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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Thursday, February 26, 1959

67-Across : Shuffle along: Slang.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B Q X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,513
Across
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Item of truth. : FACT
5
Hour: Lat. : HORA
9
Seagoing initials. : USSS
13
Italian city. : PADUA
14
Sword. : EPEE
15
Punctuation mark. : STOP
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Cremonese family. : AMATI
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Give attention. : LENDANEAR
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Money. : LEGALTENDER
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Crowbar. : PRY
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Author Phillpotts. : EDEN
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Up: Prefix. : ANA
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Room: Span. : SALA
26
Throw off the track. : DERAIL
29
American artist. : MOSES
32
Card game. : REDDOG
35
Sharp blow. : RAP
37
Dice number. : SICE
38
Excess, as of type. : OVERSET
40
Appraised: Colloq. : SIZEDUP
42
Around: Prefix. : PERI
43
Urchin. : TAD
45
Abhor. : DETEST
46
Missed. : ERRED
48
Measuring glass, 1½ oz. : JIGGER
50
Heathen god. : IDOL
52
Eastern name. : ALI
53
Bide ___ (stay a short time): Scot. : AWEE
57
Colorless. : WAN
59
Item of etiquette. : CALLINGCARD
62
Supersonic. : HIGHSPEED
64
Of ___ (alike). : AKIND
65
Icelandic poems. : EDDA
66
Noun suffix. : ENCE
67
Shuffle along: Slang. : MOSEY
68
Town near Santa Fe. : TAOS
69
A great deal. : LOTS
70
Salamanders. : EFTS
Down
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World-applauded. : FAMED
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Maxim. : ADAGE
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Boring. : CUTANDDRIED
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Pony ___. : TAIL
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Mike Mansfield's capital. : HELENA
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Al fresco. : OPENAIR
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Cleave. : REND
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Yellow-fever mosquito. : AEDES
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Rickover's outfit. : USN
10
Yield. : STEPASIDE
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Fly high. : SOAR
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Nimble. : SPRY
13
Colorless. : PALE
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Composer Khachaturian. : ARAM
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Butt. : TARGET
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Fail to keep informed about. : LOSETRACKOF
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Aurora. : EOS
28
Spanish article. : LAS
30
Old French coins. : ECUS
31
Month: Abbr. : SEPT
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Hog-tie. : ROPE
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Constantly. : EVER
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"Desperate deeds of ___." : DERRINGDO
36
English of sorts. : PIDGIN
39
___ Mahal. : TAJ
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Izzard. : ZEE
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Language. : DIALECT
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Medicos. : DOCS
49
Volplanes. : GLIDES
51
Place for a decoration. : LAPEL
54
Bodice. : WAIST
55
Sea birds. : ERNES
56
Move in a circle. : EDDY
57
Sharpen. : WHET
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Operatic princess. : AIDA
60
Soft, light fabric. : LENO
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Resolute. : GAME
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Owns. : HAS

Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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