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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

UPS AND DOWNS

New York Times, Sunday, August 30, 1959

25-Across : Colonist at Plymouth.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 532 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,698
Across
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Endured. : STOOD
6
Tool for smoothing. : TROWEL
12
Pointed tools. : AWLS
16
Popular novel of 1886. : STELMO
17
Go away. : RETIRE
18
Noisy feasts. : RIOTS
20
Favorable position. : STANDIN
21
Half of Kentucky's motto. : UNITEDWESTAND
24
Noun suffix. : ION
25
Colonist at Plymouth. : STANDISH
27
Wolfe hero. : GANT
28
Medieval type of short tale. : LAI
29
Cocoons. : PODS
31
Size of coal. : EGG
32
Ancient monument. : STELA
34
Partnership. : FIRM
35
Shoal. : SPIT
36
Group founded in 1868. : BPOE
38
Wading bird. : STORK
39
Dashboard. : PANEL
40
Threadbare. : NAPLESS
42
Site of Kit Carson's house. : TAOS
43
Air. : MELODY
44
Mosquito larva. : WIGGLER
46
___ on (rely on). : BANK
47
Shipment from Scranton. : COAL
48
Telegraph group: Abbr. : ADT
49
Desk accessory. : INKSTAND
52
Still sea. : SARGASSO
56
Dressed cloth. : BURLED
58
A Slav. : WEND
59
Great Phoenician city. : TYRE
60
In the event that. : WHEN
61
Eastern noble. : AMEER
62
Motorist's mart. : ROADSTAND
64
Rhone tributary. : SAONE
65
Location. : SEAT
66
Grange. : FARM
67
Of an antitoxin: Comb. form. : SERO
68
Performs a nautical maneuver. : LAYSTO
69
Window display item. : HATSTAND
71
Oppose all changes. : STANDPAT
73
Hebrew liquid measure. : HIN
74
Conrad novel. : FALK
75
Recipe direction. : STIR
76
Thimbleweed. : ANEMONE
78
Gov. Freeman's capital. : STPAUL
81
Indefinite amount. : DEAL
82
Insist upon. : STANDON
84
Heads. : POLLS
85
Urbane. : CIVIL
86
Parrot. : LORY
87
Biblical Mount. : NEBO
90
Steinbeck character. : ABEL
91
Right!: Slang. : ROGER
92
Crony. : PAL
93
Out yonder. : AFAR
94
___ sequitur. : NON
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Newspaper man: Abbr. : CORR
96
Banner. : STANDARD
101
The Rail Splitter. : ABE
102
Phrase from the sports page. : GOALLINESTAND
105
Whirligigs. : BEETLES
107
Scene in Perry Mason show. : TRIAL
108
Contemporary of Walpole. : STERNE
109
Come to pass. : BEFALL
110
Trees. : YEWS
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A meal. : SUPPER
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Stulms. : ADITS
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Footing the bill. : STANDINGTREAT
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Indefinitely, many. : TEN
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Big name in steel. : OLDS
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Leave out. : OMIT
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Lady of Lisbon. : DONA
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Walks. : TRUDGES
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Break one's word: Colloq. : RENIG
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Air Force base on Cape Cod. : OTIS
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Oppose. : WITHSTAND
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Archaic preposition. : ERE
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Relatives of journals. : LEDGERS
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Plaza de toros. : ARENA
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Know: Archaic. : WIST
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Share. : LOT
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City in the Donets Basin. : STALINO
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Entrance porch. : STOOP
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Netted. : SNARED
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Tastes. : SIPS
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Path or avenue. : WALK
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Obscurely. : DIMLY
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Advocates of the new ideas. : NEOS
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Hart. : STAG
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Subtracted. : TOOK
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Type of slide in baseball. : FALLAWAY
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Mixture. : BLEND
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Become lively. : PERK
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Doesn't progress. : STANDSSTILL
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Wampum. : PEAG
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Steady worker. : PLIER
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Additional. : MORE
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Ohio tributary. : WABASH
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Greek name for Edom. : IDUMEA
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Musical group. : BAND
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Boxing program. : CARD
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Symbol of power. : SWORD
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Five or nine. : TEAM
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Council. : SYNOD
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Feature of Snake River. : SHOSHONEFALLS
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Dispatched to a central point. : SENTIN
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Possible tenth-inning score. : ONEONE
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Drops. : LETSFALL
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Department in S. France. : TARN
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File's companion. : RANK
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Rush around. : TEAR
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Replete. : SATED
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Season. : FALL
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Upton Sinclair hero. : LANNY
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Greek letters. : TAUS
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Part of a flight. : STAIRSTEP
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TV name. : PAAR
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Special quality of wine: Fr. : SEVE
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Opera by Horatio Parker. : MONA
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Directly: Colloq. : SPANG
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Besides. : TOBOOT
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Complete. : PLENARY
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Turn aside. : DIGRESS
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"Meanest spawn of hell." : SLANDER
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Was effective. : TOLD
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Grain. : CORN
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City of Shinar. : BABEL
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Raw materials. : ORES
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Rubbles. : ROILS
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Velvety fabric. : PANNE
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Chela. : CLAW
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Waterproof sheet: Colloq. : TARP
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Eban of Israel. : ABBA
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Thatch grass. : REED
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Challenge, in France. : DEFI
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Stretch. : LIE
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Symington's nickname. : STU
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Use a shuttle. : TAT

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6 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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