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J. P. Downes
Names in the News
New York Times, Sunday, March 24, 1946
125-Down : Porticos in Greek architecture.
Author:
J. P. Downes
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 79, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 662 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 62, Grid flow: 42.1
J. P. Downes has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
| 1 R | 2 O | 3 Y | 4 A | 5 L | 6 L | | 7 M | 8 O | 9 T | 10 I | 11 V | 12 E | 13 D | | 14 S | 15 T | 16 R | 17 A | 18 I | 19 N | |
20 T | A | L | A | R | I | A | | 21 A | V | O | C | A | D | O | | 22 P | E | A | R | S | O | 23 N |
24 A | D | D | M | E | N | T | | 25 Y | E | N | I | S | E | I | | 26 A | R | I | C | I | N | E |
27 G | I | G | | 28 S | E | R | 29 F | | 30 R | Y | E | S | | 31 L | 32 A | W | N | S | | 33 D | E | W |
34 G | O | O | 35 D | | 36 D | O | R | 37 P | S | | 38 R | A | 39 T | I | O | N | S | | 40 L | O | G | E |
41 L | E | L | I | 42 A | | 43 N | O | Y | E | 44 S | | 45 L | E | E | R | | | 46 T | I | R | O | L |
47 E | D | D | A | I | 48 C | | 49 T | R | E | K | 50 S | | 51 A | S | T | 52 U | 53 T | E | N | E | S | S |
| | | 54 S | M | I | 55 T | H | E | R | E | E | 56 N | S | | 57 A | V | A | S | T | | | |
58 R | 59 O | 60 D | | 61 L | O | I | S | | | 62 P | R | I | E | 63 D | | 64 E | C | T | Y | 65 P | 66 E | 67 S |
68 E | X | I | 69 G | E | N | T | | 70 B | 71 E | T | E | L | | 72 O | 73 S | A | K | A | | 74 L | I | T |
75 S | A | L | A | S | | 76 O | 77 S | I | R | I | S | | 78 S | T | A | L | L | | 79 L | A | D | Y |
80 E | L | A | P | S | 81 E | | 82 O | D | I | C | | 83 C | H | I | N | | 84 E | 85 D | I | T | O | R |
86 D | A | T | E | | 87 G | 88 L | I | D | E | | 89 B | L | A | N | D | 90 Y | | 91 E | M | I | L | E |
92 A | T | E | | 93 S | M | A | L | L | | 94 A | L | O | N | G | | 95 O | 96 R | G | A | N | O | N |
97 S | E | S | 98 S | I | O | N | | 99 E | 100 C | L | A | T | | | 101 A | G | A | R | | 102 A | N | E |
| | | 103 P | E | N | G | 104 O | | 105 L | E | T | H | 106 A | 107 R | G | I | Z | E | 108 D | | | |
109 T | 110 A | 111 R | A | N | T | E | L | 112 L | A | | 113 S | E | P | I | A | | 114 Z | E | R | 115 O | 116 E | 117 S |
118 A | G | O | R | A | | | 119 E | A | R | 120 N | | 121 S | P | A | T | 122 S | | 123 S | U | T | R | A |
124 C | A | S | K | | 125 S | 126 H | A | N | K | E | 127 D | | 128 E | L | E | C | 129 T | | 130 B | R | O | M |
131 O | R | T | | 132 A | T | O | N | Y | | 133 V | E | 134 D | A | | 135 S | O | H | 136 O | | 137 A | S | P |
138 M | I | R | 139 A | D | O | R | | 140 A | 141 T | A | V | I | S | 142 M | | 143 R | U | M | 144 A | N | I | A |
145 A | C | A | D | I | A | N | | 146 R | A | D | I | C | E | S | | 147 C | L | A | Y | T | O | N |
| 148 S | L | A | T | E | S | | 149 D | I | A | L | E | R | S | | 150 H | E | R | E | O | N | |
© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 215
Across
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Under-Secretary of War. :
ROYALL7
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Mercury's winged sandals. :
TALARIA21
Pulpy fruit eaten as salad. :
AVOCADO22
Canadian Ambassador to U.S. :
PEARSON24
25
River in E. Siberia, 2,950 mi. to Arctic. :
YENISEI26
Alkaloid from chinchona bark. :
ARICINE27
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Fine linen or cotton fabrics. :
LAWNS33
" ... the honey-heavy ___ of slumber."—Julius Caesar. :
DEW34
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George Sand novel, 1833. :
LELIA43
English poet; "The Barrel-Organ." :
NOYES45
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Innsbruck is its capital. :
TIROL47
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Climbing species of pepper. :
BETEL72
Seaport in W. Honshu. :
OSAKA74
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Dining halls in casas. :
SALAS76
Egyptian god of underworld. :
OSIRIS78
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Of a type of poem. :
ODIC83
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Admiral heading task force in Operation Crossroads. :
BLANDY91
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What Lucullus did in a big way. :
ATE93
Head of Civilian Production Administration. :
SMALL94
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Means for acquisition of knowledge. :
ORGANON97
Period of conducting classes. :
SESSION99
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Currency unit of Hungary. :
PENGO105
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Decayed, as part of flower. :
SHANKED128
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Mr. Bones of Sleepy Hollow. :
BROM131
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Lack of resiliency, in medicine. :
ATONY133
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District in London. :
SOHO137
138
Turret in Spanish architecture. :
MIRADOR140
Reversion to more primitive type. :
ATAVISM143
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Asst. Secy. of State for Economic Affairs. :
CLAYTON148
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Down
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Chairman of House Military Affairs Committee. :
MAY8
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Sam Weller's father. :
TONY10
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Home Secretary in Attlee's Cabinet. :
EDE13
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Apparent path of celestial body. :
ARC18
Name meaning "gift of Isis." :
ISIDORE19
External objects of knowledge. :
NONEGOS20
Handhold strap in cars. :
TAGGLE23
Main posts of staircases. :
NEWELS29
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Discovered Cape of Good Hope, 1488. :
DIAS37
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Covered with fluff. :
LINTY42
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Ancient people of E. Asia. :
SERES52
Of part of the iris. :
UVEAL53
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Premier of Yugoslavia. :
TITO56
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Grayish-white element: Chem. :
PLATINA66
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Fragrant liquid hydrocarbon. :
STYRENE69
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U. S. judge in Nuremberg. :
BIDDLE71
Lake port in N.W. Pennsylvania. :
ERIE73
"Aeolian harp of her times." :
SAND77
78
Language of S. E. Asia. :
SHAN79
City in N.W. Ohio. :
LIMA81
Historical drama by Goethe, 1788. :
EGMONT83
What members of ILGWU make. :
CLOTHES85
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Successor of Lie as Norway's Foreign Minister. :
LANGE89
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Half of half-and-half. :
ALE96
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Military Governor for Austria. :
CLARK101
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City on the Allegheny. :
OLEAN106
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Fungi including the mushrooms. :
AGARICS111
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Cord used in firing cannon. :
LANYARD115
Strait joining Adriatic to Mediterranean. :
OTRANTO116
Effect of glacial movement. :
EROSION117
River skiff of China and Japan. :
SAMPAN120
Battleship to be used in atomic bomb test. :
NEVADA122
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Porticos in Greek architecture. :
STOAE126
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Popular hexahedrons. :
DICE136
Second caliph (582–644). :
OMAR139
141
Group of tribes in Burma and Siam. :
TAI142
Written or typed documents. :
MSS144
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 56 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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