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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Thursday, May 30, 1957

50-Down : Capture.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,893
Across
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Standard. : FLAG
5
Capital of Oregon. : SALEM
10
Uniform color of 1861. : GRAY
14
American patriot. : HALE
15
Quick. : AGILE
16
Function. : ROLE
17
Early pulpit. : AMBO
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Aspiration. : DREAM
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Meat stew. : OLLA
20
Assembles in military formation. : PARADES
22
Eyelike. : OCULAR
24
Liquid butter of India. : GHEE
25
Landing area of November, 1942. : ORAN
26
Veterans' group. : LEGION
29
Animal streaked with a darker color. : BRINDLE
32
Be in error. : STRAY
33
Musical finales. : CODAS
34
"___ Sunday Afternoon." : ONA
36
Conjunction in comparisons. : THAN
37
List of jurors. : PANEL
38
Biblical king. : AGAG
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Junior. : SON
40
Southern constellation. : ALTAR
41
Blaze of fire. : FLARE
42
Hero honored at Arlington. : SOLDIER
44
Panthers, Scorpions, etc. : PLANES
45
Objectives. : AIMS
46
Thick piece of marble. : SLAB
47
Newspaper section. : SPORTS
50
Col. Milligan's group: Colloq. : THEWACS
53
Light ringing sound. : PING
54
Kim's last name. : OHARA
56
Insect. : MOTH
58
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
59
Enjoyed. : LIKED
60
Writer Seton. : ANYA
61
War god of Norsemen. : THOR
62
City in England. : LEEDS
63
Right after. : NEXT
Down
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Agency created in 1934. : FHA
2
Headlight. : LAMP
3
Dawn: Span. : ALBA
4
Native of Gainesville. : GEORGIAN
5
Make dull. : SADDEN
6
Concur (with). : AGREE
7
Falsities. : LIES
8
Anything high-flown. : ELA
9
Adjective for today. : MEMORIAL
10
What "we cannot hallow": Lincoln. : GROUND
11
Drummer's tremolo. : ROLL
12
To the: Ital. : ALLA
13
Calendar contents. : YEAR
21
Skipper's call. : AHOY
23
Puts up in airtight jars. : CANS
25
The Purple Heart, for example. : ORDER
26
Ships of 1944. : LSTS
27
Character of a people. : ETHOS
28
Cum ___ salis (with a grain of salt): Lat. : GRANO
29
Andrew Law's middle name. : BONAR
30
Union general who inaugurated this holiday. : LOGAN
31
Lake in N. Finland. : ENARE
33
Former head of the Marines. : CATES
35
"Now he belongs to the ___." : AGES
37
British ship's load-line mark. : PLIMSOLL
38
Native of Gadsden. : ALABAMAN
40
Mine entrance. : ADIT
41
Crack. : FLAW
43
"In a ___ sense, we cannot dedicate ... " : LARGER
44
Entreats. : PLEADS
46
Piece. : SHRED
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Small barracuda. : SPET
48
Substance. : PITH
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Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
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Capture. : TAKE
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Geometric shape. : CONE
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Charon's stream. : STYX
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Make haste. : HIE
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Kepi. : HAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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