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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, November 1, 1986

62-Across : Knight's attendant

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

From Flip Koski:

The November 1, 1986 crossword by Maleska is a tribute puzzle, referring to the November 1, 1986 wedding of Maleska's daughter, Merryl, to Nathan Wilbur. The puzzle's references to the wedding include NATHAN, WILBUR, AMHERST (where the wedding took place), LOVE AND MARRIAGE, and NOVEMBER I. WILBUR is clued as "Pulitzer Prize writer: 1957," a reference to the groom's father, Richard Wilbur.

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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,507
Across
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Pulitzer Prize writer: 1957 : WILBUR
7
Word on a dollar bill : SERIES
13
Poem by Tennyson : MARIANA
14
College in western Mass. : AMHERST
15
Philosopher like Zeno : ELEATIC
16
River in Kipling's "Just So Stories" : LIMPOPO
17
Personals, perhaps : ADS
18
French legislative body : SENAT
20
Kind of job : SNOW
21
Of a bride's matrimonial portion : DOTAL
24
Boston Marathon winner de Castella: 1986 : ROB
25
Irving's sleeper : RIP
27
Fourgon : VAN
29
Fall with a flat sound : PLAP
33
Infancy : CRADLE
36
Symbol on a Sydney coin : EMU
37
Adriatic feeder : RENO
38
Cahn-Van Heusen hit: 1955 : LOVEANDMARRIAGE
41
Preacher's sign-off : AMEN
42
Tortoise's beak : NEB
43
Trumpet call in Elizabethan dramas : SENNET
44
Rialto : MART
45
Rosary bead : AVE
46
Ref. book : ENC
47
Ogre : ORC
49
Compendious : TERSE
53
Southern cornmeal dish : CUSH
57
Wading bird : STILT
59
Airport abbr. : ETA
60
Move : ACTUATE
62
Knight's attendant : ARMORER
65
Chose : ELECTED
66
Elite parties : SOIREES
67
"Portrait of Jennie" author : NATHAN
68
Meryl of films : STREEP
Down
1
___ Pepper, Redford role : WALDO
2
"If ___, I rust": Luther : IREST
3
Debussy's "Air de ___" : LIA
4
Boggs weapon : BAT
5
Les Etats-___ : UNIS
6
Sneva or Unser : RACER
7
Hit, old style : SMIT
8
Ahem, in Asti : EHM
9
Necktie fabrics : REPS
10
Goffer : IRON
11
Nickname for the Rangers' general manager : ESPO
12
Steeve : STOW
13
Honey drink : MEAD
14
C.S.A. ship : ALABAMA
19
All Saints' Day : NOVEMBERI
22
Passionate : ARDENT
23
Actress Kedrova : LILA
26
President of Brazil: 1906-9 : PENNA
28
Cavell was one : NURSE
29
Charles or Andrew : PRINCE
30
Director from Croydon : LEAN
31
Cherbourg cherub : ANGE
32
Merrill or 1 Across : POET
33
Gweduc, e.g. : CLAM
34
Locale of "Tosca" : ROMA
35
State : AVER
39
Very loving : DEVOTED
40
Budget item : RENT
48
Kidney : CLASS
50
Cattail of India : REREE
51
Like the Palisades : STEEP
52
Spectacles supporters : EARS
53
Capital of Calvados : CAEN
54
U.S.C. rival : UCLA
55
Dele that dele! : STET
56
She wrote "Eros Invincible" : HUCH
57
"Nana" star: 1934 : STEN
58
Jog : TROT
61
Browning's "Up ___ Villa ... " : ATA
63
Chief, in Calcutta : MIR
64
Danish coin : ORE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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