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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Friday, October 14, 1955

29-Across : Ectoplasmic being.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { H J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,299
Across
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Feel grief or sympathy. : BLEED
6
Portentous. : DIRE
10
River of Spain. : EBRO
14
Miss O'Grady. : ROSIE
15
Flat. : EVEN
16
Peacockish. : VAIN
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River of France. : AISNE
18
In a newsworthy manner. : TOPICALLY
20
Military show. : DRESSPARADE
22
Actor Barker. : LEX
23
Enabled to go. : SENT
24
Jacob ___, philanthropist. : RIIS
25
Mainly: Abbr. : ESP
27
Kite. : ELANET
29
Ectoplasmic being. : SPOOK
32
Makes grooves. : STRIATES
35
TV actress Maria. : RIVA
36
Corrected. : EMENDED
37
Weeks, Wilson, etc. : CABINET
40
Middle: Comb. form. : MEDI
41
Historic English city. : COVENTRY
42
Stored power. : INPUT
44
Pastime at Las Vegas. : GAMING
45
Uncle: Dial. : EME
46
Simians. : APES
47
Track condition. : FAST
51
Famous sleeper. : RIP
53
A new element is named for him. : ENRICOFERMI
56
Artificial language. : ESPERANTO
58
Sidestep. : AVOID
59
Pitcher Kellner. : ALEX
60
Gridiron performers. : TEAM
61
City in NE France. : NESLE
62
French priest's title. : PERE
63
Shield border. : ORLE
64
Cupidity. : GREED
Down
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Small nails. : BRADS
2
Nantes' river. : LOIRE
3
European steel city. : ESSEN
4
Element named for famous scientist. : EINSTEINIUM
5
Marks of failure. : DEES
6
Buttonholed. : DETAINED
7
Piano keys. : IVORIES
8
Meal. : REPAST
9
Novelist Bagnold. : ENID
10
A Gabor. : EVA
11
Pen. : BALLPOINT
12
Get one's goat. : RILE
13
Stone for cameos. : ONYX
19
Better marks than 5 Down. : CEES
21
Gabble. : PRATE
26
A May mood. : SPRINGFEVER
28
Cadet. : LAD
30
Continued on the other side. : OVER
31
Girl's nickname. : KATY
32
Half: Prefix. : SEMI
33
"Feds." : TMEN
34
Ingredient of enchiladas. : REDPEPPER
37
Tut-tut! : COMECOME
38
Dispatch boat. : AVISO
39
Hogan. : BEN
41
Washington. : CAPITAL
43
Golfer. : TEER
44
Former V. P. : GARNER
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"___ by any other name ... " : AROSE
49
Photographer's word. : SMILE
50
Helped along (with "over"). : TIDED
51
Harvest. : REAP
52
Water-locked land. : ISLE
54
Western alliance. : NATO
55
Jack London's "White ___." : FANG
57
Devon river. : EXE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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