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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, August 26, 1953

36-Down : Rock in Mammoth Cave.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,529
Across
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Port on the Baltic Sea. : MEMEL
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Coast Guard girl. : SPAR
10
Unexciting. : TAME
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Fragrance or flavor. : AROMA
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Apple, quince or pear. : POME
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Inspires with fear. : AWES
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Forty-___. : NINER
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Volcanic islands off Alaska. : ALEUTIANS
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Sports official. : SCORER
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Poker player's payment. : ANTE
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___ du Diable. : ILE
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Correspondent's salutation. : MYDEAR
26
City in Pennsylvania, pop. 35,632. : EASTON
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National political organization. : ADA
30
Naturally. : OFCOURSE
32
Governor of Hawaii. : LONG
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Agitate. : STIR
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Miss Douglas of Loch Katrine. : ELLEN
39
Underworld "monicker." : ALIAS
41
Eisenhower's mother. : IDA
42
One of Eisenhower's assets. : SMILE
43
Timbromaniacs's delight. : STAMP
44
Make eyes. : OGLE
46
Shot and shell. : AMMO
47
Track for the Century. : MAINLINE
50
Untold years. : EON
51
Slogan of a pacifist. : DISARM
54
Passageway. : ACCESS
56
Zugspitze is one. : ALP
57
Chic chapeaux. : TAMS
59
In high spirits. : ELATED
62
Got forty winks. : TOOKAREST
65
Wear away. : ERODE
66
Golden Rule preposition. : UNTO
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Confrere of Butler, Lord Woolton, etc. : EDEN
68
Uinta of Teton. : RANGE
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Assemble. : MASS
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Aptitude ___. : TEST
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Unmixed. : SHEER
Down
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"___ inhumanity to man." : MANS
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Composer Coates. : ERIC
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Overconcentration on one theme. : MONOMANIA
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Polishing substance. : EMERY
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Texas city on the Rio Grande. : LAREDO
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Vichy is one. : SPA
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3-D gadgets. : POLAROIDGLASSES
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"Pater Noster" ending. : AMEN
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Founder of a famous news agency. : REUTER
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Siamese. : TAI
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Be in store for. : AWAIT
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"Wizard of ___ Park." : MENLO
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Where Krupp plants operate. : ESSEN
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Annoys. : TEASES
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Relatives of umps. : REFS
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Movie director's command. : ACTION
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Authoress Lagerlof. : SELMA
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Victorian's word of regret. : ALAS
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Numskull. : DOLT
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Of a Eurasian chain. : URALIC
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Greek letter. : GAMMA
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Rock in Mammoth Cave. : LIMESTONE
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Poll-taker Roper. : ELMO
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Gaseous chemical element. : NEON
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Ally of Athens at Thermopylae. : SPARTA
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Turkish inn. : IMARET
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Anglers for lampreys. : EELERS
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Fact presented. : DATUM
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Actress Massey. : ILONA
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Projected circles of light: Colloq. : SPOTS
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Mrs. Cooke of tennis. : SARAH
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B. C. Persian. : MEDE
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Advantage: Colloq. : EDGE
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___ Crossing (highway sign). : DEER
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Marciano's specialties. : KOS
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A filling for shells. : TNT

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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