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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, September 21, 1954

63-Across : Chief Ruhr city.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,911
Across
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Campus neophyte: Slang. : FROSH
6
Admirable, in jive talk. : COOL
10
Songstress Warren. : FRAN
14
___ Island. : CONEY
15
Goal of some students. : LORE
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Mrs. Chaplin. : OONA
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This: French. : CETTE
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Controversial poet. : EZRAPOUND
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___ Horse Dam in Montana. : HUNGRY
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"Panama" girl. : HATTIE
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Zoo, carousel, playgrounds, etc. : THEPARK
25
Inspirit. : CHEER
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Decomposes. : ROTS
27
Spanish grass. : ESPARTO
31
Treasury agency: Abbr. : IRO
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Patron saint of Poland. : STANISLAUS
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Rabbit's feet. : PAWS
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Loathed. : HATED
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Asiatic tree. : DITA
40
Natives of French West Africa. : SENEGALESE
42
Catskill sleeper. : RIP
43
Unites firmly. : CEMENTS
44
451. : CDLI
45
Picture puzzle. : REBUS
48
Complied with. : HUMORED
50
Puts on guard. : ALERTS
52
Cucumber. : PEPINO
53
Performs a civic duty. : REGISTERS
55
Fruit-bearing trees. : LIMES
58
Let forth. : EMIT
59
Asian mountains. : ALAI
60
In want. : NEEDY
61
Start of a counting out rhyme. : EENY
62
"Green Mansion" girl. : RIMA
63
Chief Ruhr city. : ESSEN
Down
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Agency controlling TV. : FCC
2
Fish delicacy. : ROE
3
Having a high old time. : ONTHETOWN
4
Certain arrangements. : SETUPS
5
Cowardly animal. : HYENA
6
Chaucer's story of Griselda (with "The"). : CLERKSTALE
7
Muddy. : OOZY
8
Lord Boyd ___. : ORR
9
Jacob's substituted bride. : LEAH
10
Basis for operation. : FOOTHOLD
11
Itinerary item. : ROUTE
12
Gun-getting gal. : ANNIE
13
Popular TV actor. : NADER
19
NATO, SEATO, etc. : PACTS
21
Name associated with law that "bad money drives out good." : GRESHAM
23
Life of a salesman. : TRIPS
24
Book of Hours. : HORAE
28
Eucharistic plate. : PATEN
29
Temporary dullness of perception. : ANESTHESIA
30
Works out of place, as a coat. : RIDESUP
33
Orly, Le Bourget, etc. : AIRDROMES
34
Useful. : UTILE
35
Palatable. : SAPID
37
Social ___. : SECURITY
41
Metrical romances. : GESTS
44
European rabbits. : CONIES
45
Peep show. : RAREE
46
Brand of Smyrna figs. : ELEME
47
Set about. : BEGIN
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Creator of Mr. Pym. : MILNE
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Destiny. : STAR
52
Its habitat is 23 Across. : PRAM
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Byword at New Haven. : ELI
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British statesman. : EDE
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Together: Pref. : SYN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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