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Alberta N. Burton
Alberta N. Burton

New York Times, Friday, January 19, 1951

Author:
Alberta Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 31.9 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Alberta N. Burton has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Alberta Burton is an alias for Alberta N. Burton.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 579
Across
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World's greatest coffee port, in Brazil. : SANTOS
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Newspaper printed in Moscow. : PRAVDA
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Sanction. : ENDORSE
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Light: French. : LUMIERE
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Shabbier. : SEEDIER
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Very handsome young men. : APOLLOS
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Stinging ant introduced into U. S. to destroy the boll weevil. : KELEP
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Girl's name. : ESTER
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Arctic bird, expert swimmer and diver. : AUK
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Goddess of the rainbow. : IRIS
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$1,000 bill. : GNOTE
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River that flows into the Seine. : OISE
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"___ of Good Will." : MEN
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Miss Dunne. : IRENE
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Machine which removes beards from grain. : AWNER
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Seaport of Denmark. : ODENSE
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Prevailing mood of the times. : GRIMNESS
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Portent. : OMEN
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Snicker ___. : SNEE
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Personification of a European country. : GERMANIA
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Swedish aeronaut, lost in the Arctic, 1897. : ANDREE
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Regular. : USUAL
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The G in G. O. P. : GRAND
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Affirmative votes. : AYS
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A ride in the family car. : SPIN
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Excel. : SHINE
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Former head of Un-American Activities Committee. : DIES
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Healthy color. : TAN
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Occurring every eighth day. : OCTAN
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Wash out. : RINSE
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"Flit on, cheering angel" for Florence Nightingale. : ANAGRAM
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High spirits. : ELATION
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Subject to the franchise. : VOTABLE
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Word for not-so-Merry England. : AUSTERE
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Abate. : LESSEN
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Capital of the Punjab. : LAHORE
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Derided. : SNEERED
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Sweet heroine of an old-time song. : ADELINE
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Protuberances. : NODES
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Journey. : TRIP
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Suffix meaning full of. : OSE
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Peaceful. : SERENE
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Dishes or phonograph records. : PLATTERS
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About 21c in 60 Across. : RUPEE
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Cupid. : AMOR
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Small town: Abbr. : VIL
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Light woolen fabric. : DELAINE
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Excites to action. : AROUSES
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Igloo dweller. : ESKIMO
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Glacial ridges. : ESKERS
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"The Thing," for instance. : SONG
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President of AFL since 1924. : GREEN
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Admitted. : OWNED
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Pertaining to an ism. : ISMAL
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Rectify. : AMEND
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Nobody. : NOMAN
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Vacuous. : INANE
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Workers on the lobster shift. : NIGHTMEN
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Sweden's new king. : GUSTAV
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Spanish. : ESPANOL
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Demolish. : RUINATE
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Lily Pons specialty. : ARIA
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Mount in the Cascade Range. : RAINIER
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Hideosity. : EYESORE
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Second century cenobite. : ESSENE
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Temper, as a sword. : ANNEAL
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Clamber up. : SCALE
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Likewise. : DITTO
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Globes. : ORBS
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Reckless. : RASH
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Valuable fuel. : GAS
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Roman goddess of earth. : LUA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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