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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, February 9, 1953

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 66.7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,331
Across
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New Sec'y of Air Force. : TALBOTT
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Two cents' worth. : POSTAL
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Colonel Gabreski is one. : AVIATOR
15
Quitclaim. : RELEASE
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Strait between Sicily and Italy. : MESSINA
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Teaches a new G.I. : ORIENTS
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Eisenhower, Nixon, etc. : INS
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One of the principal English cheeses. : STILTON
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Signal sent by Carlsen. : SOS
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Eager. : AGOG
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City 60 miles from Buffalo. : OLEAN
25
Barnyard "smokestack." : SILO
26
Important Baltic port. : MEMEL
28
Pose. : SIT
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Gallagher's vaudeville partner. : SHEAN
30
Misses Dunne and Bordoni. : IRENES
32
Casals and Piatigorsky. : CELLISTS
34
Opera by Menotti. : THEMEDIUM
36
Guam, Saipan, etc. : MARIANAS
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Part of a law of economics. : DEMAND
43
Bellowing. : AROAR
44
Sault ___ Marie. : STE
46
Former Governor of Massachusetts. : DEVER
47
Rival of Harrow. : ETON
48
Item in a confidence game. : SHELL
50
Another Baltic port. : RIGA
51
Talent for a good M. C. : WIT
52
Underpinning used in pompadour days. : HAIRPAD
54
Hiatus. : GAP
55
Drug used in eyedrops. : ESERINE
57
Play the flatterer. : ADULATE
59
Crawl, trudgen, etc. : STROKES
60
New title for Prescott Bush. : SENATOR
61
Canopy over a bed. : TESTER
62
Catapults of early warfare, which threw stones. : ONAGERS
Down
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Scenic Florida road. : TAMIAMI
2
Navy torpedo bomber. : AVENGER
3
Supple. : LISSOME
4
College degrees. : BAS
5
Inventor in the elevator field. : OTIS
6
The Lone Ranger's companion. : TONTO
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The Oregon, 1 Down, etc. : TRAILS
8
He succeeded General Farrell in 1946. : PERON
9
Music critic Downes. : OLIN
10
Visit. : SEE
11
Strong-scented herbs. : TANSIES
12
Home of a Tennyson heroine. : ASTOLAT
13
Work in the three r's. : LESSONS
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Alternated in a series. : ROTATED
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English city famed for footwear and textiles. : LEICESTER
23
Flower to which Bryant wrote a poem. : GENTIAN
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Gleam faintly. : SHIMMER
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Composer of musicals (1870–1948). : LEHAR
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Twisted or turned. : SLUED
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Money in Tokyo. : SEN
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Cover. : LID
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Fairway irons. : MASHIES
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Pilot's lifesaving jacket. : MAEWEST
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Hildegarde, for instance. : ARTISTE
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Basketball game crowds. : ROOTERS
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Practice a skyway science. : AVIGATE
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"No" man. : NEGATOR
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Dealers in dry goods. : DRAPERS
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Where Biggs Field is. : ELPASO
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More rational. : SANER
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Freighted. : LADEN
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Walk afield, for pleasure. : HIKE
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The Danube at Budapest. : DUNA
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Poppycock! : ROT
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Comparative slowness in development. : LAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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