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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Tuesday, December 9, 1958

51-Across : Copied in a certain way.

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
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African port. : DAKAR
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Summit. : ACME
10
Navy men: Abbr. : ADMS
14
Homologous. : ALIKE
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Whatnot things. : BRICABRAC
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Theme. : MOTIF
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Struggle that has no chance for success. : LOSTCAUSE
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Looked to be. : SEEMED
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___ machine. : SLOT
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Hand. : MAN
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Here-and-there reader. : BROWSER
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Final newspaper notice. : OBIT
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London's foreign quarter. : SOHO
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Marsh plant. : REED
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Compete. : VIE
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"The Man with the ___." : HOE
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Trees. : FIRS
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Asian peninsula. : MALAYA
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"___ by a river ... " : ONATREE
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Kind of flight. : NONSTOP
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Dialect. : PATOIS
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Whimper. : PULE
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Potato bud. : EYE
42
___ rut. : INA
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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
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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
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Grammatical case: Abbr. : ABL
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Thwarts. : CROSSES
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Hoodwinked. : MISLED
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Father of Sir Kay. : ECTOR
10
Arabian garment. : ABA
11
Figuratively, a publicity man. : DRUMBEATER
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A people of Kenya and Tanganyika. : MASAI
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Perfume. : SCENT
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Law. : ACT
20
Fishing boats. : DORIES
24
Existed. : WERE
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Museum exhibits. : OILS
26
Plant. : SHOP
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One of the O'Neills. : OONA
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Ancestor of the electric blanket. : HEATINGPAD
30
Weathercock. : VANE
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Odin's wife: Var. : FRIA
33
Annoy. : MOLEST
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Toy. : YOYO
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Anthropoids. : APES
37
Secret society. : TONG
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Nugatory. : NULL
40
Capital of Sicily. : PALERMO
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Ancient Cretan. : MINOAN
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Make beloved. : ENAMOR
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Tridimensionality. : DEPTH
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Finnish town in Arctic Circle. : INARI
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Young animals. : FAWNS
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Near Easterners. : IRANI
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Grand ___, Evangeline's home. : PRE
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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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