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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Saturday, August 28, 1954

48-Down : Raison d'___.

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,887
Across
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Yankee southpaw. : FORD
5
Author Michener. : JAMES
10
Gaelic. : ERSE
14
___ Novello. : IVOR
15
Soaring. : ALOFT
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Long, swinging stride. : LOPE
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The "loyal opposition." : LABORPARTY
19
Large Atlantic island: Abbr. : ICEL
20
Relative of the mastodon. : ELEPHANT
21
Sycophant. : LACKEY
23
"Swedish Nightingale." : LIND
24
Song dating from 1859. : DIXIE
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Sen. Johnson and Gov. Mechem. : EDWINS
28
Journals. : GAZETTES
31
Triple. : TRINE
32
Mentions for bravery. : CITES
33
Good news for a producer. : SRO
34
Khartoum's river. : NILE
35
Dragged. : HALED
36
Oriental sailboat. : DHOW
37
Apiece, in tennis. : ALL
38
More rational. : SANER
39
Gov. Jordan's capital. : BOISE
40
Running noose. : SLIPKNOT
42
Natty. : DAPPER
43
Apocopate. : ELIDE
44
Melpomene. : MUSE
45
An emphatic inquiry. : DEMAND
47
Direct hit. : BULLSEYE
51
Port east of Gibraltar. : ORAN
52
Public appeal. : OPENLETTER
54
TV comedienne. : RAYE
55
To whatever place. : WHERE
56
Hence. : ERGO
57
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
58
Spanish children. : NINOS
59
Standing army men: Abbr. : REGS
Down
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Office equipment. : FILE
2
Athletic field. : OVAL
3
1943 novel (with "The"). : ROBE
4
Youngster's fishing equipment. : DROPLINE
5
Lacquers. : JAPANS
6
Islands in Gulf of Bothnia. : ALAND
7
Singer Downey to his friends. : MORT
8
Salamander. : EFT
9
Unimaginative. : STYLIZED
10
Draw out. : ELICIT
11
Air Force experiment at San Antonio. : ROCKETSHIP
12
Graf ___. : SPEE
13
Slithery. : EELY
18
Opening scene of "The Ring." : RHINE
22
Spindles. : AXES
24
Time stamp. : DATER
25
Heating vessels. : ETNAS
26
Military training. : DRILL
27
Baseball's "say hey" kid. : WILLIEMAYS
28
Vest. : GILET
29
Showing detrition. : EROSE
30
Farmer. : SOWER
32
Pirogue. : CANOE
35
Give a legal decision. : HANDDOWN
36
Tout. : DOPESTER
38
Swindle: Colloq. : SKIN
39
Important Swiss city. : BASLE
41
Mars. : PLANET
42
Head of C. I. A. : DULLES
44
Saki. : MUNRO
45
Another name for Theo. : DORA
46
Time divisions. : ERAS
47
Auxiliary verb. : BEEN
48
Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Safecracker. : YEGG
50
Son of Aphrodite. : EROS
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Alpha Delta ___. : PHI

Answer summary:
12 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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