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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, February 19, 1951

48-Down : "A ___, a dollar."

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 610
Across
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Ambassador-at-___. : LARGE
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James Fuchs hurls it. : SHOT
10
Marshall ___. : PLAN
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Macaw of Brazil. : ARARA
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Leander's lady. : HERO
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Light gauzy fabric for curtains. : LENO
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Phony. : BOGUS
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Hannibal's Alp-crossers. : ELEPHANTS
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Desserts. : SWEETS
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Scene of "Hamlet." : ELSINORE
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Fictional man without a country. : NOLAN
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Attendant on Cleopatra: Shakespeare. : ALEXAS
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Existing in name only. : NOMINAL
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Yogi Berra's glove. : MITT
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Part of Arabia. : OMAN
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Grapefruit. : POMELO
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Watering place. : SPA
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"Where the deer and the antelope play." : RANGE
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Nothing. : NIL
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Seaport in Brazil. : NATAL
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New Governor of Kansas. : ARN
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Mend shoes. : RESOLE
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Seeds used in flavoring pickles. : DILL
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Contemporary cartoonist. : ARNO
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Officer's attendant. : ORDERLY
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Bird in "Treasure Island." : PARROT
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Sluggard. : SNAIL
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Annul, as a veto. : OVERRIDE
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Informer trousers. : SLACKS
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Enrolls in a list of voters. : REGISTERS
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Climbing plant. : LIANA
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Geraint's beautiful wife. : ENID
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Etnean output. : LAVA
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Mr. Booth, actor. : EDWIN
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Subject of King Frederik IX. : DANE
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Former leader of House of Commons. : EDEN
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Takes it easy. : RESTS
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Chem. workrooms. : LABS
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In a line. : AROW
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High dudgeon. : RAGE
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Governor of Alaska. : GRUENING
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Site of Lafayette College. : EASTON
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Pronoun. : SHE
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Hayes or Traubel. : HELEN
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Russian city. : OREL
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Part of a ship's rig. : TOPSAIL
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Jupiter is the largest. : PLANET
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Avenue in N. Y. C. : LENOX
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Cavities or sinuses. : ANTRA
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Problems of Pinocchio and Cyrano. : NOSES
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Creator of "Mr. Chips." : HILTON
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Smart blow with something flat. : SLAP
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Shipwrecked king in "The Tempest." : ALONSO
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The "doll" in "A Doll's House." : NORA
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___ Nelson Bradley. : OMAR
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Author of "Doctor Faustus." : MANN
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Secretary of the Treasury under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. : MELLON
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"O sole ___." : MIO
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Move briskly. : STIR
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Become wearisome. : PALL
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Associate under a treaty. : ALLY
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Outfielders make the fewest. : ERRORS
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Capital of South Australia. : ADELAIDE
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Call. : ENTITLE
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Historical periods. : ERAS
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Be pleasing to: Archaic. : ARRIDE
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"A ___, a dollar." : DILLER
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Read attentively. : PORED
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Genus of grasses, including the oat. : AVENA
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Dwarf in the Volsunga Saga. : REGIN
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Answer a purpose. : SERVE
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___ Sea, in Palestine. : DEAD
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Ravens' cries. : CAWS
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Make Argyles. : KNIT
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Without: Fr. : SANS
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___ Antonio, Texas. : SAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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