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Charles Cross
World Wide Words
New York Times, Sunday, September 9, 1945
35-Down : Attacker of Beecher's moral character.
Author:
Charles Cross
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 664 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 122, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 67, Grid flow: 32.9
| 1 A | 2 R | 3 A | 4 B | 5 S | | 6 O | 7 C | 8 H | 9 S | | 10 S | 11 H | 12 A | 13 W | | 14 L | 15 A | 16 N | 17 D | | |
18 C | R | A | D | L | E | | 19 P | L | A | I | 20 N | T | I | V | E | | 21 A | R | I | E | 22 S | |
23 E | D | I | S | O | N | | 24 P | A | T | T | E | R | S | O | N | | 25 V | I | N | S | O | 26 N |
27 L | I | D | | 28 B | E | 29 F | O | R | E | | 30 V | A | P | I | D | | 31 A | S | E | M | I | A |
32 I | T | E | 33 M | | 34 C | A | S | K | | 35 T | I | M | I | D | | 36 O | L | E | | 37 I | R | K |
38 A | I | R | E | 39 D | A | L | E | | 40 A | I | L | | 41 D | E | 42 L | L | | 43 S | 44 E | T | E | E |
| | | 45 L | Y | N | X | | 46 T | U | L | L | 47 Y | | 48 D | I | S | 49 H | | 50 V | I | E | D |
51 S | 52 T | 53 A | L | K | S | | 54 B | E | S | T | E | A | 55 D | | 56 P | E | E | 57 R | E | S | S | |
58 C | H | L | O | E | | 59 S | A | N | T | O | | 60 K | E | 61 G | | 62 N | E | E | R | | | |
63 H | E | I | N | R | 64 I | C | H | | 65 I | N | 66 D | I | A | N | 67 A | | 68 P | I | E | 69 R | 70 C | 71 E |
72 E | L | D | | 73 S | T | R | A | 74 I | N | | 75 U | M | L | A | U | 76 T | | 77 S | T | E | A | L |
78 M | E | A | 79 D | | 80 S | A | M | A | | 81 O | C | A | | 82 S | T | I | 83 R | | 84 T | E | L | A |
85 E | M | D | E | 86 N | | 87 P | A | M | 88 E | L | A | | 89 T | H | O | M | A | 90 S | | 91 L | I | T |
92 R | E | E | L | E | 93 D | | 94 S | U | M | A | T | 95 R | A | | 96 P | E | N | E | 97 L | O | P | E |
| | | 98 G | W | Y | 99 N | | 100 S | I | N | | 101 A | M | 102 I | S | S | | 103 W | I | P | E | R |
| 104 A | 105 L | A | S | K | A | 106 N | | 107 T | I | 108 N | D | E | R | Y | | 109 T | A | P | E | R | S |
110 G | L | A | D | | 111 E | N | I | 112 D | | 113 N | O | I | S | E | | 114 H | A | R | T | | | |
115 L | A | B | O | 116 R | | 117 C | L | E | 118 F | | 119 R | O | T | | 120 G | O | R | D | O | 121 N | 122 I | 123 A |
124 A | B | E | | 125 A | 126 T | E | | 127 R | O | 128 A | D | S | | 129 U | R | A | L | | 130 N | O | R | M |
131 S | A | L | 132 O | M | E | | 133 B | O | N | C | I | | 134 A | P | A | R | A | 135 S | | 136 V | I | M |
137 S | M | I | L | A | X | | 138 E | N | D | O | C | 139 A | R | P | S | | 140 T | E | 141 R | E | S | A |
| 142 A | N | I | T | A | | 143 A | D | O | R | A | N | T | E | S | | 144 A | T | O | N | E | S |
| | 145 G | O | E | S | | 146 M | A | N | N | | 147 N | A | R | Y | | 148 N | A | M | A | S | |
© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 187
Across
1
Contenders for Palestine. :
ARABS6
Famous newspaper man. :
OCHS10
Surname of "Josh Billings." :
SHAW14
Maritime Commission head. :
LAND18
Faneuil Hall, "___ of Liberty." :
CRADLE19
21
First sign of zodiac. :
ARIES23
Governor of New Jersey (1941–44). :
EDISON24
25
Truman's Secretary of Treasury. :
VINSON27
28
30
31
