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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, February 26, 1955

50-Down : Stopper.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, 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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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,069
Across
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Boxing blow. : LEFT
5
___ fire. : OPEN
9
Where to find a steam table. : CAFE
13
Potpourri. : OLIO
14
Hack. : TAXI
15
Golf score. : BOGEY
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Symbols of home life. : FIRESIDES
18
Emulate Bryan. : ORATE
19
"___ Firefly." : THE
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Lena Horne is one. : TORCHSINGER
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Think. : SUPPOSE
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Work at steadily. : PLY
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___ wire. : LIVE
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The high cost of leaving. : FARE
28
Branch of the Justice Dept. : FBI
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"Strike while the iron is hot." : ADAGE
33
Important school practice. : FIREDRILL
35
End of a laconic saying. : VICI
36
___ pump. : FORCE
37
Of an age. : ERAL
38
Describing certain bread. : OVENFRESH
40
Kentish freedmen. : LAETS
41
Common verb. : WAS
42
At sea. : LOST
43
Beautiful woman. : PERI
44
Frying ___. : PAN
45
Forms a partnership. : TEAMSUP
48
Plowboy who became a literary sensation. : ROBERTBURNS
53
Southern institution. : LSU
54
Small egg. : OVULE
55
Makes too warm. : OVERHEATS
57
Dug coal. : MINED
58
Fabric. : LENO
59
Part of a stocking. : KNEE
60
Selvage. : EDGE
61
Movie star. : LADD
62
Popular baritone. : EDDY
Down
1
Galleries. : LOFTS
2
Root or Yale. : ELIHU
3
Where ingle nooks are. : FIREPLACES
4
___ clip. : TOE
5
Indolent. : OTIOSE
6
Spanish priest. : PADRE
7
Principal staff officer: Colloq. : EXEC
8
City near Belgrade. : NISH
9
Banal: Slang. : CORNY
10
Biblical king. : AGAG
11
Lavish entertainment. : FETE
12
Watcher. : EYER
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Became hot with anger. : BOILED
17
Primus ___. : STOVE
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Berlin's river. : SPREE
23
Buy a ___ a poke. : PIGIN
26
Chief. : FIRST
27
Cunning. : ARCH
28
Resort, scene of "Season in the Sun." : FIREISLAND
29
Raucous utterance: Colloq. : BLAT
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Misfortunes. : ILLS
31
Declare openly. : AVOW
32
Opera star. : DIVA
33
Adversaries. : FOES
34
Get new weapons. : REARM
36
Command to a bellboy. : FRONT
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Blazed up. : FLARED
40
Fido's restraint. : LEASH
43
Boy who was always in hot water. : PENROD
44
Fiery mountain of the West Indies. : PELEE
45
Drift. : TREND
46
Respectful Spanish pronoun. : USTED
47
President of Harvard. : PUSEY
48
It burned in 64 A. D. : ROME
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He lived in 48 Down. : OVID
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Stopper. : BUNG
51
Pod of cotton. : BOLL
52
Layer of the iris. : UVEA
56
Also: Archaic. : EKE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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