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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, September 18, 1958

39-Down : South American animal.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { B J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,369
Across
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Lecture. : ADDRESS
8
___ eclipse. : SOLAR
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Princely headgear. : CORONET
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Consumed. : USEDUP
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Singer. : CROONER
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Hats. : PANAMAS
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Nonflying bird. : EMU
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Go higher. : ARISE
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Attractive but risky thing. : SNARE
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Understands: Slang. : DIGS
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Regular fellow. : SPORT
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Pier or square column. : ANTA
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Lovelorn nymph. : ECHO
29
Perceives. : SPIES
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Unlucky. : ILL
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Arrangements. : SETUPS
35
Periods of rest. : HOLIDAYS
37
Office of a clergyman. : RECTORATE
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Uncle Toby's nephew. : TRISTRAM
42
Ebb. : RECEDE
46
Roman bronze. : AES
47
Sacred picture: Var. : EIKON
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Yemen's neighbor. : ADEN
50
Golf scores. : PARS
52
Gallic parents. : PERES
54
Box sleigh. : PUNG
55
Infuriated. : IRATE
57
Playwright Ben ___. : HECHT
59
Street dog. : CUR
60
Clinch breaker. : REFEREE
62
U. S. A. F. jet bomber. : TORNADO
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Experience again. : RELIVE
65
Pilots a plane. : AVIATES
66
Intertwined. : LACED
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Hold in check. : REPRESS
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Gives consent. : ACCEDES
2
Squirrels' kin. : DORMICE
3
Dust Bowl problem. : DROUGHT
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Leaping mammal: Colloq. : ROO
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Sicilian city. : ENNA
6
Men of vision. : SEERS
7
Pieces of bacon. : STRIPS
8
World's largest fresh-water lake. : SUPERIOR
9
Mother bear: Span. : OSA
10
Magnifier. : LENS
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City in Turkey. : ADANA
12
Where Ploesti is. : RUMANIA
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In some degree. : PARTLY
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Ratifies. : SEALS
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Second-year man. : SOPHOMORE
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Becomes disagreeable. : SOURS
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Pertaining to bodily tissues: Anat. : TELAR
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Location. : SITE
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Batsman Runnels. : PETE
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Fractional currency. : SCRIP
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Open a bottle. : DECAP
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Pay attention. : TAKEHEED
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South American animal. : TAPIR
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Nurturer. : REARER
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Poe poem. : ISRAFEL
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School. : EDUCATE
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Divests of rights. : DENUDES
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Occupy wholly. : ENGROSS
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Olympian drink. : NECTAR
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Ancient milestone. : STELA
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Push. : SHOVE
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Sweden's patron saint. : ERIC
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Step lightly. : TRIP
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Pre-festival time. : EVE
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Near: Scot. : NAR

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4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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