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Hilda E. Allen
Hilda E. Allen

Here, There and Everywhere

New York Times, Sunday, March 28, 1948

86-Down : Potation.

Author:
Hilda E. Allen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 158, Blocks: 85, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 679 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 160, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 57, Grid flow: 24.7
Hilda E. Allen has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

29 Across: What victims of anthropophagites are. : EATEN.

Anthropophagites is a fancy word for cannibals.

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© 1948, The New York TimesNo. 320
Across
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Susceptible to change. : MOVABLE
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Miners leader. : LEWIS
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Faucets. : COCKS
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Indo-European language. : GALICIAN
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Uplifted. : ERECT
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Concurred. : AGREED
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Teasers. : MOLESTERS
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Assistant. : AIDER
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Calumniation. : SLANDER
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Room in a harem. : ODA
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Loiterers. : TARRIERS
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What victims of anthropophagites are. : EATEN
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Blackbird. : ANI
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The shin bone. : TIBIA
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Tartar lancer: Var. : ULAN
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Light-colored and mild, said of cigars. : CLARO
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Impede lawfully. : ESTOP
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Monarch known as "The Terrible." : IVAN
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Outcast. : LEPER
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Mythological monster vomiting flames. : CHIMERA
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Adduce. : CITE
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Stimulated with electric currents. : FARADIZED
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Censures. : BLAMES
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Demonstrated. : PROVEN
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Potherb. : CHARD
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"The ___ Bostonians." : PROPER
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Personal enemies. : HATERS
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Ancient Greek lyre-like instruments. : CITHARA
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More unctuous. : SUAVER
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Well done! : BRAVO
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Lothario's hobby. : AMOURS
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Male of the peregrine falcon. : TERCEL
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The hunchback of Notre Dame. : QUASIMODO
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Father of Romulus and Remus. : MARS
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Pawnbroker. : LENDER
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Fashioned like a top. : TURBINATED
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I: Latin. : EGO
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Thracian King, whose food was snatched away by Harpies. : PHINEUS
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Goblet. : CHALICE
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Kept secret. : HID
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Rebound. : RESILIENCE
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Turned toward the left, nautically. : PORTED
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Half: Prefix. : DEMI
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Pain in a gland. : ADENALGIA
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Island group in the Atlantic. : CANARY
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Monogamous bird. : PARROT
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Longfellow's Mr. Standish. : MILES
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Waist. : BODICE
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Composer of the opera "Pelleas and Melisande." : DEBUSSY
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Alleviation. : SOLACE
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Contrivance. : DEVICE
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Domain. : REALM
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André Gide's calling. : WRITER
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Lucky numbers. : SEVENS
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Paint mixed with emulsion of egg yolk. : DISTEMPER
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Dresden's river. : ELBE
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Capacity to endure strain. : STAMINA
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Flying phenomenon of 1947. : DISKS
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Additional to. : ELSE
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Most unimportant. : LEAST
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Scented. : OLENT
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Slight tastes. : SIPS
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Retarding device. : BRAKE
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Coin of Riga. : LAT
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Grandson of Mohammed. : HASAN
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Remove. : DISLODGE
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Lincoln's son. : TAD
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Sniffles. : SNIVELS
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Gem stone. : TOPAZ
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Poisonous evergreen shrubs. : OLEANDERS
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Evening party. : SOIREE
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Irascible. : IRATE
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Discusses casually. : MENTIONS
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Denominated. : NAMED
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Lands. : ACRES
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Acquiesces. : ASSENTS
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Region in Western India. : MALABAR
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Norwegian name. : OLE
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Long, narrow view. : VISTA
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Transactions. : ACTA
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Litter. : BIER
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Beat: Colloq. : LARRUPED
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Prepared as fodder. : ENSILED
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Hear. : LEARN
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She threw the Apple of Discord. : ERIS
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What benedicts are. : WED
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Eliza's river transportation. : ICE
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Ribbonlike flag. : STREAMER
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Twin brother of Pollux. : CASTOR
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Examine. : OGLE
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Tall wading bird. : CRANE
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Cognizance. : KEN
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Remedy for irritation. : SEDATIVE
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She caused Peeping Tom to lose his sight. : GODIVA
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That which signifies. : DENOTER
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In fine arts, the theme. : MOTIF
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Prepares. : RIPENS
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Audience. : EAR
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Aphrodite's lover. : ARES
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River god of Argolis. : INACHUS
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Place of worship. : CHAPEL
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One who snares birds with a viscid substance. : LIMER
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Blind spot in the visual field: Med. : SCOTOMA
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Tellers of fish stories. : LIARS
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Famous Hebrew scribe of 5th century B. C. : EZRA
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Alsike. : CLOVER
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Speechless. : APHASIC
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Small native state in Central India. : DHAR
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Suspenders. : BRACES
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Depression worn out by running water. : RAVINE
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University in Indiana. : PURDUE
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Judge's chamber. : CAMERA
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Portrayed. : IMAGED
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Descriptive of Joe Louis. : TOROSE
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One of the Finger Lakes of New York. : SENECA
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Kind of Kentucky tobacco. : BURLEY
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Extremely violent. : RABID
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Where Pauline Betz is queen. : TENNIS
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Card having four spots. : QUATRE
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Parts remaining. : OTHERS
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The outer satellite of Mars. : DEIMOS
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Singularity. : ODDITY
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Fortress city of Belgium. : LIEGE
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The country of Hero and Leander. : THRACE
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European flounder. : PLAICE
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Cultivator attachments for hilling plants. : HILLERS
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Theory of a branch of geometry. : CONICS
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Inhabitants. : INMATES
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Genus of fan-shaped algae. : PADINA
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Commercial traveler. : DRUMMER
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___ Garden Theater in London. : COVENT
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Substances used as fuel. : PEATS
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Qualified. : ABLE
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British Foreign Secretary. : BEVIN
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Lectern. : DESK
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Fashion plates: Colloq. : SWELLS
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City liberated by Joan of Arc. : ORLEANS
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Potation. : LIBATION
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Craziness. : DEMENTIA
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Fried pastry-covered rolls of rich minced meat. : RISSOLES
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Large front room in a Spanish house. : SALA
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Certificate of merit. : DIPLOMA
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Typewriter parts. : PLATENS
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Serpentine kames. : ESKARS
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Pastoral pipes. : REEDS
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Tumbled. : TOSSED
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The Roman Pluto. : DIS
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The great calorie. : THERM
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Relative proportions. : SIZES
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A nation of Southern Nigeria. : BENIN
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On the sheltered side. : ALEE
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Fruit of the palm. : DATE
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Wretched habitats. : DENS
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Swinging barrier. : GATE
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By way of. : VIA
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The grampus. : ORC
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Common level. : PAR
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Speck. : DOT

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 49 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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