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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

Of People and Places

New York Times, Sunday, January 25, 1948

Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 79, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 671 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 140, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 51, Grid flow: 43.9
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In the 84-Down clue, corrected the year range from 1926-35 to 1934-35, since this clue's subject didn't technically become queen until 1934.

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© 1948, The New York TimesNo. 311
Across
1
President in Tegucigalpa. : CARIAS
7
Belem's other name. : PARA
11
"Emperor of Believers" (582–644). : OMAR
15
Winterlike. : BRUMAL
21
Language of Ibn Saud's people. : ARABIC
22
Philip's bride. : ELIZABETH
24
Miss Leigh, Browning heroine. : AURORA
25
She married Richard Wagner. : COSIMA
26
Gilda's father. : RIGOLETTO
27
Premier Schuman's langue du pays. : FRENCH
28
Paver's mallets. : TUPS
29
Unpolished. : RUDE
31
Foreign travel permit. : VISA
32
Information. : DATA
34
Exclamation. : OHO
35
Function. : USE
36
City NW of Detroit. : FLINT
38
Rarely. : SELDOM
40
Stevedore. : LADER
42
Russian name. : SERGE
45
Chief source of dextrose. : STARCH
47
Puppet strings. : WIRES
49
Combustible heap. : PYRE
50
Rabble rouser. : AGITATOR
52
Residents of West Indies capital. : HAVANESE
54
Painkiller. : ANODYNE
57
Offensive sight. : EYESORE
59
Tragedienne. : ACTRESS
63
Fiery-tempered men. : HOTSPURS
65
___ qua non. : SINE
66
Canyon mouth in southwest U. S. : ABRA
67
Eventually. : YET
68
Siouan Indian. : OTO
69
Three. : TREY
70
Seaport opposite Haifa. : ACRE
71
One of the Smoky City's rivers. : ALLEGHENY
73
Stream bounding Manchuria and Korea. : YALU
75
Gotham-born Channel swimmer. : EDERLE
77
Author of "The Vixens." : YERBY
79
First of U. S. 27,000-ton carriers. : ESSEX
80
Irked. : BORED
82
1898 Ramsay-Travers discovery. : NEON
83
Mother. : MAMA
84
Diurnal house of Mars. : ARIES
85
Seal. : SIGIL
86
Lady championed by Gareth. : LINET
87
Praying figures. : ORANTS
89
Roguish. : ARCH
91
Exclude. : ELIMINATE
93
Freeman Gosden on the radio. : AMOS
95
Tittle. : IOTA
97
V. : VEE
98
Heraldric emblem of France. : LIS
99
Compos mentis. : SANE
100
Brother of Vili and Ve. : ODIN
101
Golden in color. : AURULENT
103
False wild oats. : FATUOID
105
One of Spain's patron saints. : THERESA
108
Slayer of Fafnir: Var. : SIGURTH
109
Retracting bars of printing presses. : DRAWARMS
111
Cement anew. : RESOLDER
113
Chill. : AGUE
116
Roman garb of war. : SAGUM
117
Necks of land. : ISTHMI
118
Nursles. : REARS
122
Lone Ranger's Indian. : TONTO
124
Himalayan ibex. : SAKEEN
126
Largest of Vesteraalen islands: NW Norway. : HINNO
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He captured John Brown, 1859. : LEE
129
Prince in "Henry IV." : HAL
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King who set his seal on Magna Carta, 1215. : JOHN
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Singing group. : TRIO
134
Marbles. : MIGS
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Stock feed. : BRAN
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Encomiums. : ELOGES
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Pictographs. : IDEOGRAMS
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Sensation of Met's 1903 season. : CARUSO
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Battle Born State. : NEVADA
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Thread used for tassels. : CORDONNET
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Father of Europa. : AGENOR
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Stogy. : SEEGAR
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Highland Gaelic. : ERSE
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Affected manners. : AIRS
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Cedric's ward. : ROWENA
Down
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Source of Arizona's State Flower. : CACTUS
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Call forth. : AROUSE
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Grating machine. : RASPER
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Sacred Egyptian wader. : IBIS
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Intention. : AIM
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Official sash indicating rank. : SCARF
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Shepherdess wooed by Prince Florizel. : PERDITA
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Estrange. : ALIENATE
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Turnout. : RIG
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Red sea. : AZOV
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Stout. : OBESE
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Artistic smithwork. : METALWARE
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Minor Siamese coin. : ATT
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Plant of Emerson's poem, 1839. : RHODORA
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Astern. : BAFT
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Country dweller. : RURAL
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Ounce in Shetland. : URE
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Song with single voice part. : MONODY
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Bowman. : ARCHER
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Scene of Kim's boyhood. : LAHORE
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Like October brew. : ALISH
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Wearing an overcoat. : ULSTERED
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Tractably. : AMENABLY
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Cassandra prophesied its fall. : TROY
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Plunge headfirst. : DIVE
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Copycat. : APER
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Runs wild. : GADS
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Kingdom of the Ptolemies. : EGYPT
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Religious wars fought under Turkish emblem. : CRESCENTADES
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Silent prayer. : SECRE
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Accustomed. : INURED
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Newlyweds. : HONEYMOONERS
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Veteran of the footlights. : STAGER
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Sailor's "Hey there!" : AHOY
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Memorable sayings. : NOTABILIA
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Ear doctor. : OTOLOGIST
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Knight's title. : SIR
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Servant that shirks unless watched. : EYESERVER
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Aging. : SENESCENT
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River of Charon's ferry. : STYX
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Igneous rock of Upper Egypt. : SYENITE
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Home of the Tosks and Ghegs. : ALBANIA
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Fiber plant. : ALOE
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___ virumque cano. : ARMA
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First Chinese dynasty. : HSIA
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___ and Thummim, Mormon "interpreters." : URIM
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Le bon Roi ___. : RENE
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Lugs. : EARS
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Sheriff's proxy. : ELISOR
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Queen of the Belgians, 1934–35. : ASTRID
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Personal interest. : SELF
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Line of high tide. : LANDWASH
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Disheveling. : TOUSLING
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Biblical ancestor of the Hittites. : HETH
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Genus of aquatic plants. : NAIAS
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Village community in Russia. : MIR
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Boring tool. : AUGER
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Indicators showing electrical resistance. : OHMMETERS
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Decoy. : LURE
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German ace of World War 1 (1896–1941). : UDET
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Former Pacific stronghold. : TRUK
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Son of Adam. : SETH
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Glistening. : ASHIMMER
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Witch who pulled the moon from the sky: Gr. myth. : AGANICE
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Those believing in all religions. : OMNISTS
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"Violet-crowned" city. : ATHENS
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Hockey player. : GOALEE
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Hate. : UNLOVE
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Name confused with Ignatius. : INIGO
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Seeress of ancient Germany: Var. : ALRUNE
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Motive. : REASON
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Madame. : SENORA
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Spanish adventurer with Columbus (1465–1515). : OJEDA
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Abrade. : ERODE
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Hollywood award. : OSCAR
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Subglacial sand ridges. : OSAR
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Wine measure of Trieste. : ORNA
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Concoct. : BREW
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Tongue-tier. : GAG
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Drumbledore. : DOR
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Black cuckoo. : ANI
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Past. : AGO

Answer summary:
25 unique to this puzzle, 26 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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