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Herbert Ettenson
New York Times, Tuesday, February 6, 1962
Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.7
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 R | 3 O | 4 A | 5 A | 6 L | 7 E | 8 F | 9 B | 10 O | 11 M | 12 B |
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13 C | R | E | D | I | 14 T | C | A | R | D | 15 I | B | A | R |
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16 L | O | V | E | L | E | T | T | E | R | 17 G | O | Y | A |
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18 A | P | E | 19 S | E | R | I | C | 20 U | H | L | A | N |
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21 W | E | L | 22 D | 23 R | E | S | T | 24 A | N | T | ||||
25 R | A | R | 26 E | 27 S | H | E | L | L | 28 C | 29 I | 30 I |
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31 A | N | T | A | R | 32 E | S | 33 D | I | A | 34 M | O | N | D |
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35 R | O | O | F | E | D | 36 S | C | A | R | C | E |
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37 T | U | R | T | L | E | 38 S | 39 S | T | E | R | N | U | M |
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40 A | N | Y | 41 O | N | T | 42 A | P | 43 S | T | U | B | |||
44 I | N | S | I | D | E | 45 R | 46 A | C | A | 47 T |
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48 C | 49 L | 50 A | N | G | 51 P | E | L | E | 52 E | 53 O | T | E |
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54 Z | E | B | U | 55 C | U | S | T | A | R | 56 D | P | I | E |
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57 A | V | E | S | 58 A | L | T | E | R | A | T | I | O | N |
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59 R | I | D | E | 60 B | E | E | R | 61 T | H | A | N |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,589
Across
1
Outrigger. : PROA
5
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
9
Plastic ___. : BOMB
13
Substitute for cash. : CREDITCARD
15
Type of girder. : IBAR
16
Billet-doux. : LOVELETTER
17
Spanish painter. : GOYA
18
Primate. : APE
19
Silken. : SERIC
20
Prussian lancer of 1870. : UHLAN
21
Unite by heating. : WELD
23
Remaining: Fr. : RESTANT
25
Excellent. : RARE
27
Carapace. : SHELL
28
Year in Trajan's reign. : CII
31
Scorpion's Heart. : ANTARES
33
Kohinoor. : DIAMOND
35
Covered over. : ROOFED
36
Rarely seen. : SCARCE
37
Diamondbacks. : TURTLES
39
Breastbone. : STERNUM
40
Some. : ANY
41
Handy. : ONTAP
43
Rain check. : STUB
44
Man in the know. : INSIDER
46
Room to swing ___. : ACAT
48
Ringing sound. : CLANG
51
Volcanic mount. : PELEE
53
Native of: Suffix. : OTE
54
Indian ox. : ZEBU
55
Guided missile, movie style. : CUSTARDPIE
57
Amst., Lex., Fifth, etc. : AVES
58
Busheler's work. : ALTERATION
59
Roller coaster. : RIDE
60
Gambrinus' invention. : BEER
61
Conjunction. : THAN
Down
1
Tom, Dick or Harry. : PROPERNOUN
2
Disclosing. : REVELATORY
3
Verse form. : ODE
4
Bothers. : AILS
5
Soubrette. : ACTRESS
6
Somewhat tardy. : LATISH
7
Put up. : ERECTED
8
Presidential initials. : FDR
9
Loop in a rope. : BIGHT
10
Greek coin. : OBOL
11
Ancient Mexican. : MAYA
12
Coarse feed. : BRAN
13
Hammer end. : CLAW
14
Golfer, at times. : TEER
20
Loosens. : UNLACES
22
Rough sketch. : DRAFT
24
Tilted: Naut. : ALIST
26
Soon: Poet. : ERELONG
28
Emblem of abundance. : CORNUCOPIA
29
Brooding. : INCUBATION
30
Footnote word. : IDEM
31
Ionian Sea gulf. : ARTA
32
Elysiums. : EDENS
34
Opera heroine. : MARTA
38
Small stem. : STIPULE
39
Zinc. : SPELTER
42
"___ Fideles." : ADESTE
44
Working. : INUSE
45
Stern. : REAR
47
___ age. : TEEN
48
Autocrat. : CZAR
49
Son of Jacob. : LEVI
50
Slumber-bound. : ABED
52
Form of "esse." : ERAT
55
Hack. : CAB
56
Degree in theology. : DTH
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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