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Harold T. Bers
All Over the Map
New York Times, Sunday, February 24, 1952
95-Down : In a frenzy.
Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 658 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 150, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 43, Grid flow: 59.4
1 T | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | | 5 S | 6 A | 7 B | 8 A | 9 T | 10 H | | 11 A | 12 B | 13 B | 14 E | | 15 A | 16 B | 17 A | 18 C | 19 U | 20 S |
21 A | L | T | O | | 22 A | N | I | T | R | A | | 23 G | R | A | Y | | 24 R | E | C | A | N | T |
25 F | L | Y | I | 26 N | G | E | N | T | E | R | 27 P | R | I | S | E | | 28 I | S | O | L | D | E |
29 T | I | L | L | E | U | L | E | N | S | P | I | E | G | E | L | | 30 S | T | R | E | E | T |
31 S | E | E | | 32 P | E | E | T | | 33 P | E | K | E | | 34 L | I | 35 N | E | R | | 36 B | E | S |
| | 37 S | 38 P | A | N | S | | 39 C | A | R | E | | 40 L | I | K | E | N | E | 41 R | | | |
42 S | 43 T | E | L | L | A | | 44 B | A | S | S | | 45 S | I | N | E | W | | 46 W | A | 47 L | 48 D | 49 O |
50 P | E | T | E | | 51 Y | 52 A | R | B | S | | 53 S | I | N | E | | 54 T | 55 H | E | S | E | U | M |
56 R | A | T | A | 57 L | | 58 P | A | L | | 59 P | I | N | K | | 60 G | O | O | D | H | O | P | E |
61 I | S | E | | 62 E | 63 A | S | T | E | 64 R | E | G | G | | 65 B | O | W | S | | 66 O | N | E | R |
67 G | E | R | 68 M | A | N | E | | 69 C | O | R | N | | 70 L | I | O | N | T | 71 A | M | E | R | S |
| | | 72 O | V | I | | 73 R | A | D | I | A | 74 T | I | O | N | | 75 I | W | O | | | |
76 D | 77 I | 78 S | T | E | M | 79 P | E | R | S | | 80 T | E | A | M | | 81 P | L | A | N | 82 E | 83 T | 84 S |
85 I | N | T | O | | 86 A | L | E | S | | 87 C | U | R | T | E | 88 S | I | E | S | | 89 N | R | A |
90 N | A | R | R | 91 A | T | E | D | | 92 W | A | R | M | | 93 T | E | N | | 94 H | 95 A | D | O | N |
96 E | N | A | C | T | E | D | | 97 G | I | D | E | | 98 G | R | E | E | 99 D | | 100 M | O | V | E |
101 S | E | P | A | L | | 102 G | 103 I | R | L | S | | 104 B | R | I | M | | 105 R | 106 O | O | F | E | R |
| | | 107 R | A | 108 V | E | N | E | D | | 109 B | E | A | C | | 110 K | I | R | K | S | | |
111 B | 112 U | 113 S | | 114 N | O | R | S | E | | 115 M | U | S | T | | 116 E | R | B | A | | 117 U | 118 K | 119 E |
120 U | N | H | 121 A | T | S | | 122 I | N | 123 D | I | S | P | E | 124 N | S | A | B | L | 125 E | M | A | N |
126 S | T | A | L | A | G | | 127 D | E | A | T | H | O | F | A | S | A | L | E | S | M | A | N |
128 R | E | L | I | N | E | | 129 E | S | T | E | | 130 K | U | R | I | L | E | | 131 S | E | M | I |
132 A | R | L | I | S | S | | 133 S | T | A | R | | 134 E | L | D | E | S | T | | 135 E | R | A | S |
© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 980
Across
1
Its newsmen are suspect in U. S. :
TASS5
Longtime Illinois Representative. :
SABATH11
15
21
Low-voiced songstress. :
ALTO22
23
24
25
28
29
30
"Union Now" spokesman. :
STREET31
32
Fuel from a bog: Var. :
PEET33
34
36
Egypt's god of pleasure. :
BES37
Thumb-to-pinky measures. :
SPANS39
40
42
44
Black, striped or calico. :
BASS45
46
Emerson's middle name. :
WALDO50
"For the love of ___!" :
PETE51
Herbs, country style. :
YARBS53
54
Agora landmark in ancient Athens. :
THESEUM56
58
59
60
61
62
65
66
67
69
Hallowe'en confection. :
CORN70
They're in "The Greatest Show on Earth." :
LIONTAMERS72
73
75
76
80
Group of athletes. :
TEAM81
85
86
87
Life tenures inherited from wives: Law. :
CURTESIES89
90
92
___ Springs, Georgia. :
WARM93
___ Downing Street. :
TEN94
96
97
1947 Nobel Prize winner. :
GIDE98
Silent picture classic of the 20's. :
GREED100
101
Part of a flower. :
SEPAL102
104
105
He works with slate, shingles, etc. :
ROOFER107
109
British East Asia Command. :
BEAC110
Scottish churches. :
KIRKS111
Crosscountry vehicle. :
BUS114
115
Necessary thing: Colloq. :
MUST116
Mountain in the Sudan. :
ERBA117
Godfrey music-maker. :
UKE120
122
126
127
128
Make ready a tennis court. :
RELINE129
130
Strait connecting Okhotsk and Bering seas. :
KURILE131
132
133
134
He inherits the title. :
ELDEST135
Down
1
Possible White House dwellers. :
TAFTS2
The Yankee Indian. :
ALLIE3
4
5
6
7
Noted French psychologist. :
BINET8
Abbr. used atop business letters. :
ATTN9
10
___ Ferry, West Virginia. :
HARPERS11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Disregards indicated change. :
STETS26
Land of "Abominable Snowman" footprints. :
NEPAL27
Gen. Zebulon ___, explorer of the West. :
PIKE35
38
"Guilty" or "Not guilty." :
PLEA39
40
Sausage in a chain. :
LINK41
42
43
44
Manager Stanky's nickname. :
BRAT45
47
Sierra ___, West Africa. :
LEONE48
49
52
Semicircular recess. :
APSE53
55
57
59
60
63
64
65
68
70
Character in "South Pacific." :
LIAT71
Overflowed by water. :
AWASH73
Mouthpiece of a clarinet. :
REED74
76
77
78
79
81
82
83
84
87
88
"Things are seldom what they ___." :
SEEM91
92
95
97
98
99
103
104
106
108
Range of low mountains in France. :
VOSGES109
110
Villages, in South Africa. :
KRAALS111
City in Iraq: Var. :
BUSRA112
113
115
116
118
119
Phillies' outfielder. :
ENNIS121
123
124
125
Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 27 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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