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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, August 18, 1962

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

When this puzzle ran, Hawaii had been a state for nearly 3 years, so the 64-Across clue is erroneous.

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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,782
Across
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Flapper Age fur. : RACCOON
8
Cosmetic preparation. : MASCARA
15
Magnify. : ENLARGE
16
Aida's rival. : AMNERIS
17
More truculent. : FIERCER
18
Sheds. : LEANTOS
19
Physicians' group. : AMA
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Attentive. : HEEDING
22
Native of: Suffix. : ITE
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Mystery writer. : CARR
25
Agamemnon's strategy. : SIEGE
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Goddess from 1700 B.C. : ISIS
27
Needle cases. : ETUIS
29
Grayish brown. : DUN
30
"___ house is his castle." : AMANS
31
Steeped. : SOPPED
33
Important business. : SELLING
35
Composition. : OPUS
37
Base. : ROOT
38
Period of five years. : LUSTRUM
41
Noah's landfall. : ARARAT
45
Subject of Virginia's famous query. : SANTA
46
Political color. : RED
48
Set of verses. : STAVE
49
Part of TV. : TELE
50
Molybdenum, for example. : METAL
52
First garden. : EDEN
53
Nibbled. : ATE
54
Vilified. : DEFAMED
56
Office holders. : INS
57
Pizzeria dish. : RAVIOLI
59
Mean. : AVERAGE
61
Supreme Being. : CREATOR
62
Legislative bodies. : SENATES
63
Greek. : HELLENE
64
Southernmost city of U. S. : KEYWEST
Down
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Puts a new front on. : REFACES
2
Lively: Mus. : ANIMATO
3
Elucidate. : CLEARUP
4
Sleeper. : CAR
5
Theatre section: Abbr. : ORCH
6
Curved moldings. : OGEES
7
Sea nymph. : NEREID
8
Traducer. : MALIGNER
9
Agreeable; pleasing. : AMENE
10
Projecting tooth. : SNAG
11
Period of time: Abbr. : CEN
12
Skilled worker. : ARTISAN
13
In tumult. : RIOTING
14
Appraise. : ASSESS
21
___ ex machina. : DEUS
24
Quick, sharp retort. : RIPOSTE
26
Ape. : IMITATE
28
Partitions: Bot. : SEPTA
30
Then: Fr. : ALORS
32
County of N. England: Abbr. : DUR
34
Mauna ___. : LOA
36
Certain: Slang. : SUREFIRE
38
___ Sunday, fourth in Lent. : LAETARE
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Not even. : UNLEVEL
40
"Simple Simon ___ pieman ... " : META
42
Emit heat or light. : RADIATE
43
Exacts satisfaction for. : AVENGES
44
Least relaxed. : TENSEST
45
Food substance. : STARCH
47
Deep-pink or rose. : DAMASK
50
Juicy fruit. : MELON
51
Protection against floods. : LEVEE
54
___ on (love too much). : DOTE
55
Gainsay. : DENY
58
Adjective suffix. : IAL
60
Cold and damp. : RAW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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