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Herbert Ettenson
New York Times, Thursday, September 4, 1958
31-Down : Butterine.
Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 355 (avg 1.90)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 22.2
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 A | 3 F | 4 T | 5 H | 6 A | 7 D | 8 J | 9 C | 10 R | 11 A | 12 V | 13 E |
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14 E | G | L | I | 15 A | P | I | A | 16 H | E | L | I | X |
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17 B | R | A | M | 18 L | O | D | Z | 19 A | D | O | R | E |
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20 B | A | K | E | 21 R | S | D | O | Z | 22 E | N | 23 H | U | R |
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24 A | Y | E | S | 25 A | G | 26 H | A | S | T |
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27 B | 28 A | 29 R | N | E | Y | 30 K | 31 O | R | E | A | ||||
32 R | O | O | D | S | 33 B | I | L | L | 34 L | 35 W | 36 O | 37 W |
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38 A | N | A | T | 39 M | A | T | E | Y | 40 C | O | L | A |
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41 D | E | M | I | 42 A | L | T | O | 43 C | Y | N | I | C |
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44 D | 45 U | L | L | Y | 46 T | O | O | T | O | O |
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47 A | 48 C | 49 C | E | P | T | 50 D | A | R | N | |||||
51 R | A | H | 52 H | A | 53 P | 54 P | Y | M | E | D | 55 I | 56 U | 57 M |
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58 A | M | A | 59 T | I | 60 H | U | L | A | 61 A | R | G | O |
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62 B | E | R | Y | L | 63 U | N | A | L | 64 Y | A | L | U |
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65 Y | O | D | E | L | 66 T | Y | N | E | 67 S | K | Y | E |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,355
Across
1
Float. : WAFT
5
Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
9
Beg. : CRAVE
14
He: Ital. : EGLI
15
Samoan port. : APIA
16
Spiral. : HELIX
17
Novelist Stoker of "Dracula" fame. : BRAM
18
City SW of Warsaw. : LODZ
19
Venerate. : ADORE
20
Thirteen. : BAKERSDOZEN
23
Charioteer Ben. : HUR
24
Affirmatives. : AYES
25
Showing sudden dismay. : AGHAST
27
Mr. Baruch, to his friends. : BARNEY
30
64 Across borders this country. : KOREA
32
Quarter acres. : ROODS
33
Poster. : BILL
34
City SE of Warsaw. : LWOW
38
Biology course: Abbr. : ANAT
39
Companionable: Colloq. : MATEY
40
African nut tree. : COLA
41
Half: Prefix. : DEMI
42
High: Span. : ALTO
43
Pessimist's pal. : CYNIC
44
In a tedious manner. : DULLY
46
Extreme: Slang. : TOOTOO
47
Agree to. : ACCEPT
50
Mended place. : DARN
51
Huzza. : RAH
52
Golden mean. : HAPPYMEDIUM
58
Gentleman from Cremona. : AMATI
60
Native dance. : HULA
61
Jason's ship. : ARGO
62
Aquamarine. : BERYL
63
Single. : UNAL
64
Asian river. : YALU
65
Swiss falsetto. : YODEL
66
English river. : TYNE
67
Terrier from the Hebrides. : SKYE
Down
1
"Dragnet" star. : WEBB
2
Historic Indian city. : AGRA
3
Anti-aircraft fire. : FLAK
4
Subject of an ancient adage. : TIMEANDTIDE
5
W. W. II. admiral. : HALSEY
6
Footless creatures. : APODS
7
Prank: Colloq. : DIDO
8
Ragtime's successor. : JAZZ
9
Coins. : CHANGE
10
Carnation. : RED
11
Hawaiian salutation. : ALOHA
12
Evil influence. : VIRUS
13
Make an effort. : EXERT
21
Breads. : RYES
22
Ahead of time. : EARLY
26
Tranquil times. : HALCYONDAYS
27
Thin nail. : BRAD
28
Superfine: Colloq. : AONE
29
Vagabondize. : ROAM
30
Pool in a card game. : KITTY
31
Butterine. : OLEO
33
Dance. : BALL
35
Usage. : WONT
36
Melange. : OLIO
37
Where Baylor U. is. : WACO
39
British bastion. : MALTA
43
Kernel. : CORE
45
Laborious. : UPHILL
46
Mexican specialty. : TAMALE
47
Land of sheikhs. : ARABY
48
Carved stone. : CAMEO
49
Swiss vegetable. : CHARD
50
Poet Thomas. : DYLAN
53
Sound of a bullet on target. : PHUT
54
Insignificant. : PUNY
55
Modern Mesopotamia. : IRAK
56
Grotesque. : UGLY
57
Grimace. : MOUE
59
Nautical chain. : TYE
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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