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Walt Clark
Walt Clark

New York Times, Tuesday, November 4, 1958

43-Across : Sociologists who wrote "Middletown."

Author:
Walt Clark
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 28.2
Walt Clark has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,416
Across
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Egypt's floral emblem. : LOTUS
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Legal appeal. : PLEA
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Cook. : CHEF
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Love: Ital. : AMORE
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Construct. : REAR
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Disk of light. : HALO
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Original newscasters. : TOWNCRIERS
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Name for a colleen. : ERIN
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Cries of surprise. : HOS
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Income: Abbr. : REV
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Became serious. : SOBERED
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Rangers' habitat. : TEXAS
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St. Philip ___. : NERI
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___ there (shake hands): Slang. : PUTIT
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Mild rebuke. : TUT
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"___ Dream," from "Lohengrin." : ELSAS
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The same: Lat. : IDEM
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Harass. : BESET
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River in Spain. : EBRO
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The Muses. : NINE
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Variety of keno. : BEANO
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Scent of flowers. : AURA
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River in central Austria. : ENNS
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Sociologists who wrote "Middletown." : LYNDS
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Type of kick. : DROP
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Earthquake. : SEISM
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Chemical suffix. : ENE
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Laws: Lat. : LEGES
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Small measurement: Abbr. : SQIN
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Coat of mail. : ARMOR
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Natives of South Africa. : BASUTOS
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100 bani. : LEU
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Dickens' pseudonym. : BOZ
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Gulf of Greece. : ARTA
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Type of race track. : MOTORDROME
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Blemish. : SCAR
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Jai ___. : ALAI
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Unearthly. : EERIE
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A name for Persephone. : KORE
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Football term. : DOWN
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Talks loudly. : RANTS
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Lattice piece. : LATH
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1847 romance of Tahiti. : OMOO
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Pulls. : TOWS
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Coffeepot. : URN
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Panel show theme. : SECRET
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Mike Hammer, for one. : PRIVATEEYE
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Sheltered place. : LEE
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What pitchers have. : EARS
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Malicious burning. : ARSON
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Cynosure at bowl games. : CHEERLEADER
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Capital on the Susquehanna. : HARRISBURG
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French man's name. : ELIE
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Loving. : FOND
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King: Lat. : REX
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Insect. : BEE
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Scene of New Year's Eve revelry. : TIMESSQUARE
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Heroine of the Apocrypha. : SUSANNA
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Isle of ___, West Indies. : PINES
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Commune in Italy. : UDINE
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Ashley Cooper, for example. : TENNISSTAR
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Filet mignon. : TENDERLOIN
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Island group of Indonesia. : ARROE
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Cleansers. : SOAPS
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Barrel: Abbr. : BBL
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Prepositions. : TOS
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With: Ger. : MIT
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More vociferous. : LOUDER
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Wanderer. : NOMAD
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Sea: Fr. : MER
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Take the sun. : BASK
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Idaho town near Pocatello. : ARCO
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Card game with no partners. : SOLO
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By nature. : BORN
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Fail to perform. : OMIT
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Final letters. : ZEES
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Marble. : TAW
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Turmeric. : REA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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