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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Wednesday, April 10, 1957

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,843
Across
1
Recent. : LATE
5
Give up. : CEDE
9
Grimace. : FACE
13
Obsession. : MANIA
14
Over. : ATOP
15
Artist's medium. : OILS
16
Neglects. : OMITS
17
He wrote "The Tribe that Lost Its Head." : MONSARRAT
19
Joking school-teacher of TV. : SAMLEVENSON
21
Lixivium. : LYE
22
Ailanthus. : TREE
23
Islamic name. : ALI
24
Singer Benzell. : MIMI
26
Cavalryman. : HUSSAR
29
Namesakes of Miss Turner. : LANAS
32
Foolish notions. : VAPORS
35
Gist. : NUB
37
San ___, on the Riviera. : REMO
38
Romance language. : ITALIAN
40
Withdrawal. : RETIRAL
42
___ war. : COLD
43
Hot ___. : ROD
45
In an idle state. : AWASTE
46
Drive forward. : IMPEL
48
Country cousin. : RUSTIC
50
Mashie. : IRON
52
Unclose: Poet. : OPE
53
Middle Easterner. : ARAB
57
Impatient exclamation. : TUT
59
Best-selling title in fiction. : PEYTONPLACE
62
Actor's entrance. : STAGEDOOR
64
Crème de la crème. : ELITE
65
Portal. : GATE
66
Sand ridge. : DUNE
67
Talked continuously. : RANON
68
Poetic pronoun. : THEE
69
War god. : ARES
70
Uzbek, Tajik, etc. : USSR
Down
1
Truman's birthplace. : LAMAR
2
Bright: Mus. : ANIME
3
Floyd Patterson. : TITLEHOLDER
4
Facility. : EASE
5
Caravan animals. : CAMELS
6
Anthony Eden, for instance. : ETONIAN
7
Puts on. : DONS
8
Racing town S of London. : EPSOM
9
Pro. : FOR
10
Planes. : AIRLINERS
11
Earth. : CLAY
12
Town near Padua. : ESTE
13
Nearly: Colloq. : MOST
18
Indigo. : ANIL
20
School at Poughkeepsie. : VASSAR
25
New star at the Met. : MARIACALLAS
27
Swiss canton. : URI
28
Karel Capek's play. : RUR
30
Schoolboy's Latin verb. : AMAT
31
Food fish. : SOLE
32
Ditto 30 Down. : VICI
33
Item at Oak Ridge. : ATOM
34
Throb. : PALPITATE
36
Vanquished. : BEATEN
39
Correlative. : NOR
41
Double: Prefix. : TWI
44
Designating a certain color effect. : DUOTONE
47
Long, swinging stride. : LOPE
49
Seeds or germs. : SPORES
51
Character in "I, Pagliacci." : NEDDA
54
April showers. : RAINS
55
Equity member. : ACTOR
56
"Where have you ___?" : BEEN
57
Army rating: Abbr. : TSGT
58
State. : UTAH
60
Possessive. : YOUR
61
Colombia's neighbor. : PERU
63
Agree: Colloq. : GEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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