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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

QUOTATION QUARTET

New York Times, Sunday, May 22, 1966

86-Down : Italian villager.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 542 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 134, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,126
Across
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Adjective for Kauai King. : FASTEST
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Grand ___ Island. : BAHAMA
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Where Fayal is. : AZORES
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Relative of sheikdom. : EMIRATE
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Marjoram. : ORIGAN
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Mamie's middle name. : GENEVA
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Quotation from Aristotle. : MANISAPOLITICALANIMAL
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Native of: Suffix. : OTE
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Well, well!: Fr. : TIENS
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Hue and cry. : CLAMOR
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Japanned tinware. : TOLE
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Clears (of). : RIDS
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Caliology topic. : NEST
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Woodsman. : HEWER
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Jamaica export. : RUM
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Of the birds. : AVIAN
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Down at heel. : SEEDY
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Science degrees: Abbr. : SDS
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Under sail. : ASEA
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Sniggler. : EELER
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Maugham book. : TRIO
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Chosen. : SELECTED
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Extra: stage slang. : SUPE
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Four seasons. : YEAR
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Odin's sword. : GRAM
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Oasis features. : DATETREES
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Don Camillo. : PRIEST
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Fimbriate. : HEM
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Rivulet. : BOURN
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Shallow pool. : WASH
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Protection for plants. : MULCH
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Translation from Quintilian, A.D. 80. : ALIARNEEDSAGOODMEMORY
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Mary Poppins. : NANNY
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Give ___ up. : ALEG
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Alliance. : UNION
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Card game. : PAM
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Of neurites. : AXONAL
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Most reverent. : DEVOUTEST
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Greek commune. : DEME
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Etats ___. : UNIS
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City on the Yonne. : SENS
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Area ___. : CODE
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Sphagnum. : PEATMOSS
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Cupel. : TEST
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Dominion. : REALM
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Father of Jonathan. : SAUL
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Zugspitze, for one. : ALP
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Right: Prefix. : ORTHO
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Rural sound. : BLEAT
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Wax: Prefix. : CER
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Old Spanish gold coin. : DOBLA
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Framing timbers. : RIBS
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Head: Fr. : TETE
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Part of SEATO. : ASIA
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Constellation. : TAURUS
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City on the Rhone. : ARLES
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Cask. : TUN
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Quotation from "L'Allegro." : LAPMEINSOFTLYDIANAIRS
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Toughened. : ENURED
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___ de (opposite): Fr. : ENFACE
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Spanish nobleman. : GRANDEE
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Chaplet. : ROSARY
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Parrot fish. : SCARID
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Seers of a sort. : ESPIERS
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Thigh bones. : FEMORA
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Disposed to love. : AMATIVE
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Indefinitely. : SINEDIE
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Part of TNT. : TRI
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Bridge position. : EAST
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Dye. : STAIN
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Tents. : TEPEES
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Support. : BOLSTER
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"Exodus" hero. : ARI
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Quotation from Emerson. : HITCHYOURWAGONTOASTAR
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Lissome. : AGILE
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Aviary sight. : MACAW
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Citizens of Hué. : ANAMESE
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Substance in jellies. : AGAR
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Buddhist sect. : ZEN
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Step ___! : ONIT
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Compunction. : REMORSE
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Appraised. : EVALUED
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Florida fish. : SALEMA
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Beginning. : ONSET
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Imperious. : LORDLY
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City founded in 1626. : SALEM
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Come out ahead. : NET
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Voters' section: Abbr. : DIST
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Percolate. : SEEP
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Room in Rome. : ATRIUM
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Gaseous element. : RADON
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Participates to the end. : SEESOUT
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Opera role. : CARMEN
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Max von ___, Nobelist in physics, 1914. : LAUE
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Wampum. : PEAG
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Neighbor of Togoland. : GHANA
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Ease up. : RELAX
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___ acids. : AMINO
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Part of a tire. : TREAD
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Infinite. : ENDLESS
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Excelled. : SHONE
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Slip away. : ELOPE
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Today's word for "avaunt." : SCRAM
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Mint. : THYME
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America's first great poet. : BRYANT
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Zinnia, for one. : ANNUAL
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Special flavor of a wine: Fr. : SEVE
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Shuffleboard item. : DISC
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___ court. : MOTOR
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City in Ohio. : LIMA
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Consumer. : USER
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Traded (in). : DEALT
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Any Moslem ruler. : SOLDAN
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Bluebook girl. : DEB
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Italian villager. : PAESANO
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Strait, Greek style. : EURIPUS
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Mr. and Mrs. : SPOUSES
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Roamed. : STRAYED
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Beethoven's "Eroica." : THIRD
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Marine term. : LEETIDE
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Older and wiser. : MATURER
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Tool for fishmongers. : SCALER
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Compel. : OBLIGE
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Past and present. : TENSES
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Range horse. : BRONC
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Gourd fruit. : LUFFA
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Makes hard. : SEARS
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Hog plum of India. : AMRA
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Shipshape. : TIDY
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Crackle. : SNAP
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Noun suffix. : EER
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Landing boat. : LCI
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Black bird. : ANI

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10 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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