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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Thursday, September 22, 1955
1-Across : Deride.
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 U | N | A | L | 15 E | R | A | S | E | 16 N | O | R | A |
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17 L | A | K | E | 18 T | E | A | P | O | 19 T | D | O | M | E |
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20 A | N | I | M | 21 A | T | E | D | 22 R | H | I | N | A | L |
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31 H | 32 A | S | T | Y | 33 P | I | E | C | E | 34 I | T | O |
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35 E | P | O | S | 36 E | A | R | L | S | 37 B | L | U | R |
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38 R | E | D | 39 A | Y | R | E | S | 40 T | O | K | I | O |
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41 B | R | A | 42 G | G | E | R | S | 43 T | H | U | S | |||
44 A | I | T | 45 D | U | E | N | N | 46 A | 47 S |
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48 S | 49 T | 50 I | F | L | E | 51 F | E | R | N | D | A | L | E |
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52 C | O | F | F | E | E | 53 B | E | A | N | 54 A | K | I | N |
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55 A | N | N | E | 56 T | A | U | N | T | 57 R | E | N | O |
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58 R | E | I | D | 59 H | A | S | S | O | 60 Y | S | E | R |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,277
Across
1
Deride. : GIBE
5
Scrawny animal. : SCRAG
10
Leave out. : OMIT
14
Single. : UNAL
15
Clean the blackboard. : ERASE
16
Ballerina Kaye. : NORA
17
Louise or Victoria. : LAKE
18
Scandals of 1923. : TEAPOTDOME
20
Lively. : ANIMATED
22
Of the nose. : RHINAL
23
Extended a subscription. : RENEWED
24
Twining is one: Abbr. : GEN
25
Snarl; growl. : GNAR
26
Caesar's warships. : TRIREMES
31
Headlong. : HASTY
33
Fragment. : PIECE
34
Oriental name. : ITO
35
Heroic poem. : EPOS
36
Warren and Long. : EARLS
37
Cloud. : BLUR
38
___ lead. : RED
39
Lew of Hollywood. : AYRES
40
Hatoyama's headquarters. : TOKIO
41
Show-offs. : BRAGGERS
43
Consequently. : THUS
44
Small island. : AIT
45
Chaperons. : DUENNAS
48
Quench. : STIFLE
51
City just north of Detroit. : FERNDALE
52
Seed of a billion-dollar industry. : COFFEEBEAN
54
Of the same kind. : AKIN
55
She of the 1,000 days. : ANNE
56
Reproach. : TAUNT
57
City near Carson City. : RENO
58
Designer of U. S. flag, 1818. : REID
59
Star from Stockholm. : HASSO
60
River to North Sea. : YSER
Down
1
Of the upper throat. : GULAR
2
Namby-pamby. : INANE
3
Part of a leavening agent. : BAKINGSODA
4
Titanium and uranium. : ELEMENTS
5
English, Irish or Gordon. : SETTER
6
Summary of principles. : CREED
7
Transvaal legislature. : RAAD
8
Horned viper. : ASP
9
Rural poems. : GEORGICS
10
Audrey Hepburn role. : ONDINE
11
Wally of the Cards. : MOON
12
Marie Wilson role. : IRMA
13
Chinese weight. : TAEL
19
At that point. : THERE
21
On vacation. : AWAY
26
Spare ___. : TIRES
27
C. G. S. units. : RELS
28
Harmless creatures, feeders on mice and rats. : MILKSNAKES
29
Vanity case. : ETUI
30
City in Denmark. : SORO
31
Basil. : HERB
32
"Me-too" fellow. : APER
33
Young coalfish. : PARR
36
Canines. : EYETEETH
37
Limit. : BOUNDARY
39
Nimble. : AGILE
40
At that time. : THEN
42
Secured with a fishing spear. : GAFFED
43
Set to work. : TURNTO
45
Dizzy and Daffy. : DEANS
46
Actress MacMahon. : ALINE
47
Hernando or Pablo. : SENOR
48
Isolated rock. : SCAR
49
General trend. : TONE
50
Moroccan coast district. : IFNI
51
Feudal benefices. : FEUS
53
Lamb's lament. : BAA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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