Loss of power to make a symbol of thought. :
ASEMIA32
34
35
What "Caspar Milquetoast" is. :
TIMID36
37
38
Largest dog of terrier class. :
AIREDALE40
41
43
45
46
FDR's personal secretary. :
TULLY48
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51
54
56
58
59
___ Domingo, burial-place of Columbus. :
SANTO60
Gunpowder container. :
KEG62
63
65
68
President Franklin ___. :
PIERCE72
73
75
77
78
Chairman of Senate War Investigation Committee. :
MEAD80
81
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84
Web-like membrane. :
TELA85
87
Or "Virtue Rewarded" by Richardson. :
PAMELA89
Perennial candidate for President. :
THOMAS91
92
94
96
Greek woman, type of wifely constancy. :
PENELOPE98
"Sweet Nell of Old Drury." :
GWYN100
Favorite theme for sermons. :
SIN101
103
104
107
109
110
111
Character in "Idylls of the King." :
ENID113
114
Former admiral, now a Senator. :
HART115
What Mr. Attlee heads. :
LABOR117
119
120
124
125
127
129
130
131
Drama by Oscar Wilde. :
SALOME133
Caruso's rival in 1906. :
BONCI134
136
137
Dinner-table decoration. :
SMILAX138
140
142
Santa ___ handicap. :
ANITA143
144
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146
Noted German refugee. :
MANN147
148
Down
1
Composer of "Kiss Waltz." :
ARDITI2
Type of Army airplane. :
RAIDER3
4
5
Followers of a Stoic philosopher. :
SENECANS6
7
Truman's Attorney General. :
CLARK8
9
10
Gad about: N. Eng. :
STRAM11
12
13
14
15
16
Number of Supreme Court Justices. :
NINE17
18
Rosalind's friend. :
CELIA20
22
26
29
Snake's poison-fang. :
FALX33
Secretary of Treasury under three Presidents. :
MELLON35
Attacker of Beecher's moral character. :
TILTON36
"Hellzapoppin" comedian. :
OLSEN39
Two-branched candlesticks: Var. :
DYKERS40
42
Noted facial feature of Hapsburg family. :
LIP44
46
47
49
Sneaky character in "David Copperfield." :
HEEP51
52
Imaginary abbey in Gargantua. :
THELEME53
54
55
57
Captain of Nile boat. :
REIS59
Material for a crazy-quilt. :
SCRAP61
64
66
67
Outstanding procedure in many mystery novels. :
AUTOPSY69
70
Instrument for measuring diameters. :
CALIPER71
74
Greek mythological seer. :
IAMUS76
79
African cape on Indian Ocean. :
DELGADO81
Compound from bone-oil. :
OLANIN83
86
88
89
90
Lincoln's Secretary of State. :
SEWARD93
95
60,000,000 in U. S. A. :
RADIOS97
Competitor for "America Cup." :
LIPTON99
___ O'Neill, American actress. :
NANCE102
104
Vessel sunk by "Kearsage" in Civil War. :
ALABAMA105
106
108
Stage name of Lillian Norton (1859–1914). :
NORDICA109
110
Wilson's Secretary of Treasury. :
GLASS112
Jewish hero of George Eliot novel. :
DERONDA114
Grant's Attorney General. :
HOAR116
118
Kettle used for grinding ores. :
FONDON120
Abounding in herbage. :
GRASSY121
122
123
126
128
Source of knopper. :
ACORN129
Lowest-priced Pullman accommodation. :
UPPER132
133
134
Gulf, NW coast of Greece. :
ARTA135
139
Massachusetts cape. :
ANN141
Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 53 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 10 cheater squares.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 14 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 53 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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