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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, May 19, 1951

20-Across : He's on Ezz Charles' payroll.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 699
Across
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Horseshoe or hermit. : CRAB
5
Red, Yellow, Black, etc. : SEAS
9
Lost week-end. : SPREE
14
Distinctive air. : AURA
15
Leave the stage. : EXIT
16
Coffee has it; so has wine. : AROMA
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Unforgotten hero of New York. : THELITTLEFLOWER
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He's on Ezz Charles' payroll. : TRAINER
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___ Island, for track meets. : TRAVERS
22
Diz, Abner or Gordon. : DEAN
24
Friend: French. : AMI
25
Bones of the ankle joint. : TARSI
29
Those "in the know." : INSIDERS
34
Dutch news agency. : ANETA
35
Wood-wind instrument. : OBOE
36
Buffalo's lake. : ERIE
37
Wilt vs. Gehrmann distance. : MILE
38
Heroine of 1944 best seller. : AMBER
39
Part of a church. : NAVE
40
Over. : ATOP
41
She toiled at Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works. : NELL
42
Emulated John Gielgud. : ACTED
43
Actor synonymous with Sherlock Holmes. : RATHBONE
45
Botanical Gardens show-off. : PEONY
46
Silkworm. : ERI
47
Humid. : DAMP
50
Rattle-brained. : ASININE
54
Its capitals are Sucre and La Paz. : BOLIVIA
59
Gloria Swanson's comeback. : SUNSETBOULEVARD
61
Witch of ___. : ENDOR
62
Part of Saturn's rings. : ANSA
63
Mr. Roper, survey taker. : ELMO
64
___ column, in British papers. : AGONY
65
___-do-well. : NEER
66
First name of Irish President. : SEAN
Down
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American suffrage leader. : CATT
2
Mining region, including Essen. : RUHR
3
Scope. : AREA
4
Island east of Java. : BALI
5
Mediterranean sail boat. : SETEE
6
Newsboy's cry. : EXTRA
7
Be indisposed. : AIL
8
Let it stand. : STET
9
Popular sandwich ingredient. : SALAMI
10
Where Gov. Roberts presides. : PROVIDENCE
11
Baseball's former "Schoolboy." : ROWE
12
Irish personification of ideal womanhood. : EMER
13
Borrowed by Marc Antony. : EARS
18
Republic since Jan 26, 1950. : INDIA
19
Chief river of British Columbia. : FRASER
23
Tried the bait. : NIBBLED
25
Daughter of David. : TAMAR
26
Miss Louise. : ANITA
27
Apportion again. : RELOT
28
British locomotive inventor (1781-1848). : STEPHENSON
30
Xmas card greeting. : NOEL
31
Sister of Calliope. : ERATO
32
Split. : RIVEN
33
Down at the heel. : SEEDY
35
Handwriting on the wall. : OMEN
38
Consecrate with oil. : ANOINT
42
M. D. forestaller. : APPLE
44
Thorny. : BRIERY
48
Verbal lashing. : ABUSE
49
First permanent tooth. : MOLAR
50
On the deep blue. : ASEA
51
Chanted. : SUNG
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___ China. : INDO
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Ambassador from Israel. : EBAN
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Senator from N. Y. : IVES
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Farewell: Latin. : VALE
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Jane's addle-pated pal. : IRMA
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Handsome youth: Latin. : ADON
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"___ nation indivisible ... " : ONE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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