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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

What's in a Name?

New York Times, Sunday, March 31, 1957

53-Down : Vasco da ___.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 673 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19, Grid flow: 28.2
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,833
Across
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Mrs. Doud's grandson. : DAVID
6
___ California. : BAJA
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Biblical land. : SABA
14
Catty remark. : MEOW
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What ___! : ALIFE
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Signature on many poems. : ANON
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Foyers. : ATRIA
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Over-all. : ENTIRE
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Author of "Richard Carvel." : WINSTONCHURCHILL
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Purloined. : STOLEN
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Present day Eve. : ARDEN
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Curtain material. : IRON
32
Territory of Europe. : SAAR
34
Jockey's concern: Abbr. : LBS
35
Antimacassar. : DOILY
37
Among which the Afton flows. : BRAES
39
Paper measures: Abbr. : RMS
40
Schubert song. : ADIEU
42
Channel swimmer. : EDERLE
44
Uninteresting job: Colloq. : GRIND
45
Bolivar or napoleon. : COIN
46
Be still! : PEACE
47
Droops. : LOLLS
48
Pirate shortstop. : GROAT
49
Baby shoe. : BOOTEE
51
A year in the future. : MMC
52
West Point. : ARMY
53
Grr. : GROWL
54
Thong. : LEASH
55
Visit, as a hotel. : STOPAT
58
Spanish aunt. : TIA
59
Doxology. : PAEAN
60
Excess. : WASTE
61
Ryukyu island. : OKINAWA
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City 35 miles west of Knoxville. : HARRIMAN
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Luggage. : BAGS
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Barn appurtenances. : VANES
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"___ Sylphides." : LES
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Part of "to be": Lat. : ERAT
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Philippine island. : CEBU
70
Catcher of cyclostomes. : EELER
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Residuum. : REST
72
Ghastly. : ASHEN
75
Units of illumination. : FOOTCANDLES
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Modern flattop. : LEYTE
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Cuisinier. : CHEF
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Baseballs: Slang. : PILLS
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Schism. : RENT
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Poetic pronoun. : THEE
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Crushed bark of oak trees. : TAN
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Peep show. : RAREE
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Object of thought. : IDEA
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Thoroughfare in Boston. : BROADWAY
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Little Russia. : UKRAINE
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Fanatical. : RABID
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Successors. : HEIRS
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___ Tussaud. : MME
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"___ Place." : PEYTON
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Eyelashes. : CILIA
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Supports. : HELPS
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Desserts. : ICES
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It precedes Sun. : SAT
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Wore away. : ERODED
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Aladdin's friend. : GENIE
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Supine. : PRONE
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Chair part. : SPLAT
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Yorkshire-born theologian. : INGE
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Allotment. : SHARE
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Pianos. : GRANDS
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First Emperor of Brazil, 1822–31. : PEDRO
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Some or any. : ONE
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Grimed. : SOOTY
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Famous name in China. : SOONG
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Sweep. : OAR
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Clay cement. : LUTE
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Sacred bull. : APIS
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Timid. : FAINT
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Curved piece in an arch. : RIB
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Triples. : TRINES
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Poet: "The Omnipresence of the Deity." : ROBERTMONTGOMERY
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Withdraw from. : SECEDE
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Glistered. : SHONE
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Whether ___ (in any case). : ORNO
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Not at all. : NEVER
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British battle cruiser sunk by the Bismarck. : HOOD
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Speechless. : MUTE
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British protectorate. : ADEN
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Scandinavian. : SWEDE
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Corvine birds. : DAWS
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Came down. : ALIT
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Suburb of Valparaiso, Chile. : VINADELMAR
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Conditions. : IFS
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Minutiae. : DETAILS
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Give and take. : BANDY
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Noun suffix. : ANCE
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He wrote "Rab and His Friends." : JOHNBROWN
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Babylonian sky god. : ANU
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Beatified. : SACRED
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Peninsula of Greece. : ATHOS
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Stick of a fan. : BRIN
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Trouble. : AIL
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Table: Span. : MESA
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Besnare. : ENTRAP
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Ear: Comb. form. : OTO
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He wrote "Moral Philosophy." : WILLIAMPALEY
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American League ballplayer. : ALSMITH
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Character in "Rosmersholm." : REBECCAWEST
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Follow. : ENSUE
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Heraldic fillet. : ORLE
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Laughing. : RIANT
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Newspapermen's group: Abbr. : ASNE
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French airport. : ORLY
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Moroccan coin. : RIAL
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Football Giant, ___ Grier. : ROOSEVELT
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Evil spirit. : DEMON
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Israeli port. : ELATH
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Genoese admiral (1468–1560). : DORIA
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Agonized sound. : GROAN
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Paint over. : COAT
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It happened in Chicago, 1871. : GREATFIRE
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Mrs. H. S. T. : BESS
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Geological ridge. : ESKER
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Vasco da ___. : GAMA
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Ernesto de ___, Panamanian President. : LAGUARDIA
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Poet's word. : TIS
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Liking. : TASTE
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Bobbin for thread. : PIRN
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Radio call letters. : WABC
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It denotes Ensign. : ONESTRIPE
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Great Barrier. : REEF
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Parlays. : BETS
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Quaff. : ALE
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___-Taylor, English composer (1875–1912). : COLERIDGE
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County seat of Jackson County, Tex. : EDNA
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Retiring Justice. : REED
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Be refractory. : ACTUP
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Famous Notre Dame footballer. : SHAKESPEARE
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Oxford dean, composer, architect, etc. (1647–1710). : HENRYALDRICH
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Spanish "bravo." : OLE
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If ___ be. : NEED
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Grasslands. : LEAS
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Fabric. : PANNE
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___ de saison. : HORS
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Dolores del ___. : RIO
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Two words at bridge. : IBID
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Misrepresent. : BELIE
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Signature of English inventor of a rocket. : WMCONGREVE
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Correct. : AMEND
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Affirmatives. : YESES
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Rose oil. : ATTAR
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Nautical term. : ALEE
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Pittsburgh Steeler. : HENRYFORD
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Readers. : CONNERS
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Kind of wave. : HEAT
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Where Meshed is. : IRAN
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Rumbullion. : RIOT
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Role in "Hamlet." : GHOST
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Atomic nuclei. : PROTONS
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Patches. : SPOTS
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Mike diSalle's city. : TOLEDO
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Gathering of guests. : SOIREE
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Tam-tam. : GONG
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Without energy. : SPENT
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Squelch. : SITON
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Worn. : USED
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Arabic name. : ABOU
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Mrs. Lindbergh. : ANNE
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Incensed. : IRED
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Cow barn. : BYRE
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Modernist. : NEO
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German physicist. : OHM
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Extinct bird. : MOA
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Gull. : MEW

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10 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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