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Louis Jenkins
Authors and Others
New York Times, Sunday, January 18, 1948
54-Across : Author of "The Promised Land."
Author:
Louis Jenkins
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 69, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 530 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 140, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 41, Grid flow: 21.7
Grid has duplicate clues.
Louis Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 C | 3 O | 4 T | 5 T | 6 D | 7 I | 8 C | 9 K | 10 E | 11 N | 12 S | 13 E | 14 M | 15 E | 16 R | 17 S | 18 O | 19 N |
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20 T | A | H | O | E | 21 I | S | R | A | F | E | L | 22 F | E | L | I | C | I | A |
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23 A | D | A | M | S | 24 S | H | A | N | T | E | E | 25 F | A | L | L | A | L | S |
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26 E | R | R | 27 S | 28 P | R | I | N | T | S | 29 E | 30 G | I | S | 31 E | R | S | T |
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32 L | E | A | 33 R | 34 L | A | I | C | 35 S | T | E | E | L | 36 E | |||||||
37 A | 38 L | O | E | 39 H | 40 E | 41 R | O | I | N | 42 E | V | 43 A | 44 D | 45 E | 46 R |
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47 M | 48 I | 49 S | T | I | T | L | 50 E | 51 M | E | L | E | E | 52 S | 53 E | D | I | N | A |
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54 A | N | T | I | N | 55 I | N | 56 C | I | S | O | R | 57 P | 58 O | L | A | R | I | S |
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59 I | D | I | O | T | 60 S | 61 C | O | L | T | S | 62 G | A | N | Y | M | E | D | E |
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63 M | I | N | N | 64 A | 65 R | A | M | I | S | 66 S | I | R | E | N | ||||||
67 S | A | G | S | 68 N | A | G | U | A | 69 M | A | T | T | I | 70 H | 71 A | 72 S | 73 H |
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74 A | G | N | E | S | 75 P | O | R | T | A | L | 76 O | N | T | O |
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77 R | 78 E | 79 B | 80 R | E | E | D | S | 81 R | A | D | I | I | 82 L | 83 A | W | S | O | N |
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84 A | L | L | E | G | R | O | 85 C | E | L | E | S | T | 86 A | 87 B | E | E | V | E |
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88 P | I | U | T | E | 89 M | 90 A | R | N | E | R | 91 E | T | 92 H | E | L | R | E | D |
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93 S | A | M | S | O | 94 N | 95 S | O | A | R | E | 96 R | 97 H | A | L | L | |||||
98 N | E | 99 W | T | O | N | 100 A | 101 P | E | R | 102 S | 103 H | 104 A | 105 W |
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106 A | 107 H | 108 E | 109 M | 110 W | A | I | N | 111 M | 112 A | C | A | R | T | 113 E | 114 E | A | R |
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115 R | E | B | E | 116 A | M | S | 117 E | 118 V | E | R | E | T | T | 119 B | 120 L | A | R | E |
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121 M | A | R | R | Y | A | T | 122 R | O | S | A | R | I | O | 123 B | Y | R | O | N |
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124 S | P | O | K | A | N | E | 125 S | W | A | N | S | O | N | 126 S | E | N | N | S |
© 1948, The New York TimesNo. 310
Across
1
Novelist who was lawyer, publisher, editor, poet and dramatist. : SCOTT
6
Author of "Master Humphrey's Clock." : DICKENS
13
Essayist who was pastor, poet, philosopher and lecturer. : EMERSON
20
Lake in the Sierra Nevada. : TAHOE
21
Poem by Poe. : ISRAFEL
22
___ Hemans, author of "Casabianca." : FELICIA
23
"The Education of Henry ___." : ADAMS
24
Rough wooden hut: Var. : SHANTEE
25
Bits of finery. : FALLALS
26
Guess wrongly. : ERR
27
Short races. : SPRINTS
29
Shield of Zeus. : EGIS
31
Formerly. : ERST
32
He wrote "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat." : LEAR
34
Secular. : LAIC
35
Editor of the "Tatler." : STEELE
37
Plant of the lily family. : ALOE
