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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, May 31, 1958

17-Down : Safe and sound.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,259
Across
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Thomas Wolfe hero. : GANT
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Cups. : MUGS
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Parched. : ARID
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Declare openly. : AVOW
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Town near Caracas. : AROA
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Rasher. : SLICE
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Airfield where Lindy landed. : LEBOURGET
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Beverage. : CIDER
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Any planet. : ORB
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Denials. : NOES
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Dangling ornament. : MOBILE
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Of mind and body as a unit. : PSYCHOSOMATIC
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Attila was one. : HUN
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Namely: Abbr. : VIZ
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Einstein's birthplace. : ULM
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Set of steps. : STAIR
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Finis. : END
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Butterine. : OLEO
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Book by Adlai Stevenson. : CALLTOGREATNESS
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Trimmed with a hatchet. : AXED
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Kettle. : POT
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Buenos ___. : AIRES
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Slangy negative. : NIX
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Cry of contempt. : POH
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Start of a Latin paradigm. : AMO
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TV personality. : ARLENEFRANCIS
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Superficial show. : VENEER
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Spanker. : SAIL
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Wedding declaration. : IDO
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"The Shield of Achilles" poet. : AUDEN
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Man's name meaning "born in the country." : SILVESTER
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Relative of a ringlet. : TRESS
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Vain. : IDLE
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Pay attention to. : HEAR
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Withered. : SERE
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He sells short. : BEAR
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Wriggly. : EELY
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Lively dance. : GALOP
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Declares positively. : AVERS
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Stylish: Slang. : NOBBY
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Pair. : TWO
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Strand. : MAROON
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Exhorts. : URGES
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Leaves a vessel, nautically speaking. : GOESOVERTHESIDE
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Had a session. : SAT
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Elsewhere: Lat. : ALIBI
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Scoffing person. : RIDICULER
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North Atlantic island: Abbr. : ICEL
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"___ Mable." : DERE
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Aberdonian. : SCOT
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Safe and sound. : UNHURT
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Trade-mark on electric light bulbs. : MAZDA
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Boy or girl. : CHILD
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"___ eyes have seen the glory ... " : MINE
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___ majesty. : LESE
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Lichen. : MOSS
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Scrutinize. : SCAN
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Commercial vehicle. : TAXI
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Prince Albert's second name. : ALEXANDER
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Chop suey ingredient. : ONION
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"Happy Hooligan" cartoonist. : OPPER
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Continue. : GOON
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Peppery food. : TAMALE
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"On a tree by ___ ... " : ARIVER
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Dodger since 1940. : REESE
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Camera part. : LENS
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Manuel de ___, Spanish composer. : FALLA
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Honored soldier. : CITEE
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Visionary. : IDEAL
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Rueful. : SORRY
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Dyers' vessels. : VATS
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River near Paris. : EURE
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Brother or sister. : SIB
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Pronoun. : SHE

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

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