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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

HIGHWAY PATROL

New York Times, Sunday, April 23, 1961

7-Down : Lithuanian city.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 71, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 547 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 138, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,300
Across
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Waiter of a sort. : CARHOP
7
Musical instruments. : VIOLAS
13
Fish. : CARP
17
Girl's name. : ARIANA
18
New soldier. : INDUCTEE
21
Birchlike tree. : ALDER
22
Where motor speed records are made. : BONNEVILLEFLATS
24
Pump: Fr. : POMPE
25
Toby. : MUG
26
1960 storm. : DONNA
27
Entertains. : FETES
28
Ills. : EVILS
29
On the briny. : ASEA
31
Tools. : SAWS
33
Practices. : USES
35
Epochs. : ERAS
36
Having sensory fibres. : NERVOSE
39
Coin of Ecuador. : SUCRE
42
Recount. : NARRATE
44
Moslem world. : ISLAM
46
Helmet. : CREST
48
Reigning beauties. : BELLES
49
Auto racer's mechanic: Slang. : GREASEMONKEY
53
Join. : UNITE
55
Hired. : RENTED
56
Big ___. : TOES
57
Cereal product. : BRAN
58
Alackaday! : ALAS
62
Member of servicemen's group. : AMVET
63
French ___. : DOORS
64
Concerning. : INRE
65
Rover's friend. : FIDO
66
___ polloi. : HOI
67
Marks. : SCARS
69
Imitative. : APISH
71
Form of Buddhism. : ZEN
72
Alloted territory. : AREA
74
Ever. : ONCE
75
Groundwork. : BASIS
77
Expunge. : ERASE
79
Ending on names of Japanese ships. : MARU
80
Herbs of the genus oxalis. : OCAS
81
Noxious odor. : REEK
82
Spanish soldier's password. : ALERTA
83
Opposite of live, in TV. : TAPED
85
Careless driver: Slang. : FENDERBENDER
87
Out-of-date, in Paris. : DEMODE
90
Growing out. : ENATE
92
Tuscan city. : SIENA
93
Certain court officials. : ELISORS
95
Perform the functions of. : ACTAS
97
Click beetles. : ELATERS
101
Part of Orion. : BELT
102
Go away! : SCAT
104
What Clotho was destined to do. : SPIN
106
Shortly. : ANON
107
Prevent. : AVERT
109
Friend. : AMIGO
112
Italian town, Nero's birthplace. : ANZIO
115
Scottish "to." : TAE
116
Great name in the theatre. : SARAH
117
Sign for transient motorists. : LIVEPARKINGHERE
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Chopin piece. : ETUDE
121
Sham. : PRETENSE
122
Lake in Oregon. : CRATER
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Seashore sand hill. : DENE
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Smoothed or polished. : SANDED
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Woodsmen. : HEWERS
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Driver of a sort. : CABMAN
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Awaken. : AROUSE
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Quoits throw. : RINGER
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Chinese river. : HAN
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United. : ONED
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Southern constellation. : PAVO
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Lithuanian city. : VILNA
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Part of the family circle. : INLAWS
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Verse form. : ODE
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Sailing term. : LUFF
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Ironwood tree. : ACLE
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Works of art. : STATUES
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Interchange pattern. : CLOVERLEAF
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Navy man. : ADMIRAL
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Finish again, as metal. : REPLATE
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Tries too hard. : PRESSES
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Vous ___. : ETES
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Krupp city. : ESSEN
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Orang. : APE
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Kind of shoe stitching. : INSEAM
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Fly. : AVIATE
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Plant shoot. : SUCKER
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Ancient people of Italy. : SABINES
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Caucasus tribesmen. : OSSETS
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Instrument of fate in "Ethan Frome." : SLED
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Salad green. : CRESS
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King: Span. : REY
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No longer on duty: Abbr. : RET
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Celebrity escort. : MOTORCADE
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Highways. : TURNPIKES
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Kind of flour. : GRAHAM
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Suckfish. : REMORA
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Jealous one. : ENVIER
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Lariat loops. : NOOSES
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Nostril. : NARIS
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Prejudiced. : BIASED
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Gecko. : LIZARD
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"___ Fideles." : ADESTE
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___ and yet so far. : SONEAR
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Fling. : DANCE
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Barrel makers. : COOPERS
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Gov. Nutter's city. : HELENA
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Italian superhighways. : AUTOSTRADE
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Heroine of "The Sun Also Rises." : BRETT
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Father of Ascanius. : AENEAS
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Diva Tebaldi. : RENATA
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Hero of "Green Mansions." : ABEL
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Fuss. : ADO
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Exact copy: Abbr. : FAC
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Wagner opera. : RIENZI
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Lowered. : DEBASED
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Raise. : ELEVATE
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Herb Elliott event. : MILERUN
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Indigenes. : NATIVES
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Any token of victory. : SCALP
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Scanty. : SPARSE
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Headline: Fr. : ENTETE
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Bellower. : ROARER
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Grimaces. : SNEERS
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Eastern title. : AMIR
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Pigmented. : INKED
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Tea, in Paris. : THE
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Wooden clogs of Japan. : GETA
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Unobstructed, as a road. : OPEN
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Measure. : INCH
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Bluebeard. : OGRE
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Moreover. : AND
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Speech sound. : HAW

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