39
Narcotic. : HEROIN
42
Dodger. : EVADER
47
Inappropriate name. : MISTITLE
51
Riots. : MELEES
53
Buchanan's name for Edinburgh. : EDINA
54
Author of "The Promised Land." : ANTIN
55
Tooth adapted for cutting. : INCISOR
57
Guiding star. : POLARIS
59
"___ Delight" by Robert Sherwood. : IDIOTS
61
What Thunderhead and Flicka were. : COLTS
62
Cupbearer. : GANYMEDE
63
Where Gopher Prairie is: Abbr. : MINN
64
Companion of D'Artagnan. : ARAMIS
66
Half woman, half bird. : SIREN
67
Slumps. : SAGS
68
Guardian spirit of Mexican Indians. : NAGUA
69
Fragrant gum. : MATTI
70
Jumble. : HASH
74
Wife of David Copperfield. : AGNES
75
Gate. : PORTAL
76
On top of. : ONTO
77
Causes again. : REBREEDS
81
Wheel spokes. : RADII
82
He wrote "Frenzied Finance." : LAWSON
84
"L'___" by Milton. : ALLEGRO
85
Form of pianoforte. : CELESTA
87
Bovine animal. : BEEVE
88
Utah Indian. : PIUTE
89
"The Weaver of Raveloe." : MARNER
91
Early English king. : ETHELRED
93
"___ Agonistes" by Milton. : SAMSON
95
Flyer. : SOARER
97
___ Caine. : HALL
98
Philosopher who quarreled with Leibnitz. : NEWTON
100
Mimic. : APER
102
Playwright who was drama critic. : SHAW
106
Exclamation. : AHEM
110
Old-fashioned wagon. : WAIN
111
Lariat made of horse hair. : MACARTE
114
Attention. : EAR
115
Casts rays again. : REBEAMS
117
Boston diplomat, essayist and educator. : EVERETT
119
Trumpet sound. : BLARE
121
British naval captain, author of sea novels. : MARRYAT
122
City in the Argentine. : ROSARIO
123
Poet who sat in House of Lords. : BYRON
124
City in Washington. : SPOKANE
125
She played Sadie Thompson on the screen. : SWANSON
126
Alpine herdsmen. : SENNS
Down
1
Mme. de ___. : STAEL
2
Framework. : CADRE
3
Scarlett ___. : OHARA
4
Savior of Injun Joe. : TOM
5
Heroine of 1891 novel. : TESS
6
Novelist who became Prime Minister. : DISRAELI
7
Japanese diplomat. : ISHII
8
Christopher P. ___, American poet. : CRANCH
9
Tutor, professor, philosopher and bachelor. : KANT
10
Newts. : EFTS
11
Formerly. : NEE
12
More slippery. : SLEETIER
13
Heroine of "Heart of Midlothian." : EFFIE
14
Larva of a tapeworm. : MEASLE
15
45 inches. : ELL
16
Vex. : RILE
17
Blemish. : SCAR
18
Lubricates. : OILS
19
Civil War cartoonist. : NAST
28
Main story. : PLOT
30
___ Fowler, author of "Solo in Tom-Toms." : GENE
33
Soldiers' food. : RATIONS
35
Arias. : SOLOS
36
Dilettante and diarist (1620–1706). : EVELYN
38
Cotton fiber. : LINT
40
Iago's wife. : EMILIA
41
Slumbers. : RESTS
43
Old servant in "As You Like It." : ADAM
44
Dreadful. : DIRE
45
Geraint's wife. : ENID
46
Demolish. : RASE
47
Cripples. : MAIMS
48
Scene of "Kim." : INDIA
49
Bite. : STING
50
Places in a zoo. : ENCAGES
52
Lacedaemon. : SPARTA
56
Masque by Milton. : COMUS
58
Dramatist who went to sea. : ONEILL
60
Family in "The Constant Nymph." : SANGER
62
Philistine of Gath. : GITTITE
65
"Roderick ___" by Smollett. : RANDOM
66
Hindu garments. : SARIS
69
Moderate: French. : MODERE
70
Novelist who began as a printer. : HOWELLS
71
Graylag goose. : ANSER
72
Where Hedda burns the ms. : STOVE
73
Whetted. : HONED
74
Father of Antipholus twins. : AEGEON
75
Whiter. : PALER
77
Knocks. : RAPS
78
C. Lamb. : ELIA
79
French Premier, 1936–37. : BLUM
80
Steeps. : RETS
81
French historian. : RENAN
83
Son of Eve. : ABEL
85
Singers. : CROONERS
86
She wrote "Black Oxen." : ATHERTON
90
Birthplace of the poet Alfieri. : ASTI
92
Stag. : HART
94
Author of "Lead, Kindly Light." : NEWMAN
96
Fast horses. : RACERS
99
"The ___ Land" by T. S. Eliot. : WASTE
101
Courtyard. : PATIO
103
Author who became a Japanese citizen. : HEARN
104
Moses' brother. : AARON
105
Singing birds. : WRENS
106
"___ and the Man." : ARMS
107
"A ___ o' Livin' " by E. A. Guest. : HEAP
108
River in Spain. : EBRO
109
Mark: Scot. : MERK
111
Natural terrace. : MESA
112
Isles in Galway Bay. : ARAN
113
Recedes. : EBBS
116
Consort of Shamash. : AYA
118
Promise. : VOW
120
Soap ingredient. : LYE
Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 32 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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