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Herbert Ettenson
New York Times, Thursday, February 26, 1959
Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B Q X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 60.5
Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 A | 3 C | 4 T | 5 H | 6 O | 7 R | 8 A | 9 U | 10 S | 11 S | 12 S |
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13 P | A | D | U | A | 14 E | P | E | E | 15 S | T | O | P |
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16 A | M | A | T | I | 17 L | E | N | D | 18 A | N | E | A | R |
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19 L | E | G | A | L | 20 T | E | N | D | E | R | 21 P | R | Y |
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22 E | D | E | N | 23 A | N | A | 24 S | A | 25 L | A | ||||
26 D | 27 E | R | A | I | 28 L | 29 M | O | S | 30 E | 31 S |
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32 R | 33 E | 34 D | D | O | G | 35 R | A | 36 P | 37 S | I | C | E |
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38 O | V | E | R | S | E | 39 T | 40 S | I | 41 Z | E | D | U | P |
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42 P | E | R | I | 43 T | A | 44 D | 45 D | E | T | E | S | T |
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46 E | R | R | E | 47 D | 48 J | I | 49 G | G | E | R | ||||
50 I | D | O | 51 L | 52 A | L | I | 53 A | 54 W | 55 E | 56 E |
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57 W | 58 A | N | 59 C | A | 60 L | L | I | N | 61 G | C | A | R | D |
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62 H | I | G | 63 H | S | P | E | E | D | 64 A | K | I | N | D |
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65 E | D | D | A | 66 E | N | C | E | 67 M | O | S | E | Y |
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68 T | A | O | S | 69 L | O | T | S | 70 E | F | T | S |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,513
Across
1
Item of truth. : FACT
5
Hour: Lat. : HORA
9
Seagoing initials. : USSS
13
Italian city. : PADUA
14
Sword. : EPEE
15
Punctuation mark. : STOP
16
Cremonese family. : AMATI
17
Give attention. : LENDANEAR
19
Money. : LEGALTENDER
21
Crowbar. : PRY
22
Author Phillpotts. : EDEN
23
Up: Prefix. : ANA
24
Room: Span. : SALA
26
Throw off the track. : DERAIL
29
American artist. : MOSES
32
Card game. : REDDOG
35
Sharp blow. : RAP
37
Dice number. : SICE
38
Excess, as of type. : OVERSET
40
Appraised: Colloq. : SIZEDUP
42
Around: Prefix. : PERI
43
Urchin. : TAD
45
Abhor. : DETEST
46
Missed. : ERRED
48
Measuring glass, 1½ oz. : JIGGER
50
Heathen god. : IDOL
52
Eastern name. : ALI
53
Bide ___ (stay a short time): Scot. : AWEE
57
Colorless. : WAN
59
Item of etiquette. : CALLINGCARD
62
Supersonic. : HIGHSPEED
64
Of ___ (alike). : AKIND
65
Icelandic poems. : EDDA
66
Noun suffix. : ENCE
67
Shuffle along: Slang. : MOSEY
68
Town near Santa Fe. : TAOS
69
A great deal. : LOTS
70
Salamanders. : EFTS
Down
1
World-applauded. : FAMED
2
Maxim. : ADAGE
3
Boring. : CUTANDDRIED
4
Pony ___. : TAIL
5
Mike Mansfield's capital. : HELENA
6
Al fresco. : OPENAIR
7
Cleave. : REND
8
Yellow-fever mosquito. : AEDES
9
Rickover's outfit. : USN
10
Yield. : STEPASIDE
11
Fly high. : SOAR
12
Nimble. : SPRY
13
Colorless. : PALE
18
Composer Khachaturian. : ARAM
20
Butt. : TARGET
25
Fail to keep informed about. : LOSETRACKOF
27
Aurora. : EOS
28
Spanish article. : LAS
30
Old French coins. : ECUS
31
Month: Abbr. : SEPT
32
Hog-tie. : ROPE
33
Constantly. : EVER
34
"Desperate deeds of ___." : DERRINGDO
36
English of sorts. : PIDGIN
39
___ Mahal. : TAJ
41
Izzard. : ZEE
44
Language. : DIALECT
47
Medicos. : DOCS
49
Volplanes. : GLIDES
51
Place for a decoration. : LAPEL
54
Bodice. : WAIST
55
Sea birds. : ERNES
56
Move in a circle. : EDDY
57
Sharpen. : WHET
58
Operatic princess. : AIDA
60
Soft, light fabric. : LENO
61
Resolute. : GAME
63
Owns. : HAS
Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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