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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Saturday, October 7, 1950
26-Down : Where Achilles fought Hector.
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
From Flip Koski: This puzzle's constructor is likely Eugene T. Maleska, based on the entry HARDSHELL CRAB. In her Introduction to Maleska's book "Across and Down," Margaret Farrar expressly referenced Maleska as having constructed a puzzle with the entry HARDSHELLED CRAB. The only Times puzzle with that entry is this crossword of October 7, 1950.
1 M | 2 A | 3 Y | 4 O | 5 R | 6 A | 7 N | 8 A | 9 S | 10 A | 11 C | 12 C | 13 O |
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14 A | L | A | R | 15 A | H | E | M | 16 O | R | I | O | N |
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17 W | O | R | L | 18 D | G | O | V | E | 19 R | N | M | E | N | T |
20 R | E | D | A | R | M | Y | 21 S | E | N | I | L | E | ||
22 N | O | O | S | 23 E | 24 H | E | L | |||||||
25 W | 26 I | 27 N | D | U | P | 28 M | 29 E | A | T | L | 30 E | 31 S | 32 S |
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33 E | L | I | O | T | 34 W | A | R | S | 35 A | C | T | A |
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36 L | I | T | 37 H | 38 W | A | N | G | H | 39 O | 40 T | A | L |
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41 L | U | R | 42 E | 43 R | I | A | S | 44 S | 45 C | O | T | T |
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46 S | M | O | L | 47 L | E | T | T | 48 S | T | O | N | E | S |
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49 P | E | A | 50 E | 51 S | T | E | R | |||||||
52 P | 53 A | I | N | T | 54 S | 55 P | E | N | N | 56 A | 57 T | 58 E |
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59 H | A | R | D | S | H | E | 60 L | L | E | D | C | R | A | B |
61 A | N | N | I | E | 62 J | A | I | L | 63 O | G | R | E |
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64 S | T | O | O | D | 65 M | E | T | E | 66 B | O | N | N |
© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 475
Across
1
County in Eire. : MAYO
5
Hindu title. : RANA
9
Co-defendant in famous trial, 1921-26. : SACCO
14
Winged. : ALAR
15
Attention-getting sound. : AHEM
16
Most conspicuous constellation. : ORION
17
Mankind's political dream. : WORLDGOVERNMENT
20
Stalin's men. : REDARMY
21
Of old age. : SENILE
22
Part of a snare. : NOOSE
24
Daughter of Loki. : HEL
25
Pitcher's arm-swinging motion. : WINDUP
28
___ Tuesdays. : MEATLESS
33
He wrote "The Cocktail Party." : ELIOT
34
Mankind's curse. : WARS
35
Legal proceedings. : ACTA
36
Settled. : LIT
37
China's Yellow River, 2,700 miles. : HWANGHO
40
Palmyra fiber. : TAL
41
Angler's fly. : LURE
43
Inlets. : RIAS
44
Barbara Ann ___, Olympic skater. : SCOTT
46
Creator of Peregrine Pickle. : SMOLLETT
48
Gems. : STONES
49
Sweet ___. : PEA
50
Ethereal salt. : ESTER
52
What Dufy does. : PAINTS
55
Feathered. : PENNATE
59
Shore dinner item. : HARDSHELLEDCRAB
61
"___ Get Your Gun." : ANNIE
62
The Tombs. : JAIL
63
Blunderbore was one. : OGRE
64
Was located. : STOOD
65
Measure. : METE
66
Western Germany's capital city. : BONN
Down
1
Bryn ___. : MAWR
2
Lily plant. : ALOE
3
British police HQ. : YARD
4
Fruit center in Florida. : ORLANDO
5
Popular be-bop song. : RAGMOP
6
Hails another ship. : AHOYS
7
The Sagebrush State: Abbr. : NEV
8
City in Iowa. : AMES
9
Keats' "Bright Star." : SONNET
10
Bracelet. : ARMILLA
11
Heaven: Fr. : CIEL
12
Volcanic peak. : CONE
13
Where the Severn River is: Abbr. : ONT
18
N. Y.'s 1949-50 worry. : DROUTH
19
Same old story. : REHASH
23
Issue forth. : EMANATE
25
Sadlers ___ Ballet. : WELLS
26
Where Achilles fought Hector. : ILIUM
27
The N in TNT. : NITRO
29
Units of work in C. G. S. system. : ERGS
30
Senator from Montana. : ECTON
31
Alaska may be one. : STATE
32
Smelling ___. : SALTS
34
___-and-see policy. : WAIT
38
Middleground's reward at Churchill Downs. : WREATH
39
Belgian seaport. : OSTEND
42
President Quirino of the Philippines. : ELPIDIO
45
MacArthur's pipe. : CORNCOB
47
Describing spectacles. : LENSED
48
Henry ___ Commager. : STEELE
51
___ personality. : SPLIT
52
Steam engine's throb. : PANT
53
Contemporary cartoonist. : ARNO
54
Constituent Assembly of Poland, 1918-22. : SEJM
56
Jason's ship. : ARGO
57
Mountain pool. : TARN
58
"___ Holden," by Irvine Bacheller. : EBEN
59
Holds. : HAS
60
Former New Guinea air base. : LAE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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