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P. Joseph Lamanna
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
New York Times, Sunday, May 25, 1947
99-Across : Celebrate in lyric poetry.
Author:
P. J. Lamanna
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176 , Blocks: 83 , Avg Word Len: 5.07 , Missing: { J Q X } , Scrabble score: 666 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 122 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 10 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 49 , Grid flow: 35.6
P. J. Lamanna is an alias for P. Joseph Lamanna.
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© 1947, The New York Times No. 276
Across
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English actor now in U. S. :
NIVEN 6
Grand narratives. :
SAGAS 11
"Drowsiness shall clothe a man with ___." :
RAGS 15
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Cerebral regions. :
AREAE 22
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Body of Kaffir warriors. :
IMPI 24
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New (and probably last) Viceroy of India. :
MOUNTBATTEN 29
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One of family of perennial herbs. :
IRID 34
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Pres. Truman's favorite form of exercise. :
WALKING 44
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Containing an animal fat. :
SUETY 47
Rudy Vallee's famous theme. :
STEIN 50
Ship with a certain cargo. :
OILER 52
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He's an expert in logomachy. :
MOLOTOV 68
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Knot in tree trunk. :
KNUR 79
Shrub with purple capsules. :
WAHOO 81
"The Pobble who has no ___."—Edward Lear. :
TOES 83
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Homicidally rampant. :
AMOK 86
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Brilliant cartoonist. :
LOW 93
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Celebrate in lyric poetry. :
ELEGIZE 101
New King of Greece. :
PAUL 102
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When to buy U. S. Savings Bonds. :
NOW 104
Shawl worn as outer garment. :
SERAPE 105
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Machines that smooth cloth. :
MANGLES 112
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Sloping roadways. :
RAMPS 118
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Hairpin in ancient Rome. :
ACUS 124
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Symbol of Ireland. :
HARP 132
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Draws out, as wool fibers. :
SLUBS 137
World Citizen No. 1. :
LIE 138
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Average American worker, for a week or so this summer. :
VACATIONIST 144
Creator of The Olive Tree: Greek myth. :
ATHENA 145
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Support with a wall: Mil. :
REVET 148
___ jar, electrical condenser. :
LEYDEN 149
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Anoints with plant product. :
NARDS 151
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VELDT 4
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Opponents of standpatters. :
NEOS 6
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Usurping duke, in "The Tempest." :
ANTONIO 8
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Be under the weather. :
AIL 10
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Toward the mouth: Zool. :
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Exhibiting spontaneous movement: Biol. :
MOTILE 19
Small hole for decoration. :
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Oliver's nickname. :
NOLL 28
Designating main railroad line. :
TRUNK 32
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Quarrelsome: Colloq. :
UGLY 39
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Popular circus performers. :
SEALS 47
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Red-haired Norse god. :
THOR 49
Part of a castle in Scotland is permanently reserved for him. :
EISENHOWER 51
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A sort of ridicule. :
IRONY 55
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Insect with stout body, wide head. :
CICADA 75
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Where Llandaff is. :
WALES 80
Its rootstock produces lather. :
AMOLE 82
Algonquian shell beads, used as money. :
SEWAN 84
One way to end a filibuster. :
CLOSURE 86
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Condition: Suffix. :
NESS 91
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Good neighbor's meat stew. :
OLLA 97
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Large umbrellas, named after Dickens character. :
GAMPS 101
El ___ del Norte, gorge of the Rio Grande. :
PASO 102
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Betty MacDonald's bête noire. :
HENS 107
Products of the duck-billed platypus. :
EGGS 109
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Pasture grass of western U. S. :
GRAMA 113
Author of "Jean-Christophe." :
ROLLAND 115
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Supreme Court justice, since 1940. :
MURPHY 119
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About 500,000 sq. mi. in Asia. :
GOBI 124
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Bathing beauty artist. :
PETTY 133
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Williams of the Red Sox. :
TED 140
Fresh-water food fish of Europe. :
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Answer summary:5 unique to this puzzle , 44 debuted here and reused later , 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 5 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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