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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, May 12, 1962

44-Down : Old Chinese state.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,684
Across
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Family VIP's. : DADS
5
Pronoun. : THEM
9
Overdo the Thespian bit. : EMOTE
14
Mrs. Cantor and others. : IDAS
15
___ sapiens. : HOMO
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Variant for 56 Down. : MOMMA
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Native intelligence. : MOTHERWIT
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Agora structures. : STOAS
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Eastern name. : ABU
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Grow molars. : TEETHE
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Sharpen. : HONE
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Budlike bodies, in biology. : GEMMAE
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Twilled fabric. : SERGE
28
Universe: Heb. : OLAM
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Musical comedy of the Twenties. : RIORITA
34
Handle. : HILT
37
Tomorrow. : MOTHERSDAY
39
Washington's neighbor. : IDAHO
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Spanish uncle. : TIO
42
Motif. : THEME
43
Lucky scion in folklore. : SEVENTHSON
46
Children of a sort. : IMPS
47
Garden favorite. : TEAROSE
48
Profound. : DEEP
50
Tangle. : GNARL
52
Dodger's manager. : ALSTON
56
Venus de ___. : MILO
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Pharmacy item. : OLEATE
61
Snow's partner. : ICE
62
In tumult. : ARIOT
64
School song. : ALMAMATER
66
Largest of the deer family. : MOOSE
67
Island near Sumatra. : NIAS
68
Eastern European. : SLAV
69
Building wing. : ANNEX
70
Charles ___ Gibson. : DANA
71
Word in a counting-out rhyme. : EENY
Down
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Famous nickname in baseball. : DIMAG
2
Kind of brick. : ADOBE
3
Fact. : DATUM
4
Quiet! : SSH
5
One of the "wee hours." : THREEAM
6
Washington's opponent. : HOWE
7
Gives out. : EMITS
8
Status of 56 Down. : MOTHERHOOD
9
German spa. : EMS
10
British tenders. : MOTHERSHIPS
11
Melville book. : OMOO
12
White House guard. : TMAN
13
Mitigate. : EASE
18
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
22
Sandusky's lake. : ERIE
25
Perrault character. : MOTHERGOOSE
27
British Field Marshal. : GORT
29
One's place of origin. : MOTHERLAND
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The same. : IDEM
32
Pound down. : TAMP
33
Certain votes. : AYES
34
Listen! : HIST
35
___ fixe. : IDEE
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Source of obsidian. : LAVA
38
Common contraction. : TIS
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"___, you noblest English!" : ONON
44
Old Chinese state. : TSAO
45
___ pin. : NEATASA
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Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
51
Novel by George Sand. : LELIA
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Lady, for one. : TITLE
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Marine view. : OCEAN
55
Full of courage. : NERVY
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Family VIP. : MAMA
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Household necessity. : IRON
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Cubs' parent. : LION
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To ___ (every one). : AMAN
63
Man from Dallas. : TEX
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Peer Gynt's mother. : ASE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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