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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

INSECT STUDY

New York Times, Sunday, February 6, 1977

54-Down : Middle-age spread

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 64, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 550 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 133, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 29
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,039
Across
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Egyptian goddess : SATI
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Acarids : MITES
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Wicker's "___ to Die" : ATIME
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Can. air arm : RCAF
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Buck heroine : OLAN
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Toughen : INURE
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Yonkers events : PACES
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Honor, in Hamburg : EHRE
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Army ant : FIRSTSERGE
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Comic-strip ant : PRINCEVALI
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Accessory ant : APPURTEN
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Girth control : DIET
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Subsequently : LATERON
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Marsh growth : REED
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Actor Alan : ALDA
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A Warhol forte : POPART
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Small pike perch : SAUGER
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Dresden's river : THEELBE
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Saxon king : EGBERT
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Woody or Steve : ALLEN
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Michelangelo work : PIETA
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D-Day craft : LST
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Goose-pimply : EERIE
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Ballads : LAYS
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Musical rounds : ROTAS
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Kind of beat or burn : HEART
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Leftover ant : REMN
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Chi. railroads : ELS
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Caesar or Waldorf : SALAD
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Tossed to and fro : BANDIED
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Flop : DUD
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Preston role : MUSICMAN
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Tale-telling French ant : GUYDEMAUPASS
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Western lawman : EARP
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City on the Rhone : ARLES
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Gator's relative : CROC
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Red ant, possibly : RUSSIANEMIGR
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"Aida" total : FOURACTS
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Reply: Abbr. : ANS
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Signature part : PRENAME
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Phi Beta ___ : KAPPA
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Morsel for dobbin : OAT
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Party pooper : DRIP
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Toothsome : TASTY
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Slogans : CRIES
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Mystical mark : RUNE
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"La Douce" et al. : IRMAS
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Luau garland : LEI
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Great care : PAINS
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Alba ___ (Remus's home) : LONGA
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Movie director and family : CAPRAS
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Malign : ASPERSE
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Indian drum : TOMTOM
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River : STREAM
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Ampersands : ANDS
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Rio's beach : COPA
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One who shuns : AVOIDER
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Years, to Cato : ANNI
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Sen. Bumpers is one : ARKANSAN
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Disagreeable ant : NONCONCORD
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Ticket-taking ant : GATEATTEND
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Oscar film of 1958 : GIGI
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Poe's "___ in Paradise" : TOONE
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Marquand's late hero : APLEY
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Org. since 1844 : YMCA
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Eucalyptus secretion : LERP
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Second of two : OTHER
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Seasonal songs : NOELS
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Vile odor : REEK
Down
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Parlor piece : SOFA
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"___ of much contempt" (Shakespeare) : ALIP
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Boatman's buy : TARP
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Becomes rebellious : INSURGES
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Roberts, for one : MISTER
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"You're All ___ ," (old song) : INEED
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Rotate : TURN
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Work unit : ERG
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Small spores : SEEDLETS
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Have charisma : APPEAL
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Snappish : TART
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Here, in Herault : ICI
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Edison's Park : MENLO
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Houdini feat : ESCAPE
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Echoing ant : REVERBER
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British ant, good with figures : CHARTEREDACCOUNT
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Guthrie : ARLO
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Sinn ___ : FEIN
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Small woodenware : TREEN
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Level on the Eiffel Tower : ETAGE
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Thinker's reward : IDEA
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In the van : AHEAD
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Horse-show maneuver : PESADE
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Hawthorne's birthplace : SALEM
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Babylonian deity : ALALU
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Ant named Hiram : ULYSSESSIMPSONGR
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Giant : TITAN
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Certain whiskies : BLENDS
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Trees of N. Z. : RIMUS
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Watches over : TENDS
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Negri : POLA
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Shipshape : TRIM
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Bulwark : RAMPART
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Tedder operator : HAYER
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"Over the ___" (Holmes) : TEACUPS
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Stock certificate : SCRIP
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Middle-age spread : BULGE
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Grain sorghum : DURRA
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Noun suffixes : IAS
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Covered with soot : GRIMY
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Wire grass : POA
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Valuable violins : AMATIS
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Rooting ant : RADIC
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Relief adm. : UNRRA
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Patricia of films : NEAL
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Mark or scar : ENSEAM
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Indolent ant : FAINE
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Uncloses, to poets : OPES
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Dance for two : TANGO
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What inspired Watt : STEAM
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Kringle : KRISS
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Sharing ant : PARTICIP
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Sweater : CARDIGAN
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Neronian ant : ROMANTYR
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Corsican's neighbor: It. : SARDO
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Ant over Reds' ball park : PENN
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"Steady Eddie" of Yankees : LOPAT
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Taken care of : SEENTO
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Cater basely : PANDER
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Sweet wines : TOKAYS
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Madras town : ARCOT
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Angler's basket : CREEL
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Church of Eng. : ANGL
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Parisian's way : VOIE
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Haydn contemporary : ARNE
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Salt tree : ATLE
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Bespangled, in heraldry : SEME
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Suffix for clear or appear : ANCE
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Bismarck's loc. : NDAK
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"___, That Kiss!" : OOH
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G.I. address : APO

Answer summary:
23 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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