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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

WORD ALMANAC

New York Times, Sunday, February 12, 1956

55-Down : Commission merchant.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 77, Avg Word Len: 5.35, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 541 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 128, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 26
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,420
Across
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Part of a revue. : SKIT
5
___ bean. : SOYA
9
Confederate of Cassius. : CASCA
14
Moppets. : TADS
18
Wave: Fr. : ONDE
19
Smoked meats. : HAMS
20
Bellowing. : AROAR
21
Lower. : DEMIT
22
Slogan for tourists. : SEEAMERICAFIRST
25
Growing out. : ENATE
26
Describing a garage. : TWOCAR
27
Name of twelve monarchs. : RAMESES
28
Clown in "Twelfth Night." : FESTE
29
Star in Draconis. : ADIB
31
Novel of 1891. : PETERIBBETSON
34
Manager of the Cubs. : HACK
37
State: Abbr. : FLA
39
French article. : LES
40
Time of day. : NOON
41
Yucca's relative. : ALOE
42
Grace Kelly's prize. : OSCAR
44
Rangers or Bruins. : SIXES
45
Wrong: Prefix. : MIS
48
Bear's lair. : DEN
49
Mayor Hynes, for example. : BOSTONIAN
52
Season again. : RESALT
54
Zachary Taylor's son-in-law. : JEFFERSONDAVIS
57
Arab League member. : SYRIA
58
Milk: Comb. form. : LACTO
59
Factions. : SIDES
61
Nickname for 34 Across. : STAN
62
Monetary unit of Germany. : REICHSMARK
67
Giving a medal to. : DECORATING
70
Bankbook abbreviation. : ACCT
71
Rival of Locke and Bolt. : SNEAD
73
Burdened. : LADEN
74
Baby animals. : TOTOS
76
Yom Kippur. : DAYOFATONEMENT
82
C. D. A. routines. : ALERTS
84
His "lot is not a happy one." : POLICEMAN
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McGrew's gal. : LOU
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Set the pace. : LED
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Everything: Ger. : ALLES
90
Island off Jutland. : LAESO
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___ fours. : PLUS
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Opposite of jour. : NUIT
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Nitrous oxide. : GAS
94
Symbol of power. : TNT
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Where Button shines. : RINK
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French forerunner of Darwin. : JEANDELAMARCK
103
Okay. : SURE
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Excessive. : UNDUE
106
Cow catchers. : LASSOES
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"Took ten." : RESTED
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Señora. : MADRE
113
Calmly and coolly. : DISPASSIONATELY
115
Hagerty's field. : PRESS
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Atelier article. : EASEL
117
Patriot born 201 years ago. : HALE
118
Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
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Like November meadows. : SERE
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General at Gettysburg. : MEADE
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Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
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River in England. : NENE
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Prolonged: Mus. abbr. : SOST
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Recognized. : KNEW
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Thought: Comb. form. : IDEO
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Londoner's treat. : TEACAKE
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Arab prince. : SHERIF
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Sweep. : OAR
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Giant of Norse myth. : YMIR
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Society of composers, etc. : ASCAP
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Eating places. : CAFETERIAS
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Goes up. : ARISES
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More vexatious. : SORER
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Well-known dress designer. : CASSINI
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Comedian Carney. : ART
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Principle. : TENET
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Store up. : AMASS
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The aforesaid. : DITTO
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Dutch genre painter. : STEEN
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Problems for Secy. Wilson. : DEFENSES
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Unwise. : MAD
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Island off Netherlands. : AMELAND
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Flourishes and prospers. : BLOSSOMS
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Emulate Archie Moore. : BOX
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Dweller in Capetown. : BOER
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Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
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Nautical term. : ALEE
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Clashed. : CONFLICTED
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Regarding. : ASTO
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Against. : CON
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Mean: Slang. : SNIDE
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Former operatic tenor. : MARTINELLI
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Trojan. : ILIAN
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Actor in the "Golden Arm." : STANG
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Prime Minister of Luxembourg. : BECH
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Table scraps. : ORTS
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Greedy. : AVID
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Dewey decimal ___. : SYSTEM
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Commission merchant. : FACTOR
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Federal agency. : SEC
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Bougainville, Guadalcanal, etc. : SOLOMONS
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Amount of assessment. : RATAL
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Relative of a pensionnat. : ECOLE
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Conjunction. : AND
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Gathers crops. : REAPS
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Ring term. : KAYO
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Nepal Ambassador. : RANA
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British crown colony. : ADEN
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Popular store event. : DOLLARSALE
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Latecomers at a hit. : STANDEES
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Flat failures. : FIASCOS
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Star performer. : ACE
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School activity. : TEST
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It's common or proper. : NOUN
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Source of piano keys. : TUSK
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Swing round. : SLUE
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Abner's epithet. : LIL
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And other females: Lat. : ETALIAE
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Foster of films. : PRESTON
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Caught one's breath. : GASPED
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Lathe operator. : TURNER
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Bebop numbers. : JUMPS
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Lake in Finland. : ENARE
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Snake. : ADDER
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Mlle. de Galard, for example. : NURSE
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Subject of a plantation song. : MASSA
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Another name for Hanoi. : KESHO
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Cartoonist Gardner ___. : REA
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Thailand. : SIAM
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Part of TV. : TELE
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Joie de vivre. : ELAN
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Unit of power. : DYNE
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Party member: Abbr. : DEM
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Wave: Span. : OLA

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9 unique to this puzzle, 17 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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