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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

MACARONIC

New York Times, Sunday, November 27, 1960

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 649 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 129, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 20, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18 Grid has duplicate clues.
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 45-Across/45-Down crossing as an E in the answer key. Changed to an F. Also, clue for 47-Across, "Vanity case." for ENTOUTCAS (which is French for "in any case") seems odd; did not change it.

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O
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H
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A
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V
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O
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M
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C
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D
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M
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M
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C
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J
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H
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U
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R
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V
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O
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B
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A
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T
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P
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C
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E
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N
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C
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B
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T
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P
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D
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A
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N
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147
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,153
Across
1
Kinsmen. : SIBS
5
Humbug. : BOSH
9
Rara ___. : AVIS
13
Naïve one. : BABE
17
Expression of impatience. : OUF
20
The masses. : HOIPOLLOI
22
Procedure. : MODUSOPERANDI
25
Included. : INTERALIA
26
For instance. : EXEMPLIGRATIA
27
Make-up item. : MASCARA
28
Viscous stuff. : TAR
30
Relative of etc. : ETAL
31
Lopsided. : ASLANT
32
___ d'Yeu, Petain's place of exile. : ILE
33
Objet d'art. : CURIO
35
To eat: Ger. : ESSEN
37
Goddess of hope. : SPES
38
County of W. England: Abbr. : CHES
40
Edith Head. : DESIGNER
42
Liner: Abbr. : STR
44
Where Kit Carson lived. : TAOS
45
Slough. : FEN
46
Billet-___. : DOUX
47
Vanity case. : ENTOUTCAS
53
"___ le Pont d'Avignon." : SUR
54
Polyhymnia's sister. : ERATO
56
Lava. : SCORIA
58
"Hiroshima, Mon Amour," for example. : DRAMA
59
Integrated. : ASSIMILATED
63
Neat as ___. : APIN
64
Attacker of 13 Down. : WEEVIL
65
Herodotus' "erythra thalassa." : REDSEA
66
Democratic privilege. : VOTE
67
Cut molars. : TEETHE
69
Cult. : SECT
70
Whale. : CETE
71
Down ___ (practical). : TOEARTH
73
Recoiled. : SHIED
75
Where Salzburg is: Abbr. : AUS
76
City on Detroit river. : ECORSE
78
Grimace. : SNEER
80
Nursery rhyme family. : SPRATS
82
Phonetic highway sign. : SLO
83
Found. : SETUP
86
Reference pages. : INDICES
89
Source of power: Abbr. : ELEC
90
Hesitates in speaking. : HEMS
92
Slight. : REMOTE
94
Cross. : ROOD
95
Founder of Thebes. : CADMUS
97
Recessive. : EBBING
99
Vibrant sound. : BIRR
100
Self-respect. : AMOURPROPRE
102
Scrape off: Rare. : ERADE
103
Islands of South Pacific. : ELLICE
105
Laminar. : SCALY
106
Spanish aunt. : TIA
107
Certain piece of mail from Paris. : PETITBLEU
109
Tabula ___ (clean slate). : RASA
112
___ longa ... : ARS
113
Trench. : MOAT
114
Family member. : SIS
115
Temper. : MITIGATE
117
Solicitude. : CARE
118
Fast driver. : JEHU
122
Some Free World nations. : SEATO
125
Slyly sarcastic: Slang. : SNIDE
126
Swiss river. : AAR
127
Part of Asia: Fr. : ARABIE
129
River of the Punjab. : RAVI
131
Card game. : LOO
132
Tumbler. : ACROBAT
136
Pre-eminently. : PAREXCELLENCE
139
Bugbear. : BETENOIRE
141
Morale. : ESPRITDECORPS
142
Confidentially. : ENTRENOUS
143
Part of D. V. : DEO
144
League: Abbr. : ASSN
145
Advocates of the novel. : NEOS
146
Rain check. : STUB
147
N. C. O.'s. : SGTS
Down
1
Wedge-shaped piece, in masonry. : SHIM
2
Hebridean isle. : IONA
3
Scraps. : BITS
4
Class. : SPECIES
5
Sound loudly. : BLARE
6
Clay pot for cooling water. : OLLA
7
___-disant (so-called). : SOI
8
Gap. : HIATUS
9
Vespucci. : AMERIGO
10
___ populi. : VOX
11
___ fixe. : IDEE
12
Historic fort. : SUMTER
13
Cotton pods. : BOLLS
14
Himalayan mountain. : API
15
" ... the birds ___ sing." : BEGANTO
16
Miscalculates. : ERRS
17
Ready. : ONTAP
18
Italian province. : UDINE
19
Authoritative commands. : FIATS
21
Tests. : ORALS
23
Vacation spots. : SPAS
24
Morindin dyes. : AALS
29
Waterless. : ARID
33
Mexican coin. : CENTAVO
34
Burden. : ONUS
36
Is: Span. : ESTA
38
Dreyfus case, for example. : CAUSECELEBRE
39
Incapacitated. : HORSDECOMBAT
40
Negotiate. : DEAL
41
Authoritative. : EXCATHEDRA
43
Unpolished. : RUDE
44
Autocrat. : TSAR
45
Wife of Odin: Var. : FRIA
47
Losers to the Iroquois. : ERIES
48
Beethoven's last. : NINTH
49
___ bien. : TRES
50
Admonition for bargain hunters. : CAVEATEMPTOR
51
Sometime role of A. C. L. U. : AMICUSCURIAE
52
Smelling ___. : SALTS
54
Arabian rulers. : EMEERS
55
Siouan. : OTOE
57
Reveal: Poet. : OPE
60
Words in a ratio. : ISTO
61
Greek letters. : ETAS
62
The rage. : DERNIERCRI
64
Mourn. : WEEP
68
Express disapproval. : HISS
71
Mal de ___. : TETE
72
Dix. : TEN
74
Bleak. : DREARY
77
See 147 Across. : SERG
79
Town in France. : RIOM
81
Actor ___ Ray. : ALDO
82
Docile followers. : SHEEP
84
What Uriah Heep claimed to be. : UMBLE
85
Soldier of 1914. : POILU
87
Columbine calls. : COOS
88
School. : EDUCATE
91
Mohammedan title. : SIDI
93
Relative of tetra. : TRI
95
N. C. O.'s. : CPLS
96
Headquarters. : SEAT
98
Trawls. : NETS
101
Excellent. : RARE
103
Otherwise. : ELSE
104
Breaks bread. : EATS
108
Halves. : BISECTS
110
Saintly. : SINLESS
111
Ad ___ (at ease): Ital. : AGIO
113
Strands. : MAROONS
115
Get a ___ (hurry). : MOVEON
116
Clay houses. : ADOBES
117
Chili con ___. : CARNE
118
Played tricks. : JAPED
119
Wipe off. : ERASE
120
A Marx. : HARPO
121
Over: Ger. : UBER
123
Composer of "Over the Rainbow." : ARLEN
124
French chalk. : TALC
126
Sharp. : ACERB
128
Corn lily. : IXIA
130
Concerning. : INRE
132
Aleutian island. : ATTU
133
Life story: Abbr. : BIOG
134
In ___ (routinized). : ARUT
135
Hardy girl. : TESS
137
Diaskeuasts, for short. : EDS
138
Navy man: Abbr. : CPO
140
Noun suffix. : ENT

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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