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Harold T. Bers
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
New York Times, Sunday, November 11, 1951
109-Across : A certain period of years.
Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166 , Blocks: 72 , Avg Word Len: 5.51 , Missing: { X Z } , Scrabble score: 661 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 162 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 6 , XRef: 1 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 40
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© 1951, The New York Times No. 875
Across
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First word of Disney title. :
SALUDOS 15
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The Forsyte story. :
SAGA 35
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Corruption of ale. :
NALE 37
Mascot of Earl Blaik's team. :
MULE 38
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Place to play football. :
FIELD 44
Send back to Congress. :
RESEAT 46
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Word in Wolfe title. :
TIME 48
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The Turkish pound. :
LIRA 51
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Photogenic Washington mountain. :
STHELENS 59
Characteristic of LaGuardia, Napoleon, etc. :
SHORTNESS 61
Proofreader's word. :
STET 64
Independent party: Abbr. :
PROG 65
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Chief element in some diets. :
RICE 70
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Bodies: Hinduism. :
RUPAS 73
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Ethel Waters role in DuBose Heyward play. :
MAMBA 77
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He just missed being President in 1876. :
TILDEN 84
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Refreshment counter. :
STAND 89
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Early English slave. :
ESNE 99
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A certain period of years. :
DECADE 111
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Season in Shakespeare title. :
WINTER 118
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Mouth: Comb. form. :
STOME 124
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Stewart or Bruce or Campbell. :
CLAN 126
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Whodunit characters. :
COPS 129
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Officer of U. S. N.: Abbr. :
ENS 131
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London cleaning woman. :
CHAR 134
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Type of chemical compound. :
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Oil island in Caribbean. :
ARUBA 7
He wrote Gil Blas, 1715-35. :
LESAGE 8
Wall St.'s bears do. :
SELL 9
Gov. Persons' state: Abbr. :
ALA 10
Emblem of distinction. :
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Six balls in cricket. :
OVER 14
Play by S. N. Behrman (with "The"). :
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Twelve to a shilling. :
PENCE 17
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1,500-lb. antelope. :
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Diamond equipment. :
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Subsidiary plane on an aircraft. :
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Economist, former Brian Truster. :
SPRAGUE 56
Residents of Pennsylvania Ave. :
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Hat style popular in the 30's. :
EUGENIE 63
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Yankee Dr. Brown's bride. :
SARA 69
Goddess of discord. :
ERIS 72
What members of 90 Across do. :
SING 74
He said, "To thine own self be true." :
POLONIUS 76
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Wolfe's version of Asheville, N. C. :
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Israeli statesman. :
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He wrote "The Fair Co-ed." :
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Turned down corners of pages. :
DOGEARS 110
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Noted hat designer. :
DACHE 115
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High office in Near East. :
EMIRATE 117
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Mississippi basin hazards. :
FLOODS 120
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First word of Christmas hymn. :
ADESTE 122
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Sheep enclosures. :
COTES 126
Teutonic characters. :
RUNES 128
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Cocktail hors d'oeuvre. :
PATE 132
Alençon is its capital. :
ORNE 133
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Sacred Hebrew acrostic. :
AGLA 136
Souvenir of summer. :
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Answer summary: 9 unique to this puzzle , 31 debuted here and reused later , 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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It has 31 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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