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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, February 16, 1953

42-Down : Servant in Plautus' play "Amphitruo."

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,338
Across
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It's worth from 500 to 1,500 points. : SLAM
5
Make a score at pinochle. : MELD
9
Perth ___, New Jersey. : AMBOY
14
Navy scout bomber. : HELLDIVER
16
Italian river, into the Adriatic. : PIAVE
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Cold war problem. : ESPIONAGE
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Scott heroine. : ELLEN
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Hush! : SSH
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They ask for handouts. : PANHANDLERS
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Fruit punches. : ADES
24
Lee ___, boxer. : OMA
25
Party adherent. : IST
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Mrs. Oswald ___ Lord, new U. N. representative. : BATES
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Native of Canea. : CRETAN
30
"Green Mansions" hero. : ABEL
31
Word for Florida or California specialties. : SUNRIPENED
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Little flower. : ROSELET
37
White and smooth, like tusks. : IVORINE
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Its wood is hard and tough. : BUTTONTREE
40
Republic since 1944: Abbr. : ICEL
41
Men without a country. : EXILES
42
Mediterranean sailing vessel. : SETEE
43
In favor of. : FOR
45
Netcord service. : LET
46
"___ Fan Tutte" (Thus Do They All). : COSI
47
Where rogues' galleries are found. : POLICEFILES
50
Part of a shoe. : TOE
53
Brass is one. : ALLOY
54
Dull. : INANIMATE
56
City of "topless towers." : ILIUM
57
Unsponsored radio program. : SUSTAINER
58
Dressen's shortstop. : REESE
59
Concert pianist. : HESS
60
Sojourn. : STAY
Down
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"___ my sweetheart ... " : SHES
2
Not so much. : LESS
3
Examination used by the Army, World War I. : ALPHATEST
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1,051. : MLI
5
Birds that can talk. : MINAS
6
Welsh form of John. : EVAN
7
Mainstay of our egg industry. : LEGHORN
8
Impractical fancies. : DREAMERIES
9
Mimicked. : APED
10
Busy places just before Easter. : MILLINERIES
11
King Cotton's bundles. : BALES
12
Apparent. : OVERT
13
Hankerings. : YENS
15
Predicts a result (with "out"): Slang. : DOPES
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___ Dancer, outstanding horse of '52. : NATIVE
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Hurtful. : DELETERIOUS
26
Part of a fishhook. : BARB
27
He had a "dream of peace." : ABOU
28
Source of sepia, artist's pigment. : CUTTLEFISH
29
Highest peak in the Philippines. : APO
31
Of old age. : SENILE
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Winking. : NICTITANT
33
Aeneas: French. : ENEE
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Take out (on a galley proof). : DELE
36
Smoked salmon. : LOX
39
Group attending a V. I. P. : RETINUE
42
Servant in Plautus' play "Amphitruo." : SOSIA
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Mad: French. : FOLLE
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One of the Kuklapolitans. : OLLIE
46
Nickel makers. : CENTS
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Mr. and Mrs. : PAIR
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Flower cluster. : CYME
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She with the "delicate air." : LASS
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Great Barrier Island of N. Z. : OTEA
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Weird. : EERY
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Wrong: Prefix. : MIS

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

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