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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Thursday, April 14, 1955
50-Down : ___ Thomas, late Welsh poet.
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 W | 4 A | 5 S | 6 S | 7 T | 8 R | 9 A | 10 N | 11 G | 12 E |
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13 A | R | A | 14 M | 15 G | O | T | H | 16 O | R | E | A | D |
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17 R | E | T | E | 18 E | R | I | E | 19 A | M | A | Z | E |
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20 T | W | E | A | 21 K | 22 A | L | M | 23 A | M | A | T | E | R |
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24 V | E | R | D | I | 25 S | L | I | C | E | D | ||||
26 M | O | O | 27 S | 28 K | A | R | A | 29 C | 30 H | 31 I |
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32 D | 33 R | A | W | S | A | 34 B | 35 E | A | D | 36 S | O | A | R |
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37 I | I | I | 38 K | N | E | A | D | E | 39 D | 40 V | I | A |
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41 A | N | N | 42 E | 43 J | E | R | O | M | E | 44 K | E | R | N |
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45 Z | E | S | T | 46 F | U | L | 47 Y | E | A | R | ||||
48 C | R | A | Z | 49 E | 50 D | 51 M | I | G | 52 H | 53 T |
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54 M | 55 A | 56 C | H | I | N | E | R | Y | 57 S | L | I | E | R |
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58 E | L | L | I | N | 59 B | A | L | 60 M | 61 A | R | N | O |
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62 S | L | A | N | G | 63 U | T | A | H | 64 S | L | I | P |
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65 S | Y | N | G | E | 66 B | O | N | O | 67 S | E | E |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,116
Across
1
Rabbit's foot. : PAW
4
Sherman Adams' title: Abbr. : ASST
8
Kitchen appliance. : RANGE
13
Composer Khachaturian. : ARAM
15
Theodoric the Great was one. : GOTH
16
Echo was one. : OREAD
17
Network of nerves. : RETE
18
City in Pennsylvania. : ERIE
19
Astonish. : AMAZE
20
Pinch. : TWEAK
22
Sandhurst, to Churchill. : ALMAMATER
24
19th century composer, : VERDI
25
Opposite of "hooked." : SLICED
26
Pasture palaver. : MOOS
28
Capital of Pakistan. : KARACHI
32
Aims (with "on"). : DRAWSABEAD
36
Fly high. : SOAR
37
Three. : III
38
Worked dough. : KNEADED
40
Passing through. : VIA
41
Famous four-year-old. : ANNE
43
"The Cat and the Fiddle" composer. : JEROMEKERN
45
Piquant. : ZESTFUL
47
Four seasons. : YEAR
48
Maniacal. : CRAZED
51
"Right makes ___": Lincoln. : MIGHT
54
Cause of employment and unemployment. : MACHINERY
57
More cunning. : SLIER
58
Irving Berlin's wife. : ELLIN
59
Assuaging agency. : BALM
61
Contemporary cartoonist. : ARNO
62
Coined words. : SLANG
63
Gov. Lee's state. : UTAH
64
Ferry landing. : SLIP
65
Irish dramatist. : SYNGE
66
"Pro ___ publico." : BONO
67
Comprehend. : SEE
Down
1
Fifth section. : PARTV
2
"___ downhearted?" : AREWE
3
Conduits. : WATERMAINS
4
Generation. : AGE
5
Rail birds. : SORAS
6
Moonshiner's contraption. : STILL
7
G. & S. perennial. : THEMIKADO
8
Vagabond. : ROAMER
9
Fleets. : ARMADAS
10
Like the proverbial pin. : NEAT
11
Look intently. : GAZE
12
River in Germany. : EDER
14
Sward. : MEADOW
21
Ornamental subway entrance. : KIOSK
23
Part of U.S.N.A. : ACADEMY
27
Capital of Puerto Rico. : SANJUAN
29
Outstanding models. : COVERGIRLS
30
Very small degree. : HAIR
31
Pahlevi's land. : IRAN
32
Former President of Mexico. : DIAZ
33
Russian hemp. : RINE
34
"Prince of demons." : BEELZEBUB
35
"Play it by ___." : EAR
39
Composer Taylor. : DEEMS
42
Type of picture. : ETCHING
44
High peak in Tibet. : KAILAS
46
Surrey adornment. : FRINGE
49
Muse of lyric poetry. : ERATO
50
___ Thomas, late Welsh poet. : DYLAN
52
Dancer on ice. : HENIE
53
Figure of speech. : TROPE
54
Botch. : MESS
55
Auxiliary. : ALLY
56
Roderick Dhu's group. : CLAN
60
Unit of conductance. : MHO
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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