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Eugene T. Maleska
New York Times, Thursday, February 20, 1958
Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 33.3
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 M | 4 S | 5 O | 6 L | 7 I | 8 O | 9 R | 10 A | 11 G | 12 S | |||
13 P | L | O | P | 14 S | E | N | D | 15 I | S | L | E | 16 T |
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17 A | L | L | Y | 18 C | A | G | E | 19 C | H | O | R | E |
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20 R | I | D | 21 T | A | K | E | S | 22 T | H | E | A | I | R |
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23 K | N | A | 24 V | E | R | Y | 25 R | A | S | T | E | R |
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26 L | A | V | I | E | 27 L | 28 A | I | R | 29 S | S | E |
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30 E | L | I | S | 31 A | 32 L | A | M | E | D | 33 A | ||||
34 L | A | T | 35 I | N | A | M | E | R | I | C | 36 A | 37 N | ||
38 A | R | T | L | E | S | S | 39 T | R | O | 40 P |
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41 A | 42 C | 43 C | 44 A | M | O | R | 45 R | O | T | O | R |
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46 M | A | R | 47 I | N | A | 48 T | 49 A | U | R | I | N | E |
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50 E | V | E | N | I | N | 51 G | 52 G | O | W | N | 53 S | T | S |
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54 B | E | A | T | A | 55 E | L | M | O | 56 O | T | I | S |
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57 A | R | S | O | N | 58 R | E | A | R | 59 B | I | D | E |
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60 N | E | W | S | 61 M | E | N | D | 62 I | C | E | R |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,159
Across
1
Browne and Hill. : SAMS
5
Melange. : OLIO
9
Shipment to a paper mill. : RAGS
13
Echoic word for sound. : PLOP
14
Forward. : SEND
15
Insular speck. : ISLET
17
Helper. : ALLY
18
Zoo structure. : CAGE
19
Milking, for one. : CHORE
20
Disencumber. : RID
21
Goes outdoors. : TAKESTHEAIR
23
Scamp's tricks. : KNAVERY
25
Parallel lines on the cathode-ray tube. : RASTER
26
"___ de Bohème." : LAVIE
27
Leo's lodge. : LAIR
29
Nautical direction. : SSE
30
Yale and others. : ELIS
31
Naval air base in California. : ALAMEDA
34
Guatemalan, for example. : LATINAMERICAN
38
Natural. : ARTLESS
39
Too (much): Fr. : TROP
41
C. P. A. : ACC
44
Winged figure, in art. : AMOR
45
Helicopter blade. : ROTOR
46
Seaside promenade. : MARINA
48
Of bulls. : TAURINE
50
Yves St. Laurent creation. : EVENINGGOWN
53
Fleet and Fulton: Abbr. : STS
54
Blessed: Lat. : BEATA
55
Saint ___. : ELMO
56
Air Force Base at Cape Cod. : OTIS
57
Incendiarism. : ARSON
58
Rise high. : REAR
59
Stay: Poet. : BIDE
60
Current events. : NEWS
61
Darn. : MEND
62
Deep freeze. : ICER
Down
1
Coruscate. : SPARKLE
2
Wholly. : ALLINALL
3
Granary of Rumania. : MOLDAVIA
4
Northern ___, winter apple. : SPY
5
Bergman's prize. : OSCAR
6
Like old scows. : LEAKY
7
Playwright from Kansas. : INGE
8
Horatian works. : ODES
9
Character in "The Talisman." : RICHARDI
10
Lenten symbol. : ASHES
11
Gazes with malicious pleasure. : GLOATS
12
Set of volumes. : SERIES
16
Earth: Fr. : TERRE
21
Letter. : TEE
22
Experimenters. : TRIERS
24
Prospect. : VISTA
27
Well-known Debussy composition. : LAMER
28
City in Iowa. : AMES
31
One of Tarzan's foes. : ANTMAN
32
French composer. : LALO
33
Player. : ACTOR
35
Shah's people. : IRANIANS
36
Showing taste. : ARTISTIC
37
Time of day. : NOONTIDE
40
Valet's machine. : PRESSER
41
Animal of a sort. : AMEBA
42
Relative of a grotto. : CAVERN
43
Wrinkle. : CREASE
45
Shutout spoiler. : RUN
47
Under one's patronage. : INTOW
48
Man ___. : TOMAN
49
"___ to the wise ... " : AWORD
51
Seed. : GERM
52
Delight. : GLEE
56
Kimono sash. : OBI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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