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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, April 17, 1953

9-Down : When "the voice of the turtle is heard in our land."

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,398
Across
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Thrive under pleasant warmth. : BASK
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Step lightly. : TRIP
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Scrawny person. : SCRAG
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Party for all and sundry. : OPENHOUSE
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Rival of Nero, Ellery, etc. : PHILO
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Where the Dodecanese and Cyclades are. : AEGEANSEA
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Relative of Fido. : ROVER
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Bundle of documents in a lawyer's briefcase. : DOSSIER
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Roman galley. : BIREME
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Copies of Rider Haggard's novel. : SHES
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Irate spate. : RANT
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Joint inheritor. : COHEIR
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"And the rockets' ___ ... " : REDGLARE
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Does not include. : OMITS
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Conveyed. : GAVE
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Homeric poetry. : EPOS
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Figure on a golf course. : PAR
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Goodness gracious! : HEAVENS
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Famous author. : RLS
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Namely. : THAT
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Man's name. : RUEL
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Chief port of Israel. : HAIFA
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Arctic sled dogs. : SAMOYEDS
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British astronomer of 18th century. : HALLEY
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Finely intertwined. : LACY
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A person's duty or concern. : PART
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Bulgarian milk diet. : YOGURT
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Signals at the rear of a train. : MARKERS
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Dean of the cartoonists. : ABNER
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Alicia Markova is one. : BALLERINA
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Robert Casadesus' forte. : PIANO
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Proper response in the Navy. : AYEAYESIR
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Scatter. : STREW
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Cape near Falkland Islands. : HORN
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Part of a bureaucracy: Abbr. : DEPT
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Snake-shaped wrap. : BOA
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Impersonated. : APED
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Official flower of Utah. : SEGO
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Ben-Gurion's parliament. : KNESSET
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More ritzy. : TONIER
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Tricks. : RUSES
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Elbe tributary. : ISER
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Sweet ___. : PEA
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When "the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." : SPRING
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Utter with glee à la Lewis Carroll. : CHORTLE
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Split. : RIVE
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Standard of the Ottoman empire. : ALEM
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Senator from Tennessee. : GORE
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Drug from hemp. : HASHISH
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Resort near Vienna. : BADEN
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Merrymaking. : REVEL
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Descendants of the ancient Egyptians. : COPTS
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Boys Town is near this city. : OMAHA
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Man's name meaning noble. : HIRAM
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Reviews cum enthusiasm. : RAVES
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Part of 9 Down. : APRIL
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He married Pocahontas. : ROLFE
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Effort to accomplish something. : ESSAY
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Showy but shoddy. : GAUDY
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Found. : ERECT
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Heavyweight champ in 1932. : SHARKEY
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A "T" in TNT. : TOLUENE
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Modified. : ALTERED
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A plant, the milfoil. : YARROW
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First name of late Chief Justice Stone. : HARLAN
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Less ruddy. : PALER
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Fido's complaints. : YAPS
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Item re Stalin, March 5, 1953. : OBIT
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Snarl or growl. : GNAR
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County in Eire. : MAYO
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Upward slope. : RISE
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Shred. : SNIP
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Fiddle-de-dee! : BAH
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Freer's collection. : ART

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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