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Alberta N. Burton
Alberta N. Burton

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New York Times, Sunday, April 28, 1946

Author:
Alberta N. Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 164, Blocks: 77, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 652 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 176, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 72, Grid flow: 39.5 Grid has supersymmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Alberta N. Burton has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 120-Down clue, deleted comma after "Terry."

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© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 220
Across
1
Hitler's much-wanted deputy. : BORMANN
8
Cossack headman. : ATTAMAN
15
Whitefriars. : ALSATIA
22
Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. : OCEANIA
23
Fixed allowance of food. : DIETARY
24
Exiled king. : LEOPOLD
25
Retraversed. : RESWEPT
26
Devour greedily. : ENGORGE
27
Intensive developments by Russia here. : SIBERIA
28
Dibble. : DAP
29
Relating to the Siamese. : TAIC
31
Mud volcano. : SALSE
32
Loiters. : LAGS
33
Beret. : TAM
34
Consort of anu. : ANAT
36
Mme. Perkins' successor. : SCHWELLENBACH
39
City on the Adda. : LODI
40
Tire repair. : RECAP
42
Egyptian cosmetic. : KOHL
43
Prong. : TINE
44
Garson ___, author of "Born Yesterday." : KANIN
45
Directs. : STEERS
47
Wallowing. : WELTERING
51
Fabulous herb. : PANACE
52
Dear: German. : LIEB
54
Process in block calico printing. : TEERING
55
Faint. : PALE
56
Japanese song. : UTA
59
Borneo oilfield liberated by Australians. : MIRI
61
Play. : DRAMA
62
Opening. : SLIT
63
Bad: Comb. form. : CAC
66
Paris cathedral. : NOTREDAME
69
Guido's top note. : ELA
70
Impasse. : STALEMATE
72
Preface. : PROEM
73
President of U. N. Assembly. : SPAAK
75
Strategic Okinawa seaport. : SHURI
77
Dorsal. : NOTAL
78
___ Lenape, Delaware Indians. : LENNI
79
Hindu garment. : SARI
80
Compound derived from ammonia: Var. : IMIN
81
Boston ballplayer. : BRAVE
82
Relating to Mars. : AREAN
83
Deer. : HINDS
85
Fermented sweet drinks. : MEADS
86
Hindu queens. : RANIS
87
Napoleon's countrymen. : CORSICANS
89
Mohammed's son-in-law. : ALI
91
Molotov. : COMMUNIST
93
Sigmoid curve. : ESS
94
Fishtrap in a river. : SETT
95
Last king of Troy. : PRIAM
97
Saga of Sadie Thompson. : RAIN
98
Candlenut tree. : AMA
99
Sweetsop. : ATES
100
Fine hats made in Ecuador. : PANAMAS
102
Zola novel. : NANA
104
Perfumes. : CENSES
107
California's "golden" horses. : PALOMINOS
109
Byron ___, ranking U. S. athlete. : NELSON
113
Bellowing. : AROAR
114
Former occupant of White House. : FALA
115
___ Spee, scuttled off Buenos Aires. : GRAF
117
Lasso. : REATA
118
Slav. : SERB
119
Sky-giant record breaker. : CONSTELLATION
124
Famous Chinese detective. : CHAN
125
I love: Latin. : AMO
126
San ___, capital of Costa Rica. : JOSE
127
Portland's husband. : ALLEN
128
Prohibitionists. : DRYS
130
History-making ship. : ARK
131
French Foreign Minister. : BIDAULT
133
Religious devotees. : OBLATES
135
Thermal unit. : CALORIE
137
Reduce to fine spray. : ATOMIZE
138
Believer that all space is plenum. : PLENIST
139
Causing hunger: Obs. : ESURINE
140
Group of research students. : SEMINAR
141
Mortising machine. : TENONER
142
Arab. : SARACEN
Down
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Feudal tenants. : BORDARS
2
Small ocean: Rare. : OCEANET
3
Rearrange. : RESPACE
4
Stomach. : MAW
5
Dill. : ANET
6
East Indian palms. : NIPAS
7
Mass. Indian tribe converted by John Eliot, 1651. : NATICK
8
American humorist. : ADE
9
Gaudy. : TINSELLED
10
Dutch residency and its capital, NW Java. : TEGAL
11
Bikini ___. : ATOLL
12
"___ Henry" Watterson, journalist (1840–1921). : MARSE
13
South American problem. : ARGENTINA
14
American humorist. : NYE
15
Rhine province. : ALSACE
16
Mrs. Browning's heroine. : LEIGH
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Weeps. : SOBS
18
Chimpanzee. : APE
19
City near Marengo. : TORTONA
20
Of the Iliad. : ILIADIC
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Zinc arsenate. : ADAMINE
30
Navy food. : CHOW
32
Cosmo Gordon ___, late Archbishop of Canterbury. : LANG
35
Chinese money of account. : TAEL
37
Sharpen. : WHET
38
Bob Hope's partner. : BING
39
Route across the Atlantic. : LANE
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Mr. Attlee. : PRIMEMINISTER
44
Former chief of Gestapo. : KALTENBRUNNER
46
Descendant of Fatima and Ali. : SEID
48
Sandpiper. : TEREK
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Of an age. : ERAL
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Breadfruit. : RIMAS
51
Bucket. : PAIL
53
High-ranking officers: Slang. : BRASSHATS
55
Western cattleman. : PLAINSMAN
56
Dislocate. : UNPLACE
57
Bullfighters on foot: Sp. : TOREROS
58
Expiators. : ATONERS
60
Depict; color. : IMPAINT
62
Shrill noise. : STRIDOR
63
City at Etna's foot. : CATANIA
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Reversion to primitive type. : ATAVISM
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Pianolike instrument. : CELESTA
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Rockfish. : RENAS
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Deserves. : EARNS
70
Squaw bush. : SUMAC
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Painter of the Yellowstone (1837–1926). : MORAN
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Help. : AID
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Hurry. : HIE
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City near Salerno. : SARNO
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Host to distinguished Briton. : MIAMI
88
Letters. : CEES
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___ O'Flaherty, Irish novelist. : LIAM
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Hindu title. : MIAN
95
Savory. : PALATABLE
96
Grayish white metal used to harden steel. : MANGANESE
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District and bay in S. Eritrea: Var. : ASAB
100
Cronies. : PALS
101
Kind. : SORT
103
Mr. Templeton. : ALEC
104
Winter melons. : CASABAS
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Hermit. : EREMITE
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Youthful king of Cambodia. : NORODOM
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Window glass. : PANE
108
Great port on Suez Canal. : SAID
110
Of a great desert. : SAHARIC
111
Of the family of pinnipeds. : OTARINE
112
Chinese blue on white porcelain. : NANKEEN
114
Cultivate. : FOSTER
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Compels. : FORCES
119
Variety of cabbage. : COLZA
120
___ Terry (1848–1928). : ELLEN
121
South American plain. : LLANO
122
Cut-in: Print. : LETIN
123
The Zambesi River is its outlet. : NYASA
126
Chief of French General Staff. : JUIN
129
Stigma. : SLUR
132
Friend: Law. : AMI
133
Choose. : OPT
134
Steamer: Abbr. : STR
136
Danish money of account. : ORA

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 56 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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