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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

THE WIDE OPEN SPACES

New York Times, Sunday, April 22, 1956

3-Down : Saint honored April 21.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 132, Blocks: 64, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 539 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 153, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 26 Grid has duplicate clues.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,490
Across
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Iranian island. : ABADAN
7
Athanael rescued her. : THAIS
12
Pontifical. : POPISH
18
Foreign Relations chairman. : SENATORGEORGE
21
Game with jokers. : CANASTA
22
Canadian diplomat. : LESTERPEARSON
23
Superimpose. : OVERLAY
24
Curved moldings. : OGEES
25
Decorators' items. : MIRRORS
26
Applelike fruits. : MEDLARS
27
Handle of a drawer. : PULL
28
Early. : SOON
29
The E in Q. E. D. : ERAT
31
Status quo ___. : ANTE
32
Ant. : EMMET
34
Author Heyerdahl. : THOR
35
Fortissimo: Abbr. : FFF
36
Deal in. : HANDLE
38
Relative of kowtow. : SALAAM
40
Unit of speed, in telegraphy. : BAUD
41
Went around. : EDDIED
42
Aces. : ONESPOTS
45
Sparkman's colleague. : HILL
46
Be overcome with emotion: Colloq. : SWOON
47
Type of talk: Abbr. : SER
48
Greek letter. : ETA
49
O'Malley and O'Brien. : PATS
50
Eating: Comb. form. : PHAG
51
Burns hero. : TAM
54
Peerce and Tucker. : TENORS
56
Important industrial city in Mexico. : MONTERREY
58
All the way: Var. : THRU
59
Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
60
Common flower. : DANDELION
61
Structures supporting bridges. : PIERS
62
Oologist's concern. : NEST
63
Make-up item. : FACECREAM
64
Hennas. : RINSES
65
Pest killer. : DDT
66
Highway vee. : FORK
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Land of the ___ (heaven): Scot. : LEAL
68
Lambish lament. : BAA
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Apply. : USE
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Powerful industrialist. : BARON
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Direct. : SEND
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The Yanks and Dodgers have them. : PENNANTS
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Made points. : SCORED
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Town: So. Afr. : STAD
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Fashionable society. : BONTON
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Motored: Colloq. : CARRED
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Tributary of the Yangtze. : HAN
81
More or less. : SOME
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Detailed recitals. : SAGAS
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Galley on which Hercules sailed. : ARGO
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Augury. : OMEN
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Highway sign. : STOP
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Full of: Suffix. : LENT
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Extending. : RANGING
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Benefactor. : DONATOR
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Irish Renaissance dramatist. : SYNGE
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Billy Mitchell. : AVIATOR
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Sidney Holland of New Zealand. : PRIMEMINISTER
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Joshes. : BANTERS
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Novel title. : ANDERSONVILLE
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Is contemptuous. : SNEERS
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Lilliputian: Colloq. : TEENY
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Atelier equipment. : EASELS
Down
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Acclivitous. : ASLOPE
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Hive in a tree. : BEEGUM
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Saint honored April 21. : ANSELM
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Immemorial. : DATELESS
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Roscoe the stutterer. : ATES
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Haakon's land: Abbr. : NOR
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Place to eat. : TEAROOM
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Abomination. : HORROR
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Incendiarism. : ARSON
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Operatic prince. : IGOR
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Judicious. : SENSEFUL
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Do spadework. : PAVETHEWAY
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Unified. : ONED
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Operatic recitative. : PARLANDO
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Novel title. : ISLANDINTHESUN
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Take unawares. : STARTLE
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Clodhopper. : HAYSEED
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Wheel speed. : RPM
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Lotus Blossom and others. : GEISHAS
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Leaf cluster on a pineapple. : COMA
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Post office abbreviation. : RFD
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Diminishes. : TAPERS
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Toodle-oo. : TATA
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Clue that ends in a blind alley. : FALSELEAD
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___'s age. : ADOG
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Real estate. : LOTS
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Stark finality. : BITTEREND
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North Sea port and resort. : OSTEND
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In demand. : NEEDED
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Alias M. Minciotti. : ERNESTBORGNINE
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Rinse manually. : HANDCLEAN
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Chinese name for God. : SHEN
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Player who cuts the cards. : PONE
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College dance. : PROM
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Check. : ARREST
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Tousles. : MUSSES
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Where Windsor is: Abbr. : ONT
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Famous name in baseball. : MACK
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Relative of a pahlavi. : RIAL
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Stannum. : TIN
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Substitute for a patch. : DARN
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Grands. : PIANOS
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Senders of CARE packages. : FOODDONORS
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Carry on verbally. : RANT
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Radio ___ Europe. : FREE
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The B in N. B. : BENE
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Claim without right. : ARROGATE
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Sit tight. : STANDPAT
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Antiaircraft guns. : POMPOMS
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Syllabus or conspectus. : ANALYSIS
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Charms for Cleopatra. : SCARABS
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Safari. : CARAVAN
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Novel title. : SHE
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Shoe shop. : BOOTERY
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Filament and anther. : STAMEN
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Zephyrean. : GENTLE
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Former president of Yale. : ANGELL
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Cubic meters. : STERES
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Rigney and Alston: Abbr. : MGRS
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Maliciously sly: Slang. : SNIDE
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Via Appia is one. : ITER
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Its capital is Alençon. : ORNE
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Brazil's metropolis. : RIO
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Hindu deity. : SIVA
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Mariner's direction. : NNE

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9 unique to this puzzle, 17 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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