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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Friday, December 3, 1954

16-Across : Scenic view.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.94, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 108, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,984
Across
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Small: Comb. form. : MICRO
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Ancient church. : BASILICA
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"House" of a Poe tale. : USHER
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Movie house come-on. : BANKNIGHT
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Scenic view. : SCAPE
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Vending machine commodity. : INDIANNUT
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Biblical weeds. : TARES
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Oats are sold here. : FEEDSTORE
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Davenport. : SOFA
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Marine flyers. : ERNS
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On this side of: Prefix. : CIS
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Soft wool fabric. : VICUNA
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For fear that. : LEST
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Community Chest beneficiary. : HOSPITAL
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Three: Prefix. : TRI
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Never-ending. : ETERNAL
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Pre-dawn phenomenon. : MOONSET
36
Poet's "ever." : EER
37
Bargain hunter. : SALEGOER
38
Short punches. : JABS
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Theatre lobby pictures. : STILLS
43
Coachman or red quill. : FLY
44
Italian bell town. : ATRI
45
Crumbs. : ORTS
46
___ bon (very good): Fr. : TRES
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Elm, for instance. : SHADETREE
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Brief. : SHORT
51
Straight or royal flush. : POKERHAND
52
Very small: Colloq. : EENIE
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Corrects. : EMENDATES
54
City in Moselle wine region. : TRIER
55
Paraphrases. : RESTATES
56
Pile up. : AMASS
Down
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Item in a make-up box. : MUSTACHE
2
Biblical traitor. : ISCARIOT
3
Star of "Brigadoon." : CHARISSE
4
Beat off. : REPEL
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Bauxite and cinnabar. : ORES
6
Poisonous. : BANEFUL
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Lofty, as mountains. : ANDEAN
8
Motoring mishap. : SKID
9
Namesakes of Miss Claire. : INAS
10
Wood for crosspieces. : LINTELING
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Pay no mind to. : IGNORE
12
Makes butter. : CHURNS
13
Be a witness. : ATTEST
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Eyeglass lens. : BIFOCAL
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Oriental guitars. : SITARS
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Hollywood and ___. : VINE
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Bikini and Eniwetok. : ATOLLS
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Magsaysay, for instance. : PRESIDENT
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Preacher and Richard. : ROES
32
Fountain drinks. : MALTEDS
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Heroine in Tasso epic. : SOFRONIA
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Where to catch lampreys. : EELERIES
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Courters in secret. : TRYSTERS
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Fog signals. : SIRENES
38
Yellow quartz. : JASPER
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In. : ATHOME
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Hydraulic and emergency. : BRAKES
42
Infinitive meaning "appraise." : TORATE
46
Unit of heat, 1,000 calories. : THERM
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Wagner's Earth goddess. : ERDA
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Demonstrative. : THAT
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Slender bristle: Bot. : SETA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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