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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Thursday, February 27, 1958

42-Down : French actor.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,166
Across
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Almost: Dial. : NIGH
5
Snippet, as of parsley. : SPRIG
10
Field of floating ice. : FLOE
14
Melange. : OLIO
15
88 keys. : PIANO
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First name on the Supreme Court. : EARL
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Miniature. : VESTPOCKET
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Brain child. : IDEA
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Ghastly. : ASHWHITE
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County of Scotland. : ARGYLL
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Afflicts. : AILS
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Sound of a fire bell. : CLANG
25
Church surplices. : COTTAS
28
Dog-tired. : FOOTSORE
31
Prospero's servant. : ARIEL
32
Pickle. : BRINE
33
Ten: Fr. : DIX
34
Over: Ger. : UBER
35
Person. : BEING
36
Miss Steber, for example. : DIVA
37
Rest. : SIT
38
Sound effects on shipboard. : BELLS
39
Carpenter's instrument. : BEVEL
40
Spiritlike. : ETHEREAL
42
Stroller. : GOCART
43
Miss Dickinson. : EMILY
44
Gloriole. : AURA
45
Kind of bathing suit. : BIKINI
47
College courses. : SCIENCES
51
Reverberated. : RANG
52
Billy. : NIGHTSTICK
54
Stravinsky. : IGOR
55
Stage direction. : ENTER
56
Revolver holster: Fr. : ETUI
57
Particle. : MOTE
58
Flip. : SASSY
59
Breather. : REST
Down
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___ Scotia. : NOVA
2
Martinique and others. : ILES
3
Famous theatrical name. : GISH
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Trouble, figuratively. : HOTWATER
5
Booty. : SPOILS
6
Early Britons. : PICTS
7
Lothario. : RAKE
8
Chemical suffix. : INE
9
Fared well. : GOTALONG
10
Dissembles. : FEIGNS
11
Whom Peeping Tom saw. : LADYGODIVA
12
Russian city. : OREL
13
Israel's airline. : ELAL
18
Medicine bottle. : PHIAL
22
Chide. : RATE
24
Quarters. : COINS
25
Bring about. : CAUSE
26
Explorer's route. : ORBIT
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Wed: Colloq. : TIETHEKNOT
28
Furbelow. : FRILL
29
The Red or the Yellow. : RIVER
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Put on a pedestal. : EXALT
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Secure with rope: Naut. : BELAY
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Direct routes. : BEELINES
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Carafe. : DECANTER
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Stick or plate of a fan. : BRIN
39
Drills. : BORES
41
Fugitive from a country. : EMIGRE
42
French actor. : GUITRY
44
Yearns (for). : ACHES
45
Snap ___. : BRIM
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Man of perfidy. : IAGO
47
Non-coms. : SGTS
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Mention. : CITE
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Old French coins. : ECUS
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Vaudeville act. : SKIT
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One ___ million. : INA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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