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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Saturday, May 29, 1954

3-Down : Nonsense.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,796
Across
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Luggage. : BAGS
5
Small potion. : DRAM
9
Commiseration. : PITY
13
Part of Q. E. D. : ERAT
14
Feature of coffee. : AROMA
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Opera highlight. : ARIA
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Farm structure. : SILO
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Nonsense. : DOUBLETALK
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Nonsense. : SLIPSLOP
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Springs up. : ARISES
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New-fangled lodging place. : MOTEL
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One of triplets. : TRIN
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Lad: Colloq. : SHAVER
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Gambler's cuts. : RAKEOFFS
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Symbol of a tribe. : TOTEM
31
Besets. : VEXES
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Grazing. : LEA
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Titled Turks. : EMIR
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Several quail. : COVEY
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Clothing. : GARB
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Doctors' group. : AMA
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Layers. : PLIES
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Resinous substance. : COPAL
39
"Chow" room. : MESSHALL
41
Ping-pong battledore. : PADDLE
42
Padnag. : LOPE
43
Rope. : LASSO
44
Advancement. : ASCENT
47
Nonsense. : PISHPOSH
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Nonsense. : BALDERDASH
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Poet Millay. : EDNA
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Heavy shoe. : CLOG
54
Great artery. : AORTA
55
"Bulldogs." : ELIS
56
Scotch terrier. : SKYE
57
Parakeets, for instance. : PETS
58
Administrative branch: Abbr. : DEPT
Down
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Part of a Gershwin title. : BESS
2
Seed covering. : ARIL
3
Nonsense. : GALIMATIAS
4
22 Across, for instance. : STOPOVER
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Nonsense. : DROOL
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Hoarseness. : ROUP
7
Abbr. for Mrs. Luce. : AMB
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Nonsense. : MALARKEY
9
Tin tycoon of Bolivia. : PATINO
10
Cleopatra's attendant. : IRAS
11
Scrabble piece. : TILE
12
Talks nonsense: Slang. : YAKS
14
Contemporary of Freud. : ADLER
18
Indians. : ERIES
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Check. : STEM
23
"Certain" item. : TAXES
24
Energy. : STEAM
25
Any Frenchman. : HOMME
26
Make merry. : REVEL
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Nonsense. : FLAPDOODLE
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Savage. : FERAL
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Cape at southern tip of Florida. : SABLE
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Dress material. : VOILE
34
Nonsense. : CLAPTRAP
35
Parting wish. : GODSPEED
37
Ring up. : PHONE
38
Spending money. : CASH
40
Heavy hammer. : SLEDGE
41
Eastern title. : PASHA
43
Categorizes. : LISTS
44
Fundamentals. : ABCS
45
Doctor of polio vaccine fame. : SALK
46
Surfeit. : CLOY
47
Fraction. : PART
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Insignificant one. : SNIP
49
Biblical verb. : HAST
51
Fictitious legal character. : DOE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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