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Alice H. Cook
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New York Times, Sunday, May 29, 1949
2-Down : Day dream.
Author:
Alice H. Cook
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 73, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 631 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 172, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 58, Grid flow: 44.0
1 G | 2 R | 3 O | 4 T | 5 O | 6 N | | 7 G | 8 I | 9 O | 10 V | 11 A | 12 N | 13 N | 14 I | | 15 B | 16 R | 17 O | 18 W | 19 D | 20 E | 21 R |
22 R | E | V | E | R | E | | 23 A | S | T | E | R | O | I | D | | 24 R | E | L | I | E | V | E |
25 A | V | E | N | G | E | | 26 I | N | T | E | R | N | A | L | | 27 E | V | O | L | V | E | S |
28 B | E | R | N | A | D | 29 O | T | T | E | | 30 E | S | S | E | 31 N | E | S | | 32 H | O | N | I |
33 B | R | A | | 34 N | E | V | E | | 35 R | 36 O | A | M | | 37 W | E | D | | 38 F | E | T | E | S |
39 A | I | L | 40 S | | 41 D | O | R | 42 N | | 43 P | R | O | 44 L | I | X | | 45 M | O | L | E | S | T |
46 G | E | L | I | 47 D | | 48 I | S | E | 49 R | E | | 50 K | I | L | T | | 51 C | O | M | E | T | S |
| | | 52 L | I | 53 N | D | | 54 P | O | R | 55 T | E | N | D | | 56 A | N | T | I | | | |
57 S | 58 A | 59 L | I | V | A | | 60 N | A | V | A | R | R | E | | 61 A | R | U | | 62 N | 63 A | 64 R | 65 D |
66 T | R | U | C | E | S | | 67 E | L | I | T | E | | 68 S | 69 H | I | R | T | | 70 A | C | E | R |
71 I | M | P | O | R | T | 72 E | R | | 73 N | I | K | 74 E | | 75 A | R | E | T | 76 E | | 77 E | P | E |
78 P | O | I | N | T | | 79 D | I | 80 E | G | O | | 81 M | 82 A | L | L | S | | 83 C | 84 H | R | I | S |
85 U | R | N | | 86 S | 87 W | I | S | S | | 88 N | 89 I | B | S | | 90 I | T | 91 A | L | I | A | N | S |
92 L | E | E | 93 R | | 94 O | L | S | E | 95 N | | 96 C | A | L | 97 I | F | | 98 S | A | N | T | E | E |
99 E | R | S | E | | 100 L | E | A | | 101 E | 102 V | E | R | E | S | T | | 103 E | I | D | E | R | S |
| | | 104 M | 105 A | S | S | | 106 C | H | A | R | G | E | S | | 107 P | A | R | O | | | |
108 A | 109 T | 110 T | I | R | E | | 111 T | O | R | R | | 112 O | P | E | 113 R | A | | 114 S | O | 115 R | 116 B | 117 S |
118 G | R | I | T | T | Y | | 119 S | L | U | I | 120 C | E | | 121 I | O | T | 122 A | | 123 S | O | L | E |
124 R | E | S | T | S | | 125 V | U | L | | 126 C | U | S | 127 H | | 128 T | O | U | 129 L | | 130 S | E | A |
131 I | L | S | A | | 132 R | E | N | E | 133 G | E | R | | 134 O | 135 R | A | N | G | E | 136 P | E | E | L |
137 P | L | U | N | 138 D | E | R | | 139 C | O | L | L | 140 A | R | E | T | | 141 U | V | A | L | D | E |
142 P | I | E | C | I | N | G | | 143 T | O | L | E | R | A | T | E | | 144 S | E | L | L | E | R |
145 A | S | S | E | T | T | E | | 146 S | P | A | R | K | L | E | S | | 147 T | R | I | E | R | S |
© 1949, The New York TimesNo. 381
Across
1
Dean Acheson's prep school. :
GROTON7
15
Candidate for President, 1940. :
BROWDER22
Boston's Coney Island. :
REVERE23
One of many planetoids between Mars and Jupiter. :
ASTEROID24
25
Inflict retributive punishment. :
AVENGE26
27
28
30
32
First word of motto of Order of the Garter. :
HONI33
34
35
37
Bound by lasting ties. :
WED38
39
41
Ben Hecht's "Erik ___." :
DORN43
Extended to tedious length. :
PROLIX45
46
48
Tributary of the Rhone. :
ISERE50
Pleat in deep vertical folds. :
KILT51
52
P. T. Barnum's star. :
LIND54
56
57
Secretion of certain glands. :
SALIVA60
Former kingdom of the Pyrenees. :
NAVARRE61
Island group SW of New Guinea. :
ARU62
Rare and costly ointment. :
NARD66
Intermissions of action. :
TRUCES67
68
Symbolic garment. :
SHIRT70
71
73
Statue in the Louvre. :
NIKE75
Sharp ridge of a mountain. :
ARETE77
78
79
81
83
Uncle in "I Remember Mama." :
CHRIS85
86
Curtain material. :
SWISS88
90
They voted June, 1946, to become a republic. :
ITALIANS92
94
96
98
River of South Carolina. :
SANTEE99
100
101
103
104
106
107
108
111
112
Eleanor Belmont's avocation. :
OPERA114
Trees of the apple family. :
SORBS118
119
Artificial channel for water. :
SLUICE121
123
124
125
Version of the Scriptures: Abbr. :
VUL126
Eldest son of Ham. :
CUSH128
French town on Moselle. :
TOUL130
Overwhelming quantity. :
SEA131
132
134
137
139
141
Garner's home town, in Texas. :
UVALDE142
143
144
145
146
147
Down
1
Receptacle from which one draws this and that. :
GRABBAG2
3
4
Volunteer State: Abbr. :
TENN5
Musical instrument. :
ORGAN6
7
8
Common contraction. :
ISNT9
Web-footed animal. :
OTTER10
Bill with Lincoln's picture on it. :
VEE11
12
13
Dutch island W. of Sumatra. :
NIAS14
15
16
Rotations on an axis: Colloq. :
REVS17
Emit an odor: Latin. :
OLO18
19
20
21
29
31
36
38
40
A chief elementary constituent of the earth's crust. :
SILICON42
Kingdom in the Himalayas. :
NEPAL44
45
U. S. Ambassador to the Philippines. :
MCNUTT47
49
53
Bavarian-born cartoonist. :
NAST55
56
57
58
59
60
61
Frankfurt-Berlin phenomenon. :
AIRLIFT63
64
65
69
72
74
Restrictions imposed on commerce. :
EMBARGOES76
80
82
84
87
Cardinal in "King Henry VIII." :
WOLSEY89
91
93
Money sent from one place to another. :
REMITTANCE95
Mahatma's Elisha. :
NEHRU97
Japanese in U.S.A., born in and loyal to Japan. :
ISSEI102
105
College of Liberal ___. :
ARTS106
107
He wrote "Cry, The Beloved Country." :
PATON108
109
110
111
113
Follows a fixed routine of succession. :
ROTATES115
116
117
Weights and measures officials. :
SEALERS120
Beauty parlor equipment. :
CURLER122
___ Belmont, American banker. :
AUGUST125
127
129
He wrote "Charles O'Malley." :
LEVER132
Tighe E. Woods' problem. :
RENT133
He "spills his broth on the tablecloth." :
GOOP135
136
Language of Buddhist scriptures. :
PALI138
140
The Wonder State: Abbr. :
ARK
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 53 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 5 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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