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Herbert Ettenson
New York Times, Monday, March 25, 1974
Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 46.4
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 I | 3 V | 4 A | 5 M | 6 A | 7 Y | 8 A | 9 A | 10 H | 11 A | 12 B |
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13 O | B | O | L | 14 S | A | P | O | R | 15 W | O | V | E |
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16 F | A | L | L | 17 I | N | G | O | U | T | 18 A | R | A | T |
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19 F | R | E | E | H | A | N | D | 20 E | 21 N | I | S | L | E |
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22 G | A | G | A | 23 C | R | E | T | E | ||||||
24 S | 25 C | 26 R | O | D | 27 S | H | I | E | S | O | 28 F | 29 F |
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30 W | E | A | R | A | 31 N | 32 D | T | E | A | R | 33 P | I | R |
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34 E | N | C | Y | 35 A | U | R | A | L | 36 B | E | N | E |
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37 A | S | K | 38 G | R | E | A | T | S | 39 P | I | R | I | T |
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40 T | E | A | 41 P | A | R | T | Y | 42 A | M | A | S | S |
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43 B | O | L | A | S | 44 S | 45 A | G | A | ||||||
46 A | 47 V | O | C | E | T | 48 F | O | R | E | N | 49 A | 50 M | 51 E |
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52 S | I | N | K | 53 I | 54 L | L | N | A | T | U | R | E | D |
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55 I | S | E | E | 56 V | I | A | L | S | 57 A | G | R | A |
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58 F | A | S | T | 59 E | D | G | Y | 60 L | O | O | M |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,990
Across
1
Opera star : DIVA
5
Mexican Indian : MAYA
9
Whale chaser : AHAB
13
Ancient Greek coin : OBOL
14
Flavor : SAPOR
15
Did rugmaking : WOVE
16
Spat : FALLINGOUT
18
Smell ___ : ARAT
19
Kin of carte blanche : FREEHAND
20
Isolate : ENISLE
22
Nuts : GAGA
23
Greek island : CRETE
24
Young fish : SCROD
27
Dodges : SHIESOFF
30
Depreciation : WEARANDTEAR
33
Moslem saint : PIR
34
Noun suffix : ENCY
35
Of hearing : AURAL
36
The "b" of n.b. : BENE
37
Try to find out : ASK
38
Deity, to Hiawatha : GREATSPIRIT
40
Boston event : TEAPARTY
42
Pile up : AMASS
43
Latin American weapons : BOLAS
44
The Forsytes had one : SAGA
46
Bird like the stilt : AVOCET
48
Joseph or Alice, e.g. : FORENAME
52
___ a putt : SINK
53
Peevish : ILLNATURED
55
Understanding words : ISEE
56
Liquid containers : VIALS
57
Indian rug : AGRA
58
Secure : FAST
59
Nervous : EDGY
60
Appear large : LOOM
Down
1
Remove : DOFF
2
Straight rod : IBAR
3
Rodent : VOLE
4
Stretched-out parable : ALLEGORY
5
___ Carta : MAGNA
6
Footless : APOD
7
Pronoun : YOU
8
Highways : ARTERIALS
9
Is expecting : AWAITS
10
TV fare : HORSEOPERA
11
Of grandparents : AVAL
12
French beast : BETE
14
Stocking mishap : SNAG
17
"If ___ million dollars" : IHADA
21
At no time, in poetry : NEER
23
Bilk : CHEAT
24
One of Churchill's four offerings : SWEAT
25
Perfume in a way : CENSE
26
Skinny horse : RACKABONES
27
Leave the straight and narrow : STRAY
28
The end : FINIS
29
Guitar parts : FRETS
31
Story : NARRATIVE
32
Twosomes : DUETS
36
Requiring use of both hands : BIMANUAL
38
Big blow : GALE
39
Actress Debra : PAGET
41
Air or pick : POCKET
44
Filial : SONLY
45
Screw pines : ARAS
46
"___ you didn't already know" : ASIF
47
Passport endorsement : VISA
48
Droop : FLAG
49
Ship on a quest : ARGO
50
Large fish : MERO
51
Netherlands town : EDAM
54
Teapot part : LID
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.