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William F. Bulow
William F. Bulow

New York Times, Thursday, January 22, 1953

52-Down : Clothing: Span.

Author:
William F. Bulow
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 14.4
William F. Bulow has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,313
Across
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This lies between Great Britain and Europe. : NORTHSEA
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This lies east of 1 Across. : BALTIC
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The ___ League. : AMERICAN
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Where port wine originated. : OPORTO
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Create, as electricity. : GENERATE
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Bewitches: Colloq. : MAGICS
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All seats sold out. : SRO
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A great number: Colloq. : SLEW
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Auspicious. : BRIGHT
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Litigant. : SUER
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Small coins. : BITS
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He was elected over Seymour and Greeley. : GRANT
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Sailor's story. : YARN
29
Relative of the albacore. : TUNA
33
About 21 cents in India. : RUPEE
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___ Alley, North Korea. : MIG
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River that flows through Munich. : ISAR
36
"Questa o Quella," for instance. : ARIA
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Catches. : SNAGS
39
Commander in chief; Abbr. : CINC
40
Patton, Stalin or Tiger. : TANK
41
Not at home: Scot. : OOT
42
From then till now. : SINCE
43
Water plant. : ALGA
44
Jean ___, actress. : MUIR
46
Conducted. : WAGED
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Consequently. : THEN
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Welsh man's name. : EWAN
51
Kitchen utensil. : GRATER
54
Relative of a tap dance. : CLOG
55
The power of final decision. : SAY
58
Senators Gillette and Hickenlooper. : IOWANS
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Sends by plane. : AIRMAILS
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What the mint makes. : SPECIE
62
Come to rest again. : RESETTLE
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"A tisket, a ___." : TASKET
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West German leader. : ADENAUER
Down
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Scolding women. : NAGS
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Hebrew measure, a tenth of a bushel. : OMER
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Gamblers' heaven, Nevada. : RENO
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Italian three. : TRE
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Hairy. : HIRSUTE
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Major diatonic, for instance. : SCALE
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Kin of a diner. : EATERY
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From the beginning. : ANEW
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Missions for a stratojet. : BOMBINGS
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To pieces. : APART
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Expert in military transport and supply. : LOGISTICIAN
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Spruce. : TRIG
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Palm ailment of a miser. : ITCH
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Business category. : COST
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Surprise assault. : SNEAKATTACK
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Kind of ship the Bounty was. : BRIG
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Persona non ___. : GRATA
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Beyond the suburban. : RURAL
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Imitating. : APING
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Relative of a Strad. : AMATI
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Applying to a purpose. : USING
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Garner's middle name. : NANCE
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Made a fiery glow between electric poles. : ARCED
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Maugham's middle name. : SOMERSET
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Part of a sentence. : NOUN
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Australian travelers with shoulder packs. : SWAGMEN
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Depended. : RELIED
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Oslo-born performer. : HENIE
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Comparatively bad. : WORSE
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Main point of a question. : GIST
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Clothing: Span. : ROPA
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Inspires with reverence. : AWES
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Dear: Italian. : CARA
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In ___ (in its original place): Lat. : SITU
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Chaucer spelling of "the whole of." : ALLE
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Dixmude's river. : YSER
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"One ___ time." : ATA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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