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Jo Bodle
Jo Bodle

New York Times, Monday, January 30, 1956

3-Down : Shaped like a patch pocket.

Author:
Jo Bodle
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 30.6
Jo Bodle has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,407
Across
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Black trefoil on a card. : CLUB
5
High plateau in Asia. : PAMIR
10
Nautical term. : AHOY
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Type size. : PICA
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Remain. : ABIDE
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The present. : HERE
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River in Asia. : AMUR
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Theater-goers' fare. : MELODRAMAS
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Persian governor. : SATRAP
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Operatic role. : ELSA
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Used up. : ATE
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Turkish ruler. : EMEER
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Makes amends. : ATONES
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Advance announcements. : POSTERS
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Scene. : SITE
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Leaves out. : OMITS
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Well-known name in dancing. : SALLYRAND
38
Piece of music. : RAG
39
Box office business. : SALES
40
Signal. : CUE
41
Author of "Brave Men." : ERNIEPYLE
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"___ in Paris." : APRIL
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Where Anchorage is: Abbr. : ALAS
47
South Seas port. : PAPEETE
49
Bright. : SUNLIT
52
Austrian province. : TYROL
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Feminine suffix. : INE
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Beach wagon. : AUTO
56
"___ Delight," by Robert Sherwood. : IDIOTS
60
Pastures. : GRASSLANDS
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Sound of a hoofbeat. : CLOP
64
Chief city of Hawaii. : HILO
65
Seaweeds. : ALGAE
66
Soprano Gluck. : ALMA
67
Eject. : SPEW
68
Strata of ore. : SEAMS
69
Captures. : NABS
Down
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Auditors. : CPAS
2
South American capital. : LIMA
3
Shaped like a patch pocket. : UCUT
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Mrs. Browning's maiden name. : BARRETT
5
Coddle. : PAMPER
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"Honest ___." : ABE
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Runner. : MILER
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Much-admired one. : IDOL
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"___ in the Sunset." : REDSAILS
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Villain's opening word. : AHA
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Stalwart hero. : HEMAN
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Declaim. : ORATE
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Expressions of agreement. : YESES
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Rodent-infested. : RATTY
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Iowa town. : AMES
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George Orwell's forte. : ESSAYS
27
Over: Poet. : OER
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Read carefully (with "over"). : PORE
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Bread-and-wine poet. : OMAR
30
Engage by written contract. : SIGN
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One of Snow White's friends. : SLEEPY
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Entirety. : ALL
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Land measure. : ACRE
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Opposite of jour. : NUIT
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Cancel. : DELE
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Kitchen implements. : SPATULAS
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Adjective-forming suffix. : IAL
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Greek form of Elijah. : ELIAS
44
Like two peas in ___. : APOD
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Louisiana symbol. : PELICAN
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Comes up. : ARISES
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Bridge of ___, in Venice. : SIGHS
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Opposite of sew. : UNRIP
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English hymn writer. : NEALE
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Queen Salote's land. : TONGA
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Story. : TALE
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Spanish jug. : OLLA
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Sepulcher. : TOMB
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Warm Springs and others. : SPAS
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Spread abroad. : SOW
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Roosevelt or Hoover. : DAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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