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Jules Arensberg
Jigsaw of Words
New York Times, Sunday, October 12, 1952
90-Across : Britain's "Nye."
Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.61, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 646 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 158, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 34, Grid flow: 75.7
1 C | 2 A | 3 L | 4 E | 5 B | | 6 A | 7 R | 8 A | 9 B | 10 S | | 11 F | 12 R | 13 A | 14 N | 15 S | | 16 P | 17 U | 18 P | 19 A | 20 S |
21 E | D | I | L | E | | 22 D | E | T | E | R | | 23 R | E | V | E | T | | 24 A | G | O | R | A |
25 S | E | V | E | N | 26 T | H | S | O | N | O | 27 F | A | S | E | V | E | 28 N | T | H | S | O | N |
29 A | L | E | C | | 30 H | E | I | N | E | | 31 O | P | E | R | A | T | O | R | | 32 I | S | E |
33 R | E | N | T | | 34 E | R | N | E | | 35 S | U | P | E | S | | | 36 R | O | 37 S | T | E | R |
| | | 38 I | 39 V | I | E | S | | 40 S | H | R | E | D | | 41 S | 42 I | E | N | A | | | |
| 43 F | 44 I | V | E | R | S | | 45 O | M | I | T | | | 46 S | I | G | N | | 47 U | 48 R | 49 S | 50 A |
51 A | R | N | E | E | S | | 52 P | R | U | N | E | | | 53 C | A | L | | 54 C | L | E | O | N |
55 V | A | A | L | S | | 56 V | I | A | | 57 T | E | 58 N | 59 T | H | M | U | 60 S | E | | 61 C | O | N |
62 I | N | L | Y | | 63 S | E | N | N | | 64 O | N | A | W | A | | | 65 A | N | 66 D | I | N | E |
67 S | K | I | | 68 D | E | L | E | G | 69 E | | 70 T | H | I | R | 71 D | 72 E | S | T | A | T | E | |
73 O | N | E | 74 H | U | N | D | R | E | D | 75 T | H | A | N | N | I | V | E | R | S | A | R | 76 Y |
| 77 O | N | O | M | A | T | O | P | E | I | A | | 78 S | H | R | I | N | E | | 79 T | S | E |
80 T | R | A | M | P | T | | | 81 E | N | E | M | 82 Y | | 83 O | R | L | O | | 84 S | I | T | A |
85 O | R | B | | 86 T | E | 87 N | 88 N | E | S | S | E | E | | 89 R | A | S | | 90 B | E | V | A | N |
91 R | I | L | 92 E | Y | | 93 O | I | L | | | 94 N | A | 95 I | S | H | | 96 L | A | C | E | T | S |
97 A | S | E | A | | 98 T | O | N | S | | | 99 D | R | A | T | | 100 M | O | R | O | S | E | |
| | | 101 R | 102 H | I | N | E | | 103 A | 104 D | M | E | N | | 105 D | E | C | A | N | | | |
106 C | 107 A | 108 L | L | E | R | | | 109 E | R | R | E | D | | 110 P | E | R | U | | 111 D | 112 U | 113 A | 114 L |
115 A | V | E | | 116 R | O | 117 S | 118 E | N | M | A | N | | 119 F | L | A | I | L | | 120 R | H | E | O |
121 F | I | R | 122 S | T | L | O | R | D | O | F | T | 123 H | E | A | D | M | I | 124 R | A | L | T | Y |
125 E | L | O | P | E | | 126 A | L | E | U | T | | 127 R | E | N | E | E | | 128 E | T | A | N | A |
129 S | A | T | Y | R | | 130 P | E | R | R | Y | | 131 S | T | E | R | E | | 132 P | E | N | A | L |
© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,211
Across
1
6
11
16
Butterflies-to-be. :
PUPAS21
22
23
24
Where Xanthippe shopped. :
AGORA25
29
30
He wrote "The Lorelei." :
HEINE31
32
33
34
Cousin of the bald eagle. :
ERNE35
Members of the mob scene. :
SUPES36
38
40
41
Wine city of Italy. :
SIENA43
45
46
Motorist's mentor. :
SIGN47
Either of the Bears. :
URSA51
52
Product of California. :
PRUNE53
Where Clear Lake is: Abbr. :
CAL54
55
56
57
61
62
Toward the center. :
INLY63
Noted surgeon of 19th century. :
SENN64
City near Sioux City. :
ONAWA65
Of a lofty mountain range. :
ANDINE67
What they do at Sun Valley. :
SKI68
70
73
77
78
79
Part of many Chinese names. :
TSE80
Traveled on foot: Ref. Sp. :
TRAMPT81
83
Surface between flutes of a pillar. :
ORLO84
Wife of Ramachandra. :
SITA85
86
89
90
91
He wrote "Little Orphant Annie." :
RILEY93
94
Radio star, player of Luigi. :
NAISH96
97
98
Ship's displacement units. :
TONS99
100
101
103
105
Division of the zodiac. :
DECAN106
Leader of a square dance. :
CALLER109
110
Where the Ucayali flows. :
PERU111
115
116
119
120
Prefix used in electricity. :
RHEO121
125
126
Language of Unalaska. :
ALEUT127
French girl's name. :
RENEE128
Flier of Babylonian myth. :
ETANA129
130
Hero of Put-in-Bay. :
PERRY131
132
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Do additional planting. :
RESEED13
States positively. :
AVERS14
Leningrad's river. :
NEVA15
Printer's direction. :
STET16
17
18
19
20
26
"___ not to reason why ... " :
THEIRS27
28
Irv of the Yankees. :
NOREN35
37
39
40
The Mustangs' school. :
SMU41
King Phumiphon's country. :
SIAM42
Innuit's residence. :
IGLU43
44
Descriptive of the rights stated in the Declaration. :
INALIENABLE45
46
48
49
50
51
52
Creator of Lady Teazle. :
PINERO54
College of "The Praying Colonels." :
CENTRE56
Grassland in Transvaal. :
VELDT58
Capital of Okinawa. :
NAHA59
Romulus and Remus. :
TWINS60
Albanian fortress island. :
SASENO63
66
68
69
Clarissa and Anthony. :
EDENS71
Penance whip of the Mohammedans. :
DIRRAH72
74
75
76
80
82
Held for a twelvemonth. :
YEARED84
87
88
90
Theda of the silents. :
BARA92
Husband of a countess. :
EARL95
96
98
Where Innsbruck is. :
TIROL100
102
Dever's opponent for Governor. :
HERTER103
Former Ambassador to Spain. :
ARMOUR104
105
106
107
Lopez's second baseman. :
AVILA108
109
110
112
113
Sicilian erupter. :
AETNA114
117
118
119
122
123
Divisions of time: Abbr. :
HRS124
Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 20 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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