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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

New York Times, Wednesday, November 25, 1953

1-Across : Coffee plantation, in Spanish America.

Author:
Willard Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 19.3
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Willard Jordan is an alias for Willard N. Jordan.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,620
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Coffee plantation, in Spanish America. : FINCA
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Cedar trunk. : STEM
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Actor Preminger. : OTTO
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Brain products. : IDEAS
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River formed by Allegheny and Monongahela. : OHIO
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Sudden police invasion. : RAID
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Colgate's gridiron alias. : REDRAIDERS
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Oh dear! : AHME
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Not very good. : SOSO
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Nutmeg spice. : MACE
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Grimace: Colloq. : SNOOT
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Dog walker's requisite. : LEASH
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Loud yells ending cheers. : TIGERS
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Disunion. : SCHISM
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Sacred Nile wader. : IBIS
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"I ___ Say No," from "Oklahoma." : CAINT
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Hero of "The Hasty Heart." : SCOT
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Civilization's cradle. : ASIA
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Gov. Murray's favorite team. : OKLAHOMASOONERS
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Volstead's opponents. : WETS
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Yearn for. : SIGH
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Buenos ___. : AIRES
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___ horn. : ALTO
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Certify. : ATTEST
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Where the Sun Bowl is. : ELPASO
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Corkwood. : BALSA
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Columbia's eleven. : LIONS
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Canvas. : TENT
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___ majesté. : LESE
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Shortening. : LARD
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Raptures. : TRANSPORTS
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Playwright William. : INGE
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Distinctive quality. : AURA
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Type of holiday. : ROMAN
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"No" voters. : NAYS
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Other half of 47 Down. : BESS
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River in Kansas and Missouri. : OSAGE
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Trees. : FIRS
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Mental conception: Comb. form. : IDEO
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Mr. Sparks and others. : NEDS
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Where Game Cocks and Tar Heels hail from. : CAROLINAS
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Man's name meaning healer. : ASA
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Between-meal treats. : SODAS
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Midwestern pro eleven. : THECHICAGOBEARS
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Where the Shannon flows. : EIRE
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Oct., Nov., Dec. : MOS
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Borneo ape. : ORANG
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Lake near Reno. : TAHOE
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Island north of Australia. : TIMOR
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Author of "Clash by Night." : ODETS
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Caliph's title. : IMAM
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Little girl. : SIS
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Native of a Baltic land. : ESTH
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Figure in the Trieste crisis. : TITO
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Flatboat. : SCOW
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Angel food. : CAKE
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Handle. : HILT
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Poppycock. : BOSH
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Infatuated: Colloq. : SMIT
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Creator of Lorelei Lee. : ANITALOOS
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Dried up. : SERE
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Makes angry. : IRES
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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Trygve Lie's home. : OSLO
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Feed. : OATS
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Longear. : ASS
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Heights: Abbr. : ALTS
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Mrs. Berlin. : ELLIN
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Tropical vine. : LIANA
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Creation of DuBose and Dorothy Heyward. : PORGY
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Bogota's lofty site. : ANDES
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Copper coins of India. : ANNAS
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First name of Under Secretary Morse of Agriculture. : TRUE
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Girl's name. : ERMA
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Hunter's quarry. : STAG
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Feudal slave. : ESNE
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Reckoning: Colloq. : TAB
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Favorable. : PRO

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

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