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Elizabeth Patterson
LITERARY SPOTLIGHT
New York Times, Sunday, December 5, 1948
104-Down : Hitlerian emulator.
Author:
Elizabeth Patterson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174 , Blocks: 80 , Avg Word Len: 5.16 , Missing: { Q } , Scrabble score: 678 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 122 , Cheaters: 2 , FITB: 29 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 52 , Grid flow: 27.0
David Steinberg notes:
Original 90-Across clue had comma after "Evans"; removed it. Original 39-Down clue had comma after "that"; replaced it with period.
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© 1948, The New York Times No. 356
Across
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Baseball's immortal. :
BABE 11
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He wrote, "'We are lost,' the captain shouted, as he staggered down the stairs." :
FIELDS 21
She loved "with that love which was her doom." :
ELAINE 22
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Capital in Central India. :
INDORE 25
Prospector, seaman, war correspondent, novelist. :
LONDON 26
Soldier, poet, preacher, philosopher, narcotic. :
COLERIDGE 27
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"A ___ of Bells."—Goudge. :
CITY 32
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Volcano on Mindanao. :
APO 35
Greek political group. :
ELAS 37
Japanese family badge. :
MON 38
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Pound of North Africa. :
ROTL 44
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"The ___ of things to come." :
SHAPE 53
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Little Em'ly's sweetheart in "David Copperfield." :
HAM 60
"How doth the little busy bee" author. :
WATTS 62
Archbishop of Canterbury 1556-58. :
POLE 63
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"___ with her milk-white lamb." :
UNA 65
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Editor of the "New Yorker." :
ROSS 75
"___, the Invincible."—Bryant. :
TRUTH 76
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Lower pedestal section. :
SOCLE 81
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"Master of the revels to mankind." :
SHAKSPERE 88
"The Sands of ___." :
DEE 89
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Mary ___ Evans (George Eliot). :
ANN 91
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"A French or ___ or Proosian." :
TURK 93
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Bridge-builder (1820-87). :
EADS 104
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"___ splendid wings." :
POOR 115
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"A ___ of Flanders."—Ouida. :
DOG 118
New Zealand forest tree. :
RATA 119
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Ancient Greek contest. :
AGON 121
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Printing direction. :
STET 137
"___ a Cavalier."—Keyes. :
CAME 138
Thirty-second Vice President. :
GARNER
Down
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Author of "The Story of My Life." :
KELLER 2
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Four-wheeled vehicle. :
LANDAU 4
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Lawyer, writer, statesman, convicted of bribe-taking. :
BACON 8
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Designer Norman ___ Geddes. :
BEL 10
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Does as Mme. Defarge. :
KNITS 12
Mary Baker Glover ___. :
EDDY 13
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Mother of Don Juan: Byron. :
INEZ 17
Anglo-Saxon letter. :
EDH 18
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Slave of Sycorax. :
ARIEL 30
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"___ the six hundred." :
RODE 39
"May bear the ___, and a' that."—Burns. :
GREE 40
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Noted American actor. :
DREW 43
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American divine (1773-1866). :
NOTT 48
Author of "La Debacle." :
ZOLA 50
"___ the darling of my heart." :
SHES 51
Novelist and surveyor of the port. :
HAWTHORNE 52
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Simon ___, fictional detective. :
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"Herald of the morn." :
LARK 79
___ Shan, Asiatic mountains. :
TIEN 80
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"Cape of Good Hope" discoverer. :
DIAS 91
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"___ Goriot."—Balzac. :
PERE 94
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Commander at Battle of The Somme. :
HAIG 99
"The ___ of Bernadette." :
SONG 101
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Child of the Marshalsea. :
DORRIT 107
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Kind of powdered drug. :
JALAP 111
Author of "One More Spring." :
NATHAN 112
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"Le ___ Chose."—Daudet. :
PETIT 117
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Artistic creation. :
POEM 123
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Tennyson's "The Princess." :
IDA 131
Shooting match: Fr. :
TIR
Answer summary:9 unique to this puzzle , 43 debuted here and reused later , 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 9 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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