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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, February 24, 1951

28-Across : Carried too far.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 36.1
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 615
Across
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Site of the Taj Mahal. : AGRA
5
Radio's "Fat Man." : BRAD
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Five-time candidate for President. : DEBS
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"___ Butterfly." : POOR
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Spooky. : EERY
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TV puppet. : OLLIE
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His latest book is "Episode in Palmetto." : ERSKINECALDWELL
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Transactions in used car lots. : RESALES
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Where Yanks, Dodgers, etc., sit. : DUGOUTS
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Product of Chile. : NITER
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Man's name: Abbr. : GEO
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Where "Ike" grew up. : KANSAS
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Carried too far. : OVERDONE
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Nymph of the hills. : OREAD
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Mohammedan nobles. : AMIRS
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Stockyards transient. : HOG
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Pesters. : NAGS
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Transportation to New Jersey. : TUBES
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Ali ___. : BABA
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Food fish. : IDE
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For ___ sake! : PETES
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Ominously vivid. : LURID
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Connecticut's John Davis Lodge, for instance. : GOVERNOR
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Swamp. : MORASS
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From: Used in German names. : VON
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Gelett Burgess' creations. : GOOPS
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Oriental. : ASIATIC
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Tableland. : PLATEAU
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Only 234 of them are now Democrats. : REPRESENTATIVES
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Students' end-term worries. : TESTS
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Villain's look. : LEER
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Makes a score in basketball. : NETS
61
Local unit of a veteran's organization. : POST
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Husing, Lewis, and Williams. : TEDS
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Snarl, as a dog. : GNAR
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Unoriginal person. : APER
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Tapering breadth of fabric. : GORE
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Editor of the "New Yorker." : ROSS
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MacArthur's birth state. : ARKANSAS
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Stephen Vincent and William Rose. : BENETS
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Lizette ___, author of "Tears." : REESE
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___ de Triomphe, Paris. : ARC
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Couple. : DYAD
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"Dem Bums." : DODGERS
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Mr. Dowd, friend of "Harvey." : ELWOOD
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A color: Fr. : BLEU
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Sand in running water. : SILT
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Disappearing railways in N. Y. C. : ELS
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Companion piece of the "Odyssey." : ILIAD
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German guns. : LUGERS
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Composer of "Blossom Time," "New Moon," etc. : ROMBERG
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German physicist noted for acoustical research (1832–1901). : KONIG
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Tilled land, in the southwest. : ARADO
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Region in Palestine: Var. : NEGEV
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Competes. : VIES
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Kim's last name. : OHARA
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Ora pro ___. : NOBIS
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Expletives used by Major Hoople. : EGADS
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Detroit product. : AUTO
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Pancho Gonzales' game. : TENNIS
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"The bombs ___ in air." : BURSTING
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Expression of objection. : PROTEST
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Yankee pitcher. : LOPAT
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Secretary of State under Hayes. : EVARTS
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Adults grow six in each jaw. : MOLARS
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Chose, as citizenship. : OPTED
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Man's nickname. : ART
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Percolate slowly. : SEEP
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___ facto. : IPSO
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Welshman. : CELT
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Parallel. : EVEN
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Philippine dwarf. : AETA
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Malik's country. : USSR
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By birth. : NEE

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

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