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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Saturday, June 23, 1951
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 59.9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:
5-Across: Historically, a "groaning board" refers to a dining table so heavily laden with food that it is metaphorically (or literally, in the case of older trestle tables) "groaning" under the weight of the feast. It is a classic expression used to describe a massive, abundant meal. Not-so-groaning means just the table itself.
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14 R | O | O | M | 15 O | T | O | E | S | 16 R | A | N | A |
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17 A | R | T | U | 18 R | O | T | O | S | C | 19 A | N | I | N | I |
20 I | T | O | 21 E | T | A | T | 22 O | P | E | N | E | R |
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23 G | A | R | 24 A | G | E | 25 H | 26 O | R | S | E | S | |||
27 L | I | D | 28 T | U | T | E | 29 T | 30 E | 31 N |
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32 C | 33 O | 34 W | E | N | 35 H | A | N | S | 36 S | O | R | E |
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37 O | H | A | R | A | 38 O | R | C | 39 S | T | R | I | A |
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40 W | I | L | T | 41 S | A | K | E | 42 H | O | M | E | R |
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43 L | O | T | 44 A | T | R | I | 45 S | I | N | |||||
46 D | 47 A | I | R | E | N | 48 T | R | E | 49 A | 50 T | 51 Y |
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52 A | 53 B | R | I | D | E | 54 G | 55 L | E | E | 56 R | I | A |
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57 S | A | O | R | S | T | 58 A | T | E | I | R | 59 E | A | N | N |
60 T | Y | P | E | 61 C | L | O | W | N | 62 T | R | E | K |
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63 A | S | O | R | 64 H | A | N | D | S | 65 C | A | S | S |
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 734
Across
1
Perennial parkers. : CARS
5
The not-so-groaning board. : TABLE
10
Inland sea. : ARAL
14
___ service. : ROOM
15
Siouan tribe, now in Oklahoma. : OTOES
16
Ruler of Nepal. : RANA
17
Famous octogenarian. : ARTUROTOSCANINI
20
Japanese name. : ITO
21
Coup d'___. : ETAT
22
April event in baseball : OPENER
23
Home for 1 Across. : GARAGE
25
Count Turf, et al. : HORSES
27
Cover. : LID
28
Instruct privately: Humorous. : TUTE
29
Recipe to keep from losing one's temper. : TEN
32
Ambassador to the Philippines. : COWEN
35
Boy of the silver skates. : HANS
36
Vexatious. : SORE
37
Flicka's creator. : OHARA
38
Killer whale. : ORC
39
Minute groove. : STRIA
40
Lose freshness. : WILT
41
End or objective. : SAKE
42
It can score 4 runs. : HOMER
43
House builder's early purchase. : LOT
44
Longfellow's "Bell of ___." : ATRI
45
Original part of all of us. : SIN
46
Manchurian port. : DAIREN
48
Important matter in Japan. : TREATY
52
June girl: 2 wds. : ABRIDE
54
___ club. : GLEE
56
Inlet. : RIA
57
The Irish Free State. : SAORSTATEIREANN
60
It's measured in points. : TYPE
61
Emmett Kelly, for instance. : CLOWN
62
Migration. : TREK
63
Hebrew musical instrument. : ASOR
64
Workers. : HANDS
65
Sinclair Lewis' hero. : CASS
Down
1
Mystery writer, ___ Rice. : CRAIG
2
Great arterial trunk. : AORTA
3
Revolving part. : ROTOR
4
University in Dallas. : SMU
5
Beeped the horn. : TOOTED
6
"___ boy!" : ATTA
7
Creator of William Sylvanus Baxter. : BOOTHTARKINGTON
8
Bandleader Brown. : LES
9
Honor guards. : ESCORTS
10
Wild buffalo. : ARNEE
11
Picnic spoiler. : RAINSTORM
12
Broadway's Miss Jeffreys. : ANNE
13
Simba's bed. : LAIR
18
Capital of Saskatchewan. : REGINA
19
Church recess. : APSE
24
Wide-awake. : ALERT
26
Six cents worth of air mail. : OUNCE
30
Canal completed in 1825. : ERIE
31
Closefisted. : NEAR
32
Star of "Lilac Time." : COWL
33
Governor Lausche's state. : OHIO
34
Red Sox second-year man. : WALTDROPO
35
Sir Samuel ___ of Britain. : HOARE
36
Chief Justice before Vinson. : STONE
39
"Berlin Diary" author. : SHIRER
41
Traditional part of the 7th inning. : STRETCH
44
Helps. : AIDS
45
Gertrude and Leo. : STEINS
47
Frame for drying clothes. : AIRER
49
Large parrot. : ARARA
50
Business end of a fork. : TINES
51
Fighters under the U. N. banner. : YANKS
52
Name of The Thin Man's terrier. : ASTA
53
Reddish-brown horses. : BAYS
55
Salacious. : LEWD
58
Recent Premier of Iran. : ALA
59
And the rest. : ETC
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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