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Harriot T. Cooke
Global Gleanings
New York Times, Sunday, December 29, 1946
123-Down : Where cattails grow.
Author:
Harriot Cooke
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.10, Missing: { K Q }, Scrabble score: 621 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 137, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 47, Grid flow: 16.1
Harriot Cooke is an alias for Harriot T. Cooke.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 82-Down clue had two "in"s; deleted one of them.
1 P | 2 O | 3 G | 4 R | 5 O | 6 M | | 7 F | 8 R | 9 E | 10 D | | 11 A | 12 E | 13 A | 14 S | | 15 S | 16 T | 17 U | 18 A | 19 R | 20 T |
21 E | N | L | A | C | E | | 22 L | A | G | U | 23 A | R | D | I | A | | 24 T | E | R | R | O | R |
25 R | I | A | T | A | S | | 26 A | R | G | E | N | T | I | N | A | | 27 O | R | N | A | T | E |
28 S | O | D | | 29 S | T | 30 A | G | E | | 31 D | U | E | L | | 32 R | 33 H | O | S | | 34 B | A | V |
35 I | N | E | 36 Z | | 37 E | R | S | | 38 T | A | B | L | E | 39 T | | 40 A | L | E | 41 M | I | T | E |
42 A | S | S | I | 43 Z | E | S | | 44 T | I | T | I | S | | 45 R | 46 I | G | | 47 S | I | C | E | S |
| | | 48 T | I | S | | 49 S | I | D | E | S | | 50 P | E | D | A | 51 N | T | S | | | |
52 R | 53 O | 54 M | A | N | | 55 L | I | M | E | S | | 56 P | L | E | I | N | E | | 57 T | 58 S | 59 A | 60 R |
61 O | P | A | | 62 C | 63 R | E | D | O | S | | 64 P | E | A | | 65 O | A | T | 66 S | | 67 T | I | A |
68 S | A | C | 69 O | | 70 A | M | O | N | | 71 C | O | R | I | 72 N | T | H | | 73 E | 74 M | I | R | S |
75 A | L | A | B | 76 A | M | A | N | | 77 S | A | L | U | T | E | S | | 78 G | R | I | L | S | E |
| | 79 R | O | B | I | N | | 80 D | E | M | I | S | E | D | | 81 B | U | E | L | L | | |
82 A | 83 T | T | L | E | E | | 84 D | E | N | O | T | E | D | | 85 C | L | A | R | E | N | 86 C | 87 E |
88 C | O | H | E | N | | 89 R | E | W | I | R | E | D | | 90 R | U | I | N | | 91 S | E | A | L |
92 E | M | U | | 93 D | 94 U | A | L | | 95 O | R | R | | 96 R | O | B | S | O | 97 N | | 98 S | T | A |
99 S | E | R | 100 B | | 101 S | I | E | 102 R | R | A | | 103 R | O | U | E | S | | 104 A | 105 R | S | O | N |
| | | 106 O | 107 R | E | S | T | E | S | | 108 T | O | O | T | S | | 109 A | S | E | | | |
110 T | 111 H | 112 R | O | E | | 113 E | E | N | | 114 F | I | U | M | E | | 115 T | E | H | E | 116 R | 117 A | 118 N |
119 H | O | O | S | I | 120 E | R | | 121 I | 122 S | L | A | M | S | | 123 M | A | R | | 124 L | E | T | O |
125 R | O | W | | 126 G | A | S | 127 P | | 128 P | E | R | A | | 129 J | A | L | A | 130 P | | 131 S | O | T |
132 A | V | E | 133 N | A | S | | 134 A | 135 L | E | X | A | N | 136 D | E | R | | 137 T | O | 138 L | I | M | A |
139 C | E | N | O | T | E | | 140 S | I | L | E | S | I | A | N | S | | 141 E | L | E | G | I | T |
142 E | R | A | S | E | S | | 143 S | E | T | S | | 144 A | Y | A | H | | 145 S | E | A | N | C | E |
© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 255
Across
1
7
Chief Justice Vinson. :
FRED11
Cords from candlenut fiber. :
AEAS15
U. S. Ambassador to China. :
