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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Wednesday, October 29, 1958

19-Down : Wandering.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,410
Across
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Greek letters. : CHIS
5
Small talk. : CHAT
9
Phials. : VIALS
14
Dromedarian feature. : HUMP
15
Shaped like paddles. : OARY
16
Attending spirit. : ANGEL
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Concerning. : INRE
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John or Mary. : PROPERNAME
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Ultimate authority. : THELASTWORD
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Burst. : POP
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Is situated. : LIES
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Lately formed. : RECENT
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Yogis. : FAKIRS
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Plain like the pampas. : LLANO
31
Sarcasm. : IRONY
32
City on the Orne. : CAEN
33
Panelist Chase. : ILKA
37
Native of Sofia: Abbr. : BULG
38
West ___. : POINT
39
Modernists. : NEOS
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Pierce. : STAB
41
___ snuff. : UPTO
42
The Champs. : YANKS
43
Vacuous. : EMPTY
45
Continued. : KEPTON
46
Arise. : COMEUP
49
Lofty. : HIGH
50
Eggs: Lat. : OVA
51
Student's hideaway. : READINGROOM
57
Student's telltale. : REPORTCARD
59
"The Egg ___." : ANDI
60
Hanging. : DRAPE
61
Native of Bari: Abbr. : ITAL
62
Tallow. : SUET
63
Pens. : STIES
64
Noblewoman. : DAME
65
Basic Latin verb. : ESSE
Down
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Pert girl. : CHIT
2
What did you say?: Colloq. : HUNH
3
The late Mr. Nagy. : IMRE
4
Orthographic contest. : SPELLINGBEE
5
Brushwoods. : COPSES
6
Stags. : HARTS
7
In single file. : AROW
8
Printing error, for short. : TYPO
9
Dolly in "Barnaby Rudge." : VARDEN
10
Tabard ___. : INN
11
Yawning. : AGAPE
12
Ice flavor. : LEMON
13
Dozed. : SLEPT
19
Wandering. : ERRANT
21
Delicate. : AIRY
25
Make an epigram. : COINAPHRASE
26
Little white lies. : FIBS
27
In ___ (stagnating). : ARUT
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Tropical nut. : KOLA
29
Nonprofessionals. : LAITY
30
Soft, light fabric. : LENO
32
Ancient Egyptian. : COPT
34
Imparted. : LENT
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Lord High Executioner. : KOKO
36
Group: Abbr. : ASSN
38
Doll. : PUPPET
42
Peteman. : YEGG
44
Diving birds of auk family. : MURRES
45
Ignite. : KINDLE
46
Trousers of a ribbed fabric. : CORDS
47
Apparent. : OVERT
48
Ben-Gurion's party. : MAPAI
49
Inventor Maxim. : HIRAM
52
Etching stuff. : ACID
53
Statistics. : DATA
54
Responsibility. : ONUS
55
Pindarics. : ODES
56
Wee bit. : MITE
58
Unclose: Poet. : OPE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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