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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE

New York Times, Sunday, May 28, 1950

10-Down : Girl's name.

Author:
Eugene Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 62, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 556 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 35
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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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 433
Across
1
One of Macbeth's titles. : THANE
6
Denmark's king. : FREDERIK
14
Chief port of the Ukraine. : ODESSA
20
Garments. : ROBES
21
Having royal privileges. : PALATINE
22
Jog memory. : REMIND
23
The elands. : ORIAS
24
Turncoat. : APOSTATE
25
Went toward rising sun. : EASTED
26
Billfold. : WALLET
28
Turkish chief officer. : AGHA
29
Famous violinist. : ELMAN
31
___ Freischutz. : DER
32
Summer in Auriol's country. : ETE
33
The Flores, east of Java, is one. : SEALET
35
Action; gait. : TREAD
36
Pierce. : GORE
37
___ type. : LINO
39
Norse name. : NILS
40
24 sheets of paper. : QUIRE
41
Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1925. : DAWES
42
President of the Indonesian Republic. : SOEKARNO
44
Greek reed instrument. : AULOS
45
G. O. P. whip in the House. : ARENDS
46
Fleet-footed bird. : EMEU
47
Tobacco pipe. : BRIER
48
Minced oath. : DRAT
49
Type of power tested at Alamogordo. : ATOMIC
52
Follower of Falstaff. : POINS
53
Laboring. : WORKADAY
57
Dish of greens. : SALAD
58
The Malabar ___. : COAST
59
Clefts. : RIMAE
60
River of Yorkshire. : URE
61
Exclamation. : PISH
62
Prevents fermentation. : PASTEURIZES
64
Where Zeno taught. : STOA
65
Feminine suffix. : INE
66
Cyaxares was their conquering king. : MEDES
67
Made firm for travel. : PAVED
68
Charlotte Corday's victim. : MARAT
69
Post Office's rubber stamp. : CENSORED
71
Harry's understudy. : ALBEN
72
We grow twelve of them. : MOLARS
73
What horses do at Goshen. : TROT
74
Make a solemn promise. : SWEAR
75
Greece's king. : PAUL
76
Very corrupt. : AUGEAN
79
Ex-chairman of G. O. P. National Committee. : SCOTT
80
Besides. : MOREOVER
84
Rascal. : KNAVE
85
Ankara is their capital. : TURKS
86
___ farmer. : DIRT
87
Texture, as of cloth. : WALE
88
Facility. : EASE
89
Monetary unit of India. : RUPEE
90
Vergil's epic. : AENEID
92
Two basketball teams. : TEN
93
Washington Irving hero. : RIP
94
Resort near St. Petersburg. : TAMPA
95
Spore sacs in fungi. : ASCI
96
Indigenous. : NATIVE
98
Promoting peace. : IRENIC
100
Leaving out. : OMISSIVE
103
Large parrot. : MACAW
104
Cylindrical, as plant stems. : TERETE
105
Liberator. : REDEEMER
106
Emulate Demosthenes. : ORATE
107
William Allen White was one. : EDITOR
108
Dutch ___. : TREATERS
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Sharpened. : HONED
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Bricklayers' tools. : TROWELS
2
Hamlet's friend. : HORATIO
3
Shipping center in Texas. : ABILENE
4
American novelist (1793-1876). : NEAL
5
Letters. : ESSES
6
Columnist and author. : FPA
7
Seaport near Genoa. : RAPALLO
8
Funeral orations. : ELOGES
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River of Baluchistan. : DASHT
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Girl's name. : ETTA
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Inlet. : RIA
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Mr. Chapman's department. : INTERIOR
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Shallow tubs. : KEELERS
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Hill nymph. : OREAD
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Mr. Acheson. : DEAN
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River of Germany. : EMS
17
Kind of strike popular in the '30s. : SITDOWN
18
Curled the lip. : SNEERED
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Speech. : ADDRESS
27
Spiny animal of Madagascar. : TENREC
30
Miss West. : MAE
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Aborigine of Japan. : AINU
35
Bulrushes. : TULES
36
Gulf of west coast of Italy. : GAETA
38
City in Oklahoma. : OKEMAH
40
They're sweet sixteen today. : QUINTUPLETS
41
Shrew tamer in "Kiss Me, Kate." : DRAKE
43
Hemmed in by. : AMID
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Issue. : ARISE
45
Birthplace of Robespierre. : ARRAS
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Gravy dishes. : BOATS
48
Built like the U. S. Capitol. : DOMED
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Savory meat jelly. : ASPIC
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French critic (1828-93). : TAINE
51
"Funzapoppin" comedian. : OLSEN
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Sat. : POSED
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Shrivel. : WIZEN
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President of Brazil. : DUTRA
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Bellowing. : AROAR
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Winner of Nobel Prize for literature, 1923. : YEATS
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MacArthur at the turn of the century. : CADET
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Brazil has the world's largest. : RIVER
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President of Argentina. : PERON
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Chief capital of Morocco. : RABAT
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Yellowish. : SALLOW
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Legal defaults. : MORAE
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Pout: Fr. : MOUE
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F. D. R.'s Mr. Early. : STEVE
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What Abou ben Adhem did one night. : AWOKE
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Pinza's girl in "South Pacific." : MARTIN
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News headline in red. : SCREAMER
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Stare. : PORE
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Igneous rock. : AKERITE
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Not given public notice. : UNAIRED
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Alcide de ___, Premiere of Italy. : GASPERI
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Congressman's sine qua non. : SUPPORT
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Jan Struther's heroine, Mrs. ___. : MINIVER
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Enemy of Communism. : VATICAN
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Raise. : ELEVATE
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Obtained extension for lease. : RENEWED
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Card wool. : TUM
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Old French coin. : DECIME
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Annual visitor to Indianapolis. : RACER
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Item of property. : ASSET
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City in central India. : DAMOH
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Yugoslav leader. : TITO
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Puzzled. : ASEA
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Raised by 4-H clubs in Hawaii. : TARO
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What shad fishermen use. : NET
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Kind of fish. : IDE
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Forage plant. : ERS

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8 unique to this puzzle, 27 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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