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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

A FEW WORDS

New York Times, Sunday, June 18, 1961

65-Down : Came close.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 59, Avg Word Len: 5.70, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 509 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 154, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,356
Across
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Composer of "Nearer, My God to Thee." : SARAHADAMS
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Tells all. : COMESCLEAN
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World-wide. : ECUMENICAL
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San Carlo at Naples. : OPERAHOUSE
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Soup. : MINESTRONE
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Does a new musical adaptation. : REARRANGES
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G. & S. princess. : IDA
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Calchas was one. : SEER
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Large antelope. : ELAND
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Pandect. : DIGEST
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Cloud: Comb. form. : NUBI
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King Mahendra's land. : NEPAL
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Girl's nickname. : TINA
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Onward. : ALONG
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Daisy's cousin. : ASTER
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German exclamation, "out!" : RAUS
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Tam-tam. : GONG
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More impudent. : SAUCIER
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Native of Hejaz. : ARABIAN
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Studious one. : PORER
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Sergeant's command. : ATTENTION
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Business man. : MANAGER
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Freudian topic. : EGO
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Inferior. : LESSER
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In a frenzy. : RAGING
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Makeshift. : STOPGAP
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Bayard or Alborak. : STEED
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Survivors. : RELICTS
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Sound of surf on the shore. : ROTE
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Portico posts. : ANTAE
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Tiber tributary. : NERA
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Business letter phrase. : INRE
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Johnny-cakes. : PONES
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Experienced. : SEEN
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Unaccountable. : STRANGE
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Release pent-up waters. : UNDAM
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Biblical writer. : MATTHEW
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Prized. : VALUED
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Hooked stick: Fr. : CROSSE
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Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
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Elegy. : EPICEDE
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Neutral ship's passport. : SEALETTER
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Territory. : REALM
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Obeisances. : SALAAMS
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Statue by Phidias. : MINERVA
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Po tributary. : ADDA
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Law men: Abbr. : ATTS
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Carolers' calls. : NOELS
98
Efforts. : TRIES
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Uses a shuttle. : TATS
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Coat with tin-lead alloy. : TERNE
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Lucid. : SANE
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Open. : PATENT
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"How are things in Glocca ___?" : MORRA
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Ski lift. : TBAR
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Dickens lad. : TIM
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Corrective. : EMENDATORY
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Quasimodo's field. : LITERATURE
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Imprisons. : CARCERATES
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Political personage, 1945-52. : EVITAPERON
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Levy. : ASSESSMENT
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A marching off. : DECAMPMENT
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Somewhat twangy in tone. : SEMINASAL
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Make slightly sour. : ACIDULATE
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Relatives of "karts." : RUNABOUTS
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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British pianist. : HESS
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Poker term. : ANTE
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Oppressive. : DIRE
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Quercine fruit. : ACORNS
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Relative of "boy!" : MAN
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Van Winkle. : SLEEPER
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Gift for 35th anniversary. : CORAL
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Honest. : OPEN
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Old-time beverage. : MEAD
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Slip. : ERR
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City destroyed by Tamerlane. : SARDIS
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Catena. : CHAIN
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"___ and Far Away," Kern song. : LONGAGO
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Well done!: Lat. : EUGE
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"___ Tod," from "Peer Gynt Suite." : ASES
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Caliologist's topic. : NEST
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Wyoming peak. : LARAMIE
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Continual. : INCESSANT
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Mythical Babylonian hero. : ETANA
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Element in light bulbs. : TUNGSTEN
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Bronco buster, in the Southwest. : GINETE
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"Exodus" hero. : ARI
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Use a time clock. : RINGIN
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Auto club insignia. : AAA
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Where the Umpqua River flows. : OREGON
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Deny. : NEGATE
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Feels one's way. : GROPES
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Suburb: Fr. : BANLIEU
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Favorable. : PRO
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Fiat. : ORDER
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Diminutive suffixes. : ETS
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City SE of Cordoba. : GRANADA
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Lobbyists. : PROMOTERS
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Wreathes round. : ENTWISTS
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Unrefined. : CRUDE
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Capital of Eritrea. : ASMARA
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Came close. : NEARED
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Chord. : TETRAD
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Disentangles. : RAVELS
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Source. : PARENT
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Before Oct. : SEP
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Worker in the fields. : GLEANER
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7th cen. date. : DCLI
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Fimbriate. : HEM
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Ruhr city. : ESSEN
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Series of threadlike lines. : STRIATURE
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Golf club. : SEVENIRON
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Obliteration. : ERASEMENT
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Jaguar. : CAT
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Mornings. : AMS
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Concealed nature. : LATENCE
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Having principles. : MORALED
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Fragrant oils. : ATTARS
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Language in Riga. : LETTIC
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View from Bogota. : ANDES
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Secret date. : TRYST
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Former coin of Portugal. : PECA
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You love: Lat. : AMAS
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Regions: Abbr. : TERS
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Speck. : MOTE
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Sen. Long of Hawaii. : OREN
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Second of a series. : BETA
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Saroyan hero. : ARAM
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One of Napoleon's generals. : RAPP
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Milliner's item. : TAM
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Of: Prefix. : IVE
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Pro ___. : TEM

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9 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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