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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, June 23, 1951

28-Across : Instruct privately: Humorous.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 734
Across
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Perennial parkers. : CARS
5
The not-so-groaning board. : TABLE
10
Inland sea. : ARAL
14
___ service. : ROOM
15
Siouan tribe, now in Oklahoma. : OTOES
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Ruler of Nepal. : RANA
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Famous octogenarian. : ARTUROTOSCANINI
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Japanese name. : ITO
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Coup d'___. : ETAT
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April event in baseball : OPENER
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Home for 1 Across. : GARAGE
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Count Turf, et al. : HORSES
27
Cover. : LID
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Instruct privately: Humorous. : TUTE
29
Recipe to keep from losing one's temper. : TEN
32
Ambassador to the Philippines. : COWEN
35
Boy of the silver skates. : HANS
36
Vexatious. : SORE
37
Flicka's creator. : OHARA
38
Killer whale. : ORC
39
Minute groove. : STRIA
40
Lose freshness. : WILT
41
End or objective. : SAKE
42
It can score 4 runs. : HOMER
43
House builder's early purchase. : LOT
44
Longfellow's "Bell of ___." : ATRI
45
Original part of all of us. : SIN
46
Manchurian port. : DAIREN
48
Important matter in Japan. : TREATY
52
June girl: 2 wds. : ABRIDE
54
___ club. : GLEE
56
Inlet. : RIA
57
The Irish Free State. : SAORSTATEIREANN
60
It's measured in points. : TYPE
61
Emmett Kelly, for instance. : CLOWN
62
Migration. : TREK
63
Hebrew musical instrument. : ASOR
64
Workers. : HANDS
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Sinclair Lewis' hero. : CASS
Down
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Mystery writer, ___ Rice. : CRAIG
2
Great arterial trunk. : AORTA
3
Revolving part. : ROTOR
4
University in Dallas. : SMU
5
Beeped the horn. : TOOTED
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
7
Creator of William Sylvanus Baxter. : BOOTHTARKINGTON
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Bandleader Brown. : LES
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Honor guards. : ESCORTS
10
Wild buffalo. : ARNEE
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Picnic spoiler. : RAINSTORM
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Broadway's Miss Jeffreys. : ANNE
13
Simba's bed. : LAIR
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Capital of Saskatchewan. : REGINA
19
Church recess. : APSE
24
Wide-awake. : ALERT
26
Six cents worth of air mail. : OUNCE
30
Canal completed in 1825. : ERIE
31
Closefisted. : NEAR
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Star of "Lilac Time." : COWL
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Governor Lausche's state. : OHIO
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Red Sox second-year man. : WALTDROPO
35
Sir Samuel ___ of Britain. : HOARE
36
Chief Justice before Vinson. : STONE
39
"Berlin Diary" author. : SHIRER
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Traditional part of the 7th inning. : STRETCH
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Helps. : AIDS
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Gertrude and Leo. : STEINS
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Frame for drying clothes. : AIRER
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Large parrot. : ARARA
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Business end of a fork. : TINES
51
Fighters under the U. N. banner. : YANKS
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Name of The Thin Man's terrier. : ASTA
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Reddish-brown horses. : BAYS
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Salacious. : LEWD
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Recent Premier of Iran. : ALA
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And the rest. : ETC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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