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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Friday, May 18, 1956
19-Across : Capital of S. Australia.
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 J | 2 A | 3 F | 4 F | 5 A | 6 C | 7 H | 8 I | 9 C | 10 B | 11 O | 12 S |
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13 A | R | I | A | S | 14 H | E | R | O | 15 M | E | N | U |
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16 B | E | N | C | H | 17 M | A | R | K | S | 18 A | L | I | I |
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19 A | D | E | L | A | I | D | E | 20 P | Y | L | O | N |
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21 T | E | R | R | 22 D | 23 R | A | P | I | N | G |
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24 M | 25 A | 26 B | 27 Y | E | L | 28 P | 29 O | T | O | S | ||||
30 A | D | R | 31 A | 32 S | A | L | 33 T | C | E | L | L | 34 A | 35 R |
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36 S | I | E | N | 37 A | 38 D | U | R | 39 S | E | A | T | O |
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40 S | T | A | N | L | 41 E | Y | C | U | 42 P | 43 S | N | U | B |
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44 D | U | A | L | 45 K | N | U | 46 D | 47 D | B | S |
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48 A | 49 L | B | A | N | I | 50 A | 51 K | N | O | 52 B | ||||
53 P | O | O | L | S | 54 S | 55 O | L | I | D | E | 56 S | 57 T | ||
58 A | R | A | L | 59 A | T | T | I | C | G | R | E | E | 60 K |
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61 C | A | R | Y | 62 G | R | I | N | 63 E | L | A | T | E |
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64 E | N | D | 65 E | A | S | E | 66 R | E | N | E | W |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,516
Across
1
Israeli port. : JAFFA
6
Stylish. : CHIC
10
Genus of cattle. : BOS
13
Tests for tenors. : ARIAS
14
Protagonist. : HERO
15
Carte. : MENU
16
Points of reference, for surveyors. : BENCHMARKS
18
Others: Lat. : ALII
19
Capital of S. Australia. : ADELAIDE
20
Air race tower. : PYLON
21
Hawaii is one: Abbr. : TERR
22
Arranging in folds. : DRAPING
24
Queen in English folklore. : MAB
27
Bark shrilly. : YELP
29
Indians. : OTOS
30
Seaport in Spain. : ADRA
32
Table vessel. : SALTCELLAR
36
Italian art center. : SIENA
38
Major: Mus. : DUR
39
Southeast Asia pact. : SEATO
40
Rangers' goal. : STANLEYCUP
43
Social slight. : SNUB
44
Twofold. : DUAL
45
Prince of Denmark. : KNUD
47
Decibels: Abbr. : DBS
48
New U. N. member. : ALBANIA
51
Handle. : KNOB
53
Contributes to a common fund. : POOLS
54
Most substantial. : SOLIDEST
58
Sea in Asia. : ARAL
59
Classical language. : ATTICGREEK
61
Golfer Middlecoff. : CARY
62
Show good humor. : GRIN
63
Make exultant. : ELATE
64
Remnant. : END
65
Adroitness. : EASE
66
Extend a subscription. : RENEW
Down
1
Poke. : JAB
2
Precinct. : AREA
3
Treasure-trove. : FIND
4
Phase. : FACET
5
Rhett Butler's rival. : ASHLEY
6
Conductor of a meeting, in PTA parlance. : CHAIRLADY
7
Dairy cattle. : HERD
8
Annoyed. : IRKED
9
Variety of lettuce. : COS
10
Oldest industrial center in Newfoundland. : BELLISLAND
11
Flavoring agent. : ONION
12
Beseeching. : SUING
15
Structures for spring dances. : MAYPOLES
17
Equines. : MARES
20
Heads. : PATES
23
Sindbad's bird. : ROC
24
Bulk. : MASS
25
Where colliers enter. : ADIT
26
Kitchen appurtenance. : BREADBOARD
28
Courage. : PLUCK
31
Every year. : ANNUALLY
33
Part of a railroad system. : TRUNKLINE
34
"Three men in ___." : ATUB
35
Plunders. : ROBS
37
Dale, Young, etc. : ALANS
41
Athlete in blue. : ELI
42
Of ancient Carthage. : PUNIC
46
Duke or Gil. : DODGER
48
Speedily. : APACE
49
Aid to navigators. : LORAN
50
"Per ardua ad ___," RAF motto. : ASTRA
52
TV comedian. : BERLE
55
Inventor of an elevator. : OTIS
56
Playwright O'Casey. : SEAN
57
Head: Fr. : TETE
59
"___ cannot wither her ... " : AGE
60
___ Gardens. : KEW
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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