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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Saturday, August 18, 1956

17-Across : Election year routine.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { B F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,608
Across
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Dolomites. : ALPS
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Old oath. : EGAD
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Theatrical. : STAGY
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Bah! : POOH
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Memo. : NOTE
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Japanese immigrant. : ISSEI
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Election year routine. : STRAWVOTE
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Famous flattop. : LEYTE
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Lost sheep. : ESTRAY
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Himself: Lat. : IPSE
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Adjective of Abner. : LIL
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Sun. : SOL
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Where Thule is. : GREENLAND
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In ___ (instantly). : AWINK
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Charge with gas. : AERATE
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Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar. : CID
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Topped a cake. : ICED
33
Parisian dance. : APACHE
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Enduring. : ETERNAL
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Crowned. : TIARAED
40
Gestures of doubt. : SHRUGS
41
Young salmon. : PARR
42
Kind of music. : RAG
43
Frying pan. : SPIDER
45
Towel cloth. : TERRY
47
Mike Mansfield and others. : MONTANANS
50
Recent: Comb. form. : NEO
51
Friend in Paris. : AMI
52
Mrs. Kostelanetz. : PONS
53
Tenor James. : MELTON
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A sense. : TASTE
58
Filter-tip. : CIGARETTE
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Bravo or ole. : CHEER
61
Malefic. : EVIL
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List. : ROTA
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Salutes. : HAILS
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Breather. : REST
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Location. : SPOT
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Church part. : APSE
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Realty. : LOTS
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Southpaw. : PORTSIDER
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City in Pennsylvania. : SHARON
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Be green-eyed. : ENVY
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Stickum. : GOO
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Raimented. : ATTIRED
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More abstruse. : DEEPER
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Type of business man. : SILENTPARTNER
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Lao-___, philosopher. : TSE
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Sanctuaries. : ASYLA
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Arrive. : GETIN
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Produce. : YIELD
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Dismissal: Colloq. : WALKINGPAPERS
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Attraction of a shore vacation. : SEAAIR
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Highlander. : GAEL
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Goneril's father. : LEAR
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Jane and Goodman. : ACES
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Accompanied by. : WITH
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Las Vegas building. : CASINO
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Redhead. : CARROTTOP
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Listen to. : HEAR
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Snappish. : EDGY
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Oxidize. : RUST
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Rackstraw and Deadeye. : TARS
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Museful. : PENSIVE
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Margot Fonteyn, for example. : DANCER
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Certain fishermen. : EELERS
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Lucifer. : MATCH
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Site of Creighton U. : OMAHA
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Son of 16 Across. : NISEI
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Stout ingredient. : MALT
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___ Preminger. : OTTO
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Shipshape. : NEAT
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___ Aviv. : TEL
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Khaki wearers. : GIS

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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