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Herbert Ettenson
New York Times, Saturday, March 31, 1956
Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 323 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 27.3
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 H | 3 I | 4 M | 5 E | 6 R | 7 A | 8 P | 9 A | 10 S | 11 T | 12 E | |||
13 P | L | A | C | E | M | A | T | 14 R | E | P | E | N | 15 T |
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16 L | I | V | E | W | I | R | E | 17 O | R | A | N | G | E |
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18 A | M | A | S | 19 G | A | L | 20 A | X | Y | 21 D | I | E |
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22 T | A | N | 23 R | A | I | N | Y | 24 B | E | N | T |
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25 E | X | A | 26 M | 27 A | V | E | S | 28 P | A | R | E | E |
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29 A | 30 S | T | I | R | 31 B | U | T | L | E | R |
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32 S | 33 W | 34 A | S | H | E | S | 35 M | A | R | T | Y | R | S |
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36 C | O | P | S | E | S | 37 P | A | N | E | L | ||||
38 H | O | P | E | D | 39 B | O | N | D | 40 E | 41 C | 42 H | 43 O |
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44 I | L | L | Y | 45 P | A | P | A | W | 46 L | O | G |
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47 S | H | I | 48 L | U | N | U | L | A | 49 S | A | T | E |
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50 M | A | Q | 51 U | I | S | 52 L | I | G | 53 A | T | U | R | E |
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54 S | T | U | K | A | S | 55 A | V | O | C | A | D | O | S |
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56 S | E | R | R | Y | 57 R | E | N | E | G | E | D |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,468
Across
1
Idle fancy. : CHIMERA
8
Flour and water. : PASTE
13
Doily. : PLACEMAT
14
Feel compunction. : REPENT
16
Go-getter. : LIVEWIRE
17
Product of Florida. : ORANGE
18
Between amo and amat. : AMAS
19
The Milky Way. : GALAXY
21
Machine tool. : DIE
22
Khaki. : TAN
23
Proverbial kind of day. : RAINY
24
Predilection. : BENT
25
Quiz. : EXAM
27
Madison and Park. : AVES
28
Gay city. : PAREE
29
Up and about. : ASTIR
31
Britain's RAB. : BUTLER
32
Sounds of dashing waves. : SWASHES
35
Jeanne d'Arc and Savonarola. : MARTYRS
36
Thickets. : COPSES
37
Adjudicative board. : PANEL
38
Was optimistic. : HOPED
39
Certificate, in finance. : BOND
40
She loved Narcissus. : ECHO
44
Badly. : ILLY
45
Fruit with bananalike pulp. : PAPAW
46
Something heavy. : LOG
47
Japanese weight. : SHI
48
Crescent-shaped object. : LUNULA
49
Fill to the brim. : SATE
50
French underground. : MAQUIS
52
Bandage. : LIGATURE
54
German planes. : STUKAS
55
Salad fruits. : AVOCADOS
56
Put in ranks. : SERRY
57
Misplayed, at cards. : RENEGED
Down
1
Apex. : CLIMAX
2
Batista's capital. : HAVANA
3
Sherbets. : ICES
4
Gull. : MEW
5
Changes countries. : EMIGRATES
6
Crossword sans "emu," for example. : RARAAVIS
7
Studio. : ATELIER
8
Substitute. : PROXY
9
Visionary: Poet. : AERY
10
Hot Springs. : SPA
11
With compassion. : TENDERLY
12
M. I. T. alumnus. : ENGINEER
13
Catcher's station. : PLATE
15
Moves unsteadily. : TEETERS
20
Reply: Abbr. : ANS
24
Struggle. : BATTLE
26
Portrayer of Lincoln. : MASSEY
28
Simon ___. : PURE
30
Lean-to. : SHED
31
Political phenomenon. : BANDWAGON
32
Results of doctrinal disputes. : SCHISMS
33
Term for rural supporters of Georgia politicos. : WOOLHATS
34
Ornamental needlework. : APPLIQUE
35
Boy! oh boy! : MANALIVE
37
Regarded with favor by many. : POPULAR
39
Interdiction. : BAN
41
Composer Debussy. : CLAUDE
42
Rejuvenated jalopy. : HOTROD
43
Moldings. : OGEES
45
Tabby. : PUSSY
48
Untruther. : LIAR
49
Antlered animal. : STAG
51
Part of U.S.S.R.: Abbr. : UKR
53
Top-notch. : ACE
Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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