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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, October 1, 1954

5-Down : Star of "Midsummer Night's Dream."

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,921
Across
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Cartoonist Addams. : CHAS
5
Hangar. : SHED
9
Famous orator. : BRYAN
14
Rich fabric. : LAME
15
Bar the view of. : HIDE
16
Gaucho's lariat. : REATA
17
City S of Moscow. : OREL
18
German biographer. : EMILLUDWIG
20
Classes. : GENERA
22
Southwestern art center. : TAOS
23
Snoop. : SPY
24
Candidate for dictionary listing. : MCCARTHYISM
27
Valuable fur. : OTTER
28
Assistant Secretary of Defense. : SEATON
32
Continent: Abbr. : AFR
34
News commentator. : TROUT
37
South American plain. : LLANO
38
Platitudinous. : BANAL
40
Identical. : ONE
41
___ Domingo. : SANTO
42
Belgian steel center. : LIEGE
43
M. C.'s aides. : PANEL
45
Combining form used with penta, deca, etc. : GON
46
Attire. : ENROBE
48
Dragnet. : TRAWL
50
Tammany's highest officer. : GRANDSACHEM
54
Sen. Symington's nickname. : STU
57
Tree of Morocco. : ARAR
58
New Canadian-U. S. project. : SEAWAY
60
Appease. : CONCILIATE
63
Pre-eminent: Slang. : TOPS
64
On the other hand. : AGAIN
65
Coast Guard girl. : SPAR
66
Predicament: Colloq. : HOLE
67
Embarkation port of 1492. : PALOS
68
Wyandottes. : HENS
69
Breslau's river. : ODER
Down
1
Choke up. : CLOG
2
Sultans' wives. : HAREM
3
Part of an old-time church. : AMENCORNER
4
Choice. : SELECT
5
Star of "Midsummer Night's Dream." : SHEARER
6
Pronoun. : HIM
7
Girl in "The Children's Hour." : EDITH
8
Stop for a while. : DELAY
9
Needlepoint from Belgium. : BRUSSELSLACE
10
Claret. : RED
11
Zigzags, as a ship. : YAWS
12
Eagerly expecting. : ATIP
13
Hungarian statesman. : NAGY
19
Actress Wilson. : LOIS
21
Empty-headed chatterers. : RATTLEBRAINS
25
Company. : TROOP
26
Actress Powers. : MALA
29
Scene of Berkshire Festival. : TANGLEWOOD
30
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
31
Time. : NOON
32
Competent. : ABLE
33
White Sox slugger. : FAIN
35
Spenser's "Truth." : UNA
36
Jamboree shelters. : TENTS
39
Full of excitement. : AGOG
44
Items for blackboards. : ERASERS
47
One of the Eisenhowers. : EARL
49
Hailing call. : WHATHO
51
"Luigi" is his role. : NAISH
52
Arrange in folds. : DRAPE
53
Icing flavor. : MAPLE
54
Ridgway's former title. : SCAP
55
Caesar's mufti. : TOGA
56
Single. : UNAL
59
River into North Sea. : YSER
61
Mr. Reuther's group. : CIO
62
Burn. : TAN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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