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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, December 2, 1950

43-Down : Lessens.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 531
Across
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"Annie Oakley." : PASS
5
Couch. : SOFA
9
Composer Copland. : AARON
14
Glee club part. : ALTO
15
Acidity. : ACOR
16
Hoarse noise. : SNORE
17
Genus of swans. : OLOR
18
Gov. Val Peterson's constituents. : NEBRASKANS
20
Famous Spanish family of 14th century. : LACERDA
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Now King Rama IX of Thailand. : ADULDET
23
Small bottle for holding writing fluid. : INKHORN
24
More or less. : SOME
25
Ninety-four-year-old Frenchman. : PETAIN
27
Took a siesta. : RESTED
31
Geological period. : TRIAS
33
Hung on the line. : AIRED
35
Delicacy in fish food. : ROE
36
"The ___ Duck." : WILD
37
Where La Paz is. : ANDES
38
He wrote "Buddenbrooks." : MANN
39
"To a Nightingale." : ODE
40
Church recesses. : APSES
41
Herb used in cookery. : TANSY
42
"Open ___." : SESAME
44
Carbohydrates. : SUGARS
46
Blockbuster. : BOMB
48
Disposed to laugh. : RISIBLE
51
The movies' "Juliet." : SHEARER
54
Describing a comet's tail. : GASEOUS
55
Jack London novel, 1909. : MARTINEDEN
57
Pungent. : TART
58
Wreaths on knights' helmets. : ORLES
59
"Waste not; ___ not." : WANT
60
British actor (1853-1917). : TREE
61
Alluvial matter. : GEEST
62
Minds the baby. : SITS
63
Totals. : ADDS
Down
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Silver coins named after Pope Paul. : PAOLI
2
Poe's foster father. : ALLAN
3
Reserve stores. : STOCKPILES
4
Disgruntled politician: Colloq. : SOREHEAD
5
Girl's name. : SANDRA
6
Mid-Pacific natives. : OCEANIANS
7
Little pocket in men's trousers. : FOB
8
Tapestry. : ARRAS
9
Took for granted. : ASSUMED
10
Leg joints. : ANKLES
11
Burma ___, supply line. : ROAD
12
Department in N. W. France. : ORNE
13
___ egg. : NEST
19
Worships. : ADORES
21
Goes bad. : ROTS
26
Nests of pheasants. : NIDES
28
Place goods on a second ship. : TRANSBOARD
29
Grand divisions of time. : EONS
30
Disclaim. : DENY
31
They're wild in Canasta. : TWOS
32
Coney Island thriller. : RIDE
34
Rising again. : RESURGENT
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Tarzan's competitors. : APEMEN
38
City on the Ohio. : MARIETTA
40
Casanova. : AMORIST
41
Russia's news agency. : TASS
43
Lessens. : ABATES
45
Football players. : GIANTS
47
Concocts. : BREWS
49
What the Sirens did. : LURED
50
___ Park, Colorado. : ESTES
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Pittsburgh's problem. : SMOG
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Alice met him. : HARE
53
Writer Gardner. : ERLE
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Bao ___ of Indo-China. : DAI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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