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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, March 29, 1957

20-Across : Ancestry.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,831
Across
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Pearly ___. : GATES
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Son of Jacob. : GAD
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City in Turkey. : URFA
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Junior's future status. : ADULT
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Duty. : ONUS
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Fur animal. : SEAL
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Schoolboy's error. : BONER
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Part of Texas. : PANHANDLE
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Ancestry. : ORIGIN
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1104. : MCIV
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Move slowly. : LAG
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Dwells. : RESIDES
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Coeur d'___ National Forest, Idaho. : ALENE
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Sermon subject. : TEXT
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Immaturity. : NONAGE
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Member of the family. : MOM
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Bus standee. : STRAPHANGER
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Summer month in France. : AOUT
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Resembling: Suffix. : ISH
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Go by plane. : AERO
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Green coloring matter of plants. : CHLOROPHYLL
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Primula is one. : DYE
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Unclouded. : SERENE
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Measures of length. : FEET
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___ down (moderated). : TONED
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Beg. : ENTREAT
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Coming month: Abbr. : APR
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Verboten. : TABU
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Not so fresh. : STALER
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Acrobat's stunt. : HEADSTAND
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City in Portugal. : EVORA
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Italian wine center. : ASTI
66
Fasten again. : REPIN
67
Deadlocked, as a jury. : HUNG
68
Boston or Chicago team. : SOX
69
Unctuous. : SLEEK
Down
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Actress from Hungary. : GABOR
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Love very much. : ADORE
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N. African city. : TUNIS
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Judicial writ. : ELEGIT
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Long steps. : STRIDES
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Initials dating from 1880. : GOP
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Hué is its capital. : ANAM
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Empire style of furniture. : DUNCANPHYFE
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Armed forces monogram. : USN
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Describing Cincinnati's team. : REDLEGGED
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Famous Scottie. : FALA
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Give ___ up (help to advance). : ALEG
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National park in Tennessee. : SHILOH
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Oat genus. : AVENA
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Beside. : NEXT
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Game fish. : STRIPEDBASS
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Wendy's dog. : NANA
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Spooky. : EERY
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Prefix used with names. : MAC
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Intensified exclamations of delight. : OOHS
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Frankie Laine's song. : MULETRAIN
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Timber tree. : ASH
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Anonymous Richard. : ROE
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Ferdinand, for one. : TORO
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Leases. : RENTS
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___ time. : ONEATA
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Camera part. : LENS
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A to Z. : LETTERS
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Go places. : TRAVEL
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Escape. : ELOPE
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Eagle's nest. : AERIE
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Skin from which glove shapes are cut. : TRANK
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Admonitory exclamation. : AHAH
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Valuable timber tree of Chile. : PELU
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Poetic preposition. : UNTO
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Well-remembered U. N. name. : DAG
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Fort in N. J. : DIX

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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