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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Saturday, June 12, 1954
57-Down : Start of a Xmas poem.
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 O | 4 O | 5 D | 6 J | 7 E | 8 B | 9 B | 10 T | 11 E | 12 S | 13 S |
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14 P | A | D | R | E | 15 E | Y | R | E | 16 O | R | A | L |
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17 I | L | I | A | N | 18 A | R | I | A | 19 S | I | L | O |
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20 T | O | S | T | I | 21 N | A | N | T | 22 U | C | K | E | T |
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23 E | N | T | E | Z | 24 A | M | 25 G | E | N | A | ||||
26 E | T | A | 27 L | 28 R | I | N | 29 S | 30 E | 31 D |
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32 S | 33 E | 34 V | 35 E | N | T | I | E | 36 S | 37 T | I | L | D | E |
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38 I | R | I | D | 39 U | R | I | E | 40 L | 41 N | A | N | A |
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42 R | A | D | I | 43 O | 44 E | L | C | A | 45 P | I | T | A | N |
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46 S | T | I | N | T | 47 S | 48 A | R | N | O | |||||
49 B | I | A | 50 S | 51 E | A | R | 52 N | 53 E | 54 S | 55 T |
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56 S | 57 T | 58 R | U | C | K | O | 59 U | T | 60 T | O | N | T | O |
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61 E | W | E | R | 62 A | L | T | A | 63 H | O | A | R | D |
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64 R | A | N | G | 65 T | E | A | R | 66 O | S | T | I | A |
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67 E | S | T | H | 68 A | S | H | Y | 69 S | E | E | P | Y |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,810
Across
1
Remained unchanged. : STOOD
6
Former British delegate to U. N. : JEBB
10
Dick Tracy's wife. : TESS
14
Chaplain. : PADRE
15
She married Mr. Rochester. : EYRE
16
Type of examination. : ORAL
17
Of Troy. : ILIAN
18
Figaro's forte. : ARIA
19
Barnyard tower. : SILO
20
"Goodbye" composer. : TOSTI
21
Island resort near Cape Cod. : NANTUCKET
23
U. N. representative from Iran. : ENTEZAM
25
Cheek: Zool. : GENA
26
And others: Latin abbr. : ETAL
28
Washed lightly. : RINSED
32
Area of a first-class golf score. : SEVENTIES
37
Mark over "n" in Spanish. : TILDE
38
Perennial herb. : IRID
39
An archangel. : URIEL
41
Wendy's dog. : NANA
42
One field for hams. : RADIO
44
Comic opera by Sousa. : ELCAPITAN
46
Tasks assigned. : STINTS
48
Florence's river. : ARNO
49
Prejudice. : BIAS
51
Not trivial. : EARNEST
56
Last two words of "Casey at the Bat." : STRUCKOUT
60
Masked man's Indian. : TONTO
61
Jug. : EWER
62
Canadian province: Abbr. : ALTA
63
Accumulate. : HOARD
64
Sounded sonorously. : RANG
65
Move with speed. : TEAR
66
Port of Rome, now in ruins. : OSTIA
67
Baltic native. : ESTH
68
Light gray. : ASHY
69
Poorly drained. : SEEPY
Down
1
Petty malice. : SPITE
2
Owl's weapon. : TALON
3
Pindar was one. : ODIST
4
Take the stump. : ORATE
5
Inhabitant. : DENIZEN
6
"The Girl in Pink Tights." : JEANMAIRE
7
Wild cat. : EYRA
8
Fetch. : BRING
9
Kitchen gadget. : BEATER
10
87-year-old maestro. : TOSCANINI
11
Hecht's "___ Dorn." : ERIK
12
Shopper stopper. : SALE
13
Automat aperture. : SLOT
22
Distinct part. : UNIT
24
Aleutian base. : ATTU
27
Girl's name. : LEILA
29
Thin board. : SLAT
30
Poetess Millay. : EDNA
31
Senior member. : DEAN
32
Fleming, Franks, etc. : SIRS
33
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
34
Middle of a famous message. : VIDI
35
Prince Charles' father. : EDINBURGH
36
An officer of state. : SECRETARY
40
Actress Turner. : LANA
43
Of the ear. : OTIC
45
Friend of Aramis and Athos. : PORTHOS
47
Honshu seaport. : SAKATA
50
Parts of pumps. : SOLES
52
Halter. : NOOSE
53
Growing out. : ENATE
54
Runway for airplanes. : STRIP
55
"But never jam ___." : TODAY
56
Withered. : SERE
57
Start of a Xmas poem. : TWAS
58
Collector's item. : RENT
59
Sen. Watkins' state. : UTAH
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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