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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

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New York Times, Sunday, April 10, 1960

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 65, Avg Word Len: 5.61, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 548 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19, Grid flow: 35.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,922
Across
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Spacious. : BROAD
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Presses. : URGES
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Desert. : WASTE
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More arrogant. : PROUDER
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1909 headliner. : PEARY
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Fragrant gum. : INCENSE
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Certain business men. : LAUNDRYOWNERS
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Nutty sweets. : NOUGATS
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British author. : AMIS
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"Exodus" setting. : ISRAEL
27
Asiatic. : TATAR
29
Kept a tryst. : MET
30
Sediment. : SILT
31
Tidal flow. : EAGRE
32
Some busmen on holidays. : FARES
33
Earthy clay. : BOLE
34
Lowly Spartan. : HELOT
36
Legendary British king. : LUD
37
Second-___. : RATER
38
"___ de Suif," De Maupassant story. : BOULE
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Make effervescent. : AERATE
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Type of entertainment. : RADIOPROGRAM
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Prepares to fish again. : REBAITS
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Foundation for a machine. : BED
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Actress Bloom. : CLAIRE
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Historic peak. : ARARAT
48
Growing under snow. : NIVAL
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Feline of a sort. : ALLEYCAT
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Coarsely ground grain. : GRITS
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Widespread. : GENERAL
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City officer: Abbr. : ALD
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Tap room item. : ALE
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Humbug! : BOSH
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Masefeld's "Sea ___." : FEVER
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Expression. : VOICE
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Spanish-American fabric. : CREA
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Than: Ger. : ALS
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Rialto sign. : SRO
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Architectural feature. : STEEPLE
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Fictional tractor salesman. : BOTTS
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Millet subject. : GLEANERS
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Wild time. : SPREE
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Germ cell. : GAMETE
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Nag. : GEEGEE
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State: Abbr. : IND
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Dwelt. : RESIDED
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Concern of over 2 million Americans. : CIVILSERVICE
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Hair shirt. : CILICE
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Whatever. : ATALL
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Informal garb. : JEANS
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Retardation. : LAG
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Wish for. : COVET
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Canadian cape. : RACE
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Emperor, in old Japan. : TENNO
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Loop in rope. : BIGHT
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Tricksy sprite. : PIXY
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New suffix for "pay." : OLA
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The Louvre. : MUSEE
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Blot out. : DELETE
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Famous fabulist: Var. : ESOP
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Direct descendants. : LINEALS
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Poem by Thomas B. Read, 1865. : SHERIDANSRIDE
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Capable of being cut. : SECTILE
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Speeder in space. : COMET
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Akin. : RELATED
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Type of song. : YODEL
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"And ___ with golden hair." : EDITH
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Roe's relative. : MOOSE
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Menu item. : BOUILLABAISSE
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Finds by search. : RUNSTOEARTH
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Extra. : ODD
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Condor's home. : AERIE
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Cures food or hides. : DRYSALTS
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Ascending. : UPWARD
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Ballerina Jeanmaire. : RENEE
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Goidel. : GAEL
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Mistake. : ERR
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Synthetic. : SYSTATIC
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Leningrad edifice, now a museum. : WINTERPALACE
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Asiatic oxen. : ANOAS
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Whirring sound: Var. : SCUR
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Young sheep. : TEG
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Captivate. : ENAMOUR
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Trim hedges. : PLASH
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Fiber plant. : RAMIE
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$4 gold piece of 1880. : STELLA
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Prize. : ESTEEM
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Old-time fort defense. : ORGUE
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Part of the eye's iris. : AREOLA
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Hula hoops, for one. : FAD
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Par, in golf. : BOGEY
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Geologic period. : TRIAS
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Target-finding device. : RADAR
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___ from within. : BORED
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LL. D. holder. : ATT
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Goes back. : REVERTS
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Lunar cleft. : RILLE
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Heterogeneous collection. : RAGBAG
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Jazzman Garner. : ERROLL
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Hop stems. : BINES
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State: Abbr. : NEV
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One of a popular trio. : LAVERNE
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Portrait photograph. : CARTEDEVISITE
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Abutment in Roman architecture. : ALETTE
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Badgered. : TEASED
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Famous M. C. : GEORGEJESSEL
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Ran. : LOPED
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Manumits. : FREES
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___ de France. : ILE
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Broadway fare. : COMICOPERAS
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Angler's device. : SNELL
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Great works. : EPICS
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Primary. : BASIC
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Nimble. : AGILE
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Part of H. S. H. : SERENE
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Colloid. : GEL
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Fade away. : EVANESCE
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Chief aide, figuratively. : RIGHTARM
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Seasonal music. : CAROLS
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Neighbor of La France. : ITALIE
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Motel sign. : VACANCY
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Phoenician princess. : INO
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Shut up. : CAGED
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Witch in Goethe's "Faust." : LILITH
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Finale in Greek drama. : EXODE
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Prefigured. : TYPED
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Netting. : TULLE
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Cap. : BERET
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I hold: Lat. : TENEO
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Domestic. : MAID
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Half: Fr. : DEMI
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1944 area. : ETO
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Scuttle. : HOD
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Highway warning. : SLO

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9 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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