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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, July 21, 1955

42-Down : Cleopatra's ___.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,214
Across
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"Hyperion" poet. : KEATS
6
F. D. R.'s mother. : SARA
10
Not so much. : LESS
14
Paint pigment. : OCHRE
15
Hebrew month. : ELUL
16
Theatre sign. : EXIT
17
Daisy ___. : CHAIN
18
One of the poll-takers. : ELMOROPER
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Associate familiarly. : HOBNOB
22
London café district. : SOHO
23
Initials of January, 1942, organization. : UNO
24
Psyche's beloved. : EROS
26
Device for catching pests. : RATTRAP
28
Troublesome tot. : IMP
31
A-twitter. : AGOG
33
Famous puppeteer. : SARG
34
Midwest steel center. : GARY
36
Merriment. : GLEE
38
Annoy. : TEASE
41
Best seller by MacDonald. : ONIONSINTHESTEW
44
TV musical program. : REVUE
45
Hill of sand. : DUNE
46
Forecaster. : SEER
47
War god. : ARES
49
New name for the history books. : SALK
51
The blue. : SKY
52
City near Berlin. : POTSDAM
55
Mammal of the sea. : SEAL
57
Lunched. : ATE
58
Boxer Firpo. : LUIS
60
Member of vitamin B complex. : NIACIN
64
Prominent Democrat. : STEVENSON
67
Man's latest challenge. : SPACE
68
Withered. : SERE
69
Most populous continent. : ASIA
70
Chief Ruhr city. : ESSEN
71
Irish. : ERSE
72
Ancient mariner. : SALT
73
Alston's s.s. : REESE
Down
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Great bacteriologist. : KOCH
2
"Me too" utterance. : ECHO
3
"Pequod" captain. : AHAB
4
Threefold. : TRINE
5
Lady of Madrid. : SENORA
6
Get the point. : SEE
7
First word of a Shakespeare title. : ALLS
8
Grapevine traveler. : RUMOR
9
Greetings at Waikiki. : ALOHAS
10
Laraine's spouse. : LEO
11
Removes censorable passages from books. : EXPURGATES
12
Italian art center. : SIENA
13
Barber's item. : STROP
19
Take turns. : ROTATE
21
Governor at Dover. : BOGGS
25
Reliable. : SOLID
27
Lock of hair. : TRESS
28
Novelist Gouzenko. : IGOR
29
Lion's long hair. : MANE
30
Navy patrol planes. : PRIVATEERS
32
Class, kind or sort. : GENUS
35
Recent popular song. : YOURS
37
Spirit lamps. : ETNAS
39
Try to find. : SEEK
40
Room for table linen: Var. : EWRY
42
Cleopatra's ___. : NEEDLE
43
Historical fleet-launcher. : HELEN
48
Finnish steam baths. : SAUNAS
50
Industrialist of W. W. II. : KAISER
52
Out of date. : PASSE
53
Valuable fur. : OTTER
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Beethoven's "___ Solemnis." : MISSA
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Error. : LAPSE
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Loam or loess. : SOIL
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N. J. Senator. : CASE
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Sherbets. : ICES
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River in England. : NENE
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Five-dollar bill. : VEE
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One of the leagues: Abbr. : NAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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