This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

SOLVER'S CHOICE

New York Times, Sunday, May 26, 1957

5-Down : Men of Fairbanks.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 87, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 676 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 122, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 22-Across had "Caananite"; corrected it to "Canaanite."

1
P
2
A
3
S
4
H
5
A
6
S
7
W
8
A
9
R
10
M
11
C
12
O
13
H
14
A
15
N
16
S
17
P
18
I
19
T
20
A
R
T
E
L
21
W
I
D
E
R
22
S
I
S
E
R
A
23
C
A
N
A
24
L
E
O
R
A
25
A
L
A
D
D
26
I
N
S
L
A
M
P
27
A
N
T
I
28
L
A
N
D
S
29
E
N
D
30
S
E
N
A
T
O
R
31
P
32
A
R
D
O
N
33
A
S
E
34
K
I
N
E
35
N
E
R
I
36
S
T
37
A
E
L
38
O
W
E
39
S
40
T
A
R
S
41
M
O
D
E
L
42
S
43
S
E
R
V
44
E
R
45
R
46
A
T
I
N
E
47
M
A
W
S
48
S
P
49
A
D
S
50
I
R
A
51
N
52
A
T
H
O
S
53
P
A
N
54
S
P
A
C
E
55
U
N
I
S
O
56
N
57
N
O
R
N
58
M
A
R
E
59
S
60
S
E
A
61
U
S
62
S
R
63
B
O
A
64
I
N
O
65
P
O
S
Y
66
P
L
I
C
67
A
T
I
O
N
68
F
O
N
T
69
N
E
W
70
P
O
R
T
71
R
A
Y
72
E
V
E
R
Y
73
F
I
X
E
S
74
R
E
T
I
75
R
E
D
76
O
L
E
B
77
U
L
L
78
S
79
P
80
R
A
T
81
M
A
C
E
82
D
83
I
C
Y
84
E
N
A
M
85
O
86
R
87
S
88
E
L
A
M
89
R
E
V
E
R
E
90
N
C
E
91
W
A
I
T
92
N
E
P
93
L
A
B
94
U
S
E
D
95
V
E
S
T
96
M
E
N
T
97
D
E
S
I
98
F
I
B
99
B
100
E
R
101
L
E
102
G
I
T
103
I
T
S
104
C
O
M
I
C
105
D
I
A
L
106
Y
S
S
E
L
107
T
108
O
M
S
109
B
A
N
A
N
A
110
T
H
E
111
H
U
B
112
E
S
113
P
A
V
E
114
F
I
T
I
N
115
A
116
S
S
117
M
E
L
O
118
S
119
F
A
K
E
120
A
R
E
S
121
S
122
B
123
E
124
R
A
F
125
F
I
A
126
L
A
127
B
O
R
E
R
128
L
I
N
E
129
S
M
A
N
130
O
M
O
O
131
T
132
H
E
C
O
O
K
S
T
133
A
L
E
134
Y
I
E
L
D
135
M
O
O
R
136
H
O
R
R
I
D
137
T
O
B
I
N
138
E
V
A
D
E
139
A
S
T
A
140
S
P
O
O
L
141
O
N
E
N
D
142
S
A
T
Y
R
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,889
Across
1
Oriental title. : PASHA
6
Throng. : SWARM
11
Show business immortal. : COHAN
16
Point of land. : SPIT
20
Russian guild. : ARTEL
21
Fuller. : WIDER
22
Canaanite leader. : SISERA
23
Miracle scene. : CANA
24
Arrowsmith's wife. : LEORA
25
Subject of poem by J. R. Lowell. : ALADDINSLAMP
27
Nay sayer. : ANTI
28
Western point of England. : LANDSEND
30
Webster, for example. : SENATOR
31
Forgive. : PARDON
33
Ibsen character. : ASE
34
Cattle: Poet. : KINE
35
St. Philip ___. : NERI
36
Mme. de ___. : STAEL
38
Have bills. : OWE
39
Cassiopeia's make-up. : STARS
41
Mock-ups. : MODELS
43
Tray. : SERVER
45
Nubby fabric. : RATINE
47
Gullets. : MAWS
48
Early planes. : SPADS
50
Soraya's land. : IRAN
52
Dumas character. : ATHOS
53
Move a TV camera. : PAN
54
Aerobee's milieu. : SPACE
55
Harmony. : UNISON
57
Norse goddess. : NORN
58
The horse latitudes. : MARESSEA
61
Llewellyn Thompson's new post. : USSR
63
Python. : BOA
64
Wife of Athamas. : INO
65
Nosegay. : POSY
66
Fold. : PLICATION
68
Source. : FONT
69
R. I. resort city. : NEWPORT
71
Arm of a starfish. : RAY
72
___ which way. : EVERY
73
"Kettles of fish." : FIXES
74
Marshall's status. : RETIRED
76
Norwegian violinist (1810-1880). : OLEBULL
78
Fictional diner. : SPRAT
81
Clubbed. : MACED
83
Aloof. : ICY
84
Captivates. : ENAMORS
88
Susa was its capital. : ELAM
89
Esteem highly. : REVERENCE
91
Serve. : WAIT
92
Cluster of fibers. : NEP
93
Campus building. : LAB
94
Not new. : USED
95
Stole. : VESTMENT
