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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, February 9, 1953

58-Down : Comparative slowness in development.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,331
Across
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New Sec'y of Air Force. : TALBOTT
8
Two cents' worth. : POSTAL
14
Colonel Gabreski is one. : AVIATOR
15
Quitclaim. : RELEASE
16
Strait between Sicily and Italy. : MESSINA
17
Teaches a new G.I. : ORIENTS
18
Eisenhower, Nixon, etc. : INS
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One of the principal English cheeses. : STILTON
21
Signal sent by Carlsen. : SOS
22
Eager. : AGOG
24
City 60 miles from Buffalo. : OLEAN
25
Barnyard "smokestack." : SILO
26
Important Baltic port. : MEMEL
28
Pose. : SIT
29
Gallagher's vaudeville partner. : SHEAN
30
Misses Dunne and Bordoni. : IRENES
32
Casals and Piatigorsky. : CELLISTS
34
Opera by Menotti. : THEMEDIUM
36
Guam, Saipan, etc. : MARIANAS
39
Part of a law of economics. : DEMAND
43
Bellowing. : AROAR
44
Sault ___ Marie. : STE
46
Former Governor of Massachusetts. : DEVER
47
Rival of Harrow. : ETON
48
Item in a confidence game. : SHELL
50
Another Baltic port. : RIGA
51
Talent for a good M. C. : WIT
52
Underpinning used in pompadour days. : HAIRPAD
54
Hiatus. : GAP
55
Drug used in eyedrops. : ESERINE
57
Play the flatterer. : ADULATE
59
Crawl, trudgen, etc. : STROKES
60
New title for Prescott Bush. : SENATOR
61
Canopy over a bed. : TESTER
62
Catapults of early warfare, which threw stones. : ONAGERS
Down
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Scenic Florida road. : TAMIAMI
2
Navy torpedo bomber. : AVENGER
3
Supple. : LISSOME
4
College degrees. : BAS
5
Inventor in the elevator field. : OTIS
6
The Lone Ranger's companion. : TONTO
7
The Oregon, 1 Down, etc. : TRAILS
8
He succeeded General Farrell in 1946. : PERON
9
Music critic Downes. : OLIN
10
Visit. : SEE
11
Strong-scented herbs. : TANSIES
12
Home of a Tennyson heroine. : ASTOLAT
13
Work in the three r's. : LESSONS
15
Alternated in a series. : ROTATED
20
English city famed for footwear and textiles. : LEICESTER
23
Flower to which Bryant wrote a poem. : GENTIAN
25
Gleam faintly. : SHIMMER
27
Composer of musicals (1870-1948). : LEHAR
29
Twisted or turned. : SLUED
31
Money in Tokyo. : SEN
33
Cover. : LID
35
Fairway irons. : MASHIES
36
Pilot's lifesaving jacket. : MAEWEST
37
Hildegarde, for instance. : ARTISTE
38
Basketball game crowds. : ROOTERS
40
Practice a skyway science. : AVIGATE
41
"No" man. : NEGATOR
42
Dealers in dry goods. : DRAPERS
45
Where Biggs Field is. : ELPASO
48
More rational. : SANER
49
Freighted. : LADEN
52
Walk afield, for pleasure. : HIKE
53
The Danube at Budapest. : DUNA
56
Poppycock! : ROT
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Comparative slowness in development. : LAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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