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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, February 25, 1958

5-Down : Bride or groom.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, 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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,164
Across
1
Make sound. : HEAL
5
Obsolescent footwear. : SPATS
10
Marjoram. : HERB
14
Sicilian spouter. : ETNA
15
Eastern VIP. : PASHA
16
Kazan of the theatre. : ELIA
17
Like Bolivia or Paraguay. : LANDLOCKED
19
Lawford's TV dog. : ASTA
20
Finish. : PLAYOUT
21
Navy's team. : MIDDIES
23
Stud. : BOSS
24
Where the Corso Umberto is. : ROME
25
Decline. : REFUSE
28
Lovely. : ADORABLE
32
Saw. : ADAGE
33
Sanction. : AMEN
34
Substantive. : NOUN
35
A part omitted. : CUT
36
"Of shoes and ___ and sealing wax ... " : SHIPS
37
Month: Abbr. : OCT
38
Sympathetic response. : ECHO
40
Yesterday. : PAST
41
Moroccan infantryman. : ASKAR
43
Type of pie. : DEEPDISH
45
Of superior type: Slang. : CLASSY
46
Check. : REIN
47
Jejune. : ARID
48
Congruity. : FITNESS
51
State-wide exams in N. Y. : REGENTS
55
Federal agency for work abroad: Abbr. : USIA
56
Where Mt. Kilimanjaro is. : TANGANYIKA
58
Rodolfo's love. : MIMI
59
"Wasteland" poet. : ELIOT
60
College course: Abbr. : ECON
61
Weights of Denmark. : ESER
62
Poet Lizette. : REESE
63
Escritoire. : DESK
Down
1
Succor. : HELP
2
And others: Latin abbr. : ETAL
3
O'Neill character. : ANNA
4
Brightly colored beetle. : LADYBUG
5
Bride or groom. : SPOUSE
6
Covenants. : PACTS
7
Inquire. : ASK
8
Pronoun. : THEM
9
Pressers. : SADIRONS
10
Chief. : HEADMAN
11
Martha Finley's series. : ELSIEBOOKS
12
Solemnity. : RITE
13
Ovine sounds. : BAAS
18
Detached. : LOOSE
22
Relative of 4 Down. : DOR
25
Moved swiftly. : RACED
26
Draw out. : EDUCE
27
Man with scythe and hourglass. : FATHERTIME
28
Religious group. : AMISH
29
Branch: Abbr. : DEPT
30
Ex-Senator from Illinois. : LUCAS
31
Vestibule. : ENTRY
33
Cries of surprise. : AHAS
36
She's "always a bridesmaid ... " : SPINSTER
39
Outdoor. : OPENAIR
41
Adjust. : ALIGN
42
Descriptive of a spaniel. : SADEYED
44
The ___ is cast. : DIE
45
Fashion. : CREATE
47
City of ancient Greece. : ARGOS
48
Show anger. : FUME
49
Mother of Horus. : ISIS
50
Clearance ___. : SALE
52
Exact. : NICE
53
Ring decisions: Abbr. : TKOS
54
Declined. : SANK
57
Never: Ger. : NIE

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

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