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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, June 29, 1953

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 27.3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,471
Across
1
Governor in Dover. : BOGGS
6
Make hermetic. : SEAL
10
Hoity-toity person. : SNOB
14
Athenian's "Times Square." : AGORA
15
River in Yorkshire. : AIRE
16
Seaport on Honshu Island. : KOBE
17
Direct for information. : REFER
18
Balance gains and losses. : BREAKEVEN
20
Useful discovery of 1898. : NEON
21
Starts of races. : BREAKAWAYS
22
Picaroon. : ROGUE
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Baseball fan's frequent emotion. : IRE
25
Wept. : SOBBED
27
Humorously, the stomach. : INNERMAN
32
Emulated Robin Roberts. : HURLED
33
Use for 20 Across. : SIGN
34
Physicians' group. : AMA
35
Nebraska City's county. : OTOE
36
Jungfrau is one. : ALP
37
Vaudeville act. : SKIT
38
B. C. boat. : ARK
39
"When you ___ a tulip ... " : WORE
41
One adjective for Mrs. Hobby's department. : NEWEST
43
Wavered uncertainly. : TEETERED
45
So lies the head that wears a crown. : UNEASY
46
Caddoan Indian. : REE
47
Well-known race horse of the 1940's. : ALSAB
48
Gets loose from the calaboose. : BREAKSJAIL
53
Conifer. : TREE
56
Place to stop for pop. : ROADSTAND
57
Famous name in movie history. : BEERY
58
Church recess. : APSE
59
Lake in Ireland. : ERNE
60
Clean the slate. : ERASE
61
Felix Salten character. : DEER
62
Yukon vehicle. : SLED
63
Invited. : ASKED
Down
1
Rural artist's subject. : BARN
2
Curved molding. : OGEE
3
Shoot the works: Phrase. : GOFORBROKE
4
University city in France. : GRENOBLE
5
Patriotic society. : SAR
6
Jet holding world's speed record. : SABRE
7
Douglas Hyde was its first President. : EIRE
8
Europe's is slightly larger than Brazil's. : AREA
9
Not seaworthy. : LEAKING
10
Rotisserie pin. : SKEWER
11
___ Scotia. : NOVA
12
Word missing in some marriage services. : OBEY
13
Hecht, Hogan, etc. : BENS
19
Girl's name. : KAREN
21
Melville or Sinclair hero. : BUDD
23
Suit: Colloq. : GEE
25
Young hog. : SHOAT
26
Strange. : OUTRE
27
Isolated. : ISLED
28
Jack Frost's touch. : NIP
29
Say the wrong thing. : MAKEABREAK
30
Faulty. : AMISS
31
James Fenimore Cooper's Bumppo. : NATTY
36
Auxiliary verb. : ARE
37
Pin-up garb. : SWEATERS
39
Secretary of Commerce. : WEEKS
40
Mythical Greek or Ballplayer Minoso. : ORESTES
41
Insignificant. : NULL
42
Officer on a warship: Abbr. : ENS
44
Branch Rickey, for instance. : TRADER
47
Gave succor. : AIDED
48
Small nail. : BRAD
49
Product from sisal. : ROPE
50
Bed of roses. : EASE
51
Ancient Scandinavian chieftain. : JARL
52
Windsor's grandniece. : ANNE
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Observed. : EYED
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Miss Lillie. : BEA

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2 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later.

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