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Harold T. Bers
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
New York Times, Sunday, February 1, 1948
Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162 , Blocks: 70 , Avg Word Len: 5.67 , Missing: { J Q Y Z } , Scrabble score: 641 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 165 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 13 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 58
David Steinberg notes:
Original 63-Down clue had "Stripes"; changed to "Strips."
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© 1948, The New York Times No. 312
Across
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Stage requisites: Slang. :
PROPS 14
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"Call Me Mister," for instance. :
REVUE 24
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Coin of De Gasperi's country. :
LIRA 34
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Their fur passes as sable. :
MARTENS 38
Massachusetts cape. :
ANN 39
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Pope ___ XIII, 1878–1903. :
LEO 49
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Oklahoma, the ___ state. :
BOOMER 55
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"___ but the brave deserves the fair." :
NONE 60
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Appreciative noises. :
AHS 66
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"All the King's ___." :
MEN 72
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The Collyer brothers, for instance. :
MISERS 78
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Mystic, interpreter of Scriptures. :
CABALIST 87
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Mr. Krug's Department: Abbr. :
INT 89
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Columbia's prexy-to-be. :
IKE 94
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Lovely, witty woman: Sp. :
SATIRA 98
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Young mothers' favorite author. :
GESELL 105
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Consummates a pact. :
SIGNS 107
Toy gun ammunition. :
CAP 109
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Produced an inflamed effect. :
RANKLED 116
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Telephone line: Abbr. :
EXT 127
"Fame is the ___." :
SPUR 129
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Ancestor of the Hebrews. :
EBER 132
Beneficiary of Marshall Plan. :
EUROPEAN 134
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Companies of singers, in Greek drama. :
CHORUSES 141
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Lizette Reese's famous sonnet. :
TEARS 143
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Congressional specialties. :
PROBES 2
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British Home Secretary, J. Chuter ___. :
EDE 6
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___ hemp of East India. :
PUA 13
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Middle Volga river. :
URAL 19
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Hauls up and secures. :
TRICES 32
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Town in Louisiana. :
MAMOU 37
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British theatrical family. :
TREE 42
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Pas-de-Calais town. :
AIRE 47
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Form of government, sired by Proudhon. :
ANARCHISM 50
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One end of the spectrum. :
RED 56
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Keeps order by threat of force. :
POLICES 61
Oil Island off Venezuela. :
ARUBA 63
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Civilian Production Administrator, 1946. :
SMALL 70
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___ Laurence Olivier. :
SIR 79
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General of 2d Army of U. S. :
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Inflammable fiber cord. :
WICK 97
Place of worship. :
ALTAR 99
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Verdi masterpiece. :
AIDA 102
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Florida Senator and family. :
PEPPERS 110
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Nathan Hale, for instance. :
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Cathedral city in Devonshire. :
EXETER 120
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Cape, western extremity of continental Europe. :
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Answer summary: 9 unique to this puzzle , 49 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 0 cheater squares.
The grid has normal (rotational) crossword symmetry.
It has 9 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 49 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 34 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
Note: average values here are based on Shortz Era stats. Pre-Shortz puzzles didn't vary consistently by day of week.
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