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Elizabeth Patterson
What Do You Know?
New York Times, Sunday, January 13, 1952
79-Across : Author of "The Cruel Sea."
Author:
Elizabeth Patterson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.15, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 682 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 152, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 27, Grid flow: 31.3
1 S | 2 I | 3 C | 4 K | 5 L | 6 E | | 7 S | 8 E | 9 A | 10 B | 11 O | 12 R | 13 G | | 14 F | 15 L | 16 A | 17 N | 18 A | 19 G | 20 A | 21 N |
22 A | S | H | I | E | R | | 23 A | S | T | O | R | I | A | | 24 L | O | V | E | L | A | C | E |
25 F | R | A | N | K | L | 26 I | N | P | A | D | A | M | S | | 27 E | V | E | R | Y | B | I | T |
28 F | A | R | E | | 29 A | R | T | Y | | 30 E | T | A | | 31 A | M | I | N | O | | 32 O | N | T |
33 R | E | L | | 34 Y | U | M | A | | 35 A | S | E | | 36 D | R | I | N | A | | 37 B | O | I | L |
38 O | L | E | 39 A | S | | 40 A | F | 41 A | R | | 42 D | 43 A | R | I | N | G | | 44 L | A | N | C | E |
45 N | I | S | S | E | 46 N | | 47 E | R | G | 48 O | | 49 D | O | U | G | | 50 H | A | S | | | |
| | | 51 C | R | O | 52 P | | 53 M | O | R | 54 M | O | N | S | | 55 N | O | R | S | 56 T | 57 A | 58 D |
59 A | 60 M | 61 A | H | | 62 R | O | 63 S | Y | | 64 B | O | R | E | | 65 M | O | N | G | O | O | S | E |
66 S | E | L | | 67 B | A | L | I | | 68 R | I | S | E | | 69 S | A | D | K | O | | 70 M | S | S |
71 C | L | I | 72 V | E | | 73 E | M | 74 M | E | T | S | | 75 U | N | T | I | E | | 76 G | O | A | S |
77 E | V | E | L | Y | 78 N | | 79 M | O | N | S | A | 80 R | R | A | T | | 81 D | 82 E | A | R | M | E |
83 T | I | N | Y | | 84 E | 85 L | O | P | E | | 86 D | O | U | G | H | 87 S | | 88 L | U | R | E | R |
89 I | L | E | | 90 S | T | O | N | E | | 91 R | E | B | S | | 92 E | A | 93 S | Y | | 94 O | S | T |
95 C | L | E | 96 M | A | T | I | S | | 97 P | A | G | E | | 98 S | W | A | T | | 99 E | W | E | S |
100 S | E | S | A | M | E | S | | 101 C | O | C | H | R | 102 A | N | | 103 R | A | 104 F | T | | | |
| | | 105 T | A | D | | 106 R | O | L | E | | 107 T | R | E | 108 G | | 109 B | A | N | 110 A | 111 N | 112 A |
113 F | 114 I | 115 F | E | R | | 116 C | E | D | A | R | 117 S | | 118 N | E | O | 119 N | | 120 C | A | R | E | S |
121 L | O | R | D | | 122 P | A | V | E | R | | 123 E | 124 G | O | | 125 L | E | 126 F | T | | 127 U | P | S |
128 A | D | O | | 129 P | O | R | E | D | | 130 W | V | A | | 131 D | I | A | L | | 132 A | N | T | I |
133 K | A | Z | 134 M | A | I | E | R | | 135 T | H | E | S | 136 E | A | A | R | O | 137 U | N | D | U | S |
138 E | T | E | O | C | L | E | S | | 139 A | I | R | P | O | R | T | | 140 O | R | I | E | N | T |
141 D | E | N | A | T | U | R | E | | 142 G | R | E | E | N | T | H | | 143 D | U | L | L | E | S |
© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 938
Across
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Symbol, on the Red flag. :
SICKLE7
Co-winner of Nobel chemistry award. :
SEABORG14
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Of a chemical group. :
AMINO32
Where Hamilton is: Abbr. :
ONT33
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City on the Colorado. :
YUMA35
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River in Yugoslavia. :
DRINA37
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Genera of olive trees. :
OLEAS40
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Describing the trapeze artist of song. :
DARING44
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Designer of prefabricated shelter. :
NISSEN47
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Joseph Smith's followers. :
MORMONS55
Allied Air Commander of Shape. :
NORSTAD59
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Promising success. :
ROSY64
Person to be avoided. :
BORE65
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One of the Sunda Isles. :
BALI68
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Opera by Rimski-Korsakov. :
SADKO70
Illuminated works: Abbr. :
MSS71
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One of the Waugh brothers. :
EVELYN79
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Flee to Gretna Green. :
ELOPE86
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Lorelei-like lady. :
LURER89
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American suffragist. :
STONE91
Insurgents, to the North. :
REBS92
"Mr. Midshipman ___." :
EASY94
Baking chamber: Var. :
OST95
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Author of "The Tree of Liberty." :
PAGE98
River in Pakistan. :
SWAT99
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Suave cinema star. :
RAFT105
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One million millions: Comb. form. :
TREG109
Manhattan musical, "Top ___." :
BANANA113
Drummer's accompanist. :
FIFER116
Hollywood's "___ of Lebanon" hospital. :
CEDARS118
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Beaverbrook's title. :
LORD122
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Self-lovers have it. :
EGO125
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Panhandle State: Abbr. :
WVA131
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America's No. 1 football player. :
KAZMAIER135
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Scene of present-day fighting. :
ORIENT141
Modify without impairing usefulness. :
DENATURE142
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Down
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Inhabitant of new nation. :
ISRAELI3
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German name for Eger, Hungary. :
ERLAU7
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Discoverer of penicillin. :
FLEMING15
One of Henry Green's books. :
LOVING16
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"Quo Vadis" character. :
NERO18
Member of international "cafe society." :
ALY19
Native of French Equatorial Africa. :
GABOON20
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Marie Wilson's radio role. :
IRMA31
Ancient theologian. :
ARIUS34
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Ship which sailed for Colchis. :
ARGO36
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Author of "Moses." :
ASCH41
Mauldin's subject. :
ARMY43
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Native of Przemysl. :
POLE54
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Receivers of transferred property. :
ALIENEES63
New England woman's college. :
SIMMONS65
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Local name for creek, in N. Y. :
VLY74
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Old German tribal district. :
GAU78
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Card-expert Culbertson. :
ELY85
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Island north of Leyte. :
SAMAR91
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Catania's mountain. :
ETNA101
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Role in "David and Bathsheba." :
GOLIATH110
Locale of Kenneth Roberts chronicles. :
ARUNDEL111
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Treat with antiseptic. :
IODATE115
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Friend of the Tommy. :
POILU124
Canadian peninsula. :
GASPE126
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Where Paysandu is: Abbr. :
URU
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 23 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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