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Anne Fox
Anne Fox

WORDS ON PARADE

New York Times, Sunday, March 13, 1966

36-Across : Confection.

Author:
Anne Fox
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 578 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 27 Grid has duplicate clues.
Anne Fox has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,056
Across
1
Jacket. : BOLERO
7
Krung ___, old capital of Siam. : KAO
10
___ effort. : AFOR
14
Cheese: Ger. : KASE
18
With Moore, an Irish actress. : ERINOBRIEN
20
Start of an old-time baseball cry. : SLIDEKELLY
22
Irish author. : JAMESJOYCE
23
One of Wilde's names. : OFLAHERTIE
24
Swallowed : ATE
25
Partial: Prefix. : SEMI
26
March figure. : STPAT
28
Judgment: Fr. : ARRET
29
Urban area: Abbr. : BOR
30
On which curling is played. : ICE
31
Noun suffixes. : THS
32
Like pancake batter. : RUNNY
34
Fine, in old Irish law. : ERIC
36
Confection. : TOFFEE
39
Station: Abbr. : DEP
40
Thwart. : BALK
44
Affluence. : RICHES
46
Relating to goats. : CAPRID
48
Procrastinator. : STALLER
51
Slavic gymnastic group. : SOKOL
52
Needlefish. : GAR
53
___ pro nobis. : ORA
54
Lizard. : IGUANA
55
Product of Ireland. : LACE
57
Thayer poem. : CASEYATTHEBAT
61
Relative of a canter. : LOPE
64
Football term. : ONSIDE
66
Bye-bye. : TATA
67
See 56 Down. : APE
68
Declare. : AVER
69
"Lawrence of Arabia." : PETEROTOOLE
72
Country: Abbr. : AMER
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Speed: Abbr. : VEL
74
Ancient city. : TYRE
75
Quondam. : FORMER
76
Colleen. : LASS
77
Bricks for a donnybrook. : IRISHCONFETTI
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Night: Prefix. : NYCT
83
Biggest money horse, 1955. : NASHUA
84
Sweep. : OAR
85
Ship channel. : GAT
87
Verbal contraction. : HASNT
91
Perseveres. : INSISTS
93
Semite language. : ARABIC
95
Despised one. : PARIAH
96
Iowa town. : ADEL
97
Initials of the budget problem. : HCL
99
Woolly. : LANATE
101
Grafted: Her. : ENTE
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Humble. : LOWER
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Egyptian god of pleasure. : BES
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Earth. : ORB
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Bare: Fr. : NUE
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Reproach. : BLAME
111
___ Park. : ESTES
113
Muse. : CLIO
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Angelico. : FRA
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Condensed. : BOILEDDOWN
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Start of "The Wearin' o' the Green." : OPADDYDEAR
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Spiders. : TARANTULAS
121
One of the Chaplins. : OONAONEILL
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Where the Green River flows. : UTAH
123
Mind. : OBEY
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Clear. : NET
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Small: Colloq. : TEENSY
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Mild oath. : BEJABERS
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Musical composition. : ORATORIO
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Verse form. : LIMERICK
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Direction. : ENE
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Italian physicist. : ROSSI
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Expostulates. : OBJECTS
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Yelp: Slang. : KIYI
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Govt. group. : AEC
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Dance. : ONESTEP
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Esparto grass. : ALFA
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Part of a French cigarette. : FILTRE
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Fatima slept here. : ODA
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Irish-American actress. : REHAN
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Terrier. : KERRYBLUE
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On high: Lat. : ALTE
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Aperture. : SLIT
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View. : EYE
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No Irish lover, he! : ROMEO
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Drenches. : SOPS
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Memorable composer. : KERN
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Irish song. : THEROSEOFTRALEE
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Raises: Colloq. : UPS
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Irascibility. : CHOLER
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Govt. group. : FCA
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Stuffed, in French cuisine. : FARCIE
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War time. : DDAY
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Famous ship. : ALABAMA
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Delawares. : LENAPES
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Jars akin to amphorae. : KRATERS
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Guido's note. : ELA
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Island country: Abbr. : IRE
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Given to giggles. : TITTERY
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Turkish chief. : AGHA
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Sort: Sp. : GENERO
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Imitator. : COPYCAT
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Name of six Popes: Abbr. : ADR
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Bit. : ATOM
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Bent. : TALENT
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Wife of Aeneas. : LAVINIA
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___ over (repeatedly). : OVERAND
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Cloak. : PELISSE
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British gun. : STEN
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Little one. : TOT
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Inception. : ORIGIN
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Place of worship: Lat. : ALTARE
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Hence. : THUS
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Cudgel: Var. : SHILLALAH
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Paddock animal. : FOAL
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Audience. : EAR
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Suffix with hot. : CHA
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Here: Sp. : ACA
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Irish society. : SINNFEIN
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Musical notes. : NATURALS
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"___ Show." : THEEARLY
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Pronoun. : SHE
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Woodwind. : BASSOON
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Yellowish-green gem. : PERIDOT
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Menu term, à la ___. : CREOLE
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___ story. : TOLDA
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Augury. : OMEN
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Married. : WEDTO
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Mil. divs. : BTNS
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River into the Irish Sea. : BOYNE
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Cockleshell. : BOAT
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Turkish coin. : LIRA
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Dominion. : SWAY
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Tip up. : CANT
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Abbreviation in physics. : BTU
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Name. : DUB
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American writer. : POE
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River to the Irish Sea. : DEE

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12 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 15 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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