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Herbert Ettenson
New York Times, Wednesday, May 15, 1957
7-Down : Climbing vine.
Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
In 43-Down, SMILES is clued as "Popular song by Vincent Youmans." "Smiles" appears to have been the name of a Broadway show Youmans worked on, not any specific song from it.
1 C | 2 L | 3 O | 4 P | 5 S | 6 E | 7 L | 8 F | 9 P | 10 R | 11 A | 12 H | 13 A |
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14 H | A | I | R | 15 A | N | I | L | 16 L | E | G | A | L |
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17 I | D | L | E | 18 T | R | A | Y | 19 A | V | E | R | T |
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20 E | L | E | C | 21 T | R | O | N | 22 S | I | E | S | T | A |
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23 F | E | D | E | R | A | L | A | 24 G | E | N | T | |||
25 D | A | P | S | 26 O | R | E | 27 H | 28 A | 29 H |
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30 R | 31 E | 32 M | E | D | Y | 33 S | W | A | N | 34 S | O | N | G |
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35 A | T | O | N | E | 36 P | U | N | 37 G | H | O | S | T |
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38 F | O | O | T | S | 39 T | E | P | 40 S | L | O | P | E | S |
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41 T | N | T | 42 E | R | R | 43 S | T | I | R | |||||
44 S | C | O | U | 45 T | M | A | S | T | 46 E | 47 R | 48 S |
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49 P | 50 A | 51 L | T | R | Y | 52 H | I | G | H | S | P | O | T |
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53 A | D | O | R | E | 54 B | A | L | E | 55 T | O | T | O |
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56 L | I | C | I | T | 57 O | N | E | R | 58 O | D | O | R |
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59 S | T | O | P | S | 60 B | E | S | S | 61 P | E | R | K |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,878
Across
1
Sound of striking. : CLOP
5
Of the same material. : SELF
9
Czech city. : PRAHA
14
Fur. : HAIR
15
Indigo. : ANIL
16
In terms of the law. : LEGAL
17
Fainéant. : IDLE
18
Cafeteria item. : TRAY
19
Turn aside. : AVERT
20
Negatively charged particle. : ELECTRON
22
Rest hour. : SIESTA
23
T-man. : FEDERALAGENT
25
Dibbles. : DAPS
26
Cinnabar. : ORE
27
Sound of surprise. : HAH
30
Put right. : REMEDY
33
Opposite of debut. : SWANSONG
35
Harmonious. : ATONE
36
Wisecrack. : PUN
37
Type of writer. : GHOST
38
Tread. : FOOTSTEP
40
Hillsides. : SLOPES
41
Bomb ingredient. : TNT
42
Make a slip. : ERR
43
To-do. : STIR
44
Men in charge of troops. : SCOUTMASTERS
49
Insignificant. : PALTRY
52
Climax. : HIGHSPOT
53
Venerate. : ADORE
54
Lot of cotton. : BALE
55
Dog in the "Oz" books. : TOTO
56
Lawful. : LICIT
57
Humdinger. : ONER
58
Lilac or lavender. : ODOR
59
Bus stations. : STOPS
60
TV's Miss Myerson. : BESS
61
Become animated (with "up"). : PERK
Down
1
Taylor or Twining. : CHIEF
2
Scoop. : LADLE
3
Lubricated. : OILED
4
Forerunner. : PRECEDENT
5
Province ruled by a petty tyrant. : SATRAPY
6
Matriculates. : ENROLS
7
Climbing vine. : LIANA
8
Ball to the outfield. : FLY
9
Straight talk. : PLAINENGLISH
10
Face an embankment. : REVET
11
"Now he belongs to the ___." : AGES
12
American playwright. : HART
13
Where Calgary is: Abbr. : ALTA
21
Things to be kept from competitors. : TRADESECRETS
22
Evening, in Italy. : SERA
24
Paris creation. : GOWN
27
Croquet arch. : HOOP
28
Handle: Fr. : ANSE
29
Elevations: Abbr. : HGTS
30
Catamaran. : RAFT
31
Type of coat or collar. : ETON
32
Debatable. : MOOT
33
Eat late. : SUP
34
Infielder. : SHORTSTOP
36
City in Indiana. : PERU
39
City of Paris. : TROY
40
Theatricians. : STAGERS
43
Popular song by Vincent Youmans. : SMILES
44
Comic ___. : STRIP
45
Macbeth's title. : THANE
46
Lyric poem. : EPODE
47
Helicopter blade. : ROTOR
48
Relative of a jabiru. : STORK
49
Close friends. : PALS
50
Mine entrance. : ADIT
51
In ___ parentis. : LOCO
54
Quick curtsy. : BOB
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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