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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

TOGETHERNESS

New York Times, Sunday, November 24, 1963

41-Across : Dull in discourse.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 526 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,229
Across
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Highly favored. : BLEST
6
Stock trading area. : THEPIT
12
Carriage of India. : TONGA
17
Bassanio. : SUITOR
18
Exodus. : HEGIRA
19
Large dark recesses. : CAVERNS
21
Lad in uniform. : LITTLELEAGUER
23
Enliven. : ANIMATE
24
Der ___. : ALTE
25
Scandinavian noble. : YARL
26
Catches. : SNARES
28
"___, you noblest English!" : ONON
29
16th cen. date. : MDL
30
Reward: Poet. : MEED
32
Greek letters. : ETAS
33
Accomplished. : DID
34
African port. : SUEZ
36
Black suit. : SPADES
38
Out yonder. : AFAR
40
Lion's pride. : MANE
41
Dull in discourse. : PROSY
43
Bourguiba's capital. : TUNIS
45
Robert E. Lee's horse. : TRAVELER
47
Italian river. : LIRI
49
Annoying ones. : PESTS
51
Bagpipe sound. : SKIRL
52
Fish market chore. : SCALING
55
Runway. : STRIP
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Fermi. : ENRICO
60
Old car. : REO
61
Products of Ireland. : LACES
63
Golf term. : EAGLE
65
Headdress. : TIARA
66
Jardinieres. : URNS
68
Scene of "shot heard round the world." : CONCORDMASS
71
Space monkey. : ENOS
72
More pleasant. : NICER
74
Prods. : GOADS
75
Prank. : ANTIC
77
Yard: Abbr. : CRT
78
Like some streets. : TORNUP
80
___ Tower, Honolulu landmark. : ALOHA
82
University of the South. : SEWANEE
84
Let up. : EASED
86
Precisians. : PRIGS
88
Burnett heroine. : SARA
89
Ran with short quick steps. : PATTERED
92
Gaiters. : SPATS
94
Longlegs. : STILT
97
Helm position. : ALEE
98
Munich's river. : ISAR
100
Sigmund ___, musicologist. : SPAETH
102
Company. : FIRM
104
___-dandy. : JIM
105
Turkey ___. : TROT
107
Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Scotty's denial. : NAE
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Surrounded by. : AMID
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Big man in baseball. : HITTER
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Army man: Abbr. : SERG
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Galatea's beloved. : ACIS
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A "Good Neighbor." : MEXICAN
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Their symbol is an olive branch. : UNITEDNATIONS
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Buttercup's relative. : ANEMONE
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Cash register recording. : NOSALE
123
Musical treat. : MEDLEY
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Vogue. : TREND
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Fancies. : DREAMS
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Kind. : BRAND
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Form by degrees. : BUILDUP
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Champion golfer. : LITTLER
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Little: Suffix. : ETTE
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Scale tone. : SOL
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Card. : TREY
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Consequently. : THEREAT
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Got better. : HEALEDUP
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Ingredient of a flip. : EGG
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Papal name. : PIUS
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Peace, from the Greek. : IRENE
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Hedge laurel of N. Z. : TARATA
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Sun shades. : TANS
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Egg: Prefix. : OVI
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No one: Lat. : NEMO
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Coalition of 1689 or 1701. : GRANDALLIANCE
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Noted name in French theater. : ANTOINE
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Little and grand. : SLAMS
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Roman patrician family. : CAESARS
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Transmitter. : SENDER
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Magic item in old tale. : LAMP
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Float. : RAFT
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Sandy tracts, in England. : DENES
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French writer. : ZOLA
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Ancient language. : SYRIAC
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Constitution and Independence. : SISTERSHIPS
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Hand tool. : RAKE
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Like England, once. : MERRIE
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Window part. : SILL
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Violin. : STRAD
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Game like whist. : VINT
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How celebrities travel. : INCOG
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___ Chi. : SIGMA
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Prefix used with comic. : SERIO
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Builder's machine. : CONCRETEMIXER
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Birthplace of Columbus. : GENOA
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Layouts. : PLANS
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Ten million rupees. : CRORE
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Kiln. : OAST
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Peewee. : RUNT
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Tonsure area. : SCALP
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___ Park. : ESTES
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Washington group. : SENATE
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Lilac and lavender. : ODORS
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Husky's relative. : SIWASH
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Stratagem. : RUSE
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Laundry ___. : CART
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Iolanthe. : PERI
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Showing wonderment. : AGAPE
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Artless. : NAIF
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Set apart. : DESTINE
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His feast is April 21. : STANSELM
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Sleeper. : PAJAMA
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Food. : ALIMENT
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Cupid's missile. : DART
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Leaves a group. : SECEDES
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Sandburg subject. : LINCOLN
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Cultivated. : TRAINED
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Chubby. : ROTUND
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Sea bird. : TERN
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Careless. : MESSY
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Purport. : TENOR
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Mint item. : DIME
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Pledge of agreement. : HAND
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Tower. : RISE
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Leg, in Heraldry. : GAMB
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Opera. : AIDA
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___ amore. : CON
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Chinese pagoda. : TAA
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Region: Abbr. : TER

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