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Harold P. Furth
MYTH AND LEGEND
New York Times, Sunday, December 12, 1948
Author:
Harold P. Furth
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166 , Blocks: 76 , Avg Word Len: 5.46 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 628 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 166 , Cheaters: 2 , FITB: 7 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 48
David Steinberg notes:
Original 155-Across clue had comma after underscore; removed it.
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© 1948, The New York Times No. 357
Across
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Footwear of famous messenger. :
TALARIA 8
Avaricious old ferryman. :
CHARON 14
His chariot was drawn by panthers. :
BACCHUS 21
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Infant cupids of 16th century painting. :
AMORETTI 25
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Member of a great civic club. :
ROTARIAN 28
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Roman deity of death. :
MORS 36
Mythical founder of Ninevah. :
NINUS 38
Stage name of Jean Baptiste Poquelin. :
MOLIERE 40
South American monkey. :
TITI 41
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Assail with withering denunciation. :
SCATHE 48
Word by modern goddesses. :
NYLONS 50
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Oldest of the Egyptian gods. :
SETH 54
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Important food fishes. :
EELS 74
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Indigenous race of Japan. :
AINUS 82
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Obsession of the alchemists. :
AURUM 94
Polish city, once Lithuanian. :
LIDA 95
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"First the blade, then the ___." :
EAR 102
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Zeus turned her into a nightingale. :
AEDON 110
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Indian cavalryman. :
SOWAR 119
Birds of the Gulf States. :
EGRETS 123
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Persian silver coin. :
RIAL 127
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Saw of a sawfish. :
SERRA 130
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Ancient capital of Mogul Empire. :
DELHI 136
Satan in Scotland. :
DEIL 137
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Dionysus' specialty. :
WINE 139
"A cunning hunter, a man of the field." :
ESAU 141
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Cells in the catacombs. :
LOCULI 152
As Daniel in the lions' den. :
UNEATEN 153
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Enoch Arnold ___ (1867–1931). :
BENNETT
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Father of Ajax, friend of Hercules. :
TELAMON 2
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Ancient Peruvian. :
INCAN 7
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Highest: Comb. form. :
ACRO 11
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Close-fitting garments of Middle Ages. :
COTTES 17
Partisan: Comb. form. :
CRAT 18
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Chaste wife of Geraint. :
ENID 35
Follower of Zeno. :
STOIC 37
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Grenoble is its capital. :
ISERE 40
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Where the Siege Perilous was. :
CAMELOT 49
Charmer of seamen. :
SIREN 51
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Scriptural liturgical sign. :
SELAH 58
Veneration of angels and saints. :
DULIA 60
White: Comb. form. :
LEUC 61
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Babylonian sun god. :
UTU 84
Member of diplomatic staff. :
ATTACHE 86
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Deity with a thousand titles. :
SIVA 93
Bar-le-Duc is its capital. :
MEUSE 96
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Continues tediously. :
DRAGS 103
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Evil spirit of Zoroastrianism. :
AHRIMAN 113
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Its rhyme scheme is
abaaabab . :
TRIOLET 122
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The winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty. :
CHERUB 132
Give extreme unction. :
ANELE 133
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Galsworthy heroine. :
IRENE 138
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Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle , 41 debuted here and reused later , 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 2 cheater squares.
The grid has normal (rotational) crossword symmetry.
It has 7 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 41 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These words have only appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 41 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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Scrabble Score: 1
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