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Harriot T. Cooke
With Clews from the News
New York Times, Sunday, January 28, 1945
21-Down : Keats.
Author:
Harriot Cooke
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 156, Blocks: 81, Avg Word Len: 5.74, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 611 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 182, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 84, Grid flow: 22.6
Harriot Cooke is an alias for Harriot T. Cooke.
David Steinberg notes:
In 14-Down clue, added accent over first "e" in "Liège."
1 T | 2 A | 3 R | 4 A | 5 W | 6 A | | | 7 S | 8 T | 9 A | 10 A | 11 T | 12 E | 13 N | | | 14 S | 15 L | 16 I | 17 P | 18 O | 19 N |
20 H | E | A | V | E | N | | 21 A | N | A | L | G | E | S | I | 22 A | | 23 P | A | N | A | M | A |
24 I | N | T | E | R | N | | 25 D | U | M | B | A | R | T | O | N | | 26 A | N | T | L | E | R |
27 S | E | I | N | E | | 28 J | O | P | P | A | | 29 R | I | T | E | 30 S | | 31 G | A | L | L | I |
32 B | I | N | G | | 33 T | I | N | P | A | N | | 34 A | M | A | T | I | 35 S | | 36 K | E | E | N |
37 E | D | G | E | | 38 A | L | A | E | | 39 S | 40 O | F | A | | 41 A | M | U | 42 S | E | T | T | E |
| | | 43 S | 44 A | N | T | I | R | | | 45 R | I | T | 46 A | | 47 P | S | I | S | | | |
48 A | 49 R | 50 P | | 51 I | N | E | S | | 52 S | 53 A | C | R | E | C | 54 O | E | U | R | | 55 E | 56 R | 57 A |
58 L | E | A | 59 N | D | E | R | | 60 R | O | E | H | M | | 61 T | U | R | R | E | 62 T | G | U | N |
63 V | I | S | I | E | R | | 64 B | O | R | G | I | A | | | 65 T | I | R | E | S | O | M | E |
66 A | N | T | A | R | | 67 C | A | R | V | E | D | | | 68 A | I | N | U | | 69 A | M | A | T |
| 70 D | O | G | | 71 M | O | R | T | A | R | | 72 S | 73 W | I | N | G | S | | 74 R | A | N | |
75 A | U | R | A | | 76 A | N | D | Y | | | 77 S | O | O | N | G | S | | 78 M | I | N | I | 79 E |
80 C | L | A | R | 81 I | S | S | A | | | 82 B | A | S | T | E | S | | 83 M | E | S | I | A | D |
84 E | G | L | A | N | T | I | N | 85 E | | 86 I | N | I | A | S | | 87 C | O | M | M | A | N | D |
88 S | E | E | | 89 P | E | D | E | S | 90 T | R | I | A | N | | 91 M | U | L | E | | 92 C | S | A |
| | | 93 C | U | R | E | | 94 S | E | T | T | | | 95 M | O | B | I | L | 96 E | | | |
97 B | 98 E | 99 R | A | T | E | R | 100 S | | 101 R | H | Y | 102 S | | 103 A | R | A | N | | 104 C | 105 U | 106 P | 107 S |
108 R | U | E | S | | 109 R | E | L | 110 A | M | S | | 111 T | 112 O | L | A | N | E | | 113 U | L | I | O |
114 E | R | A | S | 115 E | | 116 D | E | M | I | T | | 117 A | R | I | L | S | | 118 P | A | T | N | A |
119 M | O | T | I | L | 120 E | | 121 M | O | N | O | 122 P | L | A | N | E | | 123 S | O | D | I | U | M |
124 E | P | A | U | L | E | | 125 P | R | U | N | E | L | L | E | S | | 126 T | R | O | M | P | E |
127 N | E | S | S | E | S | | | 128 T | S | E | T | S | E | S | | | 129 M | O | R | A | S | S |
© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 155
Across
1
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___ Generaal, Dutch Parliament. :
STAATEN14
20
21
23
President de la Guardia's country. :
PANAMA24
25
Main part of name of recent conference. :
DUMBARTON26
___ Peak, Yellowstone Park. :
ANTLER27
28
Anc. name of seaport near Jerusalem. :
JOPPA29
Marriage services. :
RITES31
32
Famous horse lover. :
BING33
34
Instruments of certain make. :
AMATIS36
Tracer of lost persons. :
KEEN37
Governor of New Jersey. :
EDGE38
39
Seat of honor in Germany. :
SOFA41
Light field-gun, now obsolete. :
AMUSETTE43
45
47
48
Britain's warden service: Abbr. :
ARP51
Spanish girl's name. :
INES52
55
58
60
Victim of Hitler purge, 1934. :
ROEHM61
63
Turkish officer: Var. :
VISIER64
Fifteenth century Italian Cardinal. :
BORGIA65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
74
75
Gentle wind: Gr. Myth. :
AURA76
77
78
Rifle bullet of Civil War. :
MINIE80
82
83
Toward the middle plane: Zool. :
MESIAD84
86
87
88
89
91
92
The Southern Confederacy: Abbr. :
CSA93
94
Stone paving block. :
SETT95
Busy Southern war center. :
MOBILE97
101
British editor and author. :
RHYS103
Islands in Galway Bay. :
ARAN104
108
109
111
113
U. S. Adjutant General. :
ULIO114
116
117
118
City on the Ganges. :
PATNA119
121
123
Element lighter than water. :
SODIUM124
Shoulder of a bastion. :
EPAULE125
126
127
128
129
Down
1
Legendary maiden of Babylon. :
THISBE2
Tale of Anchises' son. :
AENEID3
4
5
6
Mother ___, founder of Shakers in U. S., 1774. :
ANN7
8
Florida gulf port. :
TAMPA9
10
11
12
13
14
Town S. E. of Liège. :
SPA15
Former Archbishop of Canterbury. :
LANG16
17
18
19
21
22
Dutch news agency. :
ANETA28
30
33
Hero of Man and Superman. :
TANNER35
40
D. A. R.'s favorite decoration. :
ORCHID42
Intensive form of address. :
SIREE44
46
48
Edison's middle name. :
ALVA49
50
52
53
Sick excuse in English universities. :
AEGER54
55
56
57
59
Link between Lakes Erie and Ontario. :
NIAGARA60
62
64
67
68
71
72
Mercury's disguise in Plautus' Amphitruo. :
SOSIA73
75
Bong, Gentile, Foss. :
ACES77
78
Port of Lithuania. :
MEMEL79
81
Power put into a machine. :
INPUT82
83
85
87
President Grau's countrymen. :
CUBANS90
91
de ___, Spanish painter called The Divine. :
MORALES93
"He thinks too much; such men are dangerous." :
CASSIUS95
96
97
98
99
100
Coolidge's private secretary. :
SLEMP102
105
106
107
Galsworthy character. :
SOAMES110
112
115
118
Soft stone: Comb. form. :
PORO120
Annie Laurie's eyes. :
EES122
123
Master of Theology: Lat. abbr. :
STM
Answer summary:
18 unique to this puzzle, 66 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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