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Thomas Meekin
From the Book Shelf
New York Times, Sunday, July 3, 1949
104-Across : A London bridge.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.52, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 617 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 170, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 24, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 49, Grid flow: 48.0
1 G | 2 R | 3 A | 4 D | 5 U | 6 A | 7 T | 8 E | | 9 T | 10 A | 11 B | 12 A | 13 S | 14 C | 15 O | | 16 P | 17 E | 18 L | 19 I | 20 A | 21 S |
22 R | E | T | U | R | N | E | D | | 23 E | L | E | C | T | O | R | | 24 A | M | A | N | D | A |
25 E | S | T | R | A | N | G | E | | 26 R | E | S | T | I | V | E | | 27 L | I | S | T | E | D |
28 E | C | U | | 29 L | A | U | N | 30 D | E | R | S | | 31 B | E | G | 32 G | A | R | | 33 E | L | F |
34 K | U | N | 35 G | | 36 S | L | I | E | S | T | | | | 37 R | O | R | Y | | 38 D | R | A | A |
39 S | E | E | R | 40 S | | 41 A | T | M | A | | 42 H | 43 E | 44 L | E | N | A | | 45 I | O | N | I | C |
| | | 46 A | U | 47 D | R | E | Y | | 48 F | A | R | E | D | | 49 P | 50 A | S | S | A | D | E |
51 C | 52 H | 53 A | N | C | E | | | | 54 L | I | N | E | N | | | 55 E | N | I | S | L | E | D |
56 H | A | U | G | H | T | 57 Y | | 58 S | I | N | D | B | A | 59 D | | 60 S | I | D | E | | | |
61 E | L | S | E | | 62 R | E | 63 S | T | E | D | | 64 I | P | I | 65 L | | 66 M | O | R | 67 S | 68 A | 69 L |
70 A | F | T | | | 71 O | A | T | E | S | | 72 M | A | E | N | A | 73 D | | 74 R | E | A | D | E |
75 T | W | E | 76 E | | 77 P | R | U | E | | 78 P | A | N | | 79 E | Y | R | 80 E | | 81 T | R | I | G |
82 E | A | R | L | 83 S | | 84 A | S | P | 85 A | R | N | | 86 G | R | E | E | N | | | 87 A | P | A |
88 D | Y | E | I | N | 89 G | | 90 S | L | U | E | | 91 A | R | O | R | A | S | | 92 S | C | O | T |
| | | 93 G | A | R | 94 B | | 95 E | S | S | 96 E | D | E | S | | 97 M | A | 98 L | T | E | S | E |
99 P | 100 R | 101 A | I | R | I | E | | | 102 T | A | N | E | Y | | | | 103 T | E | R | N | E | S |
104 L | A | M | B | E | T | H | | 105 R | E | G | I | N | | 106 P | 107 A | 108 K | E | H | A | | | |
109 O | B | O | L | S | | 110 E | 111 V | E | N | E | D | | 112 M | I | N | E | | 113 R | I | 114 S | 115 E | 116 R |
117 W | E | R | E | | 118 B | A | I | T | | | | 119 H | A | T | T | E | 120 R | | 121 T | A | L | E |
122 A | L | I | | 123 A | L | D | E | R | 124 S | | 125 C | A | S | T | A | N | E | 126 T | | 127 L | A | C |
128 B | A | T | 129 A | T | A | | 130 N | E | A | 131 R | E | S | T | | 132 R | E | N | O | 133 V | A | T | E |
134 L | I | E | G | E | S | | 135 N | A | N | E | T | T | E | | 136 E | S | T | R | A | D | E | S |
137 E | S | S | E | N | E | | 138 A | T | E | L | I | E | R | | 139 S | T | E | N | T | O | R | S |
© 1949, The New York TimesNo. 386
Across
1
None do this from Dotheboys Hall. :
GRADUATE9
16
22
23
24
Woman in Wells' "The Research Magnificent." :
AMANDA25
26
Hurry Harry's nature in "The Deerslayer." :
RESTIVE27
28
29
Besides modeling, Trilby does this. :
LAUNDERS31
Status of Du Bose Heyward's Porgy. :
BEGGAR33
34
Chinese statesman (1833–98). :
KUNG36
37
38
Tripolitan pik, 26.77 in. :
DRAA39
41
42
Bertram's bride in "All's Well." :
HELENA45
The language of Homer. :
IONIC46
In love with Touchstone. :
AUDREY48
49
51
Tinker to Evers to ___. :
CHANCE54
55
56
Jiggs' Maggie's demeanor. :
HAUGHTY58
60
"This ___ of Paradise."—Fitzgerald. :
SIDE61
"Fraulein ___."—Schnitzler. :
ELSE62
What Bunyan's Pilgrim did in the Chamber of Peace. :
RESTED64
66
Designating the cutting edge of a tooth. :
MORSAL70
Ahab's place on the Pequod. :
AFT71
Contriver of the sham "Popish Plot." :
OATES72
74
Author of "Peg Woffington." :
READE75
77
78
79
Charlotte Brontë's Jane. :
EYRE81
82
There are three in Shakespeare's "King John." :
EARLS84
Austrian battleground, 1809. :
ASPARN86
"___ Mansions."—Hudson. :
GREEN87
88
90
91
92
93
95
97
Form of the Victoria Cross. :
MALTESE99
Last home of Natty Bumppo. :
PRAIRIE102
U. S. Chief Justice, 1836–64. :
TANEY103
104
105
Dwarf in the Volsunga Saga. :
REGIN106
109
110
112
113
117
"When We ___ Very Young."—Milne. :
WERE118
Cast by Izaak Walton. :
BAIT119
121
Dean Swift's "___ of a Tub." :
TALE122
123
125
127
128
130
132
134
135
136
137
John the Baptist probably was one. :
ESSENE138
139
Down
1
Devisers of the Trojan Horse. :
GREEKS2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
"Sister ___."—George Moore. :
TERESA10
11
12
What Magnolia learned to do in "Show Boat." :
ACT13
14
15
"The ___ Trail."—Parkman. :
OREGON16
17
18
19
20
Mother of Zola's "Rougon Family." :
ADELAIDE21
30
32
35
"Rudder ___."—F. R. Stockton. :
GRANGE38
Capital in Byzantine architecture. :
DOSSERET40
George Eliot's Theophrastus ___. :
SUCH42
What Captain Hook lacks. :
HAND43
44
45
47
48
50
51
52
"___ House."—Maurice Hewlett. :
HALFWAY53
Describes England's program. :
AUSTERE54
57
58
A place in Dickens' "The Chimes." :
STEEPLE59
63
65
67
68
69
72
73
Alice's Wonderland. :
DREAM76
78
What witches do in "Macbeth." :
PRESAGE80
83
85
She wrote "Pride and Prejudice." :
AUSTEN86
Anne Brontë's "Agnes ___." :
GREY89
Quality of Alger heroes. :
GRIT91
Port visited by Marco Polo. :
ADEN92
"___ Is the Gate."—André Gide. :
STRAIT94
96
98
99
100
101
105
Closing theme of "Anabasis." :
RETREAT106
The Great Commoner. :
PITT107
108
111
Scene of "Measure for Measure." :
VIENNA112
"The ___ of Ballantrae." :
MASTER114
115
116
118
Describes Dortal in Huysman's "En Route." :
BLASE119
In which Miss Lulu Bett married. :
HASTE120
123
124
125
126
129
"The ___ of Innocence."—Wharton. :
AGE131
133
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 42 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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