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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, December 18, 1950

8-Down : Part of an automobile motor.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, 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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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 547
Across
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Onetime White House Scottie. : FALA
5
Playing card. : ACE
8
Have compassion. : FEEL
12
Ananias. : LIAR
13
College dance. : PROM
14
Advocated. : URGED
16
Botanical garden of trees. : ARBORETUM
18
Tidal flood. : EAGRE
19
___ shepherd dog. : GERMAN
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Wading bird. : RAIL
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Very long time. : EON
23
Shrubs with fragrant flowers. : DAPHNES
25
Hunting, fishing, etc. : SPORTS
27
Under part of a dog's foot. : PAD
28
Rescue. : SAVE
29
Philippine rebel. : HUK
30
Lily plant. : ALOE
32
Ibsen heroine. : NORA
34
Rhythmic verse pattern. : METRE
38
Arranged in threes. : TERNATE
40
His last painting was "The Transfiguration." : RAPHAEL
42
Site of Krupp works. : ESSEN
43
Braves' pitcher. : SAIN
45
Thailand. : SIAM
46
Appeased the "inner man." : ATE
48
Useless: Colloq. phrase. : NOGO
50
Twisted. : WRY
51
Short-legged hunter of rabbits. : BASSET
54
Astral. : STELLAR
56
Sea animal. : ORC
57
Lion-headed dog with short, curled tail. : CHOW
59
One of the Barrymores. : LIONEL
61
Apollo and Diana slew her children. : NIOBE
63
Small long-haired Chinese dog. : PEKINGESE
65
The fox terrier is button-___. : EARED
66
Scandinavian name. : ERIC
67
Thin Man's dog. : ASTA
68
To cut (after "snick"). : SNEE
69
Landing ship tank. : LST
70
Headland. : NESS
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Setter's tail. : FLAG
2
Large heavy terriers. : AIREDALES
3
Black-coated retrievers. : LABRADORS
4
Instance of boisterous play: 2 wds. : AROMP
5
Skilled workmanship. : ART
6
Swift horse or hunting dog. : COURSER
7
Jane Austen novel. : EMMA
8
Part of an automobile motor. : FUELPUMP
9
Signal period in history. : ERA
10
A moth. : EGGER
11
Dormouse. : LEROT
13
The big prize in baseball. : PENNANT
15
Rooms. : DENS
17
Cheers. : RAHS
21
___ Kabibble. : ISH
24
Hilarious cries. : EVOES
26
Okays. : OKEHS
27
Top of the head. : PATE
31
Trojan hero: Var. : ENEAS
33
In turmoil. : ARIOT
35
People of Formosa. : TAIWANESE
36
Takes into custody again. : REARRESTS
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Abounding in certain trees. : ELMY
39
Go before. : ANTECEDE
41
Very, very good. : ANGELIC
44
Solutions. : ANSWERS
47
Anglo-Saxon letter. : ETH
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___ Downes, opera critic. : OLIN
51
Canine cache. : BONE
52
"Habanero," "Celeste Aida," etc. : ARIAS
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Contemn. : SCORN
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Joshua ___ of Broadway fame. : LOGAN
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Popular German automobile. : OPEL
60
Meadows. : LEAS
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L. I. U. basketball coach. : BEE
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Miss Cornell. : KIT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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