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Louis Jenkins
Louis Jenkins

HALL OF FAME

New York Times, Sunday, May 11, 1947

127-Across : Detached things.

Author:
Louis Jenkins
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 144, Blocks: 67, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 551 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 126, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 36, Grid flow: 34.2
Louis Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 274
Across
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Notable orator (1799-1859). : CHOATE
7
Painter of six Presidents (1755-1828). : STUART
13
America's Troubador (1826-64). : FOSTER
19
Leader of famous "march to the sea," 1864. : SHERMAN
20
Author of famous statement, Dec. 2, 1823. : MONROE
21
Issue. : EMERGE
22
Discoverer of the St. Lawrence, 1534. : CARTIER
23
Circumstances of life. : ESTATE
24
Poet-flutist (1842-81). : LANIER
25
Purl. : RIB
26
Highest note. : ELA
27
Sour-tempered. : ACID
28
Owner of Mjollnir. : THOR
30
Before. : ERE
31
Egyptian alloy. : ASEM
33
Resembling fern cells. : SPORAL
35
Shabby. : MEAN
36
East of the Urals. : ASIA
37
Insecurity. : PERIL
39
Soon after. : THEN
40
Cauterize. : BURN
41
Set of eight. : OCTAD
42
Wandering animal. : ESTRAY
44
Repugnant. : ODIOUS
46
Nursery rhyme animals. : KITTENS
48
Our first V. P. : ADAMS
50
Creator of GOP elephant. : NAST
51
Center of British movie industry. : SOHO
52
Children. : PROGENY
55
Occupation of high school student. : SITTER
57
What "Parsifal" is noted for. : LENGTH
61
Sewing machine inventor (1819-67). : HOWE
62
Famous jurist (1763-1847). : KENT
64
Less excited. : SERENER
66
Fish dish. : ROE
67
Describing Falstaff. : OBESE
69
Famous bacteriologist (1851-1902). : REED
71
Painter Guido. : RENI
72
Famous dancer. : SHAWN
74
Storage place. : BIN
75
Acts vigorously. : BESTIRS
78
Hasty. : RASH
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Great expert: Slang. : ONER
81
City in Alabama. : ENSLEY
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Steals. : SNEAKS
85
Pious. : SAINTLY
87
Son of Zeus. : ARES
89
Famous educator (1796-1859). : MANN
90
Legion: Hist. : TERZO
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Denial. : REPULSE
94
Whirlpools. : EDDIES
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Birthplace of St. Paul. : TARSUS
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Shun. : EVADE
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Steeps. : RETS
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Famous botanist (1810-88). : GRAY
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Smiling. : RIANT
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French poetry. : VERS
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Discoverer of Good Hope, 1488. : DIAZ
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His fare was an obol. : CHARON
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High: Comb. form. : ALTI
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Of the same kind. : ILK
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Winner in 1908. : TAFT
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Drinkers. : SOTS
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Col. Boyce's outfit. : WAC
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252 wine gal. : TUN
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Chilean river. : LIMARI
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Make easy. : ENABLE
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Delightful summer pastime. : LOAFING
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Relatives on mother's side. : ENATES
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Unsound horse. : ROARER
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Domains. : EMPIRES
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Lucidity. : SANITY
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Detached things. : STRAYS
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Ate carefully. : DIETED
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Vehicles. : CHAISES
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Cellist-composer (1859-1924). : HERBERT
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Refuse. : ORT
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Sweetheart: Fr. : AMIE
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Weights of Eastern Asia. : TAELS
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Thrown into ecstasy. : ENRAPT
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Defamed. : SMEARED
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Music master. : TOSCANINI
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Up to the time of. : UNTIL
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City on the Mures. : ARAD
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Twaddle: Slang. : ROT
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Jiggle. : TEETER
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Malignant. : FELON
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Poet of Nishapur. : OMAR
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½c in Kobe. : SEN
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Disputed port. : TRIESTE
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Pertaining to the clearwing moths. : EGERIAN
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Cons again. : REREADS
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Predicament. : SCRAPE
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Name of Lincoln's maternal grandparents. : HANKS
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Illusions. : MIRAGES
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Exclamations. : OHOS
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Assemblers. : MUSTERERS
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___ Bell, Anne Brontë's pseudonym. : ACTON
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Put freight in. : LADE
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Something huge: Slang. : BUSTER
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Additional people. : OTHERS
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Sudden twitch. : YANK
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Fodder. : OATS
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She refused to marry Hercules. : IOLE
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Fort ___, Florida. : MYERS
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One who fears. : PHOBE
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Herald of spring. : ROBIN
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Noted runner. : OWENS
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Inventor of "man-made lightning." : STEINMETZ
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Rockfish. : RENA
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He wrote "Personal Memoirs," 1885. : GRANT
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Symbol of defeat. : TOWEL
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Famous physicist (1797-1878). : HENRY
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Snares. : NETS
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Water sprite: Var. : NISSE
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Noted sculptor. : EBERLE
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Fears. : DREADS
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Dryden heroine. : HONORIA
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Views. : EYES
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Abrasive. : SAND
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Late horse-opera actor. : HART
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Praises. : LAUDS
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He marries "Emma." : KNIGHTLEY
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Yellow star. : IZAR
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Part of a type face. : SERIF
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Autocrat. : TSAR
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Uses contemptuous language. : REVILES
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She marries Lord Orville. : EVELINA
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Famous historian (1823-93). : PARKMAN
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Pencil ends. : ERASERS
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Cross formed by bend dexter and bend sinister. : SALTIRE
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Disarranged. : UNTUNED
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Goads. : STINGS
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Gourmands. : EATERS
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Cried. : YOWLED
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Famous bicyclist. : DAISY
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Rikki-tikki-tavi's quarry. : COBRA
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Ruth's mother-in-law. : NAOMI
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Allowance for waste. : TRET
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French river. : SAAR
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Of South Africa. : CAPE
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Panay native. : ATI
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Back: Comb. form. : NOT
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Appropriate. : FIT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 31 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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