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W. W. Webster
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New York Times, Sunday, January 19, 1947
92-Across : Peals.
Author:
W. W. Webster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 68, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 566 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 134, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 53, Grid flow: 23.0
1 G | 2 L | 3 A | 4 Z | 5 E | | 6 A | 7 C | 8 R | 9 E | | 10 S | 11 O | 12 M | 13 E | | 14 L | 15 O | 16 O | 17 S | 18 E |
19 R | O | T | O | R | | 20 C | L | A | Y | | 21 A | M | I | D | | 22 I | R | V | I | N |
23 A | N | T | A | R | 24 C | T | I | C | A | | 25 V | A | N | D | 26 E | N | B | E | R | G |
27 H | E | L | | 28 S | A | U | C | E | S | | 29 O | H | I | O | A | N | | 30 R | E | A |
31 A | L | E | 32 C | | 33 B | A | H | R | | | | 34 O | V | E | R | | 35 F | A | N | G |
36 M | Y | E | R | 37 S | | 38 T | E | S | 39 S | | 40 O | N | E | S | | 41 C | U | R | I | E |
| | | 42 I | C | 43 K | E | S | | 44 E | 45 D | G | E | R | | 46 M | A | G | M | A | S |
47 M | 48 I | 49 S | L | A | I | D | | 50 D | A | I | R | Y | | 51 D | O | N | A | | | |
52 A | D | U | L | T | S | | 53 H | E | S | S | E | | 54 O | R | T | O | L | 55 A | 56 N | 57 S |
58 R | E | M | O | | 59 T | 60 E | A | P | O | T | | 61 A | B | A | T | E | | 62 P | O | E |
63 T | A | N | N | 64 U | | 65 S | T | O | N | E | 66 C | R | O | P | | 67 S | 68 K | I | V | E |
69 I | T | E | | 70 B | 71 E | S | E | T | | 72 M | U | L | L | E | 73 R | | 74 A | C | I | D |
75 N | E | R | 76 V | I | N | E | S | | 77 A | P | S | E | S | | 78 H | 79 O | R | A | C | E |
| | | 80 A | E | O | N | | 81 T | R | E | S | S | | 82 R | I | D | D | L | E | D |
83 A | 84 L | 85 E | U | T | S | | 86 M | O | O | R | E | | 87 G | E | N | I | E | | | |
88 D | E | N | N | Y | | 89 B | E | T | A | | 90 S | 91 L | A | V | | 92 C | L | 93 A | 94 P | 95 S |
96 H | U | N | T | | 97 A | I | D | A | | | | 98 I | R | I | 99 S | | 100 J | U | R | A |
101 I | C | E | | 102 A | R | N | A | L | 103 L | | 104 A | D | D | L | E | 105 S | | 106 D | I | B |
107 B | I | A | 108 N | N | U | A | L | L | Y | | 109 M | I | N | E | R | A | 110 L | I | Z | E |
111 I | N | D | I | A | | 112 T | E | E | R | | 113 A | C | E | R | | 114 W | Y | L | E | R |
115 T | E | S | T | S | | 116 E | D | D | A | | 117 H | E | R | S | | 118 S | E | E | R | S |
© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 258
Across
1
6
Seaport in Palestine. :
ACRE10
14
19
Revolving part of machine. :
ROTOR20
Deputy Military Governor in U. S. zone of Germany. :
CLAY21
22
Mr. Cobb of Paducah. :
IRVIN23
25
27
Norse queen of underworld. :
HEL28
29
Resident of Gov. Herbert's State. :
OHIOAN30
Bailiwick of Wickard. :
REA31
33
___ el Abyad, the White Nile. :
BAHR34
35
36
Senator from Pennsylvania. :
MYERS38
Tragic Miss Durbeyfield. :
TESS40
41
Whom Marie Sklodowska married. :
CURIE42
Famous curmudgeon. :
ICKES44
Machine that puts on borders. :
EDGER46
Pasty organic mixtures. :
MAGMAS47
50
Where basic foods are made. :
DAIRY51
52
53
Swiss novelist, 1946 Nobel Prize in literature. :
HESSE54
58
San ___, Italy, on Mediterranean. :
REMO59
61
62
63
Mountain range in Mongolia. :
TANNU65
67
Cut off, as leather. :
SKIVE69
70
72
Recipient of 1946 Nobel Prize in medicine. :
MULLER74
75
77
Wings of churches. :
APSES78
Latin poet (B. C. 65–8). :
HORACE80
Indefinitely long period. :
AEON81
82
83
Islanders S. of Bering Sea. :
ALEUTS86
Senator from Oklahoma. :
MOORE87
Nature spirit in Arabian lore. :
GENIE88
New chairman of FCC. :
DENNY89
90
One of numerous Europeans. :
SLAV92
96
Governor of Wyoming. :
HUNT97
She loved Radamés. :
AIDA98
100
Range between France and Switzerland. :
JURA101
102
104
106
107
109
111
Member of U. N. Economic and Social Council. :
INDIA112
113
114
Director of "The Best Years of Our Lives." :
WYLER115
116
117
118
Down
1
Brigadier General, personal physician to Pres. Truman. :
GRAHAM2
3
Noted member of Fabian Society. :
ATTLEE4
Living being: Comb. form. :
ZOA5
6
7
8
Whirlaway, Gar Wood, etc. :
RACERS9
10
Jimmy ___, indomitable comedian. :
SAVO11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Order to which manatee belongs. :
SIRENIA18
24
Covered part of locomotive. :
CAB26
32
35
Of a contrapuntal work. :
FUGAL37
39
40
Giant of fairy tales. :
OGRE41
43
45
46
Co-winner of Noble Peace Prize, 1946. :
MOTT47
Speaker of the House. :
MARTIN48
49
Enzyme researcher, won half of 1946 Nobel Prize in chemistry. :
SUMNER50
51
Arrange in folds. :
DRAPE53
54
Twenty of these in one drachma. :
OBOLS55
56
57
60
City with ruined Krupp works. :
ESSEN61
City on the Rhone. :
ARLES64
66
Queer fellows: Colloq :
CUSSES68
Vice-President of Yugoslavia. :
KARDELJ71
73
What France is keeping watch on. :
RHIN76
77
Venezuelan town; copper mecca. :
AROA79
Concerning a kind of poem. :
ODIC81
82
83
84
85
86
Honored, as in armed forces. :
MEDALED87
U. S. Ambassador to Britain. :
GARDNER89
91
Desolated village of World War II. :
LIDICE93
94
One who values something. :
PRIZER95
97
Islands off New Guinea. :
ARU99
2.057 lb. in India. :
SER102
103
Glockenspiel of special shape. :
LYRA104
105
108
110
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 49 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 4 words unique to this puzzle:
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