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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, August 20, 1958

12-Down : Speck.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, 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. 3,340
Across
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Fidel Castro's land. : CUBA
5
Form columns from lines of troops. : PLOY
9
Jazz dance. : STOMP
14
Algerian port. : ORAN
15
Chilean port. : LEBU
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Prohibit. : TABOO
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20th century phenomenon. : AIRTRAVEL
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Choice part of a group. : ELITE
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Droop. : SAG
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Speeds. : HIES
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Ready: Colloq. : ALLSET
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Hero of 1927. : THELONEEAGLE
26
Individuals. : ONES
27
Twisted. : GNARLED
31
Selected. : CHOSEN
34
South African Dutchman. : BOER
35
Bunyan's tool. : AXE
36
Bombast. : RANT
37
Acquisitions. : GAINS
39
Couple. : JOIN
40
Not in vogue. : OUT
41
A commercial: Slang. : PLUG
42
Fastidious. : DAINTY
44
Surround. : CLOSEIN
46
Where Shiloh is: Abbr. : TENN
47
Did the brainwork. : MASTERMINDED
52
American financier-statesman. : BARUCH
55
Symbol of thinness. : RAIL
56
Canticle. : ODE
57
Port on Gulf of Aqaba. : ELATH
58
Completed a form. : FILLEDOUT
60
Weapon. : LANCE
61
Where Reykjavik is: Abbr. : ICEL
62
Noun suffix. : ANCE
63
Namesakes of Laban's daughter. : LEAHS
64
Friends' pronoun. : THEE
65
Whitetail. : DEER
Down
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Opposite of the hinterland. : COAST
2
Mr. Heep. : URIAH
3
Tug's trailer. : BARGE
4
Formicary dweller. : ANT
5
Straightforward talk. : PLAINENGLISH
6
Quays. : LEVEES
7
Fat as Falstaff. : OBESE
8
Actor Brynner. : YUL
9
Astral. : STELLAR
10
Higher in stature. : TALLER
11
Nipponese wear. : OBIS
12
Speck. : MOTE
13
MacLeish, for example. : POET
18
River through Lake of Geneva. : RHONE
22
Contemporary choreographer. : AGNESDEMILLE
24
At sea. : LOST
25
New Stravinsky ballet. : AGON
28
City of northern France. : LAON
29
Script direction. : EXIT
30
Disclaim. : DENY
31
Large reptile: Humorous. : CROC
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Tug. : HAUL
33
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
34
Magnanimous. : BIG
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Close relation. : AUNT
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Demons of Arab lore. : JINN
41
Companions of cream. : PEACHES
43
Old-womanish. : ANILE
45
Blacken, as with soot. : SMUTCH
46
Town of County Kerry. : TRALEE
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___ Weiss (Houdini). : ERICH
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Blackmore's Lorna. : DOONE
50
Elicit. : EDUCE
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Prevent from action. : DETER
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Corolla of a flower. : BELL
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Wings: Bot. : ALAE
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___ risk (took a chance). : RANA
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Appropriate. : FIT
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Junior's best friend. : DAD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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