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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, September 21, 1954

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 56.5
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,911
Across
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Campus neophyte: Slang. : FROSH
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Admirable, in jive talk. : COOL
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Songstress Warren. : FRAN
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___ Island. : CONEY
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Goal of some students. : LORE
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Mrs. Chaplin. : OONA
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This: French. : CETTE
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Controversial poet. : EZRAPOUND
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___ Horse Dam in Montana. : HUNGRY
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"Panama" girl. : HATTIE
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Zoo, carousel, playgrounds, etc. : THEPARK
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Inspirit. : CHEER
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Decomposes. : ROTS
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Spanish grass. : ESPARTO
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Treasury agency: Abbr. : IRO
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Patron saint of Poland. : STANISLAUS
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Rabbit's feet. : PAWS
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Loathed. : HATED
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Asiatic tree. : DITA
40
Natives of French West Africa. : SENEGALESE
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Catskill sleeper. : RIP
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Unites firmly. : CEMENTS
44
451. : CDLI
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Picture puzzle. : REBUS
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Complied with. : HUMORED
50
Puts on guard. : ALERTS
52
Cucumber. : PEPINO
53
Performs a civic duty. : REGISTERS
55
Fruit-bearing trees. : LIMES
58
Let forth. : EMIT
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Asian mountains. : ALAI
60
In want. : NEEDY
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Start of a counting out rhyme. : EENY
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"Green Mansion" girl. : RIMA
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Chief Ruhr city. : ESSEN
Down
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Agency controlling TV. : FCC
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Fish delicacy. : ROE
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Having a high old time. : ONTHETOWN
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Certain arrangements. : SETUPS
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Cowardly animal. : HYENA
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Chaucer's story of Griselda (with "The"). : CLERKSTALE
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Muddy. : OOZY
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Lord Boyd ___. : ORR
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Jacob's substituted bride. : LEAH
10
Basis for operation. : FOOTHOLD
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Itinerary item. : ROUTE
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Gun-getting gal. : ANNIE
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Popular TV actor. : NADER
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NATO, SEATO, etc. : PACTS
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Name associated with law that "bad money drives out good." : GRESHAM
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Life of a salesman. : TRIPS
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Book of Hours. : HORAE
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Eucharistic plate. : PATEN
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Temporary dullness of perception. : ANESTHESIA
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Works out of place, as a coat. : RIDESUP
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Orly, Le Bourget, etc. : AIRDROMES
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Useful. : UTILE
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Palatable. : SAPID
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Social ___. : SECURITY
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Metrical romances. : GESTS
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European rabbits. : CONIES
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Peep show. : RAREE
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Brand of Smyrna figs. : ELEME
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Set about. : BEGIN
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Creator of Mr. Pym. : MILNE
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Destiny. : STAR
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Its habitat is 23 Across. : PRAM
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Byword at New Haven. : ELI
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British statesman. : EDE
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Together: Pref. : SYN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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