STUART21
22
24
Nazi method of ruling. :
TERROR25
26
27
Elaborately decorated. :
ORNATE28
29
31
Cause of Alexander Hamilton's death. :
DUEL32
34
Where American Occupation Forces are: Abbr. :
BAV35
37
38
40
42
44
Blue-footed petrels, N. Z. :
TITIS45
47
48
49
50
Those who display learning. :
PEDANTS52
Type dating from 1470. :
ROMAN55
56
57
Nicholas II was the last. :
TSAR61
62
Confessions of faith. :
CREDOS64
65
67
68
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71
Grecian city once famous for its luxury. :
CORINTH73
Persian officials. :
EMIRS75
77
Recently modified by the Army. :
SALUTES78
79
A. A. Milne character. :
ROBIN80
81
Union General in the Civil War. :
BUELL82
Substitute delegate at Paris Conference. :
ATTLEE84
85
88
State Department Councillor at Peace Conference. :
COHEN89
90
91
___ Harbor, Maine. :
SEAL92
Bay on coast of Tasmania. :
EMU93
Chess problem with two solutions. :
DUAL95
Director General, UN Food Organization. :
ORR96
Peak in Canadian Rockies. :
ROBSON98
99
101
103
104
A phase of terrorism. :
ARSON106
108
109
Her son put her up on the roof. :
ASE110
113
114
Center of controversy, 1919. :
FIUME115
119
121
Orthodox Moslems: Obs. :
ISLAMS123
Lord: Jacobite title. :
MAR124
125
126
128
European section of Istanbul. :
PERA129
131
132
134
137
139
Underground reservoir: Sp. :
CENOTE140
141
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143
Fixes waves in the hair. :
SETS144
145
Down
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Area of great oil fields. :
PERSIA2
Oliver ___, English novelist. :
ONIONS3
Open spaces in a forest. :
GLADES4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Times when bills are payable. :
DUEDATES11
Russian workmen's organizations. :
ARTELS12
Official of ancient Rome. :
EDILE13
14
Great mining and industrial region. :
SAAR15
16
17
18
Language of Palestine Moslems. :
ARABIC19
20
23
30
33
Jewish underground in Palestine. :
HAGANAH36
Last Empress of Austria. :
ZITA38
39
Actor knighted by Edward VII. :
TREE41
43
Constituent of brass. :
ZINC44
46
49
Ancient name of Saida, Syria. :
SIDON50
51
52
53
54
55
Lake in Switzerland. :
LEMAN56
58
59
Assumed importance. :
AIRS60
63
Loose-woven fabric. :
RAMIE64
66
Drier and browner. :
SERER69
Medieval ½ denier of France. :
OBOLE71
72
74
He captured Geronimo, 1886. :
MILES76
77
78
Important export of Peru. :
GUANO80
81
82
Single points in tennis. :
ACES83
84
85
86
Marcus Porcius, the Censor. :
CATO87
89
90
94
96
National shortage. :
ROOMS97
Australian statesman. :
NASH100
102
103
Given Transylvania under new treaty. :
ROUMANIA105
107
Suburb of London in Surrey. :
REIGATE108
109
110
Territory claimed by Yugoslavia. :
THRACE111
112
Ward of Cedric the Saxon. :
ROWENA114
115
Clapping of hands to music: Hindu. :
TAL116
117
118
120
122
123
Where cattails grow. :
MARSH127
129
Great Napoleonic victory, 1806. :
JENA130
What General Bor is. :
POLE133
135
136
Supreme Court Justice, 1903–22. :
DAY138
U. S. soldier and writer (1876–1912). :
LEA
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 42 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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