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Herbert Ettenson
New York Times, Wednesday, October 8, 1958
44-Across : Derived from oil.
Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 323 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 H | 3 A | 4 S | 5 T | 6 A | 7 P | 8 R | 9 E | 10 A | 11 C | 12 H | |||
13 S | H | O | W | M | A | N | 14 R | A | M | B | L | E | 15 R |
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16 P | O | T | L | U | C | K | 17 E | P | I | C | U | R | E |
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18 H | O | R | S | 19 K | A | 20 F | F | I | R | 21 B | O | N |
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22 E | T | O | 23 M | Y | R | I | A | D | 24 S | M | I | T |
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25 R | E | D | 26 L | Y | 27 A | R | C | 28 P | L | A | N | E |
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29 E | R | S | A | T | 30 Z | 31 S | E | 32 A | S | O | N | E | D |
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33 S | H | E | 34 D | 35 S | H | A | W | |||||||
36 L | 37 O | 38 P | S | I | D | E | 39 D | 40 A | L | L | 41 O | 42 T | 43 S |
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44 O | L | E | I | C | 45 C | O | 46 T | 47 M | Y | R | R | H |
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48 W | I | N | E | 49 M | A | N | I | 50 A | S | 51 D | E | A |
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52 E | V | A | 53 B | A | N | T | E | R | 54 L | I | A | R |
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55 R | I | N | 56 G | O | U | T | 57 R | O | 58 M | A | N | C | E |
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59 S | E | C | O | N | D | E | 60 E | M | E | R | A | L | D |
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61 R | E | A | D | E | R | 62 D | A | W | D | L | E |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,389
Across
1
Mount in the Cascades. : SHASTA
7
Sermonize. : PREACH
13
Impresario. : SHOWMAN
14
Climbing rose. : RAMBLER
16
Ordinary, informal meal. : POTLUCK
17
Fastidious diner. : EPICURE
18
___ d'oeuvres. : HORS
19
Warlike African. : KAFFIR
21
Good: Fr. : BON
22
War area of 1944. : ETO
23
Ten thousand. : MYRIAD
24
Struck. : SMIT
25
Blushingly. : REDLY
27
Rainbow. : ARC
28
Jet. : PLANE
29
Substitute. : ERSATZ
31
Veteran. : SEASONED
33
Hovel. : SHED
35
Author Irwin. : SHAW
36
Not symmetrical. : LOPSIDED
40
Sets apart as a share. : ALLOTS
44
Derived from oil. : OLEIC
45
Barracks appurtenance. : COT
47
A gift of the Magi. : MYRRH
48
Riesling. : WINE
49
Crazes. : MANIAS
51
Goddess: Lat. : DEA
52
Little ___. : EVA
53
Badinage. : BANTER
54
Ananias. : LIAR
55
Reverberate. : RINGOUT
57
Boy-meets-girl. : ROMANCE
59
Fencing position. : SECONDE
60
Shade of green. : EMERALD
61
McGuffey's ___. : READER
62
Dillydally. : DAWDLE
Down
1
A taw. : SHOOTER
2
Cars of a sort. : HOTRODS
3
Pointed tools. : AWLS
4
School in Dallas. : SMU
5
Dowdy: Colloq. : TACKY
6
Where to spend piastres. : ANKARA
7
Introduces. : PREFACES
8
Accelerated. : RAPID
9
Title in 6 Down. : EMIR
10
Rudiments. : ABC
11
Fraternity member. : CLUBMAN
12
Leading lady. : HEROINE
13
Area of influence. : SPHERE
15
Leased. : RENTED
20
Conifers. : FIRS
23
Imaginary. : MYTHIC
24
At a snail's pace. : SLOWLY
26
Four-footed star. : LASSIE
28
Sacred songs. : PSALMS
30
English letter. : ZED
32
Cry of triumph. : AHA
34
Carafe. : DECANTER
36
Demeans. : LOWERS
37
Shakespearean actor. : OLIVIER
38
Punishment. : PENANCE
39
A prohibition: Colloq. : DONT
41
Number. : ORDINAL
42
Molasses. : TREACLE
43
Partook. : SHARED
46
Arranged in rows. : TIERED
49
Former actress Adams. : MAUDE
50
Redolence. : AROMA
53
A kind of paper. : BOND
54
Shortening. : LARD
56
Gazelle of Tibet. : GOA
58
Gull. : MEW
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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