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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Tuesday, December 9, 1958

33-Across : Asian peninsula.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,451
Across
1
African port. : DAKAR
6
Summit. : ACME
10
Navy men: Abbr. : ADMS
14
Homologous. : ALIKE
15
Whatnot things. : BRICABRAC
17
Theme. : MOTIF
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Struggle that has no chance for success. : LOSTCAUSE
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Looked to be. : SEEMED
21
___ machine. : SLOT
22
Hand. : MAN
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Here-and-there reader. : BROWSER
25
Final newspaper notice. : OBIT
26
London's foreign quarter. : SOHO
29
Marsh plant. : REED
30
Compete. : VIE
31
"The Man with the ___." : HOE
32
Trees. : FIRS
33
Asian peninsula. : MALAYA
36
"___ by a river ... " : ONATREE
38
Kind of flight. : NONSTOP
39
Dialect. : PATOIS
40
Whimper. : PULE
41
Potato bud. : EYE
42
___ rut. : INA
43
Masculine. : MALE
44
Winged youth, in art. : EROS
45
Bell sound. : DING
47
Solves crosswords. : FILLSIN
49
A language: Abbr. : ENG
50
Glass section. : PANE
51
Copied in a certain way. : TRACED
55
Clerk's concern. : PAPERWORK
58
Soap plant. : AMOLE
59
Relative of a brand. : TRADENAME
60
"___ is an island ... " : NOMAN
61
Keep secret. : HIDE
62
Winter blanket. : SNOW
63
A figure of speech. : IRONY
Down
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Grand Coulee and others. : DAMS
2
Medicinal plant. : ALOE
3
Bird of the hawk family. : KITE
4
With hands on hips. : AKIMBO
5
Allude (to). : REFER
6
Grammatical case: Abbr. : ABL
7
Thwarts. : CROSSES
8
Hoodwinked. : MISLED
9
Father of Sir Kay. : ECTOR
10
Arabian garment. : ABA
11
Figuratively, a publicity man. : DRUMBEATER
12
A people of Kenya and Tanganyika. : MASAI
13
Perfume. : SCENT
16
Law. : ACT
20
Fishing boats. : DORIES
24
Existed. : WERE
25
Museum exhibits. : OILS
26
Plant. : SHOP
27
One of the O'Neills. : OONA
28
Ancestor of the electric blanket. : HEATINGPAD
30
Weathercock. : VANE
32
Odin's wife: Var. : FRIA
33
Annoy. : MOLEST
34
Toy. : YOYO
35
Anthropoids. : APES
37
Secret society. : TONG
38
Nugatory. : NULL
40
Capital of Sicily. : PALERMO
43
Ancient Cretan. : MINOAN
44
Make beloved. : ENAMOR
45
Tridimensionality. : DEPTH
46
Finnish town in Arctic Circle. : INARI
47
Young animals. : FAWNS
48
Near Easterners. : IRANI
50
Grand ___, Evangeline's home. : PRE
52
TV singer. : COMO
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Verve. : ELAN
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Naysay. : DENY
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Netherlands commune. : EDE
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___ Gardens. : KEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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