97
TV name. : DESI
98
Molly's man. : FIBBER
101
B'way term. : LEGIT
103
Pronoun. : ITS
104
Type of actor. : COMIC
105
Channel changer. : DIAL
106
River above Rotterdam. : YSSEL
107
Sawyer and others. : TOMS
109
Plantain. : BANANA
110
Boston. : THEHUB
112
Valuable timber tree of Panama. : ESPAVE
114
Coincide (with). : FITIN
115
Beast. : ASS
117
Venus was here. : MELOS
119
Loop of coiled rope. : FAKE
120
Son of Zeus and Hera. : ARES
121
Nautical direction: Abbr. : SBE
124
Fiber for hats, chairs, etc. : RAFFIA
126
Union man. : LABORER
128
Gridiron official. : LINESMAN
130
Novel of 1847. : OMOO
131
Chaucerian story. : THECOOKSTALE
134
Revenue. : YIELD
135
Fix firmly. : MOOR
136
Shocking. : HORRID
137
Secy. of Labor, 1948-53. : TOBIN
138
Get out of. : EVADE
139
Movie dog. : ASTA
140
Bobbin. : SPOOL
141
Erect. : ONEND
142
Butterfly. : SATYR
Down
1
Roman tunic. : PALLA
2
Precincts. : AREAS
3
Short distance. : STONESTHROW
4
Pack of camels. : HERD
5
Men of Fairbanks. : ALASKANS
6
"___ Way," by Proust. : SWANNS
7
Dorian Gray's creator. : WILDE
8
Oklahoma city. : ADA
9
Phenomenon of Arctic regions. : REDSNOW
10
Gary Cooper role. : MRDEEDS
11
Primitive tomb of stone. : CIST
12
Fjord and city of Norway. : OSLOS
13
"Land" in a Yeats play. : HEARTSDESIRE
14
Phonograph part. : ARM
15
Sleeper. : NAPPER
16
Mark. : SCAR
17
Mythical source of good and evil. : PANDORASBOX
18
Under one's charge. : INTOW
19
French historian. : TAINE
22
Very slow rate. : SNAILSPACE
26
Concerning. : INRE
29
Dev's land. : EIRE
32
Dark or York. : ALVIN
37
Political monogram. : AES
40
Noun suffix. : TION
41
Bison's pride. : MANE
42
French Lick is one. : SPA
44
"Cap'n ___." : ERI
45
Arrested: Slang. : RANIN
46
Agreed. : ATONE
47
Character in nursery rhyme. : MARY
49
Keenly. : ACUTELY
51
Nemo's meaning. : NOONE
53
Bowling, bridge, etc. : PASTIMES
54
Six: Ital. : SEI
55
Keats' inspiration. : URN
56
Certain ball players. : NATS
58
Ex-pitcher Cooper. : MORT
59
Harrow. : SPADER
60
Roguish. : SLY
62
Subjects of Dr. Carver's experiments. : SOYBEANS
65
Brooke or Field. : POET
67
Plover's cousin. : AVOCET
68
"Bachelor Party," for one. : FILM
70
Nana's pride. : PRAM
71
Falls back. : RECEDES
73
Shallow box for seedlings. : FLAT
75
Popular concert piece since 1928. : RAVELSBOLERO
77
Part of a development. : UNIT
78
Being uniform throughout. : SELF
79
Glaswegian's garb. : PLAID
80
Charm. : RABBITSFOOT
82
A rich cake. : DEVILSFOOD
83
Suffix, in sciences. : ICS
85
Book by E. B. White. : ONEMANSMEAT
86
Plant substance. : RESIN
87
Star in Virgo. : SPICA
89
Capek play. : RUR
90
Trap. : NET
91
Volstead Act's foes. : WETS
96
Siegfried's smith. : MIME
97
Of a gift: Lat. : DONI
99
Scrooge's cry. : BAH
100
See 86 Down. : ELEMI
102
Fit: Slang. : GEE
104
Opalescent gems. : CATSEYES
106
Deborah's "king." : YUL
107
Becomes fond of. : TAKESTO
108
Oil town in East Texas. : OVERTON
109
Well: Fr. : BIEN
111
Shrubs. : HEATHS
113
Area of public land. : PARK
114
Ally. : FRIEND
115
Bouquet. : AROMA
116
Aegean island. : SAMOS
118
Of a bone: Comb. form. : SACRO
120
Tuckered out. : ALLIN
122
Old ___, Colorado peak. : BALDY
123
Finisher. : ENDER
125
Tribunals. : FORA
127
Seethe. : BOIL
129
Hindu deity. : SIVA
132
Jump onto. : HOP
133
Gov. Ribicoff. : ABE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
67 ms