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Herbert Ettenson
Herbert Ettenson

New York Times, Friday, June 14, 1957

Author:
Herbert Ettenson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 34.9
Herbert Ettenson has 87 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,908
Across
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Parents at school parties. : CHAPERONS
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"God's Little ___." : ACRE
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Type of lecture. : TRAVELOGUE
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Ont. or Que. : PROV
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Floating. : WATERBORNE
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River in France. : OISE
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Berliner's exclamations. : ACHS
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Black Sea port. : ODESSA
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Chemically, Sn. : TIN
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One reminder of winter. : SKI
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Carpentry tools. : AWLS
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Reach maturity. : RIPEN
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Graf ___. : SPEE
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Of the U. S. : FEDERAL
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Prepared to resist. : BRACED
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Secondary occupation. : SIDELINE
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Phantasmal. : EERY
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Fort ___. : DIX
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In ___ (completely). : TOTO
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Trouble-maker. : AGITATOR
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Inaugurated. : OPENED
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Kitchen appurtenance. : DISHRAG
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Roman poet. : OVID
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Minute ___. : STEAK
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Gulf of Arabia. : ADEN
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Bing's domain. : MET
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Ike's former domain. : ETO
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Primer. : READER
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Unescorted. : LONE
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High-flown. : ARTY
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Golfer's position. : OPENSTANCE
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Part of a casa. : SALA
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Dud. : FALSEALARM
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Migration. : TREK
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Certain economic policy. : FREETRADE
Down
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Snap. : CRACK
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Kipling's elephant. : HATHI
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Birds: Lat. : AVES
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By. : PER
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Jostled. : ELBOWED
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Poker hand played after an especially high hand. : ROODLE
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Bugaboos. : OGRES
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Sisters. : NUNS
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Becomes infuriated: Colloq. : SEESRED
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Army address. : APO
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Touchstone. : CRITERION
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Fictional steed. : ROSINANTE
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Flat. : EVEN
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Poetic contraction. : TWAS
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Helper. : AIDE
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Monkey. : APE
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Threw things at. : PELTED
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Manual lawn mower. : SCYTHE
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Dilemma. : FIX
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Scott Mc ___. : LEOD
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Globule. : BEAD
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College official. : REGISTRAR
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Alexander's tutor. : ARISTOTLE
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Epistolary salutation. : SIR
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Boxer. : DOG
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Sandarac. : ARAR
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Imitation: Colloq. : TAKEOFF
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Superfluity of type. : OVERSET
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Fraternity ___. : PIN
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H. C. Andersen's birthplace. : ODENSE
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Fred Astaire's sister. : ADELE
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Minute organism. : MONAD
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Ink: Fr. : ENCRE
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Swarm. : TEEM
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Asia. : EAST
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On ___ with (equal to). : APAR
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Musical syllables. : LALA
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Beast. : YAK
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Paving stuff. : TAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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