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Herbert Ettenson
New York Times, Thursday, February 27, 1958
10-Across : Field of floating ice.
Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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17 V | E | S | T | 18 P | O | C | K | E | T | 19 I | D | E | A |
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20 A | S | H | W | H | I | T | E | 21 A | 22 R | G | Y | L | L |
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25 C | 26 O | 27 T | T | A | S | 28 F | O | O | T | S | O | 29 R | 30 E |
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31 A | R | I | E | L | 32 B | R | I | N | E | 33 D | I | X |
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34 U | B | E | R | 35 B | E | I | N | G | 36 D | I | V | A |
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37 S | I | T | 38 B | E | L | L | S | 39 B | E | V | E | L |
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40 E | T | H | 41 E | R | E | A | L | 42 G | O | C | A | R | T |
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45 B | 46 I | K | I | N | I | 47 S | C | I | E | N | 48 C | 49 E | 50 S |
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51 R | A | N | G | 52 N | 53 I | G | H | T | S | T | I | C | K |
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54 I | G | O | R | 55 E | N | T | E | R | 56 E | T | U | I |
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57 M | O | T | E | 58 S | A | S | S | Y | 59 R | E | S | T |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,166
Across
1
Almost: Dial. : NIGH
5
Snippet, as of parsley. : SPRIG
10
Field of floating ice. : FLOE
14
Melange. : OLIO
15
88 keys. : PIANO
16
First name on the Supreme Court. : EARL
17
Miniature. : VESTPOCKET
19
Brain child. : IDEA
20
Ghastly. : ASHWHITE
21
County of Scotland. : ARGYLL
23
Afflicts. : AILS
24
Sound of a fire bell. : CLANG
25
Church surplices. : COTTAS
28
Dog-tired. : FOOTSORE
31
Prospero's servant. : ARIEL
32
Pickle. : BRINE
33
Ten: Fr. : DIX
34
Over: Ger. : UBER
35
Person. : BEING
36
Miss Steber, for example. : DIVA
37
Rest. : SIT
38
Sound effects on shipboard. : BELLS
39
Carpenter's instrument. : BEVEL
40
Spiritlike. : ETHEREAL
42
Stroller. : GOCART
43
Miss Dickinson. : EMILY
44
Gloriole. : AURA
45
Kind of bathing suit. : BIKINI
47
College courses. : SCIENCES
51
Reverberated. : RANG
52
Billy. : NIGHTSTICK
54
Stravinsky. : IGOR
55
Stage direction. : ENTER
56
Revolver holster: Fr. : ETUI
57
Particle. : MOTE
58
Flip. : SASSY
59
Breather. : REST
Down
1
___ Scotia. : NOVA
2
Martinique and others. : ILES
3
Famous theatrical name. : GISH
4
Trouble, figuratively. : HOTWATER
5
Booty. : SPOILS
6
Early Britons. : PICTS
7
Lothario. : RAKE
8
Chemical suffix. : INE
9
Fared well. : GOTALONG
10
Dissembles. : FEIGNS
11
Whom Peeping Tom saw. : LADYGODIVA
12
Russian city. : OREL
13
Israel's airline. : ELAL
18
Medicine bottle. : PHIAL
22
Chide. : RATE
24
Quarters. : COINS
25
Bring about. : CAUSE
26
Explorer's route. : ORBIT
27
Wed: Colloq. : TIETHEKNOT
28
Furbelow. : FRILL
29
The Red or the Yellow. : RIVER
30
Put on a pedestal. : EXALT
32
Secure with rope: Naut. : BELAY
35
Direct routes. : BEELINES
36
Carafe. : DECANTER
38
Stick or plate of a fan. : BRIN
39
Drills. : BORES
41
Fugitive from a country. : EMIGRE
42
French actor. : GUITRY
44
Yearns (for). : ACHES
45
Snap ___. : BRIM
46
Man of perfidy. : IAGO
47
Non-coms. : SGTS
48
Mention. : CITE
49
Old French coins. : ECUS
50
Vaudeville act. : SKIT
53
One ___ million. : INA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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