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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, March 14, 1959

1-Down : Lacking originality.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,529
Across
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Striped game fish. : BASS
5
Crows. : DAWS
9
Pass off as genuine. : FOIST
14
Skilled. : ABLE
15
Enough: Archaic. : ENOW
16
More boorish. : RUDER
17
Refusals. : NOES
18
Well-known blonde. : LORELEILEE
20
Emulate the Wrights. : AVIATE
22
Eins, zwei, ___. : DREI
23
Also: Archaic. : EKE
24
Reporters on the job. : LEGMEN
25
Crystal-lined cavities in rock. : VUGS
27
Completely. : HEADOVERHEELS
33
Craggy eminence. : TOR
35
Scene of a miracle. : CANA
36
Waterway. : STRAIT
37
Prone to imitate. : APISH
39
Greek vowel. : ETA
41
Peevish. : TESTY
42
Cuplike spoons. : LADLES
44
Deep freeze. : ICER
46
State: Abbr. : TEX
47
Shopper's opportunity. : CLEARANCESALE
50
River into Lake Ilmen. : MSTA
51
Coronets. : TIARAS
54
Stern. : AFT
57
Essential part. : PITH
59
Dancer in "Peer Gynt." : ANITRA
60
18th cen. German physicist. : FAHRENHEIT
63
Pickle flavoring. : DILL
64
Tumultuously. : ARIOT
65
Composer of "Rule Britannia." : ARNE
66
Inkling. : IDEA
67
Sunders. : RENDS
68
Eggy drinks. : NOGS
69
Headland. : NESS
Down
1
Lacking originality. : BANAL
2
Superior to. : ABOVE
3
Winter outing. : SLEIGHRIDE
4
Oil-yielding herb. : SESAME
5
"___ est Carthago": Cato's dictum. : DELENDA
6
Year: Span. : ANO
7
Promise. : WORD
8
Turn aside from a straight line. : SWERVE
9
One way to deliver the goods. : FREIGHTTRAIN
10
Gallic affirmative. : OUI
11
Pointless. : IDLE
12
Try to obtain. : SEEK
13
Ailanthus, for one. : TREE
19
Les ___ (theirs): Fr. : LEURS
21
Pampered pupils. : TEACHERSPETS
26
Withered. : SERE
28
Single. : ONE
29
Prophetic. : VATIC
30
Period in the spring. : EASTERTIDE
31
Stone; mineral: Comb. form. : LITE
32
Mythical river. : STYX
33
Powder ingredient. : TALC
34
Girasol. : OPAL
38
Noisy impact. : SLAM
40
One-spot. : ACE
43
Lustrous fabric. : SATIN
45
Monticello and Mount Vernon, for example. : ESTATES
48
Patriot Hale. : NATHAN
49
Stored up. : LAIDIN
52
City on the Rhone. : ARLES
53
Parts of casas. : SALAS
54
Way out yonder. : AFAR
55
Diet. : FARE
56
Spare. : THIN
58
Leading man. : HERO
61
Dowel. : ROD
62
Participial ending. : ING

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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