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Harold T. Bers
Names in the News
New York Times, Sunday, October 16, 1949
54-Across : Photo print: Colloq.
Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 652 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 172, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 41, Grid flow: 26.9
Jim Horne notes:
About 97-Down:
- Captain: I am the Captain of the Pinafore! [...] And I'm never, never sick at sea!
- Chorus: What, never?
- Captain: No, never!
- Chorus: What, never?
- Captain: Well... hardly ever!
1 G | 2 R | 3 A | 4 Z | 5 I | 6 A | 7 N | 8 O | | 9 J | 10 A | 11 M | 12 E | 13 S | | 14 F | 15 L | 16 A | 17 G | 18 S | 19 T | 20 A | 21 D |
22 R | O | B | I | N | S | O | N | | 23 A | G | E | N | T | | 24 L | E | V | E | R | A | G | E |
25 A | B | S | T | A | I | N | S | | 26 W | A | S | T | E | | 27 A | M | E | R | I | C | A | S |
28 D | E | C | A | | 29 D | A | T | 30 E | | 31 S | T | A | R | | 32 M | A | R | T | | 33 K | I | P |
34 A | S | E | | 35 R | E | G | A | R | 36 D | | 37 A | I | R | 38 W | A | Y | S | | 39 S | I | N | O |
40 T | O | S | 41 C | A | | 42 E | G | R | E | 43 T | | 44 L | E | A | N | | 45 E | 46 R | N | E | S | T |
47 E | N | S | I | G | 48 N | | 49 E | O | L | I | 50 C | | 51 T | I | D | 52 Y | | 53 H | A | R | T | S |
| | | 54 S | T | A | 55 T | | 56 R | O | B | E | 57 R | T | S | | 58 S | 59 M | O | G | | | |
60 S | 61 Q | 62 U | E | A | K | E | 63 D | | 64 S | E | R | E | | 65 T | 66 R | E | A | D | | 67 P | 68 A | 69 R |
70 P | U | N | | 71 G | E | L | I | 72 D | | 73 R | E | T | 74 S | | 75 A | R | T | I | 76 F | I | C | E |
77 R | I | S | 78 K | | 79 D | A | V | I | 80 S | | 81 B | I | E | 82 R | S | | 83 S | U | R | G | E | S |
84 A | R | E | A | 85 S | | 86 R | E | S | T | 87 O | R | A | T | I | O | 88 N | | 89 M | O | T | T | O |
90 G | I | A | N | T | 91 S | | 92 R | H | E | S | A | | 93 H | I | R | E | 94 S | | 95 W | A | A | L |
96 U | N | L | E | A | V | 97 E | S | | 98 W | A | T | 99 T | | 100 S | E | A | L | 101 S | | 102 I | T | E |
103 E | O | S | | 104 S | E | V | E | 105 R | | 106 K | I | W | 107 I | | 108 S | T | E | E | 109 P | L | E | S |
| | | 110 E | S | N | E | | 111 E | 112 M | A | N | A | N | 113 T | | 114 H | E | R | A | | | |
115 T | 116 R | 117 I | T | E | | 118 R | 119 E | N | A | | 120 G | I | L | E | 121 S | | 122 T | A | U | 123 N | 124 T | 125 S |
126 R | E | M | A | N | 127 S | | 128 M | E | I | 129 N | | 130 N | A | N | C | 131 E | | 132 C | L | A | R | K |
133 A | L | P | S | | 134 P | 135 R | E | E | N | E | 136 D | | 137 W | O | R | S | 138 T | S | | 139 S | O | I |
140 P | E | A | | 141 A | L | A | R | | 142 L | A | U | 143 D | | 144 R | I | C | O | | 145 S | C | U | T |
146 P | A | R | 147 A | D | I | N | G | | 148 A | R | T | E | 149 L | | 150 M | O | N | 151 U | M | E | N | T |
152 E | S | T | R | A | N | G | E | | 153 N | E | R | V | E | | 154 P | R | E | T | E | N | C | E |
155 D | E | S | E | R | T | E | D | | 156 D | R | A | I | N | | 157 S | T | R | E | E | T | E | R |
© 1949, The New York TimesNo. 401
Across
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Great literary figure (1843–1916). :
JAMES14
Controversial figure in music. :
FLAGSTAD22
23
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25
26
27
28
29
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32
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34
35
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39
40
42
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45
Clement's righthand man. :
ERNEST47
Pulver's rank in "Mister Roberts." :
ENSIGN49
51
53
Lorenz and Teddy. :
HARTS54
Photo print: Colloq. :
STAT56
Author of "Oliver Wiswell." :
ROBERTS58
Pittsburgh atmosphere. :
SMOG60
64
Describing a leaf in fall. :
SERE65
"Don't ___ on me." :
TREAD67
Goal of weekend golfers. :
PAR70
71
73
75
77
79
"Citizen of the World." :
DAVIS81
83
84
86
89
Short expression of guiding principle. :
MOTTO90
92
Biblical name in Luke. :
RHESA93
95
96
98
100
Balancing artists. :
SEALS102
103
104
106
Ground man in RAF. :
KIWI108
110
111
114
115
118
120
A leading English cartoonist. :
GILES122
126
Supplies with new soldiers. :
REMANS128
130
132
New Supreme Court Justice. :
CLARK133
Crossed by Hannibal. :
ALPS134
137
139
140
141
142
144
145
146
148
150
What the Lincoln Memorial is. :
MONUMENT152
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154
155
156
157
"Father of the Bride" author. :
STREETER
Down
1
Sorted according to size. :
GRADATE2
3
4
Surviving member of Hapsburgs. :
ZITA5
Star of "Biography." :
INA6
7
8
9
10
11
Minister to Luxembourg. :
MESTA12
13
Cartoonist Cliff ___, creator of Polly. :
STERRETT14
Flemish style, in cookery. :
FLAMAND15
Commanding general, U. S. Air Forces. :
LEMAY16
17
18
19
20
21
30
35
36
Birthplace of Apollo. :
DELOS38
39
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43
Viewed from the Seven Hills. :
TIBER46
48
Half of Mailer's book title. :
NAKED50
52
55
57
59
60
61
Recent visitor from Philippines. :
QUIRINO62
63
66
67
68
69
72
74
New York's Mr. Low. :
SETH76
78
Orson Welles' Citizen. :
KANE80
82
Philanthropist whose name is given to New York beach. :
RIIS85
University of Pennsylvania president. :
STASSEN87
Big Japanese city. :
OSAKA88
91
Scandinavian name. :
SVEN94
It doesn't stop the United States mail. :
SLEET97
"Well, hardly ___."—Pinafore. :
EVER99
He came from Hannibal, Mo. :
TWAIN101
105
107
Kin of one's spouse. :
INLAW109
Creator of "Hugger Mugger." :
PAUL110
112
113
Tagliavini, for instance. :
TENOR115
116
Authorized to use publicly. :
RELEASE117
119
121
123
124
125
127
129
131
135
136
Recent visitor from Brazil. :
DUTRA138
141
143
Hindu mother goddess. :
DEVI145
147
149
151
Colorado reservationist. :
UTE
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 36 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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