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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, March 16, 1957

6-Down : Fairy queen.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,818
Across
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An exam. : ORAL
5
Moslem leaders. : IMAMS
10
Start of a drama. : ACTI
14
Dapper Dan. : DUDE
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Part of U. S. N. A. : NAVAL
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Norse god. : THOR
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Burden. : ONUS
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Meat treat. : TBONESTEAK
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Chutney. : RELISH
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Monday morning memories. : WEEKENDS
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Lugged. : TOTED
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Novel of 1901. : KIM
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Hollywood products. : SCENARIOS
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Part of a chair back. : SPLAT
34
Lord Boyd ___. : ORR
35
Remorse. : REGRET
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Shipshape. : TIDY
38
Exploit. : FEAT
40
Century plant. : AGAVE
41
Octagonal street sign. : STOP
42
Italian wine center. : ASTI
43
Eye's membrane. : RETINA
45
Before. : ERE
46
Office girl, for short. : STENO
48
Came in again. : REENTERED
50
Legal ___, a kind of writing paper. : CAP
52
Networks. : RETIA
53
British plane of W. W. II. : SPITFIRE
58
Mohammedan VIP. : SULTAN
61
Sleight of hand. : HOCUSPOCUS
63
River west of Paris. : EURE
64
Impersonator. : APER
65
Slip away. : ELOPE
66
Cupid. : EROS
67
Pure and simple. : MERE
68
Sound judgment. : SENSE
69
TV specialty. : NEWS
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Lavender, for one. : ODOR
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Any poem: Poet. : RUNE
3
Debase by admixture. : ADULTERATE
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Injury. : LESION
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Lagging behind. : INTHEREAR
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Fairy queen. : MAB
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Declare openly. : AVOW
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Bison's pride. : MANE
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Glossy. : SLEEK
10
Essays. : ATTEMPTS
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Genus of snow geese. : CHEN
12
Amphibian. : TOAD
13
Vexes. : IRKS
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Alps equipment. : SKIS
21
Marshal's badge. : STAR
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Gold seeker. : DIGGER
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Chesterfields. : SOFAS
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Heraldic device. : CREST
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Declaim. : ORATE
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Lake in Utah. : SEVIER
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College course. : LITERATURE
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Worship. : ADORE
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Represented. : TYPED
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Sugar Bowl team. : TENNESSEE
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Slight admixture. : TINCTURE
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Aleutian base. : ATTU
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Simpletons. : OAFS
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"Sister" in a play. : EILEEN
51
Pan's music makers. : PIPES
53
Ornamental linen cover. : SHAM
54
Master of the heroic couplet. : POPE
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Bucket for cooling wine. : ICER
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Function. : ROLE
57
Business school course: Abbr. : ECON
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In a line. : AROW
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Headland. : NESS
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Raises: Colloq. : UPS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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