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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

TALL TITLES

New York Times, Sunday, September 20, 1970

9-Down : Braces

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.38, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 530 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 131, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,708
Across
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Scopes : AMBITS
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Plea : ENTREATY
15
Ablutions : BATHS
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Sideshow man : CARNIE
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___ boom : LOWERTHE
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Kind of committee : ADHOC
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Sequel to "Dad's Awakening" : THESONALSORISES
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The ending : OMEGA
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Spy name : HARI
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Dockers' union: Abbr. : ILA
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Math ratios : SINES
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"Yes, ___" by Sammy Davis : ICAN
30
Kittiwake : GULL
32
Town on the Hudson : NYACK
34
Main force : BRUNT
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Most miserly : TIGHTEST
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Abbreviation in physics : CGS
40
More chichi : ARTIER
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Ham it up : EMOTE
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Buzzes : WHIRS
45
Ruler's epithet : GREAT
46
Resin : LAC
49
Masefield heroine : NAN
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Addison's colleague : STEELE
52
"As You Like It" girl : CELIA
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Forum garb : TOGA
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Leghorn's largesse : EGGS
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Encomium : ELOGE
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Bills : ONES
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Less perilous : SAFER
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Civic center : TOWNHALL
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Signify : DENOTE
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Coat fur : OTTER
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Chits : IOUS
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Cupola-shaped : DOMICAL
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Oriental nurse : AMAH
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Bishop's headdress : MITRE
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Inflict : IMPOSE
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Benefit : INTEREST
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Throbs : ACHES
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Ring champ, 1934 : BAER
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Dissuade : DETER
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___ Pea of Popeye strip : SWEE
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Shea occupants : METS
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Sesame : BENNE
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Feel by insight : INTUIT
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Native of: Suffix : ITE
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Blonde shade : ASH
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Rails : SORAS
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Subject to : UNDER
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Poe's foster father : ALLAN
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Dines at home : EATSIN
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Part of U. K. : ENG
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Musical flourishes : ROULADES
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Shade of brown : TAWNY
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Astaire : ADELE
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Do pruning : SNIP
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Greedy : AVID
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Wine and dine : TREAT
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Ad ___ : LIB
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Bullring cries : OLES
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Under legal age : MINOR
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"Portnoy's Complaint" : THEGRIPESOFROTH
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Provide with : ENDUE
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Pupils at times : RECITERS
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Roman goddess : LATONA
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Takes it easy : RESTS
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Finale on Broadway : ACTTHREE
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Tool for boring : TREPAN
Down
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Miracle drug : ACTH
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Asian deer : MAHA
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___ Rabbit : BRER
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Discernment : INSIGHT
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Spanish uncle : TIO
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Doddering : SENILE
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Fitzgerald : ELLA
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We: Lat. : NOS
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Braces : TWOS
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Peals again : RERINGS
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Avenging spirit : ERINYS
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Lost : ATSEA
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Post-picnic catsup bottles : THESCARLETLITTER
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It is so : YES
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___ Dai of Vietnam : BAO
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Esteem : ADMIRE
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Medusa's coiffure : THECURLOFTHEWILD
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Navaho lodge : HOGAN
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Meager : SCANT
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Sentry's call : ALLSWELL
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Salt Lake City team : UTES
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German localities : KREISE
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Snippet : BIT
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Belief : TENET
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Mature insect : IMAGO
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Orchestral variation : GONGWITHTHEWINDS
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Tale of a so-so adult student : THEOLDMANANDTHEC
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Heavy shoe : CREEDMORE
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Chinese pagoda : TAA
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Dr. Gesell's co-author : ILG
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Ligurian port : GENOA
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One of 80 Across : AGEE
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Vikki the songstress : CARR
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Bohea and congou : TEAS
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Granting : CONCEDING
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Tamerlane's people : TATARS
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Siesta sounds : SNORES
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About : SOME
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Colors : HUES
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Ice in Berlin : EIS
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Unfolds : OPENS
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Town of Italy : ATRI
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Sound from a doll : MAMA
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Sherbets : ICES
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Michener title : IBERIA
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Emotional disorder : NEUROSIS
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Bristles : SETAE
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Part of a lifetime : TEENS
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Goal : END
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Cattle genus : BOS
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Anklebones : TALI
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Swinery : STY
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Expose : UNEARTH
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City in Indiana : LAPORTE
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"Over ___" (sign-off) : ANDOUT
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Writ against a debtor : ELEGIT
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Open : UNBOLT
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Circus performer : TAMER
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Of birds: var. : AVINE
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Put up : ERECT
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Stratum : TIER
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___ majesty : LESE
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Pilot's maneuver : LOOP
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Sicilian spouter : ETNA
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Burmese group : SHAN
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In medias ___ : RES
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Refrain syllable : TRA
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Evangeline's Grand ___ : PRE
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Remote : FAR

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8 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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