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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

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New York Times, Sunday, December 20, 1953

2-Down : Blows.

Author:
Sam Lake
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 68, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 540 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Sam Lake is an alias for Eugene T. Maleska.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,636
Across
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Pulitzer Prize play of 1929. : STREETSCENE
12
Midian king. : REBA
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An Eisenhower avocation. : CHEF
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A current best seller. : THECRUELSEA
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Base north of Thule. : ETAH
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Amneris' rival. : AIDA
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Famed American dancer. : RUTHSTDENIS
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Author of 20 Across. : MONSARRAT
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Booby. : IDIOT
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Novel of 1778. : EVELINA
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Symbolic document. : DIPLOMA
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Ibsen character. : ASE
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Subject of oenology. : WINES
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Disraeli's title. : EARL
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Noun-forming suffix. : NESS
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F. D. R.'s radio talks. : CHATS
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Miss Varnay of the Met. : ASTRID
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Star of the Gay Nineties. : REHAN
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One of the Molucca Islands. : AMBOINA
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Describing certain estates. : ENTAILED
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TV channel. : NINE
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Factotum. : DOALL
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Four operas (with "The"). : RING
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About three miles. : LEAGUE
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Wire measure. : MIL
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Corridor. : AISLE
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Tyrolese warble. : YODEL
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Hubbell's famed pitch. : SCREWBALL
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2205-1766 B.C. in China. : HSIA
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Lopez tune. : NOLA
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Mediterranean sailing vessel. : SETEE
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Named. : TERMED
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Willow shoots. : WANDS
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Cenobite. : ESSENE
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Dwarfs of P. I. : AETAS
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Cornice part. : DRIP
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Aldous Huxley book, 1920. : LEDA
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Senator from Arizona. : GOLDWATER
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Of sound waves. : SONIC
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Urbane. : CIVIL
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___ king. : ALA
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Dowitchers. : SNIPES
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Eight: Comb. form. : OCTO
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News service of Europe. : ANETA
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Weapons of Hugo and Zola. : PENS
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They play on the range. : ANTELOPE
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Gear shift. : REVERSE
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City destroyed by heavenly fire. : SODOM
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Milky Way. : GALAXY
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Gives out sparingly. : DOLES
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Deer track. : SLOT
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Prose writer of Augustan age. : LIVY
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Verse play by A. MacLeish. : PANIC
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Little masterpiece. : GEM
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Monastics. : OBLATES
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Interior vista. : NEORAMA
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"Fledermaus" role. : ADELE
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Headline of 1933. : REICHSTAG
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Natives of Germany. : PALATINATES
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Put on cargo. : LADE
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Safari headgear. : TOPI
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TV star. : IMOGENECOCA
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Supplemented (with "out"). : EKED
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Black ___, a great rarity. : SWAN
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Evaluations. : ASSESSMENTS
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Minute groove. : STRIA
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Blows. : THUDS
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Make another bow. : RETIE
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"Sweetest nymph": Milton. : ECHO
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Former "former." : ERSTWHILE
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King ___. : TUT
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Non-migratory. : SEDENTARY
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Anne of ___, wife of Henry VIII. : CLEVES
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Slaves of 1066. : ESNES
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Actor Hamilton. : NEIL
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Most unaffected. : EASIEST
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Weds anew. : REMARRIES
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Where Shaef was. : ETO
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A range of wave lengths. : BAND
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The "heathen Chinee." : AHSIN
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Heroic captain. : CARLSEN
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Book by John Hersey. : HIROSHIMA
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Holland cheese. : EDAM
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___ Morgana. : FATA
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Impersonater. : APER
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Brazilian port. : NATAL
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Actor Hunter. : IAN
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New Hampshire symbols. : LILACS
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Place of the modern Adonis. : COLLARAD
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Authoress Thirkell. : ANGELA
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Intensity. : DEGREE
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Friend of Kit Nubbles. : NELL
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Girl's name. : ADAH
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Humid. : MOIST
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"Blues" band leader. : BASIE
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Philanthropize. : ENDOW
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Certain songs. : DUETS
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Tragedy by Euripides. : ION
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Wool givers. : EWES
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Catches. : LANDS
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Shortest routes. : BEELINES
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Sea gulls. : MEWS
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Babylonian myth hero. : ETANA
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Teen-age activity. : DATING
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Languishing. : DROOPY
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Because. : SINCE
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By no chance. : NEVER
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Works on galleys. : EDITS
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Of a clan. : SEPTAL
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Scene of a Poe story. : PIT
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Wings: Lat. : ALAE
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Hiatuses. : GAPS
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Bread spread. : OLEO
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Candidate's easy victory. : LANDSLIDE
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One angle to angling. : REELINGIN
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Crowns. : CORONATES
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Warning found on mosaic floor in Pompeii. : CAVECANEM
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Dred Scott. : SLAVE
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Comforted. : SOLACED
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Unusual acuteness of sight: Med. : OXYOPIA
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Father of Phineas. : ELI
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Codling ___. : MOTH
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What 97 Down does. : DAMAGE
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Quizzes. : TESTS
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Embarkation port, 1492. : PALOS
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Harmonize. : GETON
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Superior group. : ELECT
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Southwestern scenery. : MESAS
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Part of a shield. : ORLE
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Pitcher spout. : BEAK
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Put away. : STOW
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Pumps. : RAMS
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Golden shiner. : DACE
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South American river. : APA
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The G.O.P. : INS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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