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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, February 7, 1974

49-Down : Simpering smile

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,944
Across
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Male turkey : TOM
4
Essential facts : BRASSTACKS
14
Eight: Fr. : HUIT
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Ingredient of a certain jam : AUTOMOBILE
17
Taormina backdrop : ETNA
18
Herschel invention : ASTROMETER
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Palm off : FOIST
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Skewered-meat dish : KABOB
22
Vote : YEA
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Pacific island : EFATE
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Spectral type : CSTAR
26
Footnote figure : ASTERISK
29
Gem unit : CARAT
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Egyptian solar deity : SHU
34
Brought up : RAISED
37
Mild rebuke : TOSH
38
Plaids : TARTANS
40
Change the direction of : REROUTE
42
Ali Baba's verb : OPEN
43
Bind, as wheat : SHEAVE
45
Twelve dozen: Abbr. : GRO
46
"Twelfth Night" clown : FESTE
48
Poorly made : SLIPSHOD
50
Ermine in brown : STOAT
53
In sufficiency : AMPLY
54
Stalemate : TIE
57
___ wave : TIDAL
59
I.C.B.M. shelters : SILOS
60
Star worshiper : ASTROLATER
63
Tatters : RAGS
64
State of ripening : MATUREMENT
65
Joint : KNEE
66
D. A.'s last two words : STATERESTS
67
Noun suffix : ERY
Down
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___ Lanterns : THEFEASTOF
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Not in trim : OUTOFSHAPE
3
Some chocolates : MINIATURES
4
Sheep's plaint : BAA
5
Biscuit : RUSK
6
Onslaughts : ATTACKS
7
Old-World trees : SORBS
8
Hawley's colleague : SMOOT
9
Alloy for cheap jewelry : TOMBAC
10
Ribicoff : ABE
11
___ desk : CITY
12
Swiss painter : KLEE
13
Antitoxins : SERA
15
Discernment : TASTE
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___ cotta : TERRA
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Short time: Sp. : RATO
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Fleming and Hunter : IANS
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New, thin ice : SISH
30
Pare somewhat to size : ROUGHPLANE
31
Star-guided seer : ASTROLOGER
32
Great epic poem : THEODYSSEY
35
Of an epoch : ERAL
36
Hindu goddess : DEVI
39
Explosives : TNTS
41
Meal: Fr. : REPAS
44
Squires' places : ESTATES
47
Baritone Bastianini (1923-67) : ETTORE
49
Simpering smile : SMIRK
51
Craft for fuel : OILER
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"Nothing like ___" : ADAME
54
Scottish caps : TAMS
55
"The wolf ___ the door!" (Gilman) : ISAT
56
Miss Kett : ETTA
58
Fasting period : LENT
61
Pothole : RUT
62
Linemen: Abbr. : RTS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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