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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

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New York Times, Sunday, February 1, 1970

36-Across : Town in Sicily

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 91, Avg Word Len: 5.72, Missing: { J X Z }
Open Squares: 142, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 33
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Note that the I in 24-Across is actually a 1 in both directions, unlike several other one-directional 1s.

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FIVE
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FOUR
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FIVE
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K
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H
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,477
Across
1
Liquor units : FIVETHS
5
Not worth ___ of beans : AHILL
10
Naval officer: Abbr. : COMM
14
Water nymph : NAIAD
19
Old English moneys : ORAE
20
Daises : PODIA
21
Certain vaudeville show : TWOADAY
22
Hudson town south of Kingston : ESOPUS
24
___ store (place to buy notions) : FIVEANDIOCENT
26
Vehicle for Sam Levene : THREEMENONAHORSE
28
Pianist Gabrilowitsch : OSSIP
29
Comedian Danny : KAYE
30
Nonpaying friend : SPONGER
31
Frost piece : POEM
32
Biblical people : HAMITES
34
Korean soldier : ROK
36
Town in Sicily : NARO
37
Perceive : SENSE
38
Eldritch : EERY
39
The end : FINIS
41
Love affair : AMOUR
43
Presidential middle name : QUINCY
46
Dogcart : DOSADOS
48
Branch of study : MEDICINE
52
Make one : UNITE
53
Title of respect : SIRE
54
Computer stuff : DATA
56
Record keeper : NOTEMAN
57
Mrs. Stengel : EDNA
58
More judicious : WISER
59
Outdoor : OPENAIR
61
Dwarf: Prefix : NANO
62
Shady agreement : DEAL
63
Exhibitionist : HAM
64
Most favorable conditions : OPTIMA
65
Alcohol burners : ETNAS
66
Subsidiary : ARM
67
Released a claim to : REMISED
71
Concerning : ASTO
72
Garnish green : CRESS
73
Last card of a suit : ITHREEER
75
W. W. II town : STLO
76
Glacial trough : DORR
77
Noted name in West : EARP
78
Role for Michael Caine : ALFIE
79
Sew a hawk's eyelids : SEEL
80
Detachable page : SNAPOUT
82
Assn. : ORG
85
Afro-Asiatic language : BILIN
86
Filled the bill : SERVED
88
Shelter : HUT
89
Sky: Fr. : CIEL
90
Girl friend in Paris : AMIE
91
Ailment : DISEASE
92
Assembly in old Greece : AGORA
94
Cruising : ASEA
95
Nut-and-fruit bread : STOLLEN
97
Mouth: Prefix : STOM
98
In addition : PLUS
99
Glacial term : STOSS
100
East Indian shrews : SONDELIS
102
People fleeing a land : EMIGRES
104
Gems : STONES
105
Sauce, in Italy : SALSA
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Tin, in Paris : ETAIN
107
Epithet for Clio, Erato, etc. : THENINE
108
"___ will is the wind's will" : ABOYS
111
Speaker : TRIS
114
___ for one : ALL
115
"Had a ___ big as a whale" : HEARTAS
118
Sunburns : TANS
119
Caps of a kind : BEANIES
121
The fat ___ the fire : ISIN
123
Literary villain and namesakes : IAGOS
125
Obscenities : FOURLETTERWORDS
127
Necessity à la Thomas Marshall : FIVECENTCIGAR
129
Water animals : OTTERS
130
Cell terminal : ANODE
131
Spent : TIRED
132
Fuzz : LINT
133
Body: Prefix : SOMAT
134
Gambling game : KENO
135
Rimy coatings : HOARS
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Silk: Sp. : SEDA
Down
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Equally : FIVEOFIVEO
2
Junk : TRASH
3
Medieval guild : HANSA
4
Dreggy : SEDIMENTAL
5
Soldier's address : APO
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Game : HOCKEY
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Light bulbs, in the comics : IDEAS
8
Streaked : LINY
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Slugabed : LATERISER
10
Bivouac : CAMP
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"___ a Grecian Urn" : ODEON
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Windfall : MANNA
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Graph of muscular contractions : MYOGRAM
14
Approaching : NEAR
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Residue : ASH
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Relative of a jingo : IOOPERCENTER
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Kitchen wear : APRON
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Italian actress and family : DUSES
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Beat it! : TWOTHREESKIDDOO
23
Dotted, as enamelware : SEME
25
Kind of bathing suit : IPIECE
27
Time of the new moon : NEOMENIA
33
Attempt : TRY
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Fuegian : ONA
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Diamonds, for one : SUIT
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Golfer's word : FORE
40
Scouring items : SOAPPADS
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Bouquet : ODOR
43
Curfew: Sp. : QUEDA
44
Covered by : UNDER
45
Rare case : IINAMILLION
46
Cans : DISMISSES
47
Hat : STETSON
49
Another's meat, in a play : IMANSPOISON
50
Nursemaids : NANAS
51
Biblical man : ENOS
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Anna's land : SIAM
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Grieg character : ANITRA
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Reporter's question : WHERE
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Without distinct form : AMORPHOUS
65
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Control : REIN
68
Metric units : STERES
69
Ennoble : ELEVATE
70
Gloomy : DOLESOME
72
Port opposite Gibraltar : CEUTA
74
Method of crop rotation : THREEFIELDSYSTEM
78
Intend : AIMTO
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Possessive : OURS
83
Singer Della : REESE
84
Product of sand : GLASS
85
Kind of drum : BASS
86
Ominous : SINISTER
87
Dinner topper : DEMITASSE
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Valley : DELL
92
Tax day : APRILIFIVETH
93
Singer Campbell : GLEN
96
Grasslands : LEAS
99
Spatial : STERIC
101
Area of Borneo : SARAWAK
103
"My ___ Sal" : GAL
104
Asian sheep : SHA
107
What two fins make : TENNER
108
When life begins, in a title : ATFOURO
109
Northern Europeans : BALTS
110
Only ___ a customer : ONETO
112
___ ear ... : INONE
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Curved metal bar : SIRON
115
Old Greek temples : HIERA
116
Farming student : AGGIE
117
___ so : SOAND
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Supreme : BEST
120
Taro root : EDDO
122
Shadow: Prefix : SCIO
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Spanish girl: Abbr. : SRTA
126
Refrain part : TRA
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Football scores: Abbr. : TDS

Answer summary:
22 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 19 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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