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Willard N. Jordan
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New York Times, Sunday, January 7, 1951
96-Across : He wrote "Sweet and Low."
Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.32, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 666 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 164, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 48, Grid flow: 52.4
1 A | 2 M | 3 E | 4 R | 5 I | 6 C | 7 A | 8 S | | 9 C | 10 H | 11 A | 12 R | 13 L | 14 E | 15 S | | 16 F | 17 E | 18 R | 19 V | 20 I | 21 D |
22 R | O | S | E | M | A | R | Y | | 23 H | E | L | O | I | S | E | | 24 E | L | A | I | N | E |
25 M | I | S | T | A | K | E | N | | 26 O | P | E | R | A | T | E | | 27 S | M | Y | R | N | A |
28 A | L | E | | 29 M | E | N | T | 30 A | L | | 31 M | I | N | O | | 32 O | T | O | | 33 G | U | R |
34 D | E | N | 35 T | | | 36 D | A | W | E | 37 S | | 38 C | A | N | 39 A | D | A | | 40 M | I | E | N |
41 A | R | E | O | 42 L | 43 E | | 44 X | E | R | E | 45 S | | | 46 I | D | Y | L | | 47 A | N | N | E |
| | | 48 D | E | M | 49 S | | 50 T | A | R | E | | 51 W | A | L | L | | 52 B | R | A | D | S |
53 S | 54 P | 55 A | | 56 M | O | T | 57 T | O | | 58 E | R | 59 N | A | N | I | | 60 D | U | C | L | O | S |
61 T | A | L | 62 L | U | L | A | H | | 63 A | N | I | O | N | | 64 B | 65 R | U | M | E | | | |
66 A | L | L | I | E | | 67 R | E | 68 T | R | A | C | T | | | | 69 E | M | P | L | 70 A | 71 N | 72 E |
73 S | P | E | L | L | | | 74 N | A | N | D | U | | 75 G | 76 A | 77 Z | E | B | O | | 78 M | O | N |
79 S | A | G | A | | 80 M | 81 I | C | H | A | E | L | 82 A | N | G | E | L | O | | 83 H | O | N | G |
84 E | T | E | | 85 L | A | D | E | R | S | | 86 T | R | A | I | N | | | 87 L | O | Y | A | L |
88 N | E | R | 89 V | I | N | E | | | | 90 S | U | B | S | O | I | 91 L | | 92 O | M | E | G | A |
| | | 93 I | N | N | E | 94 S | | 95 K | O | R | A | H | | 96 T | E | 97 N | N | Y | S | O | N |
98 N | 99 E | 100 V | A | D | A | | 101 T | 102 R | I | N | I | L | | 103 S | H | I | E | D | | 104 E | N | D |
105 E | L | E | N | A | | 106 S | O | O | T | | 107 S | E | 108 M | I | | 109 F | O | O | 110 L | | | |
111 W | E | N | D | | 112 B | O | R | S | | | 113 T | S | A | N | 114 A | | 115 S | N | I | 116 P | 117 E | 118 R |
119 C | O | D | S | | 120 R | H | Y | T | 121 H | 122 M | | 123 T | R | A | S | 124 S | | | 125 T | U | N | A |
126 O | N | E | | 127 M | O | O | | 128 R | A | I | 129 D | | 130 A | N | K | A | 131 R | 132 A | | 133 M | C | I |
134 M | O | U | 135 T | O | N | | 136 B | A | N | D | E | 137 A | U | | 138 A | L | A | B | 139 A | M | A | N |
140 E | R | S | A | T | Z | | 141 A | T | T | A | L | I | D | | 142 N | A | V | A | L | E | S | E |
143 S | E | E | T | H | E | | 144 Y | E | S | S | E | R | S | | 145 T | R | E | S | T | L | E | S |
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 567
Across
1
9
16
22
23
24
Sir Launcelot's lady. :
ELAINE25
26
27
Important port of Turkey. :
SMYRNA28
29
31
Straw coat worn in Japan. :
MINO32
33
Crude sugar of India. :
GUR34
36
Co-recipient of Nobel peace prize, 1925. :
DAWES38
St. Laurent's country. :
CANADA40
41
Iridal area around the pupil. :
AREOLE44
46
47
England's princess. :
ANNE48
They've been "ins" since '33. :
DEMS50
51
John Hersey's subject. :
WALL52
53
56
Guiding principle. :
MOTTO58
60
French Communist leader. :
DUCLOS61
63
Negative particle. :
ANION64
66
Pitcher Reynolds. :
ALLIE67
69
73
74
American ostrich. :
NANDU75
Pavilion or summerhouse. :
GAZEBO78
Circular symbol on Japanese kimonos. :
MON79
Goddess who drank with Odin. :
SAGA80
83
84
85
86
Creator of Ephraim Tutt. :
TRAIN87
The L in L. O. O. M. :
LOYAL88
90
92
Phi, chi, psi, ___. :
OMEGA93
Evelyn ___, George Moore heroine. :
INNES95
Leader of rebellion against Moses: Num. xvi. :
KORAH96
98
Governor Russell's state. :
NEVADA101
Java village where the ape man was found. :
TRINIL103
104
105
Former queen of Italy. :
ELENA106
107
109
111
Slavic native of Saxony. :
WEND112
One of the Grail Knights. :
BORS113
Lake source of Blue Nile. :
TSANA115
119
120
123
Light-colored tuff. :
TRASS125
126
127
Low note in bovine gamut. :
MOO128
130
President Bayar's capital. :
ANKARA133
134
136
138
140
141
Hellenistic dynasty of Pergamum. :
ATTALID142
143
144
145
Down
1
Famous fleet of 1588. :
ARMADA2
3
Palestinian cenobite. :
ESSENE4
5
Title of Yemen's ruler. :
IMAM6
Subject of a song hit. :
CAKE7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Patron saint of sailors. :
ELMO18
Broadway's ___ Bolger. :
RAY19
20
21
30
N. Zealand caterpillar. :
AWETO32
Alleged hypnotic force. :
ODYL35
37
39
Unrehearsed radio quip. :
ADLIB40
He introduced the impermanent wave. :
MARCEL42
Mr. Gulliver, Swift's voyager. :
LEMUEL43
Abyssinian salt money. :
EMOL45
49
51
52
Hero of Leatherstocking Tales. :
BUMPO53
54
55
57
59
60
Walt Disney's flying elephant. :
DUMBO62
Miss Lee, actress. :
LILA63
65
68
70
They populate the treaty port west of Formosa. :
AMOYESE71
72
75
76
Currency exchange rate. :
AGIO77
80
Divinely supplied nourishment. :
MANNA81
82
83
85
87
89
90
91
Son of Eric the Red. :
LEIF94
95
97
Breakers of tradition. :
NEOS98
Family in 1855 Thackeray novel. :
NEWCOMES99
100
Saleswoman in Pleven's country. :
VENDEUSE102
103
Designer of Selim mosque. :
SINAN106
Foreign quarter of London. :
SOHO108
110
112
Age preceding the Iron Age. :
BRONZE114
116
117
118
121
Ghosts: Humorous. :
HANTS122
Phrygian king, unfortunate possessor of ass's ears. :
MIDAS124
127
Light-green Luna ___. :
MOTH129
Take out of galleys. :
DELE131
132
135
136
Our Ambassador to Norway. :
BAY137
139
Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 38 debuted here and reused later, 15 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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