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Alberta N. Burton
Alberta N. Burton

Global Gleanings

New York Times, Sunday, October 15, 1950

140-Across : Court aristocrat of old Russia.

Author:
Alberta N. Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.41, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 644 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 169, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 37.3
Alberta N. Burton has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 483
Across
1
"Country of Morning Repose." : KOREA
6
Chain. : CATENA
12
Native of Zagreb. : CROAT
17
Exclamation of distaste. : TCHU
21
Ago: Archaic. : AGONE
22
Mite. : ACARID
23
Philippine guerrilla. : HUKBALAHAP
25
It flows into the Gulf of Guinea. : NIGER
26
Disunion. : SCHISM
27
Shaped like a ram's head. : ARIETINOUS
28
Salutation. : AVE
29
Brutes found by Gulliver. : YAHOOS
31
Middle East republic. : ISRAEL
33
Walking device. : STILT
34
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" composer. : KERN
36
Sovereign. : SIRE
37
Shadows. : TRAILS
38
Yard. : AREA
39
Various. : ASSORTED
41
Made by cartographers. : CHARTS
42
Portion: Abbr. : SHR
45
Slip. : ERR
46
Rude person. : BOOR
47
Prominent Democrat. : FARLEY
48
Ought to. : SHOULDST
50
King of Iraq. : FEISAL
53
Threadlike. : FILOSE
54
Molded masses of food. : LOAVES
55
Eel-shaped amphibian. : OLM
56
Daytime opera. : MATINEE
58
Military group. : CADRE
59
Depression. : DENT
63
Moslem title. : REIS
65
Modified. : TONED
66
Radio advertisers. : SPONSORS
69
Conjunction. : NOR
70
Theme. : MOTIF
72
Where Cambodia is. : INDOCHINA
74
Poisonous ptomaine. : NEURINE
76
Female wild ass. : ONAGRA
78
Distrains: Hist. : NAAMS
79
Doze. : DROWSE
80
Petrarch's specialty. : SONNETS
82
Strategic Malay island. : SINGAPORE
86
Turkish noble. : AMEER
87
Cunning. : ART
88
Encroach. : TRESPASS
90
Father of Centaurs, bound to endlessly revolving wheel. : IXION
92
Volcano. : ETNA
93
Condé ___. : NAST
95
Giant who loved Merope. : ORION
96
Harvard's newspaper. : CRIMSON
98
Bone: Comb. form. : OST
99
Rue. : REPENT
101
Frequent event at West Point. : PARADE
103
Robert ___, English founder of Sunday schools. : RAIKES
105
Greek ideal of noble womanhood. : ANTIGONE
108
Fieldworks. : REDANS
109
Turkish governors. : BEYS
110
Coach. : CAR
111
Girl's name. : OSA
112
Release. : RERENT
113
Practical. : FEASIBLE
117
Hastens. : HIES
119
Testify under oath. : DEPONE
120
Money in Peru. : SOLS
121
Promptly. : SOON
122
She plays the lyre. : ERATO
124
Animal of the Andes. : VICUNA
125
Short spars. : SPRITS
127
Millimeters. : MMS
128
Of the inductive method of reasoning. : SOCRATICAL
130
Growth. : UPCOME
132
Eye socket. : ORBIT
134
Ellipticity: Astronomy. : OBLATENESS
135
Pencil box equipment. : ERASER
136
Lasso. : RIATA
137
Siamese measure. : NIEW
138
Malory's "___ d'Arthur." : MORTE
139
Cowboys. : ROPERS
140
Court aristocrat of old Russia. : BOYAR
Down
1
Hawaiian native. : KANAKA
2
Pointed arches. : OGIVES
3
Jolly ___. : ROGERS
4
Suffix used in chemistry. : ENE
5
Ethereal: Poet. : AERY
6
Dismiss with ignominy. : CASHIER
7
Entente. : ACCORD
8
Washoe Indian word meaning lake. : TAHOE
9
Sister of Ares. : ERIS
10
Serbian capital. : NIS
11
Sherman and Joy. : ADMIRALS
12
"The greatest of these." : CHARITY
13
Country folk. : RURALS
14
The Joad family. : OKIES
15
Walter ___, actor. : ABEL
16
Make lace. : TAT
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Dutch aunt. : TANTA
18
Sang in chorus. : CHOIRED
19
Draggers. : HAULERS
20
Parvenu. : UPSTART
24
Lily: French. : LIS
30
Legendary Surrey town. : ASTOLAT
32
Hindu woman's garment: Var. : SAREE
35
Toffs. : NOBS
37
Pang. : THROE
40
Ramble. : ROAM
41
Scot. : CALEDONIAN
42
City in Pennsylvania. : SHARON
43
Wavered. : HOVERED
44
Feel sorrow. : RUE
47
Mulcted. : FINED
48
Covers with grass. : SODS
49
Pounds, shillings & pence. : LSD
50
Native of Taiwan. : FORMOSAN
51
First name of great actress. : ELEONORA
52
Counterfeits: Rare. : IMITANTS
53
President Paasikivi. : FINN
54
Mrs. Topping. : LANA
57
Thou: Fr. : TOI
58
Plotter. : CONSPIRANT
60
U. S. atomic weapons proving grounds. : ENIWETOK
61
Morgan's forte. : NONSENSE
62
Arboral West Indian rodents. : TREERATS
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Token. : SIGN
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Makes rough. : SHAGS
67
Arizona Indian. : PIMA
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Koran chapter. : SURA
71
Ornamental network. : FRET
73
Containers. : CANS
75
City on the Tiber. : ROME
77
She cuts the thread of life. : ATROPOS
81
Evening song. : SERENA
82
Detect. : SPOT
83
Chemical compounds. : OXIDS
84
Hoarfrost. : RIME
85
Aurora. : EOS
89
Without: Lat. : SINE
91
Compass direction. : NOREAST
94
Thrice: Prefix. : TRI
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Sleepy Hollow schoolmaster. : CRANE
97
Votes against. : NAYS
100
Self. : EGO
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The power in Buenos Aires. : PERON
102
Konrad ___. : ADENAUER
104
Goddess of the sacred cow. : ISIS
105
U. N. exhorter. : ACHESON
106
Capital of Kenya. : NAIROBI
107
Popular British food. : TREACLE
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Historic British warship. : REPULSE
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Calumniators. : BELIERS
112
State anew. : RECAST
113
Earlier. : FORMER
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Gateway to India. : BOMBAY
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Low hill. : LOMITA
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Decorate. : ENSTAR
118
Wind indicator. : STRAW
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Gambler. : DICER
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Think: Dial. : SPOSE
123
Cereal grass. : OAT
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Italy's beverage. : VINO
125
Gen. MacArthur. : SCAP
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Lusatian Slav. : SORB
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Evening sun god. : TEM
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Golf instructor. : PRO
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Brazil's capital. : RIO

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