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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Saturday, July 21, 1962

27-Down : Author of "Dinner at Antoine's."

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,754
Across
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Talon. : CLAW
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Last of the bottle. : DREGS
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Enter ___ (share). : INTO
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Hounds' prey. : HARE
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___ no. : YESOR
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German negative. : NEIN
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Almost never: Colloq. : ONCEINACOONSAGE
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German pronoun. : ICH
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Having handles. : EARED
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Fisherman. : EELER
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Improvements of a sort. : REFORMS
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Michaelmas daisies. : ASTERS
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"___ crazy over you ... " : IMSO
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Manly skirts. : KILTS
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Officer: Abbr. : PRES
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Spooky. : EERIE
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Wager. : BET
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Long past: Colloq. : DONKEYSYEARSAGO
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Latin abbreviation used in math. : QED
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Caused to limp. : LAMED
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Presently. : ANON
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After: Fr. : APRES
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Ace. : CARD
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Pride of Lamar. : TRUMAN
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Current state of affairs. : COLDWAR
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Peace: Fr. : REPOS
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Market place. : AGORA
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State: Abbr. : ALA
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1964, in China. : YEAROFTHEDRAGON
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Serf. : ESNE
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Plowed land: Sp. : ARADA
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Chanson. : SONG
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Vermilions. : REDS
62
Hotsy-___. : TOTSY
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The gloomy Dean. : INGE
Down
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Singing group. : CHOIR
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Weapon. : LANCE
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Mephisto himself. : ARCHFIEND
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Tiny. : WEE
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Source of energy. : DYNAMO
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Rises. : REARS
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Verb ending. : ESCE
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Well-behaved. : GOOD
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Sign of a hit. : SRO
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Parts of some maps. : INSETS
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English hymnist. : NEALE
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This year, in China. : TIGER
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Great experts: Slang. : ONERS
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Noun endings. : IERS
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Homesteader. : NESTER
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City in Siberia. : OMSK
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Author of "Dinner at Antoine's." : KEYES
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Made angry. : IRED
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At once: Slang. : PDQ
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Fish delicacy. : ROE
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Man's name. : ESME
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Political vehicle. : BANDWAGON
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Little me. : EGO
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Weight. : TON
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Neighbor of Juarez. : ELPASO
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Tall tale. : YARN
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Carnelian. : SARD
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Ovid's love poems. : AMORES
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Charlotte of the French Revolution. : CORDAY
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Winglike. : ALAR
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___-out (tester). : TRYER
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Pewee. : REESE
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___ doing. : UPAND
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Some girls. : COEDS
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"Sing ___ with Mitch." : ALONG
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Roam about. : RANGE
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Black: Prefix. : ATRO
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Mountain pass, in India. : GHAT
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Overweight. : FAT
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"___ was saying ... " : ASI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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