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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, February 11, 1954

49-Down : Long for.

Author:
Eugene Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Eugene Maleska is an alias for Eugene T. Maleska.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,689
Across
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Occurred earlier. : ANTEDATED
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Elected. : CHOSE
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Tending to overspread. : PERFUSIVE
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Defense equipment. : RADAR
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Conferrer at Bermuda. : STATESMAN
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Echo. : OREAD
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Immeasurable years. : EON
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Author Uris. : LEON
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Capital of Eritrea. : ASMARA
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Signal seeking silence. : PST
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Musical chords. : TRIADS
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Subject of a nursery tale. : PUSS
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Hit show letters. : SRO
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Guzzle. : SWIG
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Actress Massey. : ILONA
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Tidy. : SHIPSHAPE
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Mormon state of 1849. : DESERET
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Solid portion of fat. : STEARIN
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Swamp, à la Florida. : EVERGLADE
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Capacious. : AMPLE
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Lends a hand. : AIDS
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"O sole ___." : MIO
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Consumer. : USER
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One-time famous Butterfly. : FARRAR
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One of Snow White's friends. : DOC
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Cabinet member. : BENSON
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Netherlands cheese market. : EDAM
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Freight letters. : FOB
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Different in nature. : ALIEN
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Flowing forth. : EMANATIVE
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Prepared for midyears. : BONED
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Ponders. : RUMINATES
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Black Sea port. : ANAPA
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Repplier, Quennel, etc. : ESSAYISTS
Down
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Part of a basilica. : APSE
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Indian's greeting to a colonist. : NETOP
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Played in a different key. : TRANSPOSED
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Salamander. : EFT
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Cause of Decatur's death. : DUEL
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Black ink items. : ASSETS
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Island in Indonesia. : TIMOR
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Disappear. : EVANISH
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Group of Cub Scouts. : DEN
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Governor of Maine. : CROSS
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Damage. : HARM
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Music halls. : ODEA
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Coal center in Europe. : SAAR
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Earth goddess. : ERDA
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Take as one's own. : ADOPT
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Parts of radio sets. : TUNERS
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Go up. : ARISE
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Famed puppeteer. : SARG
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Impelled by a sense of guilt. : SHAMED
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Hugo Stinnes' millions. : WARPROFITS
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Philippine tree. : IPIL
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Rival of Roy and Hopalong. : GENE
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"Top of the head" item. : IDEA
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He wrote "Christ Stopped at Eboli." : LEVI
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Where the "little man" wasn't. : STAIR
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Black, Red and Yellow. : SEAS
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Famed violinist. : ELMAN
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Hero Jessup of "It Can't Happen Here." : DOREMUS
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Muse of astronomy. : URANIA
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"Court Martial" star. : FONDA
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Sixth President. : ADAMS
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Long for. : COVET
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Ali ___. : BABA
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Biblical name. : ELON
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Actress Foch. : NINA
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Percolate. : SEEP
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Numerous. : MANY
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Sportin' Life's girl. : BESS
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Before. : ERE
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Siamese. : TAI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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