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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Friday, March 18, 1955
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 43.4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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13 O | L | E | O | 14 O | V | E | R | 15 T | 16 T | I | M | E |
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17 D | E | C | I | 18 L | A | R | A | I | 19 N | E | D | A | Y |
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20 A | M | O | R | 21 A | L | 22 T | I | M | E | L | E | S | S |
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26 M | 27 A | D | E | T | I | M | 28 E | 29 O | R | A | 30 N | 31 G | 32 E |
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33 A | L | B | S | 34 A | C | 35 L | U | B | 36 O | R | D |
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37 T | I | E | 38 J | 39 O | L | L | I | T | Y | 40 W | I | G |
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41 S | E | S | 42 A | L | L | A | N | 43 T | O | M | E |
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44 U | N | T | 45 O | L | D | 46 T | E | 47 T | 48 H | E | R | E | D |
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49 P | O | T | 50 S | 51 R | E | R | A | N | ||||||
52 S | 53 L | 54 E | E | P | I | N | 55 G | 56 E | S | T | E | 57 E | 58 M |
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59 M | E | R | R | Y | M | O | N | 60 T | H | 61 I | V | R | Y |
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62 I | N | G | A | 63 E | R | A | S | E | 64 M | E | I | N |
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65 T | A | O | S | 66 E | T | T | E | 67 E | R | N | A |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,089
Across
1
Sinclair Lewis hero. : CASS
5
See 55 Down. : PEST
9
Royal visitor to U. S. : SHAH
13
Butterine. : OLEO
14
Manifest. : OVERT
16
Money, according to Ben Franklin. : TIME
17
Numerical combining form. : DECI
18
TV panelist. : LARAINEDAY
20
Apart from ethics. : AMORAL
22
Interminable. : TIMELESS
23
Roman historian. : NEPOS
25
Small duck. : TEAL
26
Traveled fast. : MADETIME
29
Syracuse team. : ORANGE
33
Vestments. : ALBS
34
Bridge bid. : ACLUB
36
Group or class: Abbr. : ORD
37
Four-in-hand. : TIE
38
Mirth. : JOLLITY
40
Part of a clown's make-up. : WIG
41
His: Fr. : SES
42
Shivers of Texas. : ALLAN
43
Book. : TOME
44
Vast. : UNTOLD
46
Fastened with rope. : TETHERED
49
Kitchen line-up. : POTS
51
Raced again. : RERAN
52
Occupation for babies. : SLEEPING
56
Regard highly. : ESTEEM
59
May, in an old song. : MERRYMONTH
61
Suburb of Paris, on the Seine. : IVRY
62
Girl's name. : INGA
63
Clean the slate. : ERASE
64
Chow ___. : MEIN
65
Southwestern art center. : TAOS
66
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
67
Miss Berger of the Met. : ERNA
Down
1
Final passage in music. : CODA
2
Turkish imperial standard. : ALEM
3
Inferior. : SECONDBEST
4
Evening parties. : SOIREES
5
Hoi ___. : POLLOI
6
Miss St. Clare. : EVA
7
Spanish painter. : SERT
8
Distinguishing quality. : TRAIT
9
Singer Roman. : STELLA
10
Cache. : HIDE
11
You love: Latin. : AMAS
12
Attention-getters. : HEYS
15
Pause on the gridiron. : TIMEOUT
19
Close. : NEARBY
21
Quick to learn. : APT
24
Minor. : SMALL
26
Quemoy and ___. : MATSU
27
Strange. : ALIEN
28
Brilliancy. : ECLAT
30
Doer's slogan. : NOWORNEVER
31
Soot. : GRIME
32
Moved gradually. : EDGED
35
"Andrea Doria." : LINER
38
Well-seasoned car. : JALOPY
39
Of days of yore. : OLDTIME
43
Period in a Londoner's day. : TEATIME
45
Menotti masterpieces. : OPERAS
47
Giggle. : TEEHEE
48
Cuckoo's announcements: Abbr. : HRS
50
Sleep sound. : SNORE
52
Struck. : SMIT
53
Asian river. : LENA
54
Caesar's "hence." : ERGO
55
Stinging insect. : GNAT
57
The Old Sod. : ERIN
58
Tropical bird. : MYNA
60
Hushing sound. : TST
Answer summary:
11 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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