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Harriot T. Cooke
WITH CLEWS FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, January 28, 1945
55-Down : Hitler is one.
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: 26.7
Harriot Cooke is an alias for Harriot T. Cooke.
David Steinberg notes:
In 14-Down clue, added accent over first "e" in "Liège."
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© 1945, The New York Times No. 155
Across
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___ Generaal, Dutch Parliament. :
STAATEN 14
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President de la Guardia's country. :
PANAMA 24
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Main part of name of recent conference. :
DUMBARTON 26
___ Peak, Yellowstone Park. :
ANTLER 27
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Anc. name of seaport near Jerusalem. :
JOPPA 29
Marriage services. :
RITES 31
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Famous horse lover. :
BING 33
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Instruments of certain make. :
AMATIS 36
Tracer of lost persons. :
KEEN 37
Governor of New Jersey. :
EDGE 38
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Seat of honor in Germany. :
SOFA 41
Light field-gun, now obsolete. :
AMUSETTE 43
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Britain's warden service: Abbr. :
ARP 51
Spanish girl's name. :
INES 52
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Victim of Hitler purge, 1934. :
ROEHM 61
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Turkish officer: Var. :
VISIER 64
Fifteenth century Italian Cardinal. :
BORGIA 65
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Gentle wind: Gr. Myth. :
AURA 76
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Rifle bullet of Civil War. :
MINIE 80
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Toward the middle plane: Zool. :
MESIAD 84
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The Southern Confederacy: Abbr. :
CSA 93
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Stone paving block. :
SETT 95
Busy Southern war center. :
MOBILE 97
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British editor and author. :
RHYS 103
Islands in Galway Bay. :
ARAN 104
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U. S. Adjutant General. :
ULIO 114
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City on the Ganges. :
PATNA 119
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Element lighter than water. :
SODIUM 124
Shoulder of a bastion. :
EPAULE 125
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Legendary maiden of Babylon. :
THISBE 2
Tale of Anchises' son. :
AENEID 3
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Mother ___, founder of Shakers in U. S., 1774. :
ANN 7
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Florida gulf port. :
TAMPA 9
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Town S. E. of Liège. :
SPA 15
Former Archbishop of Canterbury. :
LANG 16
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Dutch news agency. :
ANETA 28
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Hero of Man and Superman. :
TANNER 35
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D. A. R.'s favorite decoration. :
ORCHID 42
Intensive form of address. :
SIREE 44
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Edison's middle name. :
ALVA 49
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Sick excuse in English universities. :
AEGER 54
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Link between Lakes Erie and Ontario. :
NIAGARA 60
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Mercury's disguise in Plautus' Amphitruo. :
SOSIA 73
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Bong, Gentile, Foss. :
ACES 77
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Port of Lithuania. :
MEMEL 79
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Power put into a machine. :
INPUT 82
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President Grau's countrymen. :
CUBANS 90
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de ___, Spanish painter called The Divine. :
MORALES 93
"He thinks too much; such men are dangerous." :
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Coolidge's private secretary. :
SLEMP 102
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Galsworthy character. :
SOAMES 110
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Soft stone: Comb. form. :
PORO 120
Annie Laurie's eyes. :
EES 122
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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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