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Charles Cross
Charles Cross

Names in the News

New York Times, Sunday, July 7, 1946

10-Down : Miss Pitts, of the movies.

Author:
Charles Cross
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 148, Blocks: 68, Avg Word Len: 5.04, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 559 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 51, Grid flow: 41.2
Charles Cross has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 50-Across clue, added umlaut over "e" in Brontë.

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W
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N
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U
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E
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D
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G
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C
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N
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R
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© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 230
Across
1
GOP hope for 1948. : WARREN
7
General's nickname. : MAC
10
Letter. : ZED
13
Ambassador to the Philippines. : MCNUTT
19
Have thoughts. : IDEATE
20
What Boswell's "Johnson" is. : ANA
21
Hail. : AVE
22
Muse of astronomy. : URANIA
23
More adroit. : NEATER
24
Pharaoh. : RAMESES
26
Charges. : DEBITS
27
The: Spanish. : EL
28
Warm. : TOAST
30
Where Sfax is. : TUNISIA
32
Well filled. : FAT
33
Before this. : SINCE
36
Odd job. : CHORE
38
Correct. : TRUE
39
Girl's name. : TONI
40
Biblical name. : ANAH
41
Country in Tacna-Arica dispute. : CHILE
42
Nothing. : RIEN
43
Mother of ex-King Carol. : MARIE
44
Republic S. of U. S. : PANAMA
46
Wept. : TEARED
48
Textbook. : GRAMMAR
50
Type of Brontë sisters' home. : MANSE
52
Horizontal. : LEVEL
54
River joining the Volga at Gorki. : OKA
55
English poet. : CAMPION
58
Mother of Wilhelmina. : EMMA
59
Secretary of Agriculture. : ANDERSON
64
Friend. : AMI
65
Head of World Bank. : MEYER
67
Permeates. : IMBUES
69
___ Nazimova. : ALLA
70
President of Philippines. : ROXAS
72
Premier of Italy. : DEGASPERI
74
Etching materials. : ACIDS
75
The holm oak. : ILEX
76
Against. : VERSUS
77
Storms. : RAGES
79
Father of Osiris. : GEB
80
Disease caused by vitamin lack. : BERIBERI
82
Where King Ananda Mahid died June 9. : SIAM
84
What Clio was Muse of. : HISTORY
86
Norwegian U. N. official. : LIE
87
Prohibit. : ESTOP
89
Petitioner. : ASKER
90
Therapeutics. : HEALERS
94
Chief Justice of U. S. Supreme Court. : VINSON
96
Unemployed. : OTIOSE
100
Of a bone. : ULNAR
101
Last word of the Bible. : AMEN
103
Of the Quechuan tribes. : INCAN
105
Town in ancient Arcadia. : ALEA
106
Apportion. : METE
107
Consanguineous. : AKIN
108
Out of bed. : ASTIR
109
Vulgar. : SLANG
110
Shut out. : BAR
111
CIO leader. : BRIDGES
113
Ancient writer. : AESOP
115
His portrait appears on 3c stamps. : AL
116
Place apart. : ENISLE
118
Bass tuba. : SAXHORN
120
King of England, 1017–35. : CANUTE
123
Genus of So. African shrubs. : ROCHEA
124
High priest. : ELI
125
Repartee. : WIT
126
Painter of Biblical subjects (1836–1902). : TISSOT
127
Walks. : TREADS
128
River island. : AIT
129
Aurora. : EOS
130
Implies. : INFERS
Down
1
Type of apple. : WINESAP
2
___ Patti. : ADELINA
3
Bloodroot. : REA
4
Initials of Senator from Ohio. : RAT
5
Headless, in heraldry. : ETETE
6
Son of Agrippina. : NERO
7
Cuprous iodide. : MARSHITE
8
___ France. : ANATOLE
9
Ouse tributary. : CAM
10
Miss Pitts, of the movies. : ZASU
11
Close of day. : EVENTIDE
12
Inclination. : DESIRE
13
Noted English bookseller (1818–1890). : MUDIE
14
Fabric much used in Spain. : CREA
15
Catch. : NAB
16
Alike. : UNIFORM
17
She fell in love with Bottom. : TITANIA
18
More savory. : TASTIER
25
Summer: Fr. : ETE
29
Alas: Ger. : ACH
31
Lilted. : SUNG
34
Girl's nickname. : NAN
35
Joe Louis. : CHAMP
37
Kingdom. : REALM
39
Black larch: Var. : TAMARAC
41
Boat. : CANOE
42
Alter. : REVAMP
43
Construct. : MAKE
45
Disables. : MAIMS
47
Forgiveness. : REMISSION
49
Batons. : RODS
51
Secretary of the Treasury. : SNYDER
53
Heroine of "Pendennis." : LAURA
55
Indian of the Greater Antilles. : CARIB
56
Soap plant. : AMOLE
57
Bartender. : MIXER
58
Units of work. : ERGS
60
Nickers. : NEIGHS
61
Famous county in Ireland. : SLIGO
62
Less fresh. : OLDER
63
Petroleum V. ___, American humorist. : NASBY
66
Weird. : EERIE
68
Shoulder of a road. : BERM
71
Armpits. : AXILLAE
73
U. S. delegate to U. N. : AUSTIN
74
Resource. : ASSET
76
Shift. : VEER
78
Holy picture: Var. : EIKON
81
Product of Munich: Ger. : BIER
83
Apogee or perigee. : APSIS
85
Cross. : TRIAL
88
Villain in "Trilby." : SVENGALI
89
Classics. : ANCIENTS
90
King for a month. : HUMBERT
91
Mrs. F. D. R. : ELEANOR
92
Grass cultivated by ants. : ANTRICE
93
Hector Hugh Munro. : SAKI
95
Canadian Province. : ONTARIO
97
Norse name. : OLA
98
One of Mr. Truman's former jobs. : SENATOR
99
Young birds. : EAGLETS
102
Three days out on the Queen Mary. : MIDSEA
104
Art: Latin. : ARS
107
Regions. : AREAS
108
Residue. : ASH
109
U. N. problem. : SPAIN
111
Blackmailed. : BLED
112
Going. : EXIT
114
Eight: Comb. form. : OCTI
117
The urial. : SHA
119
Be indebted. : OWE
121
Sad banking abbr. : NSF
122
Treat. : USE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 45 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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