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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Tuesday, February 6, 1962

43-Across : Rain check.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, 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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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,589
Across
1
Outrigger. : PROA
5
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
9
Plastic ___. : BOMB
13
Substitute for cash. : CREDITCARD
15
Type of girder. : IBAR
16
Billet-doux. : LOVELETTER
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Spanish painter. : GOYA
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Primate. : APE
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Silken. : SERIC
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Prussian lancer of 1870. : UHLAN
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Unite by heating. : WELD
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Remaining: Fr. : RESTANT
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Excellent. : RARE
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Carapace. : SHELL
28
Year in Trajan's reign. : CII
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Scorpion's Heart. : ANTARES
33
Kohinoor. : DIAMOND
35
Covered over. : ROOFED
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Rarely seen. : SCARCE
37
Diamondbacks. : TURTLES
39
Breastbone. : STERNUM
40
Some. : ANY
41
Handy. : ONTAP
43
Rain check. : STUB
44
Man in the know. : INSIDER
46
Room to swing ___. : ACAT
48
Ringing sound. : CLANG
51
Volcanic mount. : PELEE
53
Native of: Suffix. : OTE
54
Indian ox. : ZEBU
55
Guided missile, movie style. : CUSTARDPIE
57
Amst., Lex., Fifth, etc. : AVES
58
Busheler's work. : ALTERATION
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Roller coaster. : RIDE
60
Gambrinus' invention. : BEER
61
Conjunction. : THAN
Down
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Tom, Dick or Harry. : PROPERNOUN
2
Disclosing. : REVELATORY
3
Verse form. : ODE
4
Bothers. : AILS
5
Soubrette. : ACTRESS
6
Somewhat tardy. : LATISH
7
Put up. : ERECTED
8
Presidential initials. : FDR
9
Loop in a rope. : BIGHT
10
Greek coin. : OBOL
11
Ancient Mexican. : MAYA
12
Coarse feed. : BRAN
13
Hammer end. : CLAW
14
Golfer, at times. : TEER
20
Loosens. : UNLACES
22
Rough sketch. : DRAFT
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Tilted: Naut. : ALIST
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Soon: Poet. : ERELONG
28
Emblem of abundance. : CORNUCOPIA
29
Brooding. : INCUBATION
30
Footnote word. : IDEM
31
Ionian Sea gulf. : ARTA
32
Elysiums. : EDENS
34
Opera heroine. : MARTA
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Small stem. : STIPULE
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Zinc. : SPELTER
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"___ Fideles." : ADESTE
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Working. : INUSE
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Stern. : REAR
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___ age. : TEEN
48
Autocrat. : CZAR
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Son of Jacob. : LEVI
50
Slumber-bound. : ABED
52
Form of "esse." : ERAT
55
Hack. : CAB
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Degree in theology. : DTH

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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