Shape. : MOLD
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Purl. : EDDY
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Observation. : NOTE
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Light loose smock. : CAMISE
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Fragrant; scented. : OLENT
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"Fireworks" of 1957-58. : EARTHSATELLITES
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Spoon's companion. : DISH
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Weather forecast. : SHOWERS
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Loser at Hastings, 1066. : HAROLD
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Constellation through which Milky Way passes. : ARGO
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Abbreviated Latin phrase. : ETAL
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Marsh. : FEN
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Usually abbreviated Latin phrase. : IDEST
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Storehouse. : ETAPE
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Fruit with banana-like pulp. : PAPAW
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Native of Tabriz. : IRANI
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Admit. : LETIN
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Anybody. : ONE
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Shipshape. : TRIM
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Coalesce. : UNITE
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Well-balanced. : SOBER
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Banks, as of keys on a keyboard. : TIERS
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Choose and gather. : CULL
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Shaggy dog from Scotland. : CAIRN
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Ship's channel. : GAT
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Did finger painting. : SMEARED
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Entire. : CLEAN
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Erase. : DELETE
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Rise. : ASCEND
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Artist's pigment. : OCHRE
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Convertible. : AUTO
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Autocrat. : TSAR
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Debar from use. : TABU
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Big name in opera. : BING
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Hideaway. : LAIR
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Ancient city in Sicily. : ENNA
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The crowd. : MOB
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Father of Osiris. : SEB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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