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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

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New York Times, Sunday, July 29, 1962

100-Across : Quatrains.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 71, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 566 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Entries for 55-Across and 55-Down were incorrect (WASTES/WARD); corrected them to BASTES/BARD. Also, entries for 80-Across and 69-Down were incorrect (ACHE/GLUE); corrected them to ACHT/GLUT.

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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,762
Across
1
Percolates. : SEEPS
6
Rebecca and others. : WESTS
11
Units of rhythm. : BEATS
16
Time span of a sort. : TENURE
17
East Asian. : MANCHU
18
Cattleman. : RANCHER
20
Irish county. : ANTRIM
21
High regard. : ESTEEM
22
Arty person. : ESTHETE
23
___ yong, Chinese dish. : FOO
24
Cummerbund. : SASH
26
Cuckoo. : ANI
27
The maples. : ACER
28
Attila. : HUN
29
Churchill book, 1953. : TRIUMPHANDTRAGEDY
33
U. N. labor body. : ILO
34
Dr. Jonas. : SALK
35
Mata ___. : HARI
36
Store. : FUND
37
Bite on. : GNAW
38
Ideal societies. : UTOPIAS
41
___ fixe. : IDEE
42
Wagner role. : HAGEN
43
State. : DECLARE
46
Dornicks. : STONES
48
Bistro. : CAFE
49
___ Francis. : ARLENE
50
Debilitate. : WEAKEN
51
Adapt. : CONFORM
54
Moderates. : COOLS
55
Sews. : BASTES
56
Domino. : MASK
57
Charge. : FEE
58
Picardy river. : OISE
59
Gay city. : PAREE
60
Type of wagon. : TCART
62
Some G. I.'s : PFCS
63
Here: Fr. : ICI
64
Graceful. : AIRY
65
Outside: Fr. : DEHORS
67
Parnassus name. : ERATO
68
Intertwined. : TANGLED
70
Brooms. : BESOMS
71
Conn. town on the Thames. : GROTON
72
Delighted. : GLAD
73
Tears to shreds. : RIPSUP
74
Users of shanks' mare. : FOOTERS
75
Egypt's symbol. : LOTUS
77
Closing chords. : CODA
78
Repetition, in music. : REPRISE
80
Eight: Ger. : ACHT
81
One who feels pity. : RUER
82
Joie de vivre. : ELAN
83
Capt. Hook's henchman. : SMEE
87
Sault ___ Marie. : STE
88
Churchill book, 1948. : THEGATHERINGSTORM
93
Sailor. : TAR
94
Anklets. : HOSE
95
Isle in Irish Sea. : MAN
96
Aberdonian. : SCOT
97
Pen part. : NIB
98
Plain. : EVIDENT
100
Quatrains. : VERSES
102
Of sacred promises. : VOTIVE
104
Money in Lima. : DINEROS
105
Guarantee. : ENSURE
106
Heath plant. : ERICAD
107
Roman rampart. : AGGER
108
Outer space. : ETHER
109
19th century French writer. : RENAN
Down
1
Feminine title. : SENORA
2
Ensnare. : ENTOIL
3
The Old World: Abbr. : EUR
4
Decorative glass luster. : PRISM
5
Signal. : SEMAPHORE
6
Lived. : WAS
7
Inward. : ENTAD
8
Hound's clue. : SCENT
9
Churchill book, 1949. : THEIRFINESTHOUR
10
Total. : SUM
11
Founded. : BASED
12
Vestibule. : ENTRY
13
Herr's cry. : ACH
14
Churchill book, 1950. : THEHINGEOFFATE
15
Tiny bristles. : SETULAE
16
White House family. : TAFTS
17
Camel used in Algeria. : MEHARI
18
Ebb. : RECEDE
19
Exalted fame. : RENOWN
25
Ike's command in 1951. : SHAPE
27
Dickens girl. : AGNES
30
Small guitar. : UKULELE
31
Neighbors of Sumatrans. : NIASESE
32
Contemporary poet. : AUDEN
37
Spar. : GAFF
39
Shoe shades. : TANS
40
Counterpart of a foreign office. : STATEDEPARTMENT
42
Skein. : HANK
43
Indian gangster. : DACOIT
44
Symphony of 1804. : EROICA
45
Churchill book, 1951. : CLOSINGTHERING
47
Turkish weight. : OKE
48
Outlay. : COST
50
Cautious. : WARY
51
Freight from Flint. : CARS
52
Exeter head at Oxford. : RECTOR
53
Nuclear particles. : MESONS
55
Minstrel. : BARD
56
Ares. : MARS
59
Variegated. : PIED
61
Equal. : COMPEER
62
Object. : PROTEST
64
See 13 Down. : ALAS
66
Letter. : ESS
67
Psyche's beloved. : EROS
69
Satiate. : GLUT
70
___ wee. : BIDEA
71
Reviewing. : GOINGOVER
73
Cosmetic. : ROUGE
74
French coin. : FRANC
75
Held out. : LASTED
76
Mark Antony's wife. : OCTAVIA
77
Helmets. : CRESTS
79
Plaited: Fr. : PLISSE
84
Santa ___. : MONICA
85
Armenian capital. : ERIVAN
86
Set solidly. : EMBED
88
Thither. : THERE
89
Guard of ___. : HONOR
90
Severe. : HARSH
91
Follow. : ENSUE
92
Lay up. : STORE
99
A.B. or M.A. : DEG
100
Victory sign. : VEE
101
Slip. : ERR
103
Stannum. : TIN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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