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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Thursday, May 30, 1957
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.5
1 F | 2 L | 3 A | 4 G | | 5 S | 6 A | 7 L | 8 E | 9 M | | 10 G | 11 R | 12 A | 13 Y |
14 H | A | L | E | | 15 A | G | I | L | E | | 16 R | O | L | E |
17 A | M | B | O | | 18 D | R | E | A | M | | 19 O | L | L | A |
| 20 P | A | R | 21 A | D | E | S | | 22 O | 23 C | U | L | A | R |
| | | 24 G | H | E | E | | 25 O | R | A | N | | | |
26 L | 27 E | 28 G | I | O | N | | 29 B | R | I | N | D | 30 L | 31 E | |
32 S | T | R | A | Y | | 33 C | O | D | A | S | | 34 O | N | 35 A |
36 T | H | A | N | | 37 P | A | N | E | L | | 38 A | G | A | G |
39 S | O | N | | 40 A | L | T | A | R | | 41 F | L | A | R | E |
| 42 S | O | 43 L | D | I | E | R | | 44 P | L | A | N | E | S |
| | | 45 A | I | M | S | | 46 S | L | A | B | | | |
47 S | 48 P | 49 O | R | T | S | | 50 T | H | E | W | A | 51 C | 52 S | |
53 P | I | N | G | | 54 O | 55 H | A | R | A | | 56 M | O | T | 57 H |
58 E | T | T | E | | 59 L | I | K | E | D | | 60 A | N | Y | A |
61 T | H | O | R | | 62 L | E | E | D | S | | 63 N | E | X | T |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,893
Across
1
5
Capital of Oregon. :
SALEM10
Uniform color of 1861. :
GRAY14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Assembles in military formation. :
PARADES22
24
Liquid butter of India. :
GHEE25
Landing area of November, 1942. :
ORAN26
29
Animal streaked with a darker color. :
BRINDLE32
33
34
"___ Sunday Afternoon." :
ONA36
Conjunction in comparisons. :
THAN37
38
39
40
Southern constellation. :
ALTAR41
42
Hero honored at Arlington. :
SOLDIER44
Panthers, Scorpions, etc. :
PLANES45
46
Thick piece of marble. :
SLAB47
50
Col. Milligan's group: Colloq. :
THEWACS53
Light ringing sound. :
PING54
56
58
Diminutive suffix. :
ETTE59
60
61
War god of Norsemen. :
THOR62
63
Down
1
Agency created in 1934. :
FHA2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Anything high-flown. :
ELA9
10
What "we cannot hallow": Lincoln. :
GROUND11
Drummer's tremolo. :
ROLL12
13
Calendar contents. :
YEAR21
23
Puts up in airtight jars. :
CANS25
The Purple Heart, for example. :
ORDER26
27
Character of a people. :
ETHOS28
Cum ___ salis (with a grain of salt): Lat. :
GRANO29
Andrew Law's middle name. :
BONAR30
Union general who inaugurated this holiday. :
LOGAN31
Lake in N. Finland. :
ENARE33
Former head of the Marines. :
CATES35
"Now he belongs to the ___." :
AGES37
British ship's load-line mark. :
PLIMSOLL38
40
41
43
"In a ___ sense, we cannot dedicate ... " :
LARGER44
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
55
57
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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