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Charles Cross
Charles Cross

NAMES IN THE NEWS

New York Times, Sunday, February 2, 1947

9-Down : ___ de Lenclos.

Author:
Charles Cross
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 669 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 122, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 64
Charles Cross has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 260
Across
1
Native of Singapore. : MALAY
6
Canadian Ambassador to U. S. : WRONG
11
Senator from New York. : IVES
15
President of India's Moslem League. : JINNAH
21
Lower. : ABASE
22
Brood of birds of prey. : AERIE
23
Speak falteringly. : LISP
24
Oscine bird. : ORIOLE
25
Netherlands diplomat, was delegate to Security Council. : VANKLEFFENS
27
Neurotic condition among Malays. : LATA
28
El Presidente de Chile. : VIDELA
29
Bowstring hem : IFE
30
Request. : PLEA
31
American patriot (1725-83). : OTIS
33
Rowed. : OARED
35
Fiddlesticks! : TUT
36
Eyelid afflictions. : STYS
38
What lewisite contains. : ARSENIC
40
Pay in poker. : ANTE
41
Glissade. : SLIDE
43
Precepts. : TENETS
45
Perceived. : COGNIZED
48
Froster. : ICER
49
Capital of Gov. Snell's State. : SALEM
52
Toothlike notch. : DENT
54
Novel by Zola, 1880. : NANA
55
Re-elected Governor of New Hampshire. : DALE
57
President of British Board of Trade. : CRIPPS
59
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. : NERO
61
Governor of Maryland. : LANE
63
Duller. : LOGIER
67
Feel out of sorts. : AIL
68
Presidential secretary. : ROSS
70
Site of race course in Surrey. : EPSOM
72
Supreme Court justice. : RUTLEDGE
74
Ingenuously. : NAIVELY
76
New head of TVA. : CLAPP
77
Ex-King at large. : CAROL
78
What the Paleozoic is. : ERA
79
Winston spends leisure at this. : EASEL
80
By: It. : ALLA
81
Character in "Paradise Lost." : SATAN
82
Cultivator. : HOER
83
Slopes. : CANTS
85
Business of Congress. : LEGISLATION
88
Holds up. : HALTS
89
Losers of Nov. 5 last. : OUTS
90
Happens. : FARES
91
Axillary. : ALAR
92
Where Dr. Robins is Governor. : IDAHO
94
Anglo-Saxon letter. : EDH
95
Senator from New Hampshire. : TOBEY
96
Hard-bitten. : STERN
97
Ancient Greek town famous for figurines. : TANAGRA
100
Infernal. : DIABOLIC
102
Rep. Dewey ___ of Missouri. : SHORT
103
Sprinkles. : DEWS
104
John. : IAN
105
Wise men. : SOLONS
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So long! : TATA
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Head: Fr. : TETE
110
Recent Foreign Minister of Mexico. : NAJERA
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Keyed up. : AGOG
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Very bright star. : NOVA
116
Governor of Pennsylvania. : DUFF
118
Billy and Eleanor. : ROSES
119
Sleeveless garments of Arabs. : ABAS
122
Wasted. : MISSPENT
125
French delegate to Security Council. : PARODI
127
Continues. : LASTS
129
Grounds. : LEES
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Webs. : TISSUES
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Triton. : NEWT
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Alas! : ACH
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Nylon appraiser, on windy day. : OGLER
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Body of adherents. : CAMP
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Inferior. : LESS
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Pronoun. : THY
143
Party: Slang. : SHINDY
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Member of U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. : PIKE
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Skill in handling small craft. : BOATMANSHIP
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Chief prosecutor of Tojo and cohorts. : KEENAN
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Wife of Geraint. : ENID
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Female wild buffalo of India. : ARNEE
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Harangue. : ORATE
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Restrain. : ARREST
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Greek commune. : DEME
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Ascertain. : LEARN
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Dimmed. : WANED
Down
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Thrush. : MAVIS
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Astern. : ABAFT
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Re-elected Governor of Arkansas. : LANEY
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Invite. : ASK
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Bark. : YELP
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Sealed with adhesive disk. : WAFERED
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Secures again. : REFASTENS
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Where Salem is: Abbr. : ORE
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___ de Lenclos. : NINON
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Relating to bodily motion. : GESTIC
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Mischances. : ILLS
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___ media. : VIA
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Native of Tallinn. : ESTONIAN
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Chief of Army Air Forces. : SPAATZ
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Jupiter. : JOVE
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Perennial herbs. : IRIDS
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Nest. : NID
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Apprehended only by the intellect. : NOETIC
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Refer indirectly. : ALLUDE
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Furnace. : HEATER
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Spirit: Fr. : ELAN
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Image. : ICON
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Senator from Kansas. : REED
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Degree. : STEP
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Slave among Anglo-Saxons. : ESNE
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Asiatic kingdom. : ANNAM
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Faithful. : LIEGE
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Nagako of Japan. : EMPRESS
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Lively French dance. : GALOP
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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer. : DALTON
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Range of vision. : SCAN
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Melody. : ARIA
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Chairman of U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. : LILIENTHAL
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Interweave. : TRELLIS
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Droop. : LOLL
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Food fish. : SOLE
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Forms of silica. : OPALS
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Muse of lyric poetry. : ERATO
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Ways of thinking. : IDEOLOGIES
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Heron. : EGRET
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Establishes. : REARS
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Compendia. : SYLLABI
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Seaport of SW Yugoslavia. : SPALATO
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Mineral of element No. 92. : URANITE
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Barrels. : VATS
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Wary: Slang. : CAGEY
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Heap of stones. : CAIRN
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Jumped suddenly. : STARTED
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Whoopee! : HAHA
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What Vassar girls have become. : COEDS
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___-frequency. : AUDIO
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Raise. : ERECT
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Prompt. : ALERT
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Official minutes of British Parliament. : HANSARD
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Governor of Alabama. : FOLSOM
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Beginning. : DAWN
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Chinese society. : TONG
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Pass close to. : SHAVE
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Slack-baked. : RARE
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Mallard genus. : ANAS
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Crow. : BOAST
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Sojourns. : STOPS
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Neglecter. : DEFAULTER
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Like a goose. : ANSERINE
109
Rams. : TUPS
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Couple. : JOIN
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Branchia. : GILL
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Architectural pier. : ANTA
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Persons enjoying liberty. : FREEMEN
119
Where Gruening is Governor. : ALASKA
120
Physicist on U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. : BACHER
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Paler. : ASHIER
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Percolated. : SEEPED
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Kettledrum. : TIMBAL
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Mountain moved in Gigantomachy. : OSSA
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Beverages. : SODAS
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Resting cell of some plants. : SPORE
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___ Allen. : ETHAN
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Maine Senator. : WHITE
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Represented. : TYPED
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Peer ___. : GYNT
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Assign. : CEDE
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Precipitation. : SNOW
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Compass point. : NNE
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Irish hero of Indian story, 1901. : KIM
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What Boswell's Johnson is. : ANA
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Señora: Abbr. : SRA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 58 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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