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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

THE SIZE OF THINGS

New York Times, Sunday, January 26, 1958

120-Across : Click beetle.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 531 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 23
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,134
Across
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Grand and little. : SLAMS
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It's measured in hands. : HORSE
11
Nasal tones. : TWANGS
17
Mayo or Vanderbilt. : CLINIC
18
Player piano device. : REROLL
19
Exoduses. : HEGIRAS
21
Eugene Field poem. : LITTLEBOYBLUE
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Natural environment. : ELEMENT
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Wartime agency. : ODT
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Unite. : KNIT
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Adam, Grumio, Simple, etc. : SERVANTS
28
Up: Comb. form. : ANO
29
Brighten. : GILD
31
Turkish officers. : AGAS
33
Compensate. : REPAY
34
Flabbergast. : STUN
35
Cynic's look. : SNEER
37
Capital of Manche. : STLO
39
River near Dunkirk. : YSER
40
Brisk. : NIPPY
41
Guide in "Pilgrim's Progress." : GREATHEART
44
Peaceful clime. : ARCADY
46
Spanish artist. : MIRO
47
Frisco fans in '58. : GIANTROOTERS
51
Red berry of a shrub. : HAW
54
Citizen of Riga. : LETT
56
Century plant. : ALOE
57
Winter wear. : WOOLENS
59
Salmagundi. : OLIO
61
Drenched. : ASOP
63
Place for an outdoor game. : LINKS
65
Massenet opera. : MANON
66
Cultist of a sort. : NUDIST
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Giant sequoia. : BIGTREE
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In ___ (privately). : CAMERA
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Role for Roberta Peters. : ADELE
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Capital of Liguria. : GENOA
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Verboten. : TABU
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Glance. : PEEK
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Astronomer's nova. : NEWSTAR
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Bridge charge. : TOLL
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Shade of green. : NILE
82
Nautical direction. : SSE
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Nursery rhyme. : LITTLEBOPEEP
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Harness. : GEAR
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Fifty cents? : DOLLAR
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Infielders. : SHORTSTOPS
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Allen of TV. : STEVE
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Hobart is its capital: Abbr. : TASM
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Tin center of Malaya. : IPOH
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___ plexus. : SOLAR
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Washington's adversary. : HOWE
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Greasewood. : CHICO
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River near Paris. : EURE
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Persian carpet. : KALI
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River into Lake Rudolph, Abyssinia. : OMO
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Blends, as colors. : GRADATES
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Antitoxins. : SERA
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Roman law: Var. : IUS
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Room, as on Baker Street. : PARLOUR
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Balkan alliance, 1920-21. : LITTLEENTENTE
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Colleague of 101 Across. : STLEGER
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Dried-up lake basins. : PLAYAS
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Click beetle. : ELATER
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Singularity. : ODDITY
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Markets. : SELLS
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Dr. ___, author of juveniles. : SEUSS
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Tot's sport. : SLIDING
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A golfing Gene. : LITTLER
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Myrmicid. : ANT
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Emulsion. : MILK
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Opera division. : SCENA
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Slangy salutation. : HEY
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The planets. : ORBS
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Function. : ROLE
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Mason's thin mixture. : SLURRY
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Lycée members. : ELEVES
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Between Long Island and Staten Island. : THENARROWS
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Mississippi writer. : WELTY
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Infancy, teens, etc. : AGES
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Steal: Dial. : NIM
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Large white dog. : GREATPYRENEES
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Squaw's mate. : SANNUP
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Clumsy shoes. : CLOGS
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Take turns. : ROTATE
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Pitiless. : STONY
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V. I. P.'s. : BIGSHOTS
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"And a partridge in ___ tree." : APEAR
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Judge. : DEEM
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Kind of lava. : SLAG
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Light indicating vehicle's location. : SIDELAMP
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Inveigh (against). : RAIL
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Cathedral town near Brindisi. : ORIA
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Victor Herbert opera. : NATOMA
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Bargain. : TREAT
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Paul Bunyan specialties. : TALLTALES
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Cockney's word of surprise. : COO
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Black: Fr. : NOIR
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Guiding principle. : TENET
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Siesta sounds. : SNORES
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Where Kaifeng is. : HONAN
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Lab vessel. : ALUDEL
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Sunday TV fare. : WIDEWIDEWORLD
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___ sure. : TOBE
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Shoshone Indian. : SNAKE
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Type of heater. : OILSTOVE
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Calico horse. : PINTO
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Famous English actor. : KEAN
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Descend. : SETTLE
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Boorish fellow. : GOOP
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Diminutive suffixes. : CULES
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First warship of British Navy. : GREATHARRY
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Yalta conference group. : BIGTHREE
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___ but (nearly). : ALL
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City near Utah Lake. : LEHI
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Diner sign. : EATS
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Uniform decoration. : BRAID
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Contemporary of Swift. : POPE
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Chess piece. : ROOK
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Excites. : ROUSES
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Grievances. : PLAINTS
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Gestures of welcome. : SALUTES
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Emporia. : SHOPS
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Garden plant. : TOMATO
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Tonsure areas. : SCALPS
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Producing movement. : MOTILE
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Stair part. : RISER
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Caster. : CRUET
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Sea birds. : ERNES
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Songstress Grant. : GOGI
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Common Latin abbreviation. : ETAL
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Pillar: Comb. form. : STYL
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Salt tree. : ATLE
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Outran. : LED
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___ Palmas. : LAS
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Parisian's aqua. : EAU

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5 unique to this puzzle, 18 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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