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Archie S. Kreiling
Sidelights on Literature
New York Times, Sunday, April 10, 1949
86-Down : Japanese coin.
Author:
Archie S. Kreiling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 638 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 159, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 57, Grid flow: 37.8
David Steinberg notes:
The 141-Across clue appears to be erroneous. Carroll REECE was the chairman rather than the whip for the RNC in 1946.
1 H | 2 A | 3 R | 4 P | 5 S | | 6 B | 7 A | 8 S | 9 T | 10 A | 11 R | | 12 C | 13 R | 14 O | 15 S | 16 S | | 17 S | 18 A | 19 P | |
20 E | M | E | S | A | | 21 A | S | C | O | L | I | | 22 H | U | T | C | H | 23 I | N | S | O | 24 N |
25 W | E | S | T | I | 26 N | G | H | O | U | S | E | | 27 A | N | T | O | I | N | E | T | T | E |
28 I | L | E | | 29 L | A | G | O | O | N | | 30 S | 31 E | N | N | E | T | | 32 S | E | R | O | W |
33 T | I | N | 34 K | | 35 Z | A | R | P | | 36 P | L | A | N | E | R | | | | 37 R | I | M | E |
38 T | A | T | E | | 39 A | G | E | | 40 W | E | I | S | E | R | | 41 A | 42 P | 43 A | | 44 D | A | S |
| | | 45 P | 46 A | R | E | | 47 F | E | N | N | E | L | | 48 P | R | O | S | 49 P | E | C | T |
50 D | 51 A | 52 R | T | L | E | | | 53 R | I | N | G | S | | 54 M | A | R | T | H | A | | | |
55 E | L | I | | 56 A | N | 57 T | 58 H | O | N | Y | | | 59 M | O | L | E | S | | 60 L | 61 A | 62 R | 63 K |
64 L | A | D | 65 S | | 66 E | W | I | N | G | | 67 F | 68 O | O | T | P | A | D | 69 S | | 70 L | E | I |
71 A | B | I | L | 72 A | | 73 O | N | T | A | 74 R | I | A | N | S | | 75 R | A | T | 76 T | L | I | N |
77 W | A | B | A | S | 78 H | | | | 79 R | O | A | S | T | | | | 80 M | A | Y | I | N | G |
81 A | M | U | T | T | E | 82 R | | 83 S | T | U | T | T | E | 84 R | 85 E | 86 R | | 87 B | R | A | S | S |
88 R | A | N | | 89 A | R | E | 90 O | L | E | T | S | | 91 S | E | R | I | 92 C | | 93 O | R | E | L |
94 E | N | D | 95 S | | 96 S | L | A | I | N | | | 97 P | I | S | A | N | I | 98 O | | 99 I | R | E |
| | | 100 U | 101 N | H | A | R | D | | 102 G | 103 R | A | N | I | | | 104 T | R | 105 E | A | T | Y |
106 R | 107 E | 108 G | R | E | E | T | S | | 109 D | E | A | C | O | N | | 110 G | A | T | A | | | |
111 E | L | L | | 112 E | Y | E | | 113 T | E | M | N | E | S | | 114 A | R | T | | 115 S | 116 N | 117 A | 118 S |
119 S | P | E | 120 W | | | | 121 B | E | B | O | G | S | | 122 A | L | I | I | | 123 T | O | L | A |
124 T | E | N | O | 125 N | | 126 B | E | L | U | T | E | | 127 A | C | C | L | O | 128 Y | | 129 W | A | G |
130 E | N | C | O | U | 131 R | A | G | E | S | | 132 L | 133 I | N | C | O | L | N | S | 134 H | I | R | E |
135 D | O | O | D | L | E | B | U | G | S | | 136 E | S | T | A | T | E | | 137 E | O | S | I | N |
| 138 R | E | Y | | 139 P | A | N | A | Y | | 140 Y | E | A | S | T | S | | 141 R | E | E | C | E |
© 1949, The New York TimesNo. 374
Across
1
Sebastian Erard's forte. :
HARPS6
Its capital is Jagdalpur. :
BASTAR12
17
20
Spider bug genus. :
EMESA21
Author of "The Power of Freedom." :
ASCOLI22
25
27
28
29
30
Old stage signal call. :
SENNET32
Asiatic goat antelope. :
SEROW33
35
Policeman of the "Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie." :
ZARP36
Wood smoothing machine tool. :
PLANER37
___ of the Ancient Mariner. :
RIME38
Founder of National Art Gallery, 1892. :
TATE39
40
41
River separating Brazil and N. Paraguay. :
APA44
45
47
48
50
Mrs. Steerforth's companion. :
DARTLE53
54
55
Caretaker of the ark's sanctuary. :
ELI56
Temperance advocate (1820–1906). :
ANTHONY59
Burrowing animals. :
MOLES60
64
66
Composer of "Jerusalem the Golden." :
EWING67
70
71
One of the Pillars of Hercules. :
ABILA73
75
Roderick Random's sailor friend. :
RATTLIN77
Historic river of Ohio and Indiana. :
WABASH79
80
"He met her once a- ___": Milton. :
MAYING81
83
87
Knavish attorney of "Old Curiosity Shop." :
BRASS88
89
91
93
94
96
97
Savior of Posthumus' wife in "Cymbeline." :
PISANIO99
100
102
Brünnhilde's gray charger. :
GRANI104
The Hay-Pauncefote is one. :
TREATY106
109
110
111
112
113
Sierra Leone Negroes. :
TEMNES114
115
119
121
122
123
124
126
127
129
130
132
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
1946 "whip" of the GOP. :
REECE
Down
1
United States Admiral, commanded invasion of Southern France, August, 1944. :
HEWITT2
Fielding's last heroine. :
AMELIA3
4
5
6
7
8
Basinlike cavity. :
SCOOP9
10
11
12
Island group, capital St. Helier. :
CHANNEL13
14
Whiskered sea animal. :
OTTER15
Early settler of Bannockburn. :
SCOT16
17
18
19
23
24
26
31
34
36
She plays "Blondie." :
PENNY40
41
42
Where the Sans Souci stands. :
POTSDAM43
46
47
First callboy in line. :
FRONT48
49
50
Thomas De la Warr's namesake. :
DELAWARE51
52
54
57
58
Hebrew liquid measure. :
HIN59
61
62
63
65
67
68
Tobacco drying kiln. :
OAST69
72
Thin Man's best friend. :
ASTA74
76
78
82
83
84
Pine tree exudate. :
RESIN85
86
90
92
Big-money winner of the turf. :
CITATION95
97
98
101
102
Anglo-Saxon assembly. :
GEMOT103
Chain of lakes in Pine Tree State. :
RANGELEY105
Arena of present conflict. :
EAST106
107
Whom Circe changed into a swine. :
ELPENOR108
Scene of Macdonald massacre, 1692. :
GLENCOE109
Outstanding composer for pianoforte. :
DEBUSSY110
113
Wagon used in Russia. :
TELEGA114
116
117
Visigoth defeated by Clovis at Tours, 507. :
ALARIC118
120
Bandleader Herman. :
WOODY121
122
Medieval silk and gold fabrics. :
ACCAS125
126
127
Architectural pier. :
ANTA128
131
133
134
Answer summary:
17 unique to this puzzle, 40 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 4 cheater squares.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 17 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 40 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 56 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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