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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Saturday, July 24, 1954

55-Down : High point.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,852
Across
1
Israel port. : ACRE
5
So long. : TATA
9
Miners' nail. : SPAD
13
Mixture of beverages. : SHANDYGAFF
16
Had on. : WORE
17
Mixture of almost anything. : HODGEPODGE
18
Caesar's sister. : ATIA
19
Cycle. : ERA
20
Part of a relay. : LEG
21
Rock bottom. : HARDPAN
23
Person without freedom. : SERF
25
Rio Grande city. : LAREDO
26
Heroine of "Cymbeline." : IMOGEN
30
Drivel. : SLUSH
33
New England specialty. : APPLEPIE
36
Printing plate: Colloq. : STEREO
37
Cote sound. : MAA
38
Dawdle. : LAG
39
Modernist. : NEO
40
Managed. : RAN
41
Prayer book. : MISSAL
43
Knowledge. : LEARNING
45
Composer Dvorak. : ANTON
46
Mixture. : MEDLEY
47
Famous French painter. : INGRES
49
Hogshead. : CASK
53
Impure. : UNCLEAN
55
Sparkman's state: Abbr. : ALA
58
Bao ___. : DAI
59
French resort. : NICE
60
Mixture. : MISCELLANY
63
Rainbow. : IRIS
64
Mixture. : SALMAGUNDI
65
Artists' colony in New Mexico. : TAOS
66
Cleaning solutions. : LYES
67
Proceeds. : GOES
Down
1
Part of the dottle. : ASHES
2
Dishwashing, for instance. : CHORE
3
Relative of loran. : RADAR
4
Where Maidstone is: Abbr. : ENG
5
Caslon or Bodoni. : TYPE
6
On tenterhooks. : AGOG
7
Little Thaddeus. : TAD
8
Worsted blanket. : AFGHAN
9
Dress an infant. : SWADDLE
10
Mixture. : POTPOURRI
11
Operatic recording. : ARIA
12
College administrator. : DEAN
14
Gov. Boggs' state: Abbr. : DEL
15
Alarm. : FEAR
22
Make like new. : RESTORE
24
Thread: Fr. : FIL
25
Actor Cobb. : LEE
27
Mixture. : MELANGE
28
Birthstone. : OPAL
29
Two-wheeled carriage. : GIG
31
Eire's O'Kelly. : SEAN
32
Factory, in China. : HONG
33
Title for an abbess. : AMMA
34
Neck symptom. : PAIN
35
Mixture. : PASTICCIO
36
Official stamp. : SEAL
39
Pitcher Garver. : NED
42
Adjective for King Lear. : SONLESS
43
French article. : LES
44
Gotham. : NYC
46
Lackey. : MENIAL
48
Hydraulic pumps. : RAMS
50
Town in a Hersey novel. : ADANO
51
Comeback jockey. : SANDE
52
Yelps. : KIYIS
53
The "U" in B. T. U. : UNIT
54
1933 legislation. : NIRA
55
High point. : ACME
56
Pastures. : LEAS
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School course: Abbr. : ALG
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Crafty. : SLY
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Carry. : LUG

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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