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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Saturday, December 8, 1956
34-Down : Servile flattery.
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 54.1
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 O | 3 P | 4 C | 5 U | 6 R | 7 T | 8 L | 9 A | 10 S | 11 S | 12 O |
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13 A | M | U | 14 R | 15 A | S | I | A | 16 A | L | T | A | R |
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17 L | O | B | O | 18 M | A | C | H | 19 I | N | E | A | G | E |
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20 F | O | L | D | 21 U | P | 22 H | O | N | D | U | R | A | S |
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23 I | S | L | A | 24 S | 25 E | D | I | T | ||||||
26 S | 27 A | C | 28 T | I | E | 29 R | 30 I | N | I | 31 G | 32 O | |||
33 E | R | D | 34 A | 35 G | R | E | 36 T | A | G | A | R | B | 37 O |
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38 M | E | E | D | 39 N | I | N | O | N | 40 N | O | E | L |
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41 I | N | B | U | 42 S | I | N | E | S | S | 43 S | T | A | D |
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44 A | T | L | E | S | 45 S | C | U | 46 M | 47 E | H | S |
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48 A | L | S | 49 O | 50 A | M | I | 51 E | S | ||||||
52 A | 53 M | 54 A | T | E | U | R | 55 S | 56 M | A | S | Q | 57 U | 58 E |
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59 P | O | L | I | C | E | F | I | 60 L | E | 61 T | U | N | E |
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62 E | L | I | O | T | 63 O | V | E | R | 64 H | E | A | L |
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65 R | E | I | N | S | 66 E | A | T | S | 67 S | L | Y |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,720
Across
1
Campus festivity. : HOP
4
Brusque. : CURT
8
Maverick catcher. : LASSO
13
River 2,700 miles long. : AMUR
15
Where 13 Across is. : ASIA
16
Part of a cathedral. : ALTAR
17
Timber wolf. : LOBO
18
Outgrowth of the Industrial Revolution. : MACHINEAGE
20
Fail, in theatrical parlance. : FOLDUP
22
Tegucigalpa is its capital. : HONDURAS
23
Spanish islands. : ISLAS
25
Work on galleys. : EDIT
26
Indian. : SAC
28
Row. : TIER
30
Architect Jones (1573–1652). : INIGO
33
Wagnerian earth goddess. : ERDA
35
Anna Christie, Queen Christina, etc. : GRETAGARBO
38
Reward. : MEED
39
Silk voile. : NINON
40
Expression of joy, in Christmas carols. : NOEL
41
All set: Slang. : INBUSINESS
43
Dutch town. : STAD
44
Salt trees. : ATLES
45
Surface of stagnant water. : SCUM
47
Querying exclamations. : EHS
48
Moreover. : ALSO
50
Girl friends: Fr. : AMIES
52
A. A. U. members. : AMATEURS
56
Type of ball. : MASQUE
59
Rogues' gallery. : POLICEFILE
61
Berlin product. : TUNE
62
Modern poet. : ELIOT
63
Another time. : OVER
64
Repair. : HEAL
65
Lines. : REINS
66
Provender. : EATS
67
Tricky. : SLY
Down
1
Five to ten. : HALF
2
Melville title. : OMOO
3
National red ink figure. : PUBLICDEBT
4
Cause of recent oratory. : CAMPAIGNISSUE
5
Patriotic monogram. : USA
6
Mellow in tone. : RICH
7
Western lake resort. : TAHOE
8
Plymouth event, 1620. : LANDING
9
Alaskan chain. : ALEUTIANS
10
Shining light. : STAR
11
Adventure story. : SAGA
12
Galena and hematite. : ORES
14
A mile has 320. : RODS
19
Pleasant pre-winter periods. : INDIANSUMMERS
21
During last month: Abbr. : ULT
24
Small yellow bird. : SERIN
26
Prefix for 1 Down. : SEMI
27
Boxers' bailiwick. : ARENA
29
M. Coty and others. : RENES
31
Bizarre works of art. : GROTESQUES
32
African magic. : OBEAH
34
Servile flattery. : ADULATION
36
Metropolitan offering. : TOSCA
37
Well-known name in automobiles. : OLDS
42
Culls. : SELECTS
46
Italian pronoun. : MIA
49
Friend ___? : ORFOE
51
Finn's neighbor. : ESTH
52
Unoriginal one. : APER
53
Breakwater. : MOLE
54
Others: Lat. : ALII
55
Hindu deity. : SIVA
57
Single. : UNAL
58
Wriggling. : EELY
60
Permit. : LET
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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