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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Friday, January 9, 1959

48-Across : Bone of contention.

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
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,465
Across
1
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
18
Former Brazilian money. : REIS
19
Line-up. : ROSTER
21
Bay in Japan. : ISE
22
Part of a circle. : ARC
23
Willowy maiden. : SYLPH
24
Season. : FALL
25
Gargantuan. : GIANT
27
Legal paper. : DEED
29
Arrow poison. : INEE
30
Fictional Queen. : ELLERY
32
Freight units. : CARLOADS
34
Leak through. : SEEP
36
Whitetail. : DEER
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Knives, forks, spoons, etc. : FLATWARE
41
East or West ___. : INDIES
45
Fence. : RAIL
46
Capital on the Tiber. : ROME
48
Bone of contention. : ISSUE
49
160 sq. rods. : ACRE
50
Distances. : MILES
52
Table leaving. : ORT
53
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
1
Sister of Regan. : GONERIL
2
Left-wing. : RADICAL
3
Dear me! : ALAS
4
Russian river. : DON
5
Access. : ENTRY
6
Antediluvian. : AGEOLD
7
It appears on the editorial page. : MASTHEAD
8
Card term. : ANTE
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Polaris. : STAR
10
Biddy. : HEN
11
Where Fort Wayne is. : INDIANA
12
Seagirt. : ENISLED
13
Type of repair shop. : GARAGE
15
Anoints: Archaic. : ANELES
20
Uncommon: Abbr. : SPEC
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Scatter. : STREW
24
Inlets. : FIORDS
26
Snuggle. : NESTLE
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Eins, zwei, ___. : DREI
31
Twelvemonth. : YEAR
33
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
40
Give forth. : EMIT
42
Sequester. : ISOLATE
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Six-nation scientific group. : EURATOM
44
Gun dog. : SETTER
47
French school children. : ELEVES
51
Poetic name for Scotland's capital. : EDINA
54
Bankrolls. : WADS
55
"It's a sin to tell ___." : ALIE
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Of this or that kind: Dial. : SICH
58
___ culpa. : MEA
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Gen. Weyland's air group: Abbr. : TAC

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

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