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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, May 27, 1953

9-Down : Creator of Mrs. Miniver.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,438
Across
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Look to be. : SEEM
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Martin and Lewis. : TEAM
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On your way! : SCRAM
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35-mi.-long massif in the Himalayas. : ANNAPURNA
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People engaged in a particular line of business. : TRADE
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Byrd or Robertson. : VIRGINIAN
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Writes doggerel. : RIMES
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Shelley's elegy on Keats. : ADONAIS
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Recent vacationers in Hawaii. : TRUMANS
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Part of a magic lantern. : LENS
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Bluebook names. : ELITE
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___ adagio (very slowly): Mus. : MOLTO
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Ilona Karmel's heroine, a refugee girl. : STEPHANIA
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Eleemosynary gifts. : ALMS
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Pawnee's relative. : REE
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Member of Malayan Federation. : PENANG
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___ d'Yeu, place of Petain's imprisonment. : ILE
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He of the famous reach. : BOARDER
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How Marciano beat Louis. : TKO
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Currency in Baghdad. : DINARS
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Fall asleep. : NOD
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The time of anything. : WHEN
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Lays a plan to deceive and capture: Phrase. : SETSATRAP
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Former Ambassador to Iran and Greece. : GRADY
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Where Brenner Pass is. : TIROL
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In Denmark, 24.7 in. : ALEN
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John Kieran edits one. : ALMANAC
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Tumbles about noisily in water. : PLASHES
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One of New Zealand's citizens. : MAORI
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18,618 students. : OHIOSTATE
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Overdo the drama. : EMOTE
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Advisor in U. S. Foreign Service. : COUNSELOR
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Sounder. : SANER
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Seine tributary. : OISE
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Flaw in a fender. : DENT
Down
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Danube tributary. : SAVA
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Girl's name meaning woodlark. : ENID
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Pennsylvania State's is 11,753. : ENROLLMENT
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Bodies attracting iron. : MAGNETS
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Scene of Rommel's last stand. : TUNIS
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Mythical apple tosser. : ERIS
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Up: Prefix. : ANA
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A famous Mickey. : MANTLE
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Creator of Mrs. Miniver. : STRUTHER
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Of a large peninsula on the Black Sea. : CRIMEAN
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A name for the King of Siam. : RAMA
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British crown colony east of Yemen. : ADEN
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A quantity of food or fish. : MESS
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Casadesus plays it. : PIANO
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Tore. : RIPPED
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___ flame at Gettysburg. : ETERNAL
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Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing. : MAIDS
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TV dragon. : OLLIE
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Environs of "The Silent World." : SEA
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Utterer of patriotic last words. : NATHANHALE
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Blackened. : INKED
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Distress simulated by wrestlers. : AGONY
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Platforms for orators. : ROSTRA
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Having a higher I.Q. : BRAINIER
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Diamond cutter's cup. : DOP
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Phoenician goddess. : ASTARTE
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Extorted. : WRESTED
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Tastelessly or clumsily florid. : ROCOCO
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Senator who helped form Federal Reserve System. : GLASS
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Solo. : ALONE
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City in Iowa. : AMES
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Holy man of Lhasa. : LAMA
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Part of an orrery. : MOON
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Eugenio Pacelli. : PIUS
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School allied with King's College. : ETON
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Spanish muralist. : SERT
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___ polloi. : HOI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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