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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Wednesday, October 13, 1954

45-Down : Flying island, in "Gulliver's Travels."

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 30.0
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,933
Across
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Naive person. : BABE
5
They take bows. : CAST
9
Olympus dweller. : ARES
13
Sea east of the Caspian. : ARAL
14
Get news, pictures, etc., in journalism. : COVER
15
Form. : MODE
16
Aromatic oil. : BALM
17
Scene of Old Vic performance. : OPERAHOUSE
19
South American. : ANDEAN
21
Took back. : RECANTED
22
Girl's name. : ERICA
24
Gov. Russell's state: Abbr. : NEV
25
French general. : ELY
26
New telephone device for housewives. : HEADSET
28
Mild yellow cheese. : EDAM
30
Former name of Mongolian capital. : URGA
31
"Crossroads" state: Abbr. : IND
33
Downy. : NAPPY
37
World Series pitcher. : SALVATOREMAGLIE
41
Playwright of Belasco's day. : KLEIN
42
Sen. Symington. : STU
43
Wendy's dog. : NANA
44
Contents of a shaker. : SALT
47
Guidance counselor. : ADVISER
49
Objective. : AIM
52
Mamie belongs to it. : DAR
53
Football maneuver. : SHIFT
54
Authoress Ward's topic in '46. : SNAKEPIT
57
Indochina, Korea, etc. : ORIENT
60
Belmont machine. : PARIMUTUEL
62
Company. : CREW
63
Home of 36,000 Sooners. : ENID
64
German cake. : TORTE
65
Of the air: Comb. from. : AERI
66
Point Four fights it. : NEED
67
A cross with a loop at the top. : ANKH
68
Jogging pace. : TROT
Down
1
Patriarch's title. : BABA
2
Irish island group. : ARAN
3
He adorns the U. S. seal. : BALDEAGLE
4
Author of "But We Were Born Free." : ELMERDAVIS
5
Man on the beat. : COP
6
Say it and mean it. : AVER
7
Part of H. S. H. : SERENE
8
Followed a clue. : TRACED
9
Sun god. : AMON
10
Milkman's rounds. : ROUTE
11
One of the Fords. : EDSEL
12
Down at the heel. : SEEDY
14
Fanciful notion. : CONCEIT
18
Batista's capital. : HAVANA
20
Sloths. : AIS
23
Atomic number: Abbr. : ATNO
26
Covering of a seed. : HUSK
27
Of an age. : ERAL
29
Song of rhapsody and praise. : MAGNIFICAT
32
Ph.D.'s. : DRS
34
An AFL member. : PLASTERER
35
Symbol of Maine. : PINE
36
New ___. : YEAR
38
Garland. : ANADEM
39
Greek letters. : ETAS
40
Road hazard. : MUDHOLE
45
Flying island, in "Gulliver's Travels." : LAPUTA
46
Sea god. : TRITON
48
Man: Latin. : VIR
49
Quivering. : ASPEN
50
Foolish. : INANE
51
Actress Wilson. : MARIE
55
Pirate William. : KIDD
56
Native of Ankara. : TURK
58
Gourmet detective. : NERO
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Upbraid. : TWIT
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Ordinal suffix. : ETH

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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