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William A. Lewis Jr.
William A. Lewis Jr.

THE GRAND TOUR

New York Times, Sunday, July 24, 1955

1-Down : Goosefoot plant.

Author:
William A. Lewis Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 158, Blocks: 88, Avg Word Len: 5.58, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 677 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 131, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 33, Grid flow: 62.7
William A. Lewis Jr. has 45 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,217
Across
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Sudden burst of activity. : SPASM
6
I am absent: Lat. : ABSUM
11
Measures used in Southwest. : VARAS
16
Breed of pigeon. : POUTER
18
Mention. : SPEAKOF
20
Looks over carefully. : PERUSES
22
Fried pastry shell. : TIMBALE
23
Home wave. : PINCURL
24
Entezam, for instance. : IRANIAN
25
Unfasten. : UNPEG
26
Swiss coin. : FRANC
28
Singer Frankie. : LAINE
30
"___ Street Blues." : BEALE
31
Scotch denials. : NAES
32
Homes of yoghurt, vitamins, etc. : HEALTHCENTERS
35
Prima donna. : STAR
36
Here: French. : ICI
37
Serve turkey. : CARVE
38
___ de mer. : MAL
39
Cross stroke on type. : SERIF
41
Where Gary is: Abbr. : IND
42
City near Springfield, Mass. : CHICOPEE
44
Czech playwright. : CAPEK
46
Attraction at Agua Caliente. : DOGRACE
48
Late Mexican star Velez. : LUPE
49
Greet a queen: Var. : CURTSEY
51
Knotted. : TIED
52
Cautious. : CHARY
54
Infinitive for Tirol pastime. : TOSKI
55
Air: Comb. form. : AER
57
Powder scent. : LILAC
60
Practice for the CDA. : ALERT
61
Fortress city in Turkey. : KARS
62
Springlike. : VERNAL
65
Yields. : GIVES
67
He managed Dempsey. : DOCKEARNS
69
Man of melody. : KERN
70
Piece of camphor. : MOTHBALL
72
Superlative suffix. : EST
73
Boundary between air masses preventing weather change. : STATIONARYFRONT
76
King: Span. : REY
77
2000, for instance. : LEAPYEAR
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Defendant: Lat. : REUS
80
Group deported by Nebuchadnezzar. : LOSTTRIBE
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Containing gold. : AURIC
83
Soothed. : LULLED
85
Bona ___. : FIDE
86
Black snake. : RACER
87
___ code. : PENAL
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Country sound. : MOO
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Runs in neutral. : IDLES
92
Glass sections. : PANES
93
Tour. : TRIP
95
Proposed. : OFFERED
97
British Field Marshal. : HAIG
98
Tourist guide. : ROADMAP
101
Mulcted. : FINED
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Highest point in Great Britain. : BENNEVIS
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___ Antonio. : SAN
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City of Turkey, Asia. : SIIRT
109
Forerunner of MSA and FOA. : ECA
110
The Senate has 96. : SEATS
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Bankbook abbreviation. : INT
112
High flier. : KITE
114
People with chips on their shoulders. : TROUBLEMAKERS
117
Leave town. : MOVE
118
Character in "Ivanhoe." : ISAAC
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Had title to. : OWNED
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Grain for grinding. : GRIST
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Famous Greek physician. : GALEN
123
Italian city. : FERRARA
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___ of (regardless of) : INSPITE
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Radiators. : HEATERS
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Corn cake. : FRITTER
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Guided. : STEERED
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Still. : SILENT
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Not ___ (not good): Slang. : SOHOT
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Booth. : STALL
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Aeries. : NESTS
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Goosefoot plant. : SPINACH
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Tourist sight near Naples. : POMPEII
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Dept. and river of France. : AUBES
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Deer. : STAG
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One of the Allens. : MEL
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Four gills make ___. : APINT
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Surveyor's sign on a permanent landmark. : BENCHMARK
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Indian. : SAC
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"Aloha Oe" accompaniment. : UKULELES
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Gussie of sports. : MORAN
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Part of a poem: Abbr. : VER
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Man of Yemen. : ARAB
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Ancient Norse writings. : RUNES
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Oriental. : ASIATIC
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Shipping route. : SEALANE
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Man in the ring. : REFEREE
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Cross timber. : SPALE
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Flutters. : FLITS
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Pantomime character. : PIERROT
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Bergen puppet. : SNERD
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Blouselike garment. : TUNIC
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Favorable notice. : RAVE
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Something pressing. : NEED
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : HAPPY
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Listeners perforce. : CAPTIVEAUDIENCE
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Seal or signet. : SIGIL
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Credit tickets used by travelers. : COURTESYCARDS
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Source of railroad revenue. : FREIGHTTRAINS
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Member of the Supreme Court. : CLARK
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Use swear words. : CUSS
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City near Newark, N. J. : KEARNY
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Typical Hope remark. : ADLIB
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Headliner of recent capital controversy. : CORSI
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Tokyo dollar. : YEN
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TV view. : CLOSEUP
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100 acres. : HECTARE
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Flareup of temper. : TANTRUM
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Gear for rifle cleaning. : RAMRODS
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Miser's trait. : AVARICE
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Island of Indonesia. : CELEBES
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Novelist St. John. : ADELA
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African cattle pen. : KRAAL
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Slips up. : ERRS
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Inexact. : LOOSE
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Craftier. : SLYER
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Daughter of Zeus. : ATE
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___-deep. : KNEE
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Relative of gunpowder. : TNT
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Diamond once owned by Czars. : ORLOFF
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Hit to outfield. : FLIED
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Vessel of 1492. : PINTA
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Roam about. : RANGE
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Old card game. : LOO
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Vanished. : FLED
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Curtail. : LIMIT
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Victor Herbert tune. : DREAMGIRL
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Slacks. : PANTS
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Boat rowed by two. : PAIROAR
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Lineman's testing apparatus. : FIELDSET
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Firesides. : HEARTHS
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Builders. : RAISERS
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Smallest of the Great Lakes. : ONTARIO
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Bow. : PROW
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What apiculturists tend. : BEES
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Very strong. : VIOLENT
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Turns upside down. : INVERTS
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Machine carbines. : STENS
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Rowboat. : SKIFF
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Ancient port near Carthage. : TUNIS
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Batted high into the air. : SKIED
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Fifth largest planet. : EARTH
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Propensities. : BENTS
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Soviet cooperative. : ARTEL
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Captains' aides. : MATES
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Roman consul. : CATO
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Relative of a squall. : GALE
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Inactive: Abbr. : RET
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Sweet ___. : PEA
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A or an: Ger. : EIN

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 19 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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