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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Monday, March 25, 1974

57-Across : Indian rug

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,990
Across
1
Opera star : DIVA
5
Mexican Indian : MAYA
9
Whale chaser : AHAB
13
Ancient Greek coin : OBOL
14
Flavor : SAPOR
15
Did rugmaking : WOVE
16
Spat : FALLINGOUT
18
Smell ___ : ARAT
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Kin of carte blanche : FREEHAND
20
Isolate : ENISLE
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Nuts : GAGA
23
Greek island : CRETE
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Young fish : SCROD
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Dodges : SHIESOFF
30
Depreciation : WEARANDTEAR
33
Moslem saint : PIR
34
Noun suffix : ENCY
35
Of hearing : AURAL
36
The "b" of n.b. : BENE
37
Try to find out : ASK
38
Deity, to Hiawatha : GREATSPIRIT
40
Boston event : TEAPARTY
42
Pile up : AMASS
43
Latin American weapons : BOLAS
44
The Forsytes had one : SAGA
46
Bird like the stilt : AVOCET
48
Joseph or Alice, e.g. : FORENAME
52
___ a putt : SINK
53
Peevish : ILLNATURED
55
Understanding words : ISEE
56
Liquid containers : VIALS
57
Indian rug : AGRA
58
Secure : FAST
59
Nervous : EDGY
60
Appear large : LOOM
Down
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Remove : DOFF
2
Straight rod : IBAR
3
Rodent : VOLE
4
Stretched-out parable : ALLEGORY
5
___ Carta : MAGNA
6
Footless : APOD
7
Pronoun : YOU
8
Highways : ARTERIALS
9
Is expecting : AWAITS
10
TV fare : HORSEOPERA
11
Of grandparents : AVAL
12
French beast : BETE
14
Stocking mishap : SNAG
17
"If ___ million dollars" : IHADA
21
At no time, in poetry : NEER
23
Bilk : CHEAT
24
One of Churchill's four offerings : SWEAT
25
Perfume in a way : CENSE
26
Skinny horse : RACKABONES
27
Leave the straight and narrow : STRAY
28
The end : FINIS
29
Guitar parts : FRETS
31
Story : NARRATIVE
32
Twosomes : DUETS
36
Requiring use of both hands : BIMANUAL
38
Big blow : GALE
39
Actress Debra : PAGET
41
Air or pick : POCKET
44
Filial : SONLY
45
Screw pines : ARAS
46
"___ you didn't already know" : ASIF
47
Passport endorsement : VISA
48
Droop : FLAG
49
Ship on a quest : ARGO
50
Large fish : MERO
51
Netherlands town : EDAM
54
Teapot part : LID

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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