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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, February 20, 1958

9-Down : Character in "The Talisman."

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,159
Across
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Browne and Hill. : SAMS
5
Melange. : OLIO
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Shipment to a paper mill. : RAGS
13
Echoic word for sound. : PLOP
14
Forward. : SEND
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Insular speck. : ISLET
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Helper. : ALLY
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Zoo structure. : CAGE
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Milking, for one. : CHORE
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Disencumber. : RID
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Goes outdoors. : TAKESTHEAIR
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Scamp's tricks. : KNAVERY
25
Parallel lines on the cathode-ray tube. : RASTER
26
"___ de Bohème." : LAVIE
27
Leo's lodge. : LAIR
29
Nautical direction. : SSE
30
Yale and others. : ELIS
31
Naval air base in California. : ALAMEDA
34
Guatemalan, for example. : LATINAMERICAN
38
Natural. : ARTLESS
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Too (much): Fr. : TROP
41
C. P. A. : ACC
44
Winged figure, in art. : AMOR
45
Helicopter blade. : ROTOR
46
Seaside promenade. : MARINA
48
Of bulls. : TAURINE
50
Yves St. Laurent creation. : EVENINGGOWN
53
Fleet and Fulton: Abbr. : STS
54
Blessed: Lat. : BEATA
55
Saint ___. : ELMO
56
Air Force Base at Cape Cod. : OTIS
57
Incendiarism. : ARSON
58
Rise high. : REAR
59
Stay: Poet. : BIDE
60
Current events. : NEWS
61
Darn. : MEND
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Deep freeze. : ICER
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Coruscate. : SPARKLE
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Wholly. : ALLINALL
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Granary of Rumania. : MOLDAVIA
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Northern ___, winter apple. : SPY
5
Bergman's prize. : OSCAR
6
Like old scows. : LEAKY
7
Playwright from Kansas. : INGE
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Horatian works. : ODES
9
Character in "The Talisman." : RICHARDI
10
Lenten symbol. : ASHES
11
Gazes with malicious pleasure. : GLOATS
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Set of volumes. : SERIES
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Earth: Fr. : TERRE
21
Letter. : TEE
22
Experimenters. : TRIERS
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Prospect. : VISTA
27
Well-known Debussy composition. : LAMER
28
City in Iowa. : AMES
31
One of Tarzan's foes. : ANTMAN
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French composer. : LALO
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Player. : ACTOR
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Shah's people. : IRANIANS
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Showing taste. : ARTISTIC
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Time of day. : NOONTIDE
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Valet's machine. : PRESSER
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Animal of a sort. : AMEBA
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Relative of a grotto. : CAVERN
43
Wrinkle. : CREASE
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Shutout spoiler. : RUN
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Under one's patronage. : INTOW
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Man ___. : TOMAN
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"___ to the wise ... " : AWORD
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Seed. : GERM
52
Delight. : GLEE
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Kimono sash. : OBI

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

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