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W. J. London
OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
New York Times, Sunday, November 17, 1946
119-Across : Gubernatorial head of R. I.
Author:
W. J. London
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174 , Blocks: 83 , Avg Word Len: 5.13 , Missing: { J Q } , Scrabble score: 649 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 132 , Cheaters: 2 , FITB: 1 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 51
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© 1946, The New York Times No. 249
Across
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President-elect of Archduke Maximilian's former empire. :
ALEMAN 13
Nickname of famous World War I ace. :
RICK 17
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Mother of Sir Galahad. :
ELAINE 22
Home of Proteus and Valentine. :
VERONA 23
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Uncharitable parson in "Joseph Andrews." :
TRULLIBER 28
Islands S. W. of New Guinea. :
ARU 29
Dewey's opponent at polls. :
MEAD 30
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Mountain range in Colorado. :
ELK 34
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Native of Wellington, N. Z. :
MAORI 40
500 lbs. of cotton. :
BALE 42
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Lake emptying into Zambezi River. :
NYASA 47
Father of the Titans. :
URANUS 50
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Bite off piecemeal. :
GNAW 58
Haiti's new President. :
ESTIME 61
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Site of church of Madonna di S. Luca. :
BOLOGNA 65
Millionaire who wrote "Problems of Today," 1909. :
CARNEGIE 68
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Author of "Hard Cash." :
READE 71
Home of "three little pigs." :
STY 72
Mrs. Martin Johnson. :
OSA 73
Roman dictator: B. C. 138–78. :
SULLA 75
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Restore free speech. :
UNGAG 79
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Tristram's beloved: Var. :
YSOLDE 89
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Nom de plume of Armandine Dupin. :
SAND 98
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Rhode Island rebel, 1841. :
DORR 105
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Soil found in Mississippi basin. :
LOESS 113
Summit of Mount Pisgah. :
NEBO 115
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Gubernatorial head of R. I. :
PASTORE 122
Title assumed by Charlemagne. :
KAISER 123
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Thrusting sword of Renaissance. :
ESTOC 126
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European Air Transport Service. :
EATS 128
Greek chis translated into English. :
EXES 129
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Where Iphigenia was sacrificed. :
AULIS 137
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Noble family founded by Alberto II. :
ESTE 143
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Associated with the past. :
DATED 151
Singing blackbird. :
MERL 153
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Island-site of legendary loadstone castle. :
AVALON 162
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Three-headed Greek goddess. :
HECATE 2
Visigoth, conqueror of Rome. :
ALARIC 3
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Grant of rent-free land under Hindu law. :
ENAM 6
4th Jewish month. :
TEBET 7
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Fraction of a distance. :
LEG 9
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Ancient realm of King Mesha. :
MOAB 11
Hue is its capital. :
ANNAM 12
Capital of the Bahamas. :
NASSAU 13
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The beautiful Duchess of Tintagel. :
IGRAINE 15
Anything very puzzling. :
CRUX 16
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Siegfried won the hoard and ring from them. :
NIBELUNGS 19
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Every 60 minutes. :
HORAL 35
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Chairman of Senate's Republican steering committee. :
TAFT 39
Laudatory critic. :
RAVER 41
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Present conditions. :
TIMES 45
King Aduldet's country. :
SIAM 46
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Pope when Crusaders first took Jerusalem, 1096–99. :
URBAN 49
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Free of viscidity. :
DEGUM 55
Husband of a countess. :
EARL 58
French name for Scotland. :
ECOSSE 59
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Restraining thong. :
LEASH 66
Small waterlocked areas: Fr. :
ILES 67
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Overrun by Genghis Khan. :
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Ill-behaved person. :
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Lowlands bordering Orinoco. :
LLANOS 87
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She replaced Vashti as queen of King Ahasuerus. :
ESTHER 90
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Furnished with cubicles. :
ROOMED 99
Leader of the Taborites: 1360?–1424. :
ZISKA 102
___ porridge hot. :
PEASE 104
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Breed of dwarf cattle. :
NIATA 108
Assured of success. :
MADE 109
Canada's famous Governor General. :
ALEXANDER 110
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Wooden golf club. :
SPOON 114
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Euryalus' friend in the Aeneid. :
NISUS 118
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Bitterly irritating. :
ACRID 121
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Not visible or apparent. :
LATENT 135
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Mixture of beer and ginger ale. :
SHANDY 138
Chief Executive of Garden State. :
EDGE 140
Mr. Early's nickname. :
STEVE 142
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Former peasant now living in Belgrade palace. :
TITO 146
Gaelic speech of 18th C. :
ERSE 147
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Capital of Portuguese Timor. :
DILI 152
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Answer summary:5 unique to this puzzle , 46 debuted here and reused later , 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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