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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Thursday, February 15, 1951
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 21.8
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:
20-Across, "Kind of shoe used by diamond smugglers" for PLATFORM (because they have thicker heels that can be hollowed out) is sometimes cited by crossword historians as a classic example of the "offbeat" or "colorful" cluing style used by Eugene T. Maleska.
1 S | 2 W | 3 I | 4 S | 5 S | 6 C | 7 H | 8 E | 9 W | 10 S | 11 W | 12 A | 13 P |
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14 C | E | N | C | I | 15 L | O | N | E | 16 C | A | R | E |
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17 A | L | C | A | N | 18 A | L | D | A | 19 A | N | N | O |
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20 P | L | A | T | F | 21 O | R | M | 22 S | 23 A | L | T | E | N |
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24 T | U | R | K | 25 D | E | M | P | S | E | Y |
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26 M | 27 O | 28 D | E | L | S | 29 O | R | L | E | |||||
30 A | V | A | R | 31 O | 32 L | G | A | 33 S | 34 C | 35 O | 36 T | 37 T |
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38 R | A | V | E | 39 N | O | R | M | 40 A | 41 E | R | I | E |
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42 C | L | Y | D | 43 E | 44 D | E | A | L | 45 A | C | R | E |
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46 L | 47 E | G | S | 48 L | 49 A | S | S | E | N |
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50 C | 51 A | 52 M | 53 I | L | L | E | 54 W | A | V | E | ||||
55 A | V | E | R | S | E | 56 P | I | N | A | F | 57 O | 58 R | 59 E |
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60 N | I | L | E | 61 V | 62 E | A | L | 63 T | I | G | E | R |
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64 A | N | O | N | 65 E | V | I | L | 66 A | R | E | N | A |
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67 L | E | S | E | 68 N | A | N | A | 69 R | E | E | D | S |
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 606
Across
1
Natives of Zurich. : SWISS
6
Ruminate. : CHEW
10
Make a trade. : SWAP
14
Roman family dramatized by Shelley. : CENCI
15
Famous "Ranger." : LONE
16
Packages for Europe. : CARE
17
Canadian-Alaskan highway. : ALCAN
18
Star in "Guys and Dolls." : ALDA
19
The "A" in A.D. : ANNO
20
Kind of shoe used by diamond smugglers. : PLATFORM
22
Creator of Bambi. : SALTEN
24
Dweller along the Dardanelles. : TURK
25
The Manassa Mauler. : DEMPSEY
26
Cover girls. : MODELS
29
Wreath on a knight's helmet. : ORLE
30
A North Caucasian language. : AVAR
31
Girl's name. : OLGA
33
Author Fitzgerald's middle name. : SCOTT
38
Blurb. : RAVE
39
Hollywood's Miss Shearer. : NORMA
41
With 50 down, De Witt Clinton's project. : ERIE
42
Important river in Scotland. : CLYDE
44
Start a card game. : DEAL
45
43,560 sq ft. of land. : ACRE
46
Sides of a triangle. : LEGS
48
___ Peak, only active volcano in U. S. : LASSEN
50
Dumas' heroine; basis for "La Traviata." : CAMILLE
54
Service woman. : WAVE
55
Fighting shy of. : AVERSE
56
Dick Deadeye's ship. : PINAFORE
60
Egypt's great irrigator. : NILE
61
Meat. : VEAL
63
New York political symbol. : TIGER
64
Presently. : ANON
65
Villainous. : EVIL
66
Hippodrome. : ARENA
67
___ majesty. : LESE
68
Mrs. Darling's dog. : NANA
69
Pastoral pipes. : REEDS
Down
1
MacArthur's plane. : SCAP
2
Shaft for air or light. : WELL
3
Sun worshiper of Peru. : INCA
4
Rambling; disrupted. : SCATTERED
5
Wicked. : SINFUL
6
The comic with the painted-on glasses. : CLARK
7
Eleanor of the Aquacade. : HOLM
8
Objective. : END
9
Military snow tractor. : WEASEL
10
Peddle tickets illegally. : SCALP
11
Needs. : WANTS
12
Buffalo of India. : ARNEE
13
Botanical Gardens spring specialty. : PEONY
21
Mr. Welles, theatrical prodigy. : ORSON
23
City in Iowa. : AMES
25
Christopher Fry's metier. : DRAMA
26
Mr. Connelly, "Green Pastures" playwright. : MARC
27
Shape of Yale Bowl. : OVAL
28
Mr. Jones, sea devil. : DAVY
29
Fairy tale villains. : OGRES
32
Governor of Connecticut. : LODGE
34
U. N. request, twice rejected by Mao. : CEASEFIRE
35
Killer whales. : ORCS
36
Akron product. : TIRE
37
Harold of the comics. : TEEN
40
Poe's foster father. : ALLAN
43
Additions to houses. : ELLS
47
Before midnight. : ELEVEN
49
Embodiment. : AVATAR
50
Waterway. : CANAL
51
Of birds. : AVINE
52
Where the Louvre's Venus was found. : MELOS
53
"Good-night girl" of 1950. : IRENE
54
The late Miss Cather. : WILLA
56
Distress. : PAIN
57
Curved molding. : OGEE
58
Divide. : REND
59
Historical periods. : ERAS
62
Miss Gabor of "The Happy Time." : EVA
Answer summary:
12 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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