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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Saturday, August 8, 1953

7-Down : Hold down.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

No tilde over n in "senorita" in original; added one.

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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,511
Across
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Jefferson, ___ of Monticello. : SAGE
5
Western extreme of Africa. : CAPEVERDE
14
Statues. : ICONS
16
Satirist of the jazz age. : ANITALOOS
17
Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. : GREATERANTILLES
19
Author Wouk. : HERMAN
20
Disposition. : MIEN
21
Rather than. : ERE
22
Wagner's earth goddess. : ERDA
24
Where Astoria is: Abbr. : OREG
26
He ran against Lincoln in 1864. : MCCLELLAN
30
Girl's nickname. : SUSIE
34
Villain's cry. : AHA
35
One of Maine's main attractions. : DEER
36
Finally: Phrase. : ATLAST
37
Churchill, Franks, etc. : SIRS
39
Saw. : SPIED
41
Enterprise: Colloq. : PUSH
42
Goes "like sixty." : SPEEDS
44
Old coins of France. : ECUS
46
Social gathering. : TEA
47
China ___. : ASTER
48
Where Montgomery's victory saved the day, 1942. : ELALAMEIN
50
Depend. : RELY
52
Pitcher Koslo. : DAVE
53
Their motto is "Be Prepared": Abbr. : BSA
56
Passenger on the Ark. : SHEM
58
Valuable timber tree of N. Z. : TOTARA
62
Doggie in the window? : AIREDALETERRIER
65
West of the Atlantic. : STATESIDE
66
Peninsula of Egypt. : SINAI
67
Sang for a señorita. : SERENADED
68
What clabber is. : CURD
Down
1
Lovelorn sound. : SIGH
2
Port near Haifa. : ACRE
3
He's on his way. : GOER
4
Gloss. : ENAMEL
5
Strange sight in 1903. : CAR
6
Central Vietnam. : ANAM
7
Hold down. : PINION
8
President of Switzerland. : ETTER
9
Most conceited. : VAINEST
10
Addition to a building. : ELL
11
Antony is Brando's. : ROLE
12
Man of action. : DOER
13
Sum, ___, fui, futurus. : ESSE
15
Goggled. : STARED
18
Perpetual. : ENDLESS
23
City in Syria: Fr. spelling. : ALEP
25
Sound of dismay, à la Li'l Abner. : GULP
26
Man in a Stephen Foster song. : MASSA
27
Shots from just off the green. : CHIPS
28
Proofreader's mark. : CARET
29
Caliban's opposite. : ARIEL
31
Cook a certain way. : SAUTE
32
Japanese immigrant in U. S. : ISSEI
33
Edith Wharton character. : ETHAN
36
Flatter servilely. : ADULATE
38
Forecaster. : SEER
40
Plant modified by environment. : ECAD
43
City on the Elbe. : DRESDEN
45
Delights in. : SAVORS
48
Part of the face. : EYELID
49
Rhythmic, as poetry. : METRIC
51
Capital of Tibet. : LHASA
53
Siepi of the Met. : BASS
54
Real estate item. : SITE
55
Sandarac tree. : ARAR
57
Ancient native of the East. : MEDE
59
Hokkaido native. : AINU
60
Educate. : REAR
61
Parched. : ARID
63
Summer in the Riviera. : ETE
64
Kluszewski of the Redlegs. : TED

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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