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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, January 17, 1953

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 21.7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,308
Across
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Postponements. : DEFERRALS
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Fun in the field. : SPORT
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Highest peak in the Andes, 22,835 feet. : ACONCAGUA
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Daughter of David. : TAMAR
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Senators Mansfield and Murray. : MONTANANS
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Emulate Daniel Webster. : ORATE
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Ye ___ Tea Shoppe. : OLDE
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On which acrobats perform. : TIGHTWIRES
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Approaches. : NEARS
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River in Texas, 350 miles. : NECHES
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Kin of C. Q. D. : SOS
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June bug. : DOR
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Short-long foot in verse. : IAMB
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Vichy is one. : SPA
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Hazard on a farm road. : RUT
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Where the Ploesti oil fields are. : RUMANIA
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Hanging. : PENSILE
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Become smaller. : DWINDLE
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Form used by Bach. : CANTATA
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Downcast. : SAD
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Over: Poetic. : OER
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Field. : AREA
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Common timetable abbreviation. : ARR
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Root vegetable. : YAM
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Airport in Newfoundland. : GANDER
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___ law, excluding women from the throne. : SALIC
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Singer-comedian from Ohio. : DEANMARTIN
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Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
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American Derby winner in 1942. : ALSAB
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Seine tributary. : OISERIVER
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Hit. : SMOTE
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Widespread. : PREVALENT
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Optimist. : HOPER
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Ballads beneath balconies. : SERENADES
Down
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Symbol of friendship. : DAMON
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Relative of a pensionnat. : ECOLE
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Actor in "Point of No Return." : FONDA
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Matriculates. : ENTERS
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Radio group. : RCA
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Bombast. : RANT
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Another time. : AGAIN
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Leaped forward. : LUNGED
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Window parts. : SASHCORDS
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Serial writer of 1851. : STOWE
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Man from Montmartre. : PARISIAN
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Fitzgerald introduced him to the West. : OMAR
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Charge. : RATE
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___ bien. : TRES
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Road to be built from Buffalo to N. Y. C. : THRUWAY
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City in Spain. : SORIA
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Raisin from Mediterranean lands. : SULTANA
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Island off Norway. : ANDO
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Fifteen-minute walk. : MILE
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Heavyweight champ in 1934. : BAER
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Humane society. : SPCA
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Bartlett or Bosc. : PEAR
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Two-year-old princess. : ANNE
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Manifestations of lamentation. : TEARDROPS
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King with the ass's ears. : MIDAS
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Become inactive. : STAGNATE
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Go away. : RETIRE
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Before 1948, capital of the Philippines. : MANILA
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Fictional female. : AMBER
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Upright piece of a step. : RISER
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"If I ___ You." : LOVED
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Ten-year-old Grecian princess. : IRENE
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Sidewalk vehicles. : CARTS
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100-yard event. : DASH
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Poll-taker Roper. : ELMO
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Soaked. : ASOP
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Snow on a glacier. : NEVE
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Scurried. : RAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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