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Elizabeth Patterson
News and Views
New York Times, Sunday, April 23, 1950
106-Down : Composer of "Oklahoma!"
Author:
Elizabeth Patterson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 75, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 675 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 170, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 53, Grid flow: 32.8
1 H | 2 A | 3 S | 4 H | 5 E | 6 D | | 7 C | 8 O | 9 N | 10 G | 11 R | 12 E | 13 S | 14 S | | 15 T | 16 A | 17 L | 18 L | 19 A | 20 G | 21 E |
22 O | P | T | A | T | E | | 23 A | M | O | R | E | T | T | I | | 24 W | H | E | E | L | E | R |
25 F | R | A | N | C | O | | 26 M | O | N | E | Y | E | R | S | | 27 I | N | D | I | A | N | A |
28 F | I | T | C | H | | 29 P | E | L | E | W | | | 30 O | A | 31 S | T | | 32 A | G | N | E | S |
33 M | O | U | E | | 34 D | E | L | O | S | | 35 H | 36 E | M | L | O | C | 37 K | | 38 H | I | V | E |
39 A | R | T | | 40 S | I | D | O | N | | 41 K | A | L | B | | 42 T | H | I | 43 S | | 44 S | A | D |
45 N | I | E | 46 U | P | O | R | T | | 47 M | A | L | L | O | 48 W | | 49 Y | E | T | 50 S | | | |
| | | 51 T | O | D | O | | 52 C | A | N | | 53 I | L | E | 54 S | | 55 L | O | T | 56 A | 57 H | 58 S |
59 S | 60 A | 61 T | I | R | E | | 62 P | H | Y | S | 63 I | C | I | S | T | 64 S | | 65 P | O | L | Y | P |
66 A | L | I | C | E | | 67 S | U | R | F | A | C | E | | 68 T | A | L | 69 I | G | R | A | D | E |
70 B | A | B | A | | 71 R | E | L | O | A | N | S | | 72 L | E | N | O | R | A | | 73 S | R | A |
74 A | B | E | | 75 P | A | N | | 76 N | I | S | | 77 O | E | R | | 78 G | I | P | | 79 T | O | R |
80 T | A | T | | 81 A | G | A | 82 D | I | R | | 83 A | N | A | N | 84 I | A | S | | 85 G | A | G | E |
86 I | M | A | 87 G | I | S | T | I | C | | 88 E | M | E | R | S | O | N | | 89 C | R | I | E | R |
90 N | A | N | A | S | | 91 E | G | L | 92 A | N | T | I | N | E | S | | 93 M | O | U | R | N | S |
94 I | N | S | U | L | 95 T | | 96 S | E | N | T | | 97 D | E | A | | 98 L | A | M | B | | | |
| | | 99 M | E | R | 100 S | | 101 S | C | A | 102 L | A | R | | 103 F | O | R | E | S | 104 T | 105 E | 106 R |
107 B | 108 A | 109 C | | 110 Y | O | H | 111 O | | 112 H | I | E | S | | 113 B | L | A | I | R | | 114 O | T | O |
115 R | O | O | 116 M | | 117 W | A | L | 118 P | O | L | E | | 119 L | O | O | F | A | | 120 T | R | O | D |
121 O | R | G | A | 122 N | | 123 R | E | A | R | | | 124 P | E | S | T | S | | 125 S | O | O | N | G |
126 A | T | O | M | I | 127 S | M | | 128 P | A | 129 M | 130 P | E | A | N | S | | 131 W | I | N | N | I | E |
132 C | A | N | A | S | T | A | | 133 A | G | R | A | P | H | I | A | | 134 A | V | A | T | A | R |
135 H | E | S | S | I | A | N | | 136 W | E | S | L | E | Y | A | N | | 137 T | A | L | O | N | S |
© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 428
Across
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15
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Ex-Senator Burton K. ___. :
WHEELER25
26
27
28
His first play was "Beau Brummel." :
FITCH29
Caroline Island group. :
PELEW30
32
Dora's successor, in "David Copperfield." :
AGNES33
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Where rules the queen. :
HIVE39
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Neighbor of Tyre. :
SIDON41
German general in American Revolution. :
KALB42
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St. Laurent's country: Abbr. :
CAN53
55
Hindu water pitchers. :
LOTAHS59
62
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Tarkington heroine. :
ALICE67
Character in "School for Scandal." :
SURFACE68
Walking on the outer side of the foot: Zool. :
TALIGRADE70
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"___ the land of the free." :
OER78
79
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81
Seaport, S. W. Morocco. :
AGADIR83
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Coleridge's schoolmate. :
LAMB99
101
Describable by a number. :
SCALAR103
Creator of Captain Hornblower. :
FORESTER107
Flat-bottomed ferryboat. :
BAC110
112
113
"Little White House." :
BLAIR114
115
117
Author of "Castle of Otranto." :
WALPOLE119
Vegetable sponge. :
LOOFA120
121
Albert Schweitzer's favorite instrument. :
ORGAN123
124
Gnats, fleas, etc. :
PESTS125
Chiang's brother-in-law. :
SOONG126
Modern theory of the universe. :
ATOMISM128
131
132
133
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135
Hired soldier in Revolutionary War. :
HESSIAN136
137
Down
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2
3
4
Small arch: Arch. :
HANCE5
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600-mile Siberian river. :
OMOLON9
10
Ambassador to Japan, 1932–41. :
GREW11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Mother of fair Helen. :
LEDA18
Actress Vivien ___. :
LEIGH19
20
21
29
Dr. ___ in "Don Quixote." :
PEDRO31
34
Form of vacuum tube. :
DIODE35
"Prince" ___ Newhouser. :
HAL36
Another name for Lagoon Islands. :
ELLICE37
Schleswig-Holstein's capital. :
KIEL40
41
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46
City on N. Y. Barge Canal. :
UTICA47
Fashionable London district. :
MAYFAIR48
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52
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56
57
58
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60
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62
Small coin of Persia. :
PUL63
Suffix denoting a science. :
ICS64
67
Where Alben Barkley presides. :
SENATE69
Messenger of Zeus and Hera. :
IRIS71
72
75
Scottish manufacturing burgh. :
PAISLEY77
82
83
84
85
87
Smear or daub: Dial. :
GAUM88
89
Promising one: Colloq. :
COMER92
93
Sancho Panza's wife. :
MARIA95
98
100
Princess Margaret's girl friend. :
SHARMAN102
He spoke at Washington's funeral. :
LEE103
104
Indian name meaning "meeting place." :
TORONTO105
106
107
108
109
111
Novelist ___ Edvart Rolvaag. :
OLE113
116
118
119
Admiral of the Fleet. :
LEAHY120
122
124
Mexican man's nickname. :
PEPE125
127
129
130
131
England's ___ Tyler. :
WAT
Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 42 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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