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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, August 11, 1962

63-Down : Thirsty.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,775
Across
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Public official. : MAYOR
6
Animal. : APE
9
Above, as in a text. : SUPRA
14
Honor highly. : ADORE
15
Dull color. : DUN
16
Bitter, crystalline substance. : ALOIN
17
Insurance of a sort. : DOUBLEINDEMNITY
20
Siouan language. : OSAGE
21
Shed. : LEANTO
22
Sea bird. : ERN
24
Deep gulch. : COULEE
27
British gun. : STEN
28
Misrepresents. : BELIES
30
Place of business: Abbr. : EXCH
32
Pyrites. : ORE
33
Theoretical force. : ODYL
34
Cowardly person, old style. : CAITIFF
36
___ prosequi. : NOLLE
38
Leaf cutter. : ANT
39
Subsequently. : SINCE
42
Christmas and Easter. : ISLANDS
44
Real estate sign. : SOLD
45
Bank deposits: Abbr. : SAV
47
Silent. : MUTE
48
One kind of car. : HOTROD
50
Begged. : PLED
52
Parched. : TORRID
54
Greek letter. : ETA
55
Philippine seaport. : ILOILO
57
Regarding: Archaic. : ANENT
59
Bridgeport's waterfront. : LONGISLANDSOUND
64
Clear. : LUCID
65
Kind. : ILK
66
More confident. : SURER
67
Marks with dots, in proofreading. : STETS
68
Letter. : ZEE
69
Bother. : ANNOY
Down
1
Hilarious. : MAD
2
Trouble. : ADO
3
Philosophical saying. : YOUONLYLIVEONCE
4
Circular bodies. : ORBS
5
Fasten again. : RELACE
6
Au revoir. : ADIEU
7
Joke. : PUN
8
Purpose. : END
9
Corresponding. : SAME
10
Arm bones. : ULNAS
11
Book by Marquand. : POINTOFNORETURN
12
Austrian knight. : RITTER
13
Pronoun. : ANYONE
18
Selves. : EGOS
19
Choose. : ELECT
22
Black: Poet. : EBON
23
Fix over. : REDO
25
Legendary swimmer. : LEANDER
26
Departures. : EXITS
29
Aches and pains. : ILLS
31
Possessive. : HIS
34
Part of a poem. : CANTO
35
Pugilistic weapon. : FIST
37
Slippery ___. : ELM
40
Coagulate. : CLOT
41
Icelandic poems. : EDDA
43
Vehicles. : AUTOS
45
Overflows. : SPILLS
46
Complete: Colloq. : ALLOUT
48
Posterior. : HIND
49
Black Sea port. : ODESSA
51
Figure. : DIGIT
53
German historian. : RANKE
56
Parts of boxes. : LIDS
58
Part of speech. : NOUN
60
Front page nickname. : LIZ
61
Malt drink. : ALE
62
Recent: Prefix. : NEO
63
Thirsty. : DRY

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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