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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Saturday, August 11, 1956

16-Across : Among other things.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,601
Across
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What: Ger. : WAS
4
Ruby and pearl. : GEMS
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A famous James. : JESSE
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Dressmaking operation. : KICKPLEAT
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Equipment for a mountaineer. : ICEAX
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Among other things. : INTERALIA
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Great Dane. : BORGE
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Settled snugly. : NESTED
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Predecessor of the harp. : LYRE
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Civil War vets. : GAR
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Weblike. : LACY
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Capt. Hook's henchman. : SMEE
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Botheration. : PEST
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Lowerclassman. : SOPH
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Fustian. : TWADDLE
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Actress Gardner. : AVA
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Spare. : LEAN
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Pearl ___. : HARBOR
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Evince stick-to-itiveness. : PERSIST
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Cash in Colombia. : CENTAVO
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Manet or Monet. : ARTIST
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___ sparrow. : SONG
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Cornhusker State: Abbr. : NEB
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Henry J. and family. : KAISERS
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Relief organization. : CARE
43
Wonder drug. : ACTH
46
Ancient kingdom on Persian Gulf. : ELAM
47
Strikes out. : FANS
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Letter on a frat key. : PHI
49
Decorative coat fastener. : FROG
50
"Hammerklavier" is one. : SONATA
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Selection. : PIECE
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Downright. : OUTANDOUT
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Unsympathetic (with "to"). : ALIEN
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Flora. : PLANTLIFE
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Furrowed. : LINED
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Gastropod. : SLUG
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Leprechaun. : ELF
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Oenophilist. : WINELOVER
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Simulates. : ACTSAPART
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Outline. : SKETCH
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Pleased. : GLAD
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Voracious fish. : EEL
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Postal employee. : MAILMAN
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Held back. : STAYED
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Agree: Colloq. : JIBE
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College course: Abbr. : ECO
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Koussevitsky. : SERGE
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Grandiose tales. : SAGAS
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Use. : EXERT
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Sib. : KIN
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Victim. : PREY
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Certain fowl. : REDHENS
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Clout. : SWAT
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Bold. : PERT
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Thick grape juice. : SAPA
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More ornery. : TESTIER
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Former Archbishop of Canterbury. : LANG
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Actress Kirk. : LISA
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Malarkey. : BANANAOIL
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Upholster. : OVERSTUFF
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"The ___." : ROBE
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Punjabi. : SIKH
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Underground stem, as of the crocus. : CORM
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Chekhov play (with "The"). : SEAGULL
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Pleasure craft. : SLOOPS
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"Out, out brief ___." : CANDLE
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Dismay: Var. : APPAL
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Mexican dish. : CHILI
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Kind of sale. : TIEIN
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Set of type. : FONT
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Ward off. : FEND
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Vocalized. : SANG
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Fletcherized. : ATE
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Report card mark. : CEE
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Greek letter. : TAU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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