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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Wednesday, November 24, 1954

2-Down : Back water.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,975
Across
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Excellent: Scot. : BRAW
5
Senator from Vermont. : FLANDERS
13
Sand: Latin. : ARENA
14
Relative of the fipple flute. : FLAGEOLET
15
South African author. : PATON
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Discordant. : OUTOFTUNE
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Bobbin. : PIRN
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Foolish lovers. : DOTERS
19
7th day of Jewish week: Abbr. : SAB
20
Guidonian note. : ELA
21
Part of the eye. : RETINA
22
Candy flavor. : LIME
23
He tried to change metals to gold. : ALCHEMIST
25
Bar used as a pry. : LEVER
26
Taciturn. : RETICENT
27
Items for recount. : VOTES
28
Wheel spoke. : RUNG
29
Actor Ayers and others. : LEWS
30
President of Weimar Republic, 1919-25. : EBERT
32
Turncoat. : RENEGADE
36
Moroccan trees. : ARARS
37
Inclining toward heresy. : HETERODOX
38
Fixes the market price. : PEGS
39
Sews loosely. : BASTES
40
Visiting fireman. : VIP
41
Beard of grain. : AWN
42
See eye to eye. : CONCUR
43
Printer's word. : DELE
44
One who bandies words: Shakespeare. : CHOPLOGIC
46
Italy's "Detroit." : TURIN
47
Rarity on the links. : HOLEINONE
48
Assuaged. : EASED
49
In chainlike fashion. : ENDTOEND
50
Malt beverages. : ALES
Down
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Inventor, 1829, of system of printing. : BRAILLE
2
Back water. : RETRACT
3
Author unknown. : ANON
4
Lacking color. : WAN
5
Member of the orchestra. : FLUTIST
6
Unrevealed. : LATENT
7
Where Xanthippe shopped. : AGORA
8
Ship-shaped clocks. : NEFS
9
Marriage portion. : DOT
10
Baffling. : ELUSIVE
11
Changes the title of. : RENAMES
12
Soprano of the Met. : STEBER
13
Show up. : APPEAR
14
Toe hold. : FOOTING
18
Deprive of reason. : DEMENT
21
Appears at intervals. : RECURS
22
Cheerleader's exhortation. : LETSGO
24
Personnel chiefs. : HIRERS
25
Train accommodations. : LOWERS
27
Superficial display. : VENEER
29
Romaine. : LETTUCE
30
Samuel Butler's classic. : EREWHON
31
She wrote "National Velvet." : BAGNOLD
32
Take back. : RESCIND
33
Hervey Allen's Anthony. : ADVERSE
34
Table décor. : DOILIES
35
Pay out. : EXPEND
36
Geronimo was one. : APACHE
37
Persist. : HANGON
39
Noted trail blazer. : BOONE
42
Muse of history. : CLIO
43
Twofold. : DUAL
45
Marmoset, for instance. : PET
46
Light collation. : TEA

Answer summary:
12 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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