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Eugene T. Maleska
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: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 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. : ERMA
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. : ERIM
58. Tropical bird. : MYNA
60. Hushing sound. : TST

Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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