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Harriot T. Cooke
Harriot T. Cooke

People and Places

New York Times, Sunday, December 30, 1945

15-Down : Poseidon's element.

Author:
Harriot Cooke
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 83, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 601 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 160, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 60, Grid flow: 27.3
Harriot T. Cooke has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Harriot Cooke is an alias for Harriot T. Cooke.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 109-Across clue had "Coresponding"; changed to "Corresponding."

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© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 203
Across
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Leader of Rumanian Peasant Party. : MANIU
6
Channel between Philippines and Formosa. : BASHI
11
Gulf north of Gallipoli. : SAROS
16
Spanish sailing vessel. : ZABRA
21
Fruit of a tree. : ACORN
22
Of a Great Lake. : ERIAN
23
10-point type. : ELITE
24
Physician who believed life ends at sixty. : OSLER
25
___ metal. : SCRAP
26
Great peninsula. : SCANDINAVIA
28
Lasso. : RIATA
29
Opening battle of Civil War. : SUMTER
31
Furnishes with explanatory items. : ANNOTATES
32
Galsworthy character. : SOAMES
33
Meadow: Shetland Islands. : SAETER
35
June bug. : ELATER
36
B-29s. : PLANES
37
Polish river, tributary of Vistula. : SAN
38
"I'm a ramblin' wreck from Georgia ___." : TECH
40
Secures. : GETS
41
Assam tribesmen. : GAROS
43
Musical direction. : STA
45
"__ tu, Brute." : ET
46
Russian. : RED
47
Capital of Guam. : AGANA
49
Canvas bag. : MUSETTE
51
Ireland: Abbr. : IR
52
Frosted. : RIMED
54
He said: "Let us have peace." 1868. : GRANT
55
Dips bread in coffee. : DUNKS
56
Instruct. : EDIFY
58
Inflationary rise in prices. : BOOM
59
Gain a living. : EARN
60
French city near Spanish border. : TARBES
61
Networks: Anat. : RETIA
62
Introducing new methods. : INNOVATING
65
Enthusiasm. : ARDOR
66
Eyes: Scot. : EEN
67
Quenches. : ASSUAGES
68
Large species of protozoans: Zool. : ADELEAS
70
Lawns. : SWARDS
73
Norwegian name. : NILS
74
Husband of Fatima. : ALI
75
Dexterity. : ART
76
Look over. : SCAN
77
Act as a manservant. : BUTTLE
80
City W of Fort Worth. : ABILENE
82
Causing quaking. : SHUDDERY
86
Table talk of a famous person. : ANA
87
Supply of horses to relieve others. : RELAY
88
Goes back on a promise. : REPUDIATES
90
Color. : LILAC
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Cylindrical. : TERETE
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Skates. : RAYS
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Man's nickname. : MOSE
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Oleoresin. : ELEMI
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Goddesses of the seasons. : HORAE
98
Town in NW Italy. : AOSTA
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Language of Africa, S. of Equator. : BANTU
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Radium: Chem. symbol. : RA
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Game bird. : ORTOLAN
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Heap of stones: Great Britain. : SCREE
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Tunisian cape. : BON
106
French pronoun. : IL
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Little: Scot. : SMA
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Corresponding set: Math. : COSET
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Medicinal plant. : ALOE
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Quickly. : SOON
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Siamese coin. : ATT
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Incarcerate. : IMMURE
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Antiseptics. : IODINS
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Where MacArthur rules. : HONSHU
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Unfasten. : UNBOLT
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Division of the Alps. : DOLOMITES
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Speak a piece. : RECITE
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A game like halma. : SALTA
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Embarrassing occurrence. : CONTRETEMPS
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Dravidian language. : TAMIL
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Pilot. : STEER
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Inveigle. : SNARE
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Woven silk fabrics. : ALMAS
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Race course. : EPSOM
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Takes time off. : RESTS
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Mountain range from Cape Nun to Cape Bon. : ATLAS
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Town in W Estonia. : LAANE
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Heroine of Heart of Midlothian. : DEANS
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What Henri IV said Paris was worth. : MASS
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Criminal charges. : ACCUSATIONS
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Native of Rouen. : NORMAN
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Raging. : IRATE
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Not overindulged. : UNPETTED
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Bearded dwarf, god of pleasures. : BES
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Alms box. : ARCA
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City of Shensi Province, China. : SIAN
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Postmaster General. : HANNEGAN
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Lazy. : INDOLENT
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French legislative bodies. : SENATS
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Winged. : ALATE
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Specially constructed war vessel (two words). : RIVERGUNBOAT
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Elevator man (1811–61). : OTIS
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Poseidon's element. : SEA
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Zarathrustra. : ZOROASTER
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Chinese. : ASIAN
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Holds responsible. : BLAMES
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Gave evidence again. : RETESTIFIED
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Macaws. : ARAS
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River in Chile. : ITATA
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Associate Justice of Supreme Court. : REED
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Deer track. : SLOT
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Basil O'Connor's organization. : RC
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The Fourth Estate. : PRESS
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Where Austria sent an ultimatum in 1914. : SERBIA
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Author of "Uncle Remus." : HARRIS
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Inquirers. : ASKERS
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"The Master Race." : ARYANS
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Fresh horse. : REMOUNT
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Alice Longworth's rival for precedence. : GANN
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"Whodunit" character. : MURDERER
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Netherlands commune. : EDE
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Belgian city. : MONS
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Former Under-Secretary of the Navy. : GATES
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Assassinated Admiral. : DARLAN
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Brain passage. : ITER
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"The Lone ___." : EAGLE
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Digit: Scot. : TAE
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Inventor who financed Morse's experiments. : VAIL
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A Christian. : GALILEAN
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Enlarge. : DILATE
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Moves swiftly. : SCUDS
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River: N Africa. : WADI
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Islands in Bay of Bengal. : ANDAMAN
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Characterized by unsound thinking. : ABERRATIONAL
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Town in Ivanov, U.S.S.R. : SHUYA
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Pressing machines. : BALERS
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Closely covered with scales. : UNILAMINATE
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Yarn. : TALE
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Small space: Bot. : AREOLE
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Look. : EYE
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Floods. : SPATES
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Founded by Henry VI, 1440. : ETON
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Reinstatement. : RESTITUTION
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Isolde. : YSEULT
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Scot. : ERSE
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Printed letters. : CIRCULARS
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Things referred to. : THOSE
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Of the nature of monkshood. : ACONITAL
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Dramatic trilogy by Aeschylus. : ORESTELA
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Wearing a head covering. : BONNETED
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Legal wrong. : TORT
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Mud. : SLIME
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Bumpkin. : BOOR
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Walks without effort. : AMBLES
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Loves deeply. : ADORES
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Exclamation. : OH
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Noninjury of animal life: Buddhism. : AHIMSA
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Choral composition. : MOTET
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Beyond: Former prefix. : OLTRA
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Scenic view. : SCAPE
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UNO member. : USSR
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Command to cease: Colloq. : DONT
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Mother of Queen Wilhelmina. : EMMA
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Team of horses. : SPAN
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"Desire Under the ___." : ELMS
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Gov't set up at Montgomery, Ala. 1861. : CSA
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Compass point. : SSE

Answer summary:
22 unique to this puzzle, 38 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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