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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Saturday, January 15, 1955

61-Down : Go by plane.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,027
Across
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Move forward. : NOSE
5
Ships' bows. : PROWS
10
Chums. : PALS
14
Mr. Schram. : EMIL
15
Regatta crew. : EIGHT
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Black. : EBON
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1939-1945. : WORLDWARII
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Canoe of Malaysia. : PROA
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London sight for tourists. : TOWER
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Adjust sails a certain way. : SETFLYING
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Decorative letter: Abbr. : INIT
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Attracts buyers. : SELLS
26
Interdict. : BAN
28
Young seal. : PUP
30
Tyrrhenian ___. : SEA
31
Exclamation of contempt. : POH
34
In addition. : ALSO
36
Historic garment. : TOGA
38
Hardwood tree of P. I. : NARRA
40
"I Love Lucy," for instance. : SITUATIONCOMEDY
43
To have: Fr. : AVOIR
44
Knob. : NODE
45
Two words of comprehension. : ISEE
46
Man's nickname. : LEN
47
Many a time. : OFT
49
Use a straw. : SIP
51
Certain students: Abbr. : SRS
52
"Ninotchka." : GARBO
54
Monk of Mongolia. : LAMA
56
Mechanic's habit. : COVERALLS
60
Long stories of adventure. : SAGAS
63
Found a perch. : ALIT
64
Best seller of 1921. : MAINSTREET
66
City on the Truckee. : RENO
67
French diplomatic agent. : ENVOI
68
Concerning: Lat. : INRE
69
Shortly. : SOON
70
Swerves. : SKEWS
71
Oppenheimer's metier. : ATOM
Down
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Amphibian. : NEWT
2
South Sea novel, 1847. : OMOO
3
A Knight of the Garter. : SIRWINSTON
4
Mrs. McCloy. : ELLEN
5
Church seat. : PEW
6
River mouths: Sp. : RIAS
7
Relatives of golliwogs. : OGRES
8
New Mexico rocket proving grounds. : WHITESANDS
9
Suppress. : STIFLE
10
English diarist. : PEPYS
11
French dugout. : ABRI
12
Hendrik van ___. : LOON
13
Hitch : SNAG
18
___ grind. : DRIP
22
South American prairie. : LLANO
24
Fictional lawyer. : TUTT
26
___ metabolism. : BASAL
27
On the qui vive. : ALIVE
29
Without quibbling. : POINTBLANK
31
Busy man on Broadway. : PRESSAGENT
32
Direction. : ORDER
33
She plays Maggie Wylie. : HAYES
35
Relative of ja, si, da. : OUI
37
Anything sticky and sweet. : GOO
39
The boy friend, in France. : AMI
41
Tumultuous. : AROAR
42
Designer Chapman. : CEIL
48
Fashions. : FRAMES
50
History. : PAST
52
Make progress. : GETON
53
Girl's name. : OLIVE
55
Actress Riva. : MARIA
56
Traffic. : CARS
57
Butterine. : OLEO
58
Chianti. : VINO
59
Christmas tree décor. : SNOW
61
Go by plane. : AERO
62
Main stroke of a letter. : STEM
65
Household member. : SIS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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