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Louis Baron
PEOPLE AND PLACES
New York Times, Sunday, March 2, 1952
38-Down : Small rodents.
Author:
Louis Baron
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160 , Blocks: 79 , Avg Word Len: 5.63 , Missing: { J Q W X } , Scrabble score: 653 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 176 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 6 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 39 , Grid flow: 65.3
Louis Baron has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1952, The New York Times No. 987
Across
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Well-known Indiana author. :
DREISER 8
McGeorge Bundy edited his record. :
ACHESON 15
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Composer of "William Tell." :
ROSSINI 23
Ancient Roman cameo ornament. :
PHALERA 24
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Gov. Warren's state: Abbr. :
FLA 29
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Point of no return. :
END 34
Kind of recording. :
TAPE 36
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Ibsen's "___ of the People." :
ENEMY 41
Hawaiian baking pits. :
IMUS 42
"His ___," a personage. :
NIBS 43
Gov. Jordan's capital. :
BOISE 44
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He wrote "The End of the Affair." :
GREENE 52
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Ko-Ko's unwilling fiancee. :
YUMYUM 56
Submarine "breathing" mechanisms. :
SNORKELS 59
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Philosopher of Walden Pond. :
THOREAU 68
Range whose highest peak is Mt. Rainier. :
CASCADE 69
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New York, San Francisco, etc.: Abbr. :
SPTS 74
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Plane in the "Alley." :
MIG 76
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Gen. Gruenther's bailiwick. :
NATO 78
Gov. Schricker's state: Abbr. :
IND 79
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Capital of French Indo-China. :
HANOI 87
Souvenir of Coney Island. :
TINTYPE 89
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Snow ridge on arctic plains: Var. :
ZASTRUGA 95
Indispensable woman. :
NURSE 96
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Nursery rhyme word. :
BYE 100
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Whaler's oil cask. :
RIER 114
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Synonym for a showman. :
BARNUM 122
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Dance of the French court. :
GAVOTTE 125
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Hypothetical continent of the Indian Ocean. :
LEMURIA 132
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Novel by Kenneth Roberts. :
ARUNDEL 135
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Creator of Jean Christophe. :
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Trees for the Kon-Tiki. :
BALSAS 16
Characteristic expression. :
IDIOM 17
"I've ___ Listening." :
BEEN 18
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Capital of New Guinea. :
RABAUL 35
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He wrote "The Great Apes." :
YERKES 43
Stock Exchange in Paris. :
BOURSE 45
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Mrs. Charles Laughton. :
ELSA 53
River into the Seine. :
EURE 55
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Bohemian composer (1717-57). :
STAMITZ 57
Ancient country, now Algeria. :
NUMIDIA 58
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He's producing "Limelight." :
CHAPLIN 60
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Former camp on Long Island. :
UPTON 71
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Great: Comb. form. :
MEGA 83
Practice crystal gazing. :
SCRY 84
Farmer's expletive. :
DURN 85
Estuary of the Ouse and Trent rivers. :
HUMBER 86
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Contents of a cocoon. :
PUPA 90
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Ray of light: Comb. form. :
ACTINO 96
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Author of "Darkness at Noon." :
KOESTLER 100
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Three overtures by Beethoven. :
LEONORE 103
Element named for a planet. :
URANIUM 105
One under another's guidance. :
PROTEGE 107
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Famous name in shipbuilding. :
CUNARD 118
East Indian cereal grass. :
RAGEE 119
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Nobleman of Tolstoy's time. :
BARIN 121
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Wanders about idly. :
GADS 126
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Answer summary:9 unique to this puzzle , 30 debuted here and reused later , 9 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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