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Henry A. Wolfe
One Hundred and Fifty Words
New York Times, Sunday, March 6, 1949
8-Down : Settle.
Author:
Henry A. Wolfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 150, Blocks: 79, Avg Word Len: 6.00, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 610 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 184, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 72, Grid flow: 56.3
1 C | 2 A | 3 N | 4 D | 5 I | 6 D | 7 A | | 8 D | 9 E | 10 C | 11 O | 12 R | 13 U | 14 M | | 15 C | 16 A | 17 N | 18 D | 19 I | 20 D | 21 E |
22 H | O | A | R | S | E | R | | 23 I | N | U | L | A | S | E | | 24 L | O | U | R | D | E | S |
25 A | R | M | O | I | R | E | | 26 S | T | R | A | T | U | S | | 27 A | N | T | A | E | U | S |
28 S | T | E | M | S | | 29 O | 30 P | P | E | R | | | 31 A | S | 32 I | D | E | | 33 G | A | T | E |
34 M | A | L | E | | 35 A | L | L | O | | 36 E | 37 A | 38 R | L | I | D | | 39 S | 40 H | O | T | E | S |
41 S | L | Y | | 42 C | L | O | I | S | 43 O | N | N | E | | 44 N | Y | 45 S | | 46 A | M | E | R | |
| | | 47 F | R | A | G | M | E | N | T | A | L | | 48 A | L | T | 49 E | R | A | D | O | |
| 50 S | 51 A | L | A | M | I | S | | 52 A | L | P | E | 53 N | | 54 L | E | A | R | N | | | |
| 55 O | R | I | N | O | C | O | | 56 S | Y | E | N | E | | 57 I | N | S | I | S | 58 T | 59 E | 60 D |
61 C | L | A | R | K | D | A | L | 62 E | | | 63 S | T | U | 64 C | C | O | E | D | | 65 R | A | E |
66 R | E | N | T | | 67 E | L | L | E | 68 R | | 69 T | E | T | E | | 70 S | L | A | 71 T | I | S | H |
72 I | N | E | E | 73 S | | | 74 S | L | E | 75 D | | 76 D | E | B | 77 S | | | 78 N | U | B | I | A |
79 M | O | O | R | I | 80 N | 81 G | | 82 E | M | I | 83 T | | 84 R | I | T | 85 A | 86 S | | 87 B | U | N | A |
88 E | I | L | | 89 P | A | R | 90 A | D | I | S | O | | | 91 L | A | M | A | 92 N | I | T | E | S |
93 A | D | A | 94 M | I | T | E | S | | 95 S | T | R | 96 A | 97 P | | 98 R | E | N | E | G | E | S | |
| | | 99 E | D | A | M | S | | 100 S | A | R | G | A | | 101 T | R | I | P | O | D | S | |
| 102 F | 103 A | M | I | L | I | A | 104 S | | 105 N | E | A | P | 106 O | L | I | T | A | N | | | |
| 107 E | V | E | T | | 108 O | P | A | | 109 C | O | R | A | L | I | N | A | S | | 110 C | 111 A | 112 L |
113 A | N | O | N | Y | 114 M | | 115 A | R | 116 D | E | N | A | | 117 I | N | D | S | | 118 C | A | P | E |
119 S | E | C | T | | 120 A | 121 N | N | I | E | | | 122 G | 123 A | N | G | I | | 124 J | E | R | R | Y |
125 C | L | E | O | 126 N | T | E | | 127 S | C | 128 U | 129 T | A | R | I | | 130 A | 131 C | A | R | O | I | D |
132 A | L | T | E | R | E | R | | 133 S | O | L | A | R | I | A | | 134 N | O | V | E | L | L | E |
135 P | A | S | S | A | D | O | | 136 A | R | A | N | S | A | S | | 137 S | T | A | S | S | E | N |
© 1949, The New York TimesNo. 369
Across
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Wrestler slain by Hercules. :
ANTAEUS28
Vertical lines of musical notes. :
STEMS29
Creator of Happy Hooligan. :
OPPER31
Self-addressed audible remark. :
ASIDE33
34
35
Different or other: Comb. form. :
ALLO36
Inner ear covering in some reptiles. :
EARLID39
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Tinker in "Taming of the Shrew." :
SLY42
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Belgian member of Hague Court. :
NYS46
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Scene of famous naval victory 480 B. C., Xerxes defeated by the Greeks. :
SALAMIS52
Of high mountains. :
ALPEN54
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Ancient name for Aswan. :
SYENE57
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Arizona mining town, near Prescott. :
CLARKDALE63
65
Scottish explorer (1813–93). :
RAE66
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Aged person: Scot. :
ELLER69
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Organizer of Socialist party in U. S. :
DEBS78
Region in Africa. :
NUBIA79
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Whose romance is front page news? :
RITAS87
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College basketball league: Abbr. :
EIL89
"O ___," famous aria from "L'Africaine." :
PARADISO91
Mormon designation of American Indians. :
LAMANITES93
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100
Portuguese grape, used in name of sea. :
SARGA101
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President's nickname. :
CAL113
115
Well-known trade name in cosmetics. :
ARDENA117
Natives of India: Poet. :
INDS118
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120
James Whitcomb Riley heroine. :
ANNIE122
Town in Palermo Province, Sicily. :
GANGI124
Railroad section hand. :
JERRY125
Character in "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme." :
CLEONTE127
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Short tales, as the "Decameron." :
NOVELLE135
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Bay on the coast of Texas. :
ARANSAS137
Down
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Suffix denoting a running. :
DROME5
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Scene of 1908 earthquake. :
MESSINA15
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First-class things. :
AONES17
"I had a little ___ tree." :
NUT18
Official guides or interpreters in the Near East. :
DRAGOMANS19
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Pertaining to pastoral verse. :
IDYLLIC35
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42
Person with fantastic ideas. :
CRANK43
Indians of Tierra del Fuego. :
ONAS45
47
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Portrait support. :
EASEL50
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58
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Dutch painter in America (1832–95). :
DEHAAS61
Geographical background of Tennyson's "Light Brigade." :
CRIMEA62
Fished for congers. :
EELED64
Gum-yielding South American tree. :
CEBIL68
71
City in Bohol Province, P. I. :
TUBIGON73
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Where Zululand is. :
NATAL81
Labor union in Spain. :
GREMIO83
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102
Girl in Scott's "Peveril of the Peak." :
FENELLA103
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Shrubs named after Swedish botanist Olin. :
OLINIAS110
111
112
Dutch university city. :
LEYDEN113
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. :
ASCAP114
116
Interior ornamentation. :
DECOR118
121
Symbol of tyranny. :
NERO123
High spot in opera. :
ARIA124
Batavia is its capital. :
JAVA126
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131
Answer summary:
25 unique to this puzzle, 47 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 10 cheater squares.
The grid
Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 25 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 47 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These words have only appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 66 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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