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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, October 30, 1954

59-Down : Little Charlotte.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12 Grid has duplicate clues.
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,950
Across
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Flat circular plate. : DISC
5
Men of law: Abbr. : ATTS
9
___ Fjord. : OSLO
13
Miracle drug. : ACTH
14
Plants of the milkweed family. : HOYAS
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Noted name in Denver. : DOUD
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City in Kansas. : IOLA
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Insincere flattery: Slang. : APPLESAUCE
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Sound of anger. : SNORT
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Hollywood name. : BETTE
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Coal mine. : PIT
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Tibetan priest. : LAMA
26
Daisylike chrysanthemums. : SHASTAS
28
Primitive ornament. : NOSERING
32
Exceedingly. : TOO
33
Poisonous tree. : UPAS
34
Long, heavy hair. : MANE
36
Liquid measure. : OUNCE
39
Machine for making cider. : MILL
40
On the whole. : INALL
42
Boy: Latin. : PUER
43
Secondary things. : BETAS
45
Earl Blaik's team. : ARMY
46
"___ boy!" : ATTA
47
Troublesome tot. : IMP
48
Washes out again. : RERINSES
50
Kind of tern. : EGGBIRD
54
Tear. : REND
55
Mr. Wood, boat maker. : GAR
56
Dove. : COOER
58
Key of Brahms Sonata No. 2. : EFLAT
62
Source of easy profits: Slang. : GRAVYTRAIN
65
Where Davenport is. : IOWA
66
Wagner's earth goddess. : ERDA
67
Lake herring. : CISCO
68
Rebuff. : SLAP
69
Cereal grains. : RYES
70
Dither. : STEW
71
Former movie czar. : HAYS
Down
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Platform for V. I. P.'s. : DAIS
2
Church image. : ICON
3
French city. : STLO
4
Friend of Coleridge. : CHARLESLAMB
5
Exclamation of surprise. : AHA
6
Recent musical. : TOPBANANA
7
Roman. : TYPE
8
Seasons. : SALTS
9
Harem room. : ODA
10
Sumptuous spread. : SOUPTONUTS
11
Operatic role. : LUCIA
12
Well-known playwright. : ODETS
15
Biblical name. : SETH
19
Eastern cousin of NATO. : SEATO
21
Deck hand. : TAR
25
Operatic role. : MIMI
27
Formal evening dress: Slang. : SOUPANDFISH
28
Unfeeling. : NUMB
29
Humorist ___ Read. : OPIE
30
Having legs adapted for leaping. : SALTIGRADE
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Snarl: Var. : GNARR
35
Playwright, novelist, director. : ELMERRICE
37
Whale. : CETE
38
Cycles. : ERAS
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Erato's instrument. : LYRE
44
Piquant. : SPICY
49
Noun suffix. : INE
50
Moth. : EGGER
51
Emcee Moore. : GARRY
52
Army reserve group. : ROTC
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Hart of the courts. : DORIS
57
Middle ___. : EAST
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Little Charlotte. : LOLA
60
Gone. : AWAY
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Opposite of reveille. : TAPS
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Duct: Anat. : VAS
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Forthwith. : NOW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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