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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Friday, January 9, 1959

29-Across : Arrow poison.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 39.4 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,465
Across
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Top-notch. : GRADEA
7
No. 5 iron. : MASHIE
13
Agree (with). : GOALONG
14
Feeler. : ANTENNA
16
Moderately slow, in music. : ANDANTE
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Star's double. : STANDIN
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Former Brazilian money. : REIS
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Line-up. : ROSTER
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Bay in Japan. : ISE
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Part of a circle. : ARC
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Willowy maiden. : SYLPH
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Season. : FALL
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Gargantuan. : GIANT
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Legal paper. : DEED
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Arrow poison. : INEE
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Fictional Queen. : ELLERY
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Freight units. : CARLOADS
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Leak through. : SEEP
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Whitetail. : DEER
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Knives, forks, spoons, etc. : FLATWARE
41
East or West ___. : INDIES
45
Fence. : RAIL
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Capital on the Tiber. : ROME
48
Bone of contention. : ISSUE
49
160 sq. rods. : ACRE
50
Distances. : MILES
52
Table leaving. : ORT
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Kentucky title: Abbr. : COL
54
Was at hand. : WAITED
56
Strip of wood. : SLAT
57
Fauna. : ANIMALS
59
Render ineffective. : VITIATE
61
How Congress adjourns. : SINEDIE
62
Lawmaker. : ENACTOR
63
Let up. : CEASED
64
Tammany chief. : SACHEM
Down
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Sister of Regan. : GONERIL
2
Left-wing. : RADICAL
3
Dear me! : ALAS
4
Russian river. : DON
5
Access. : ENTRY
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Antediluvian. : AGEOLD
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It appears on the editorial page. : MASTHEAD
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Card term. : ANTE
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Polaris. : STAR
10
Biddy. : HEN
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Where Fort Wayne is. : INDIANA
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Seagirt. : ENISLED
13
Type of repair shop. : GARAGE
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Anoints: Archaic. : ANELES
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Uncommon: Abbr. : SPEC
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Scatter. : STREW
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Inlets. : FIORDS
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Snuggle. : NESTLE
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Eins, zwei, ___. : DREI
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Twelvemonth. : YEAR
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Weakly articulated speech sounds. : LENIS
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___ Land. : PROMISED
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Rowdydow. : FRACAS
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Sententious. : LACONIC
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Means of transportation. : AIRLINE
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Give forth. : EMIT
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Sequester. : ISOLATE
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Six-nation scientific group. : EURATOM
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Gun dog. : SETTER
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French school children. : ELEVES
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Poetic name for Scotland's capital. : EDINA
54
Bankrolls. : WADS
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"It's a sin to tell ___." : ALIE
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Of this or that kind: Dial. : SICH
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___ culpa. : MEA
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Gen. Weyland's air group: Abbr. : TAC

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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