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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Saturday, October 30, 1954
70-Across : Dither.
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Grid has duplicate clues.
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 I | 3 S | 4 C | 5 A | 6 T | 7 T | 8 S | 9 O | 10 S | 11 L | 12 O |
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13 A | C | T | H | 14 H | O | Y | A | 15 S | 16 D | O | U | D |
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17 I | O | L | A | 18 A | P | P | L | E | 19 S | A | U | C | E |
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20 S | N | O | R | 21 T | 22 B | E | T | T | E | 23 P | I | T |
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24 L | A | 25 M | A | 26 S | H | A | 27 S | T | A | S |
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28 N | 29 O | 30 S | E | R | I | N | 31 G | 32 T | O | O | ||||
33 U | P | A | S | 34 M | A | N | 35 E | 36 O | U | N | 37 C | 38 E |
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39 M | I | L | L | 40 I | N | A | L | 41 L | 42 P | U | E | R |
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43 B | E | T | A | 44 S | 45 A | R | M | Y | 46 A | T | T | A |
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47 I | M | P | 48 R | E | R | 49 I | N | S | E | S |
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50 E | 51 G | G | B | I | 52 R | 53 D | 54 R | E | N | D | ||||
55 G | A | R | 56 C | O | O | 57 E | R | 58 E | F | 59 L | 60 A | 61 T |
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62 G | R | A | 63 V | Y | T | R | A | I | 64 N | 65 I | O | W | A |
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66 E | R | D | A | 67 C | I | S | C | O | 68 S | L | A | P |
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69 R | Y | E | S | 70 S | T | E | W | 71 H | A | Y | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,950
Across
1
Flat circular plate. : DISC
5
Men of law: Abbr. : ATTS
9
___ Fjord. : OSLO
13
Miracle drug. : ACTH
14
Plants of the milkweed family. : HOYAS
16
Noted name in Denver. : DOUD
17
City in Kansas. : IOLA
18
Insincere flattery: Slang. : APPLESAUCE
20
Sound of anger. : SNORT
22
Hollywood name. : BETTE
23
Coal mine. : PIT
24
Tibetan priest. : LAMA
26
Daisylike chrysanthemums. : SHASTAS
28
Primitive ornament. : NOSERING
32
Exceedingly. : TOO
33
Poisonous tree. : UPAS
34
Long, heavy hair. : MANE
36
Liquid measure. : OUNCE
39
Machine for making cider. : MILL
40
On the whole. : INALL
42
Boy: Latin. : PUER
43
Secondary things. : BETAS
45
Earl Blaik's team. : ARMY
46
"___ boy!" : ATTA
47
Troublesome tot. : IMP
48
Washes out again. : RERINSES
50
Kind of tern. : EGGBIRD
54
Tear. : REND
55
Mr. Wood, boat maker. : GAR
56
Dove. : COOER
58
Key of Brahms Sonata No. 2. : EFLAT
62
Source of easy profits: Slang. : GRAVYTRAIN
65
Where Davenport is. : IOWA
66
Wagner's earth goddess. : ERDA
67
Lake herring. : CISCO
68
Rebuff. : SLAP
69
Cereal grains. : RYES
70
Dither. : STEW
71
Former movie czar. : HAYS
Down
1
Platform for V. I. P.'s. : DAIS
2
Church image. : ICON
3
French city. : STLO
4
Friend of Coleridge. : CHARLESLAMB
5
Exclamation of surprise. : AHA
6
Recent musical. : TOPBANANA
7
Roman. : TYPE
8
Seasons. : SALTS
9
Harem room. : ODA
10
Sumptuous spread. : SOUPTONUTS
11
Operatic role. : LUCIA
12
Well-known playwright. : ODETS
15
Biblical name. : SETH
19
Eastern cousin of NATO. : SEATO
21
Deck hand. : TAR
25
Operatic role. : MIMI
27
Formal evening dress: Slang. : SOUPANDFISH
28
Unfeeling. : NUMB
29
Humorist ___ Read. : OPIE
30
Having legs adapted for leaping. : SALTIGRADE
31
Snarl: Var. : GNARR
35
Playwright, novelist, director. : ELMERRICE
37
Whale. : CETE
38
Cycles. : ERAS
41
Erato's instrument. : LYRE
44
Piquant. : SPICY
49
Noun suffix. : INE
50
Moth. : EGGER
51
Emcee Moore. : GARRY
52
Army reserve group. : ROTC
53
Hart of the courts. : DORIS
57
Middle ___. : EAST
59
Little Charlotte. : LOLA
60
Gone. : AWAY
61
Opposite of reveille. : TAPS
63
Duct: Anat. : VAS
64
Forthwith. : NOW
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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