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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, February 10, 1951

34-Down : Fancy case.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 57.4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 601
Across
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They marched in January. : DIMES
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Mr. Dionne, for instance. : PAPA
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Beloved. : DEAR
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Mr. Leinsdorf, Rochester Philharmonic conductor. : ERICH
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Decoy. : LURE
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Churchill Downs event. : RACE
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Marketable price. : VALUE
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Fruit punches. : ADES
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Where Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal. : AGRA
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Site of Little America. : ANTARCTIC
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Coquette. : OGLER
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Procrastinator's fault. : DILATORINESS
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Chinese temple. : PAGODA
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Ancient Persian. : MEDE
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Small indoor glass-enclosed gardens. : TERRARIUMS
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Weight used in China. : TAEL
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Macaw. : ARA
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Simpletons. : NINNIES
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Big-time operator: G. I. talk. : BTO
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Its seed yields oil and flour. : SOYA
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Hull's successor as Secretary of State. : STETTINIUS
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Tokyo is MacArthur's. : BASE
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Of small worth (25 cents). : TWOBIT
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E. C. A. : MARSHALLPLAN
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Señora Peron. : EVITA
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Becoming hidden from view. : LATESCENT
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Holla! : SOLA
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Piccolo ___. : PETE
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The first European poet. : HOMER
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Best-seller "Kon-___." : TIKI
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Deep freeze. : ICER
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Author Zola. : EMILE
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Seaport fortress of Arabia. : ADEN
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Volcano in Sicily. : ETNA
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What Faust does to his soul. : SELLS
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Hindu deity. : DEVA
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Pahlevi's land, site of first major "Point 4" project. : IRAN
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Mr. Gross, creator of "Nize Baby." : MILT
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Where Guayaquil is. : ECUADOR
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He wrote "The Rivals," 1775. : SHERIDAN
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River between Uruguay and Argentina. : PLATA
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Examine the accounts. : AUDIT
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Pledge oneself beforehand. : PRECOMMIT
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Roman money. : AES
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A radio "police case" program. : DRAGNET
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U. S. colonel's insigne. : EAGLE
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Character created by 5-Down. : ACRES
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Constructs. : REARS
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"___ Harlowe," in seven volumes. : CLARISSA
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Suffix meaning "like." : OID
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Alight again. : RESETTLE
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Parents' associations. : PTAS
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Go by plane. : AERO
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He wrote a famous elegy. : GRAY
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Ability to think. : INTELLECT
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One: French. : UNE
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Old Hebrew month. : ABIB
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Fancy case. : ETUI
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Willa Cather's "A ___ Lady." : LOST
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Indians of the Pacific coast. : SIWASHES
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Cast no vote, as in U. N. : ABSTAIN
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"Non compos mentis": Shakespeare. : NONCOME
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Cry of triumph. : AHA
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Luxembourg minister. : MESTA
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Give a wide berth. : AVOID
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German lyric poet of great modern influence. : RILKE
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To delay. : LATEN
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Creatures having wings: Comb. form. : PTERA
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Mr. Verban of baseball. : EMIL
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Mrs. Fiske's role, Salvation ___. : NELL
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Jack Horner's treat. : PIE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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