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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, March 21, 1958

18-Down : Dead Sea ascetic.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,188
Across
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Jeanne ___. : DARC
5
Sailboat. : YAWL
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Window dressing. : TRIM
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Consumer. : USER
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Prima ___ (at first view). : FACIE
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Olympian queen. : HERA
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Musical instrument. : FIFE
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Time for pot shots. : OPENSEASON
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Tributary stream. : FEEDER
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Court meetings. : SESSIONS
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"Rake over the coals." : ROAST
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Jersey's genus. : BOS
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Gentian violet, for one. : DYE
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Presidential initials. : DDE
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Stranded. : MAROONED
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Whether ___ (in any case). : ORNO
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Room over the stalls. : LOFT
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Kingly. : NOBLE
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Political position. : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
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Sword: Ital. : SPADA
42
Needing a tan. : PALE
43
Join together. : YOKE
44
Dishwasher's room. : SCULLERY
47
Hecht of Hogan. : BEN
48
Suppositions. : IFS
51
Like: Suffix. : INE
52
Great ___ Mountains. : SMOKY
54
Famous golfer. : SAMSNEAD
57
Potential baby sitter. : AUNTIE
60
___ the house. : BRINGSDOWN
62
Airfield near Paris. : ORLY
63
Beginning of a play. : ACTI
64
Earth goddess. : CERES
65
Story. : TALE
66
Percolate. : SEEP
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Mineralogy topic. : ORES
68
Boom. : SPAR
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Pudding boiled in cloth. : DUFF
2
Largest continent: Fr. : ASIE
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Submissions of laws to direct vote. : REFERENDA
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Set of opinions. : CREDO
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Pup's plaint. : YAP
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Top pitchers. : ACES
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Contents of a cellar. : WINEBOTTLES
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Student's job. : LESSON
9
Far Easterner. : THAI
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Patch the greens. : RESOD
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Type of humor. : IRONY
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Type of dwelling. : MANSE
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Realtor's sign. : FORSALE
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Dead Sea ascetic. : ESSENE
20
Greek underground group. : EAM
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Scoutmaster. : TROOPLEADER
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Titles of church dignitaries. : DOMS
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Cornice projection. : DRIP
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Rubbish. : OFFAL
30
Big rowboat. : DORY
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Gambler's choice. : ODDS
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Snare: Slang. : BOOBYTRAP
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Superior, for example. : LAKE
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British elder statesman. : EDEN
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Uniform braid. : LACING
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Melville and others. : HERMANS
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World-wide educational group. : UNESCO
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Pronoun. : YOU
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Russian log huts. : ISBAS
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Mockery. : FARCE
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Strike. : SMITE
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Ties. : KNOTS
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Cut. : SNIP
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Dramatist Schary. : DORE
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"Dies iras, dies ___ ... " : ILLA
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Observant one. : EYER
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Runner Santee. : WES

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

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