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Harold T. Bers
Short Subjects
New York Times, Sunday, November 20, 1949
Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 62, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 551 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 136, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 49, Grid flow: 37.1
1 C | 2 A | 3 N | 4 A | 5 S | 6 T | 7 A | | 8 M | 9 O | 10 T | 11 E | 12 L | | 13 R | 14 E | 15 L | 16 A | 17 T | 18 E | 19 S |
20 O | V | E | R | T | O | N | | 21 A | R | A | R | A | | 22 E | X | I | G | E | N | T |
23 H | A | W | K | E | R | S | | 24 N | A | N | A | S | | 25 M | I | R | A | N | D | A |
26 E | L | M | | 27 P | A | W | 28 L | I | N | G | | 29 V | 30 O | I | L | A | | 31 N | U | T |
32 R | O | A | 33 D | | 34 H | E | I | L | | 35 O | 36 D | E | N | S | E | | 37 H | I | R | E |
38 E | N | N | I | 39 S | | 40 R | E | A | 41 L | | 42 A | G | E | S | | 43 G | A | S | E | S |
| | | 44 D | O | 45 T | E | D | | 46 O | 47 S | C | A | R | | 48 V | A | N | | | |
49 P | 50 R | 51 A | E | T | O | R | | 52 M | Y | T | H | S | | 53 P | E | R | S | 54 I | 55 S | 56 T |
57 R | E | P | R | O | S | | 58 M | O | O | R | E | | 59 C | R | E | D | E | N | C | E |
60 E | C | H | O | | 61 A | 62 P | O | L | L | O | | 63 D | R | A | P | E | | 64 D | E | A |
65 P | L | O | T | 66 S | | 67 S | T | E | A | M | 68 B | O | A | T | | 69 N | 70 A | I | N | S |
71 A | I | N | | 72 O | 73 P | A | H | S | | 74 B | I | T | T | E | 75 R | | 76 R | A | T | E |
77 I | N | I | 78 T | I | A | L | S | | 79 P | O | S | T | E | | 80 H | 81 O | R | N | E | R |
82 D | E | C | O | R | U | M | | 83 H | A | L | E | Y | | 84 B | E | H | E | A | D | S |
| | | 85 M | E | L | | 86 I | O | N | I | C | | 87 D | E | E | M | S | | | |
88 B | 89 L | 90 A | M | E | | 91 T | O | P | I | | 92 T | 93 A | R | N | | 94 S | T | 95 R | 96 E | 97 P |
98 L | E | V | Y | | 99 O | U | T | A | C | 100 T | | 101 S | E | E | 102 L | | 103 S | O | L | O |
104 I | N | I | | 105 A | L | G | A | L | | 106 R | 107 E | S | I | D | U | 108 E | | 109 M | U | S |
110 N | O | T | 111 A | B | L | E | | 112 O | 113 H | A | R | A | | 114 I | N | T | 115 R | U | D | E |
116 D | R | I | V | E | I | N | | 117 N | O | I | S | Y | | 118 C | A | R | O | L | E | R |
119 S | E | C | E | D | E | D | | 120 G | E | N | E | S | | 121 T | R | E | M | O | R | S |
© 1949, The New York TimesNo. 406
Across
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Recent import from Argentina. :
CANASTA8
13
20
Former Louisiana Senator, succeeded by Russell Long. :
OVERTON21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Where Governor Dewey's farm is. :
PAWLING29
31
Rounded cake or biscuit. :
NUT32
Off-Broadway tour. :
ROAD34
Obsolete German exclamation. :
HEIL35
37
38
40
42
43
44
Made a fuss over. :
DOTED46
48
Hollywood's Johnson. :
VAN49
52
Bulfinch's subject. :
MYTHS53
57
Proofs used for engraving: Colloq. :
REPROS58
Author of "A Visit From St. Nicholas." :
MOORE59
60
Unrequited lover of Narcissus. :
ECHO61
Father of Aesculapius. :
APOLLO63
64
65
67
69
"Blanche Neige et Les Sept ___." :
NAINS71
72
Large sea fish, highly colored. :
OPAHS74
76
77
79
80
82
83
He played the Tin Man in "Wizard of Oz." :
HALEY84
85
86
Heavy-faced type. :
IONIC87
Joseph ___ Taylor. :
DEEMS88
91
92
94
Genus of bacteria: Colloq. :
STREP98
He wrote "Opera Guyed." :
LEVY99
101
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Suffix denoting tribe: Zool. :
INI105
106
109
110
112
Creator of Fort Penn and Grace Caldwell. :
OHARA114
116
117
118
119
120
Heredity factors. :
GENES121
Down
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2
3
Noted English Cardinal, leader of Oxford Movement (1801–1890). :
NEWMAN4
Object of a recent search. :
ARK5
6
7
8
Quezon City is its suburb. :
MANILA9
Across from Cartagena. :
ORAN10
Vernon Castle's specialty. :
TANGO11
12
13
14
15
16
Title of Rita's father-in-law. :
AGA17
18
19
28
30
33
36
Well-known hat designer. :
DACHE37
39
41
Founder of the order of Jesuits, 1534. :
LOYOLA43
Ex-diva, now in this country. :
GARDEN45
Japanese school of painting. :
TOSA47
Newsworthy volcanic island off Italy. :
STROMBOLI48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Governor Schricker's domain. :
INDIANA55
56
Ads calculated to arouse curiosity. :
TEASERS58
59
Cradle for carrying glass. :
CRATE62
63
66
68
70
73
Mythical lumberjack. :
PAUL75
78
79
Part of the business cycle. :
PANIC81
83
84
86
87
88
Duck-hunters' retreats. :
BLINDS89
90
91
93
95
President of U. N. General Assembly. :
ROMULO96
97
99
Television dragon. :
OLLIE100
Creator of Mr. Tutt. :
TRAIN102
105
107
108
111
Time for saying prayers. :
AVE113
115
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 48 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 1 word unique to this puzzle:
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