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Thomas Meekin
SOMEWHAT GEOGRAPHICAL
New York Times, Sunday, February 10, 1952
74-Down : A dolphin from its beak.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166 , Blocks: 80 , Avg Word Len: 5.41 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 650 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 154 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 4 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 30
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© 1952, The New York Times No. 966
Across
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Stocking ornament. :
CLOCK 6
Candidate in a current election. :
NEHRU 11
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Outlaw, in Japan. :
RONIN 22
Nobel winner in literature, 1948. :
ELIOT 23
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Watches, the Rhone, and the League of Nations. :
GENEVA 29
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Pianist Templeton. :
ALEC 40
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Gov. Clinton of N. Y. :
DEWITT 58
Home county of Mark Twain's jumping frog. :
CALAVERAS 61
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Islands in Galway Bay. :
ARANS 63
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Something that obscures. :
MIST 67
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Pacific terminus of Yellowstone Trail. :
SEATTLE 71
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Tributary of the Rhine. :
NAHE 73
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Fourth word of Genesis. :
GOD 78
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The Ruhr, the Krupps, and rubble. :
ESSEN 82
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Most important Balkan transportation center. :
SOFIA 90
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Star of silent movies. :
NEGRI 95
Northernmost of Virgin Islands. :
ANEGADA 97
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Supplies what is wanted. :
CATERS 101
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Useful iron and steel. :
SCRAP 105
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Weasel-like wildcat. :
EYRA 116
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Source of penicillin. :
MOLD 124
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Prime Minister Malan's capital. :
PRETORIA 133
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Shaped like a volcano. :
CONED 142
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Cloth from mulberry bark. :
TAPA 148
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Soho, Fleet Street, Bow Bells, and fog. :
LONDON 3
Oliver ___, English novelist. :
ONIONS 4
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Naval base, Torpedo Station, and the 400. :
NEWPORT 7
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Wildcat of Sumatra. :
BALU 12
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East Indian falcon. :
BESRA 14
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Island in the Irish Sea. :
MAN 18
Great serpent of Egyptian myth. :
APEPI 19
German name for Tallinn. :
REVAL 20
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Measure for loudness of noise. :
DECIBEL 49
Part of a farmhouse. :
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Denounce as a failure. :
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Blair House, Howard U., Smithsonian, and cherry trees. :
WASHINGTON 58
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Horses for remounts: Sp. :
REMUDA 67
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Arabian chieftain's realm. :
EMIRATE 81
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Cooper's Mohican. :
UNCAS 85
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Eskimos, Smith Sound, and ice. :
ETAH 92
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Lake near Loch Katrine. :
ACHRAY 100
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He wrote, "How doth the little busy bee ... " :
WATTS 110
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Channel between Isle of Wight and England. :
SOLENT 118
700-mi. tributary of the Congo. :
UBANGI 119
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The Tigris, oil fields and Iraqi. :
MOSUL 122
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Little Henrietta. :
ETTIE 130
Little Susie's sister. :
PRUE 131
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Plant changed by environment. :
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Answer summary:10 unique to this puzzle , 20 debuted here and reused later , 17 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 10 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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