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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, March 7, 1957

47-Down : Homily.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,809
Across
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Ivy League football champs. : ELIS
5
Club. : MACE
9
Tobacco planter's kiln. : OAST
13
Sports structure. : ARENA
14
N. African port. : ORAN
15
Amb. Zellerbach's predecessor. : LUCE
16
A hero of 1927. : LINDY
17
Aswan's river. : NILE
18
Small quantity. : DRAM
19
Perfect type. : BEAUIDEAL
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Where the tonic goes. : SCALP
22
Tippecanoe's middle name. : HENRY
23
Elaine's home. : ASTOLAT
25
U. N. health project. : WHO
27
Barbarian. : GOTH
29
___ Desert, the Nefud. : RED
30
Pitch. : HURL
32
Star-maker. : PRESSAGENT
37
Second Mrs. Copperfield. : AGNES
39
Cassowary's cousin. : EMU
40
Aegean island. : MELOS
41
Global area. : THEFAREAST
44
Sundered. : RENT
45
Mild rebuke. : TUT
46
Sgts. : NCOS
48
These: Fr. : CES
49
Consecrates. : DEVOTES
53
Awkward. : INEPT
55
Relish. : OLIVE
56
Saturates. : WATERLOGS
60
Montrachet. : WINE
61
Kinds of crude rubber. : PARA
62
Girl in a song. : MARIE
63
River in Germany. : EDER
64
Spinach addenda. : GRIT
65
Florida orange-shipping center. : OCALA
66
Inferior. : LESS
67
Tool for dressing wood. : ADZE
68
___ Gwyn. : NELL
Down
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Toledo's lake. : ERIE
2
Popular chanteuse. : LENAHORNE
3
Clothe. : INDUE
4
Aphorism. : SAYING
5
Subject of recent hit song. : MONEYTREE
6
Operatic recording. : ARIA
7
Lily. : CALLA
8
Chemical suffix. : ENE
9
Eccentric elder. : OLDCODGER
10
Of the ear. : AURAL
11
Milan's La ___. : SCALA
12
Incline strongly. : TEMPT
13
Vestment. : ALB
20
Trapdoor. : DROP
21
Clermont's power. : STEAM
24
Certain students: Abbr. : SRS
25
Exclamation of surprise. : WHAT
26
Man's name. : HUGH
28
Virile fellow. : HEMAN
31
Refrigerator hoard. : LEFTOVERS
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Uplift; rouse. : SUSCITATE
34
National "College." : ELECTORAL
35
Nobody. : NONE
36
Sounds seeking silence. : TSTS
38
Pan-fried. : SAUTE
42
Highway: Abbr. : RTE
43
E-flat is one. : TONE
47
Homily. : SERMON
49
Carpenter's fastener. : DOWEL
50
Omit in pronunciation.. : ELIDE
51
Creepers. : VINES
52
Turf. : SWARD
54
Residence. : PLACE
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State: Abbr. : ARIZ
58
Half a cup. : GILL
59
___ serpent. : SEA
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Golfers' group: Abbr. : PGA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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