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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Saturday, October 7, 1950
55-Across : Feathered.
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, Grid flow: 44.7
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 |
14 A | L | A | R | | 15 A | H | E | M | | 16 O | R | I | O | N |
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 |
33 E | L | I | O | T | | 34 W | A | R | S | | 35 A | C | T | A |
36 L | I | T | | 37 H | 38 W | A | N | G | H | 39 O | | 40 T | A | L |
41 L | U | R | 42 E | | 43 R | I | A | S | | 44 S | 45 C | O | T | T |
46 S | M | O | L | 47 L | E | T | T | | 48 S | T | O | N | E | S |
| | | 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 |
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 |
64 S | T | O | O | D | | 65 M | E | T | E | | 66 B | O | N | N |
© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 475
Across
1
5
9
Co-defendant in famous trial, 1921-26. :
SACCO14
15
Attention-getting sound. :
AHEM16
Most conspicuous constellation. :
ORION17
20
21
22
24
25
Pitcher's arm-swinging motion. :
WINDUP28
33
He wrote "The Cocktail Party." :
ELIOT34
35
Legal proceedings. :
ACTA36
37
China's Yellow River, 2,700 miles. :
HWANGHO40
41
43
44
Barbara Ann ___, Olympic skater. :
SCOTT46
48
49
50
52
55
59
61
"___ Get Your Gun." :
ANNIE62
63
Blunderbore was one. :
OGRE64
65
66
Western Germany's capital city. :
BONN
Down
1
2
3
British police HQ. :
YARD4
5
6
Hails another ship. :
AHOYS7
The Sagebrush State: Abbr. :
NEV8
9
Keats' "Bright Star." :
SONNET10
11
12
13
Where the Severn River is: Abbr. :
ONT18
N. Y.'s 1949-50 worry. :
DROUTH19
23
25
Sadlers ___ Ballet. :
WELLS26
Where Achilles fought Hector. :
ILIUM27
29
Units of work in C. G. S. system. :
ERGS30
Senator from Montana. :
ECTON31
Alaska may be one. :
STATE32
34
___-and-see policy. :
WAIT38
Middleground's reward at Churchill Downs. :
WREATH39
42
President Quirino of the Philippines. :
ELPIDIO45
47
Describing spectacles. :
LENSED48
51
52
Steam engine's throb. :
PANT53
Contemporary cartoonist. :
ARNO54
Constituent Assembly of Poland, 1918-22. :
SEJM56
57
58
"___ Holden," by Irvine Bacheller. :
EBEN59
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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