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WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, May 16, 1943
Author:
Charles Erlenkotter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 156 , Blocks: 89 , Avg Word Len: 5.64 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 628 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 176 , Cheaters: 18 , FITB: 6 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 97
David Steinberg notes:
Original 48-Down clue had no space between underscore and "Ferry"; added one.
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© 1943, The New York Times No. 66
Across
1
Hero of "Autobiography of a Curmudgeon." :
HAROLD 7
Presidential possibility. :
BRICKER 14
High mountain in California. :
SHASTA 20
Mr. Optic, writer for boys. :
OLIVER 21
22
Treaty port of China. :
CANTON 23
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Twenty-ninth U. S. President. :
HARDING 27
Two eagle wings, in heraldry. :
VOL 28
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French admiral in the Caribbean. :
ROBERT 32
Unit of length in electricity. :
MIL 33
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Well-known columnist. :
PEGLER 38
Town in Piedmont, Italy. :
ASTI 39
Duc d'Anjou, titular King of Sicily (1408–1480). :
RENE 40
Site of original Olympic games. :
ELIS 41
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Country of Tyre and Sidon: abbr. :
PHOEN 43
Worked a mine for precious stones. :
GEMMED 45
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One of the Senators from New York. :
MEAD 48
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Inhabitant of South Pacific islands. :
SAMOAN 53
Guitar played by geishas. :
SAMISEN 54
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Chief of Staff in 1917. :
BLISS 61
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Famous actor, an outstanding "Cyrano." :
HAMPDEN 64
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Article used in the shell-game. :
PEA 66
A dead language: abbr. :
LAT 67
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Confine for the duration. :
INTERN 72
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"L'___, c'est moi." :
ETAT 74
"The rosy-fingered." :
EOS 75
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Sounds made by inebriated persons. :
HICS 83
What the sponsor of the Wagner Act is. :
SENATOR 84
Miss Barrymore's married name. :
COLT 85
Mutilated: Scotch. :
MANK 86
Secretary of War, 1862–1867. :
STANTON 87
Presidential possibility. :
LANDON 89
Strip of land: Dial. :
SPONG 91
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One of a team of popular song writers. :
MOSS 96
Physically fit for exertion. :
HARD 97
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Given name of author of "The Blessed Damozel." :
DANTE 99
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Japanese statesman. :
ITO 101
One of the inventors of photography. :
TALBOT 103
What Rip Van Winkle heard. :
DUNDERS 105
Mr. ___ Roach of the movies. :
HAL 106
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Produced in a theatre. :
STAGED
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Head of government bureau. :
HOOVER 2
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Architectural ornament. :
OVA 5
Third son of Jacob. :
LEVI 6
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Shakespearean conspirator. :
BRUTUS 8
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Mr. Murray of the radio. :
KEN 12
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Mark which Romeo wouldn't jest at. :
SCAR 15
Early horse-opera star. :
HART 16
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Noted American actress of Canadian birth. :
ANGLIN 24
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Belonging to a woman. :
HERS 29
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Victory garden product. :
BEET 34
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More stained with breakfast food. :
EGGIER 38
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One of the rationed foods. :
MEAT 45
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Wrote marginal explanations. :
GLOSSED 48
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Inhabitant of a much-bombed island. :
MALTESE 53
Is in a state of repressed irritation. :
SIMMERS 54
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Striking out part of a word. :
ELISION 67
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General of the American Revolution. :
CLINTON 72
Instrumental musical compositions. :
SONATAS 73
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Maggie Wylie's married name. :
SHAND 80
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Native of Belgrade. :
SERB 87
Administrator of the WSA. :
LAND 88
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Former Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, 1892–1903. :
SHIRAS 90
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Sentimental Tommy's last name. :
SANDYS 94
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Limelight: Theatrical slang. :
SPOT 107
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The Rooneys, father and son. :
PAT 112
Pit in which vegetables are kept. :
RUA
Answer summary: 12 unique to this puzzle , 85 debuted here and reused later , 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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