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          Archie S. Kreiling
 
        
        SIDELIGHTS ON LITERATURE 
        New York Times,  Sunday, April 10, 1949 
        
        
            Author:
Archie S. Kreiling
            Editor:
Margaret Farrar
         
        Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166 , Blocks: 84 , Avg Word Len: 5.36 , Missing: { J Q V X } , Scrabble score: 638 (avg 1.43) 
        
            Open Squares: 159 , Cheaters: 4 , FITB: 9 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 57 , Grid flow: 37.8 
            
        
        
     
    
	
        
            
		David Steinberg notes:
The 141-Across clue appears to be erroneous. Carroll REECE  was the chairman rather than the whip for the RNC in 1946.
 
	 
            
                
		
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                © 1949, The New York Times No. 374 
             
         
        
	
    
 
    
	
        
		
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Sebastian Erard's forte. : 
HARPS 6
Its capital is Jagdalpur. : 
BASTAR 12
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Spider bug genus. : 
EMESA 21
Author of "The Power of Freedom." : 
ASCOLI 22
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Old stage signal call. : 
SENNET 32
Asiatic goat antelope. : 
SEROW 33
35
Policeman of the "Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie." : 
ZARP 36
Wood smoothing machine tool. : 
PLANER 37
___ of the Ancient Mariner. : 
RIME 38
Founder of National Art Gallery, 1892. : 
TATE 39
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River separating Brazil and N. Paraguay. : 
APA 44
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Mrs. Steerforth's companion. : 
DARTLE 53
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Caretaker of the ark's sanctuary. : 
ELI 56
Temperance advocate (1820-1906). : 
ANTHONY 59
Burrowing animals. : 
MOLES 60
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Composer of "Jerusalem the Golden." : 
EWING 67
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One of the Pillars of Hercules. : 
ABILA 73
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Roderick Random's sailor friend. : 
RATTLIN 77
Historic river of Ohio and Indiana. : 
WABASH 79
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"He met her once a- ___": Milton. : 
MAYING 81
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Knavish attorney of "Old Curiosity Shop." : 
BRASS 88
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Savior of Posthumus' wife in "Cymbeline." : 
PISANIO 99
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Brünnhilde's gray charger. : 
GRANI 104
The Hay-Pauncefote is one. : 
TREATY 106
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Sierra Leone Negroes. : 
TEMNES 114
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1946 "whip" of the GOP. : 
REECE  
        
	 
        
		
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United States Admiral, commanded invasion of Southern France, August, 1944. : 
HEWITT 2
Fielding's last heroine. : 
AMELIA 3
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Basinlike cavity. : 
SCOOP 9
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Island group, capital St. Helier. : 
CHANNEL 13
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Whiskered sea animal. : 
OTTER 15
Early settler of Bannockburn. : 
SCOT 16
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She plays "Blondie." : 
PENNY 40
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Where the Sans Souci stands. : 
POTSDAM 43
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First callboy in line. : 
FRONT 48
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Thomas De la Warr's namesake. : 
DELAWARE 51
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Hebrew liquid measure. : 
HIN 59
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Tobacco drying kiln. : 
OAST 69
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Thin Man's best friend. : 
ASTA 74
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Pine tree exudate. : 
RESIN 85
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Big-money winner of the turf. : 
CITATION 95
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Anglo-Saxon assembly. : 
GEMOT 103
Chain of lakes in Pine Tree State. : 
RANGELEY 105
Arena of present conflict. : 
EAST 106
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Whom Circe changed into a swine. : 
ELPENOR 108
Scene of Macdonald massacre, 1692. : 
GLENCOE 109
Outstanding composer for pianoforte. : 
DEBUSSY 110
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Wagon used in Russia. : 
TELEGA 114
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Visigoth defeated by Clovis at Tours, 507. : 
ALARIC 118
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Bandleader Herman. : 
WOODY 121
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Medieval silk and gold fabrics. : 
ACCAS 125
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Architectural pier. : 
ANTA 128
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        Answer summary:17 unique to this puzzle , 40 debuted here and reused later ,  8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
     
    
    
        
            
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