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Harold T. Bers
Fact and Fancy
New York Times, Sunday, July 25, 1948
102-Across : "Anna ___," of Broadway.
Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 132, Blocks: 60, Avg Word Len: 5.77, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 538 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 156, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 52, Grid flow: 63.7
1 F | 2 I | 3 B | 4 B | 5 E | 6 R | | 7 L | 8 A | 9 P | 10 R | 11 A | 12 D | 13 E | | 14 A | 15 F | 16 F | 17 O | 18 R | 19 D |
20 A | R | R | I | V | E | | 21 O | B | R | E | G | O | N | | 22 R | O | O | M | E | R |
23 T | O | O | T | E | D | | 24 C | O | O | P | E | R | S | | 25 T | E | R | E | T | E |
26 I | N | N | E | R | S | | 27 A | R | M | I | S | T | I | 28 C | E | | 29 E | G | O | S |
30 M | I | T | | 31 S | K | 32 E | L | T | O | N | | 33 E | G | A | L | | 34 C | A | R | S |
35 A | C | E | 36 S | | 37 I | N | S | E | T | | 38 E | R | N | S | | 39 P | A | S | T | Y |
| | | 40 T | 41 I | N | G | | 42 D | E | 43 B | S | | 44 S | E | 45 L | L | S | | | |
46 F | 47 O | 48 R | E | N | S | I | 49 C | | 50 R | A | S | 51 P | | 52 S | E | E | T | 53 H | 54 E | 55 D |
56 A | R | E | A | S | | 57 N | A | 58 H | | 59 G | E | A | 60 R | | 61 V | A | L | I | S | E |
62 D | I | L | L | | 63 P | E | S | O | | 64 A | N | T | E | 65 C | E | D | E | N | T | S |
66 D | E | A | | 67 P | R | E | S | B | 68 Y | T | E | R | I | A | N | S | | 69 T | R | I |
70 I | N | C | 71 O | H | E | R | E | N | C | E | | 72 O | N | U | S | | 73 F | E | A | R |
74 S | T | E | R | E | S | | 75 L | O | L | L | | 76 L | E | T | | 77 G | A | R | D | E |
78 M | E | D | A | N | A | 79 S | | 80 B | E | L | 81 T | | 82 D | I | 83 S | E | U | S | E | S |
| | | 84 T | O | S | T | 85 I | | 86 P | E | A | 87 R | | 88 O | M | E | N | | | |
89 C | 90 A | 91 R | O | L | | 92 I | N | 93 S | T | | 94 B | E | 95 R | N | E | | 96 A | 97 B | 98 A | 99 S |
100 O | V | E | R | | 101 S | P | U | T | | 102 L | U | C | A | S | T | 103 A | | 104 U | T | E |
105 D | E | M | I | | 106 P | A | R | A | 107 B | O | L | I | C | | 108 A | R | 109 A | N | H | A |
110 G | R | A | C | 111 I | E | | 112 E | L | E | V | A | T | E | | 113 N | E | C | K | E | R |
114 E | S | T | A | T | E | | 115 R | I | V | E | T | E | R | | 116 A | T | T | U | N | E |
117 R | E | E | L | E | D | | 118 S | N | Y | D | E | R | S | | 119 S | E | A | M | E | D |
© 1948, The New York TimesNo. 337
Across
1
Resident of Wistful Vista. :
FIBBER7
14
20
21
Mexican General-President, assassinated 1928. :
OBREGON22
23
24
25
26
Not quite bull's-eyes. :
INNERS27
29
30
31
33
34
Michigan-made items. :
CARS35
Radio's "Easy ___." :
ACES37
Small diagram in big one. :
INSET38
39
40
42
Presidential candidate 1900–20. :
DEBS44
46
50
52
56
57
59
61
62
63
64
66
67
69
___-borough Bridge. :
TRI70
72
73
74
75
76
77
Betty ___, in original "Oklahoma." :
GARDE78
Town near Bahia Blanca, Argentina. :
MEDANAS80
Three stars in Orion. :
BELT82
84
Italian composer in England. :
TOSTI86
88
89
92
94
Capital city, its emblem the bear. :
BERNE96
100
101
Annular plate on a boiler. :
SPUT102
104
105
106
108
110
112
113
Minister of Louis XVI; father of Mme. de Stael. :
NECKER114
115
116
117
118
Secretary of Treasury and family. :
SNYDERS119
Down
1
Bluebeard's last wife. :
FATIMA2
Describing O. Henry stories. :
IRONIC3
Anne, Charlotte or Emily Jane. :
BRONTE4
5
Double-play middleman. :
EVERS6
The seven who bit the dust: Quincy Kilby. :
REDSKINS7
8
9
10
11
Rock of ___.—Toplady. :
AGES12
Dormitory in a monastery: Hist. :
DORTER13
14
Russian-type union. :
ARTEL15
16
Part of a vessel where the sailors live. :
FORECASTLE17
18
"The ___ Courteous."—As You Like It. :
RETORT19
28
32
36
Gain by chance, in games. :
STEAL38
Member of Hebrew sect. :
ESSENE39
41
43
45
46
Support of new-fangled ideas. :
FADDISM47
48
49
Prussian city on the Fulda. :
CASSEL51
53
54
55
" ... the huge army of the world's ___."—Love's Labors Lost. :
DESIRES58
60
63
65
67
68
71
73
Animals of a region. :
FAUNA77
79
Large genus of grasses. :
STIPA81
83
"Bartered Bride" composer and family. :
SMETANAS85
87
89
90
91
93
Capital of the Donets area. :
STALIN95
Participants in a Garrison finish. :
RACERS97
98
Goddess of wisdom: Fr. :
ATHENE99
101
102
103
107
109
111
Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 42 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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