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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Monday, May 13, 1957

8-Down : Modus operandi.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, 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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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,876
Across
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Dressed. : CLAD
5
Player in open tournament. : PRO
8
Nursery rhyme character. : SPRAT
13
Miner's find. : LODE
14
Satellite. : MOON
15
Ages. : YEARS
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On. : ATOP
17
Greek letter. : IOTA
18
Airport runway. : STRIP
19
Hedge: Colloq. : STRADDLE
21
Mounts. : STEEDS
22
Tarkington hero. : PENROD
23
Carry: Comb. form. : PHER
24
TV speaker's aid. : TELEPROMPTER
30
Baden-Baden, for example. : SPA
33
Gentleman of Portugal. : SENHOR
34
Bonne ___ (good friend): Fr. : AMIE
35
Pack down. : TAMP
37
Peak. : CREST
38
Ointment. : NARD
39
Say positively. : AVER
40
Mooing. : LOWING
42
Modernist. : NEO
43
Forerunner of the shopping center. : GENERALSTORE
46
Buffet. : TOSS
47
Ripped to pieces. : TORNUP
51
Fondle. : CARESS
54
Leave one's homeland. : EMIGRATE
56
Concerning. : ANENT
57
Political combo. : BLOC
58
Great land mass. : ASIA
59
Group in a Western. : POSSE
60
Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
61
Nautical term. : TACK
62
Start upon. : ENTER
63
Letter. : ZED
64
Ach! : ALAS
Down
1
Embrace. : CLASP
2
German singer Lehmann. : LOTTE
3
Bedeck. : ADORN
4
Set out. : DEPART
5
Business combo. : POOL
6
Sound of the surf. : ROTE
7
"Three ___ match." : ONA
8
Modus operandi. : SYSTEM
9
Martin role. : PETERPAN
10
Exceptional. : RARE
11
Describing Sinai Peninsula. : ARID
12
Recipe abbreviation. : TSPS
14
Bourgeois. : MIDDLECLASS
20
Attends to. : DOES
21
Little time for action. : SHORTNOTICE
23
To your health! : PROSIT
25
Registers. : ENROLS
26
Hot weather exclamations. : PHEWS
27
Counterfeiter catcher. : TMAN
28
Mayor Briscoe's land. : EIRE
29
Rearrange. : REDO
30
Bachelor party. : STAG
31
Cover closely. : PAVE
32
Orison ending. : AMEN
36
Make-believe. : PRETENSE
41
Drink for a British tar. : GROG
44
Roll. : ROSTER
45
Printer's mistakes. : ERRATA
48
Twangy. : NASAL
49
City in N. Y. : UTICA
50
Annapurna and others. : PEAKS
51
Ann or May. : CAPE
52
Ever and ___. : ANON
53
Be tranquil. : REST
54
Dresden's river. : ELBE
55
State of mind. : MOOD
57
Well-known pen name. : BOZ

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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