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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, May 26, 1954

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 56.9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,793
Across
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What transit should be. : RAPID
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Proofreader's word. : STET
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Whittier's Miss Muller. : MAUD
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Actress Hervey. : IRENE
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Yellow fish. : ORFE
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Contemporary cartoonist. : ARNO
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Composer of "Grand Canyon Suite." : FERDEGROFE
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Big town. : CITY
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Have a share. : TAKEPARTIN
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Nazi to Nazi. : HEIL
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Fellow feeling. : PITY
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Armand Duval's love. : CAMILLE
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Ivanhoe's love. : ROWENA
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Set resolutely to work. : DIGIN
29
Impersonating. : APING
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The work of Carl Sandburg. : FREEVERSE
34
Pinochle, for instance. : MELD
35
The caddie's burden. : IRONS
36
Unctious. : OILY
37
Stop on the way. : INTERCEPT
39
River through Berlin. : SPREE
40
Bases for curricula. : NEEDS
41
First, second and high. : SPEEDS
42
O'Neill heroine. : ELECTRA
45
George ___ McCutcheon. : BARR
46
"___ le roi!" : VIVE
47
Made more durable. : ALLEVIATED
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Surrounded by. : AMID
53
Cellini was one. : FLORENTINE
54
Actress Naldi. : NITA
55
Bird that flies from pole to pole. : TERN
56
Was compatible. : GOTON
57
Genial host's exhortation. : STAY
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Koko's snicker ___. : SNEE
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Worn away. : EROSE
Down
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Schism. : RIFT
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Sunken entranceway. : AREA
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Come to a boil, as coffee. : PERK
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Date Jefferson and John Adams died, in 1826. : INDEPENDENCEDAY
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He wrote "Sorrell and Son." : DEEPING
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My fault! : SORRY
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Race at Goshen. : TROT
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Working well. : EFFICIENT
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Relative of salad days. : TEENAGES
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Factory worker. : MACHINEOPERATOR
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"Tempest" sprite. : ARIEL
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To the point that. : UNTIL
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Creator of Professor Moriarty. : DOYLE
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A shark. : GATA
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1,004. : MIV
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Branches. : RAMI
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Half a password. : OPEN
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Lose one's freshness. : WILT
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Pendant earrings. : DROPS
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TV humorist. : FREDALLEN
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"Le ___," Parisian humorous magazine. : RIRE
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Yukon vehicle. : SLED
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Argus had a hundred. : EYES
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Floes. : ICERAFTS
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Steep. : RET
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Snare for birds. : SPRINGE
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But. : SAVE
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Author of "Angel Unaware." : EVANS
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Confine. : LIMIT
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Perón's late wife. : EVITA
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City NE of Geneva. : BERNE
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Erudition. : LORE
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European President. : TITO
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"Country" Slaughter. : ENOS
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Sand hill: Eng. : DENE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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