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Herbert Ettenson
New York Times, Saturday, May 29, 1954
Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 33.3
Grid has duplicate clues.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 G | 4 S | 5 D | 6 R | 7 A | 8 M | 9 P | 10 I | 11 T | 12 Y |
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13 E | R | A | T | 14 A | R | O | M | A | 15 A | R | I | A |
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16 S | I | L | O | 17 D | O | U | B | L | 18 E | T | A | L | K |
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19 S | L | I | P | 20 S | L | O | P | 21 A | R | I | S | E | S |
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22 M | O | T | E | L | 23 T | R | I | N | ||||||
24 S | 25 H | A | V | E | R | 26 R | A | K | E | O | 27 F | 28 F | 29 S |
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30 T | O | T | E | M | 31 V | E | X | E | S | 32 L | E | A |
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33 E | M | I | R | 34 C | O | V | E | Y | 35 G | A | R | B |
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36 A | M | A | 37 P | L | I | E | S | 38 C | O | P | A | L |
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39 M | E | S | 40 S | H | A | L | L | 41 P | A | D | D | L | E |
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42 L | O | P | E | 43 L | A | S | S | O | ||||||
44 A | 45 S | 46 C | E | N | T | 47 P | I | S | H | P | O | 48 S | 49 H |
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50 B | A | L | D | E | R | 51 D | A | S | H | 52 E | D | N | A |
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53 C | L | O | G | 54 A | O | R | T | A | 55 E | L | I | S |
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56 S | K | Y | E | 57 P | E | T | S | 58 D | E | P | T |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,796
Across
1
Luggage. : BAGS
5
Small potion. : DRAM
9
Commiseration. : PITY
13
Part of Q. E. D. : ERAT
14
Feature of coffee. : AROMA
15
Opera highlight. : ARIA
16
Farm structure. : SILO
17
Nonsense. : DOUBLETALK
19
Nonsense. : SLIPSLOP
21
Springs up. : ARISES
22
New-fangled lodging place. : MOTEL
23
One of triplets. : TRIN
24
Lad: Colloq. : SHAVER
26
Gambler's cuts. : RAKEOFFS
30
Symbol of a tribe. : TOTEM
31
Besets. : VEXES
32
Grazing. : LEA
33
Titled Turks. : EMIR
34
Several quail. : COVEY
35
Clothing. : GARB
36
Doctors' group. : AMA
37
Layers. : PLIES
38
Resinous substance. : COPAL
39
"Chow" room. : MESSHALL
41
Ping-pong battledore. : PADDLE
42
Padnag. : LOPE
43
Rope. : LASSO
44
Advancement. : ASCENT
47
Nonsense. : PISHPOSH
50
Nonsense. : BALDERDASH
52
Poet Millay. : EDNA
53
Heavy shoe. : CLOG
54
Great artery. : AORTA
55
"Bulldogs." : ELIS
56
Scotch terrier. : SKYE
57
Parakeets, for instance. : PETS
58
Administrative branch: Abbr. : DEPT
Down
1
Part of a Gershwin title. : BESS
2
Seed covering. : ARIL
3
Nonsense. : GALIMATIAS
4
22 Across, for instance. : STOPOVER
5
Nonsense. : DROOL
6
Hoarseness. : ROUP
7
Abbr. for Mrs. Luce. : AMB
8
Nonsense. : MALARKEY
9
Tin tycoon of Bolivia. : PATINO
10
Cleopatra's attendant. : IRAS
11
Scrabble piece. : TILE
12
Talks nonsense: Slang. : YAKS
14
Contemporary of Freud. : ADLER
18
Indians. : ERIES
20
Check. : STEM
23
"Certain" item. : TAXES
24
Energy. : STEAM
25
Any Frenchman. : HOMME
26
Make merry. : REVEL
27
Nonsense. : FLAPDOODLE
28
Savage. : FERAL
29
Cape at southern tip of Florida. : SABLE
31
Dress material. : VOILE
34
Nonsense. : CLAPTRAP
35
Parting wish. : GODSPEED
37
Ring up. : PHONE
38
Spending money. : CASH
40
Heavy hammer. : SLEDGE
41
Eastern title. : PASHA
43
Categorizes. : LISTS
44
Fundamentals. : ABCS
45
Doctor of polio vaccine fame. : SALK
46
Surfeit. : CLOY
47
Fraction. : PART
48
Insignificant one. : SNIP
49
Biblical verb. : HAST
51
Fictitious legal character. : DOE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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