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Albert V. Blum
Albert V. Blum

New York Times, Thursday, January 30, 1958

31-Across : Buffalo Bill's family.

Author:
Albert Blum
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 18.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Albert V. Blum has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Albert Blum is an alias for Albert V. Blum.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,138
Across
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Frankfort is his capital. : CHANDLER
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Sacramento is his capital. : KNIGHT
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Temporary respite. : REPRIEVE
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Excel in a regatta. : OUTROW
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Dismayed. : APPALLED
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Territorial partner of Lorraine. : ALSACE
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Negative: Scot. : NAE
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Pertaining to length: Abbr. : LIN
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Law degree. : BLL
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Well-known fraternity: Abbr. : DKE
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Greenland settlement of Polar Eskimos. : ETAH
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Rooms: Lat. : ATRIA
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Garden growth. : WEED
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More judicious. : WISER
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Disconsolate. : SAD
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Buffalo Bill's family. : CODYS
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Genus of the spider monkey. : ATELES
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Long. : YEARN
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Affirmative. : YES
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___ ordinaire, popular French beverage. : VIN
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She: Ger. : SIE
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Pronoun. : HER
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Part of a type face. : SERIF
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Malign. : DEFAME
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TV comedian. : GOBEL
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Columbia, in patriotic song. : GEM
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Danger. : PERIL
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Bird sound. : CHEEP
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Impel. : URGE
57
Sesame plant. : TIL
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Racket. : BAT
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Useful idea. : TIP
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Biblical name. : IRA
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Raleigh is his capital. : HODGES
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Commencement Day features. : DIPLOMAS
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Refer indirectly (to). : ALLUDE
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"___ Tables." : SEPARATE
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Trenton is his capital. : MEYNER
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Sketched in colors. : CRAYONED
Down
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Opening for passage of hoisting machine. : CRANEWAY
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Mineral, variety of barite. : HEPATITE
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Placates. : APPEASES
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Former government agency. : NRA
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Aromatic seeds. : DILL
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Novel by George Sand. : LELIA
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Circumstances. : EVENTS
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Cherry. : RED
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Gray, furry marsupial. : KOALA
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Of no effect. : NULL
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Arranged in steps or degrees. : GRADED
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Outdoor game. : HOCKEY
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Sports clothes. : TWEEDS
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Waits: Archaic. : BIDES
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Norse goddess of the underworld. : HEL
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Gleam, as of hope. : RAY
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Took the blue ribbon. : WON
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Make merry. : REVEL
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Grow along the ground. : CREEP
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Title often used with 36 Across. : SIR
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Facilitate. : AID
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The dark. : NIGHT
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Albany is his capital. : HARRIMAN
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Leave one country for another. : EMIGRATE
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Gave out for publication. : RELEASED
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Program item: Abbr. : SEL
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Retainer. : FEE
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Fire: Fr. : FEU
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New York City. : GOTHAM
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Passerine bird. : ORIOLE
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In unvarnished style. : BALDLY
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Calling. : METIER
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Packer. : CASER
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Girl in Browning poem. : PIPPA
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Fictional Adam. : BEDE
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Freedom for action. : PLAY
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Rifle. : GUN
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Military award. : DSC
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Spanish gold. : ORO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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