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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

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New York Times, Sunday, March 14, 1954

99-Across : Heroine of Conrad's "Victory."

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 65, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { J Y }, Scrabble score: 553 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 36, Grid flow: 38.1
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,720
Across
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Song of praise. : ANTHEM
7
Sniper's vantage point. : AMBUSH
13
Part of a chiffonier. : DRAWER
19
Mossadegh's successor. : ZAHEDI
20
Recited in monotone. : CHANTED
22
Name for the Black Sea. : EUXINE
23
Family in Scott's "The Monastery." : AVENEL
24
Laconic. : CONCISE
25
Actress Adler. : STELLA
26
Pile driver weight. : RAM
27
"The biggest little city." : RENO
29
President of Mexico. : CORTINES
31
"A Shropshire ___." : LAD
32
Where Meshed is. : IRAN
34
Edges. : RIMS
36
Like an axis. : POLAR
37
Betel pepper. : SIRI
38
Unaccented part of a poetic foot. : ARSIS
40
Japanese banjo. : SAMISEN
43
Kind of battery. : STORAGE
45
Stolen auto. : HOTCAR
47
Charges. : COSTS
48
London daily. : THETIMES
49
Congeree fisher. : EELER
51
Mush. : GOO
52
Bovine. : TAURINE
53
Rower. : OAR
55
Greek letters. : TAUS
57
California resort beach. : LAGUNA
59
Cornwall creels. : CAWLS
62
As a matter of form: Latin. : PROFORMA
64
Slanted. : ATILT
65
Foot movement. : GAIT
66
Spritelike. : ELFIN
67
3 Down, for instance. : SCOT
69
___ tide. : NEAP
71
Battleground of 1918. : MARNE
72
Beaks. : NEBS
73
Lloyd Nolan's role. : QUEEG
75
M. C.'s specialty. : REPARTEE
77
Handle of a scythe. : SNATH
79
College of the "Boilermakers." : PURDUE
80
Axillary: Anat. : ALAR
81
Watchdog's voice. : GRR
82
Mortgagors. : LIENEES
84
Indicating every third. : TRI
86
Important exam. : FINAL
88
Consolers. : SOLACERS
90
Highlanders. : GAELS
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Esteem. : REGARD
95
Rattled. : CLANKED
96
Wastes time. : DAWDLES
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More primitive. : RUDER
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Heroine of Conrad's "Victory." : LENA
100
Noble. : DUCAL
102
Commotion. : STIR
104
___ Perpetua: Idaho's motto. : ESTO
105
German composer. : ABT
106
Splitting. : CLEAVING
109
Forehead. : BROW
111
Product of Bolivia. : TIN
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Rage: It. : FURORE
114
Crested, as a woodpecker. : PILEATE
116
Sen. McCarran's colleague. : MALONE
118
Lemon or lime. : FLAVOR
119
Evaporated. : STEAMED
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Trojan warrior. : AGENOR
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Nights: Amer. Indian. : SLEEPS
122
Stendhal's Julien and others. : SORELS
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Staircase posts. : NEWELS
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Man's name, of Biblical origin. : AZARIAH
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Texas oilfield county. : NAVARRO
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Recent color film. : THEMASTEROFBALLANTRAE
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Cackler. : HEN
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German dam. : EDER
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Wes Santee, for instance. : MILER
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Virginia peninsular county. : ACCOMAC
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Electrical unit. : MHO
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Judge's bench. : BANC
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Extremely: Scot. : UNCO
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Bases for genealogical trees. : STIRPES
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Charlton of Hollywood. : HESTON
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Candidate for court-martial. : DESERTER
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Wheel tracks. : RUTS
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Turkey's nemesis. : AXE
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Champion of Home Rule (1809–98). : WILLIAMEWARTGLADSTONE
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Augment. : ENLARGE
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Prepares. : READIES
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Auld Clootie. : DEIL
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City in Yugoslavia. : NIS
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City of N. H. : NASHUA
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Riviera resort. : NICE
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Atmospheric problem. : SMOG
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Kashmir's capital. : SRINAGAR
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Sea in Imperial Valley, Calif. : SALTON
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Placed apart. : ISOLATED
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Fur animal. : STOAT
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Auricular. : OTIC
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Farthest from the van. : REAR
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Blare of a horn. : TANTARA
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Distilled liquors. : RUMS
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Bulrush. : TULE
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Begins. : OPENS
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British-Armenian novelist. : ARLEN
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Dressing jackets. : SACQUES
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Made lively. : GINGERED
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It's often a base hit. : LINER
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Guide. : STEER
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The lore of pugilism. : FISTIANA
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Pronoun. : OURS
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Lucre. : PELF
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The weaver of Raveloe. : MARNER
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___ Springs, 1781 battleground. : EUTAW
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Partners at duplicate. : PAIR
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"The dickens." : HECK
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Lost to view: Var. : PERDUE
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Relatives of hecklers. : NEEDLERS
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Afflictions. : ILLS
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Chills and fever. : AGUE
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Scrapes the ground with a golf club. : SCLAFFS
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Famous Norwegian violinist. : OLEBULL
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Noted astronomer (1564–1642). : GALILEO
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Features of a formal garden. : SETBEDS
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Oil from resin. : RETINOL
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Monotonous speakers. : DRONERS
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Cranes on lifeboats. : DAVITS
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Title. : SIR
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Freshmen's insignia. : CAPS
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Ruth of the screen. : ROMAN
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Farmer's concern. : CROP
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Intimate. : NEAR
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Having enough spirit: Colloq. : GAME
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Carry on. : WAGE
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Egg-shaped: Fr. : OVE
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___ Aviv. : TEL
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Author Wallace. : LEW

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 30 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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