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Harold T. Bers
OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
New York Times, Sunday, May 18, 1947
Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 164 , Blocks: 81 , Avg Word Len: 5.46 , Missing: { Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 653 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 160 ,
Cheaters: 0 ,
FITB: 8 ,
XRef: 0 ,
Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 58
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© 1947, The New York Times No. 275
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Discovered by Klaproth, 1789. :
URANIUM 25
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Converter of literary material. :
ADAPTER 27
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B. P. O. E. member. :
ELK 29
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Henry V's nickname. :
HAL 34
Goldfish in Pinocchio. :
CLEO 36
Buenos Aires big shot. :
PERON 37
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Author of "Citizen Tom Paine." :
FAST 39
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Merely negative prefix. :
NON 46
Greer Garson role. :
CURIE 47
Large group of railroad lines. :
SYSTEM 49
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Theban poet (B. C. 522–448). :
PINDAR 53
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Helen's abductor. :
PARIS 67
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Franco-ite in 1936. :
REBEL 71
Forrestal's type of work. :
NAVAL 72
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Chamberlain's plane-mate, 1927. :
LEVINE 74
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German political economist (1792–1870). :
RAU 78
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Arikara tribesmen. :
REES 80
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Wartime production expediter. :
BATT 89
Heating contraptions. :
ETNAS 91
Britain's screen menace. :
MASON 92
Proofreader's mark. :
CARET 93
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Mrs. Buck or Miss White. :
PEARL 98
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Futuristic modern painter. :
DALI 104
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Mandarin name for tea. :
CHA 115
Emblem on Stan Musial's cap. :
STL 116
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Article in a political platform. :
PLANK 122
Containing natrium. :
SODIC 124
Short radio commercial. :
SPOT 125
Horse in "National Velvet." :
PIE 126
Presidential candidate, 1936, 1940. :
BROWDER 128
Job at which Shotton succeeds Durocher. :
MANAGER 130
Morsel left at a meal. :
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Rights of holding property. :
TENURES 133
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Describing the Pleistocene epoch. :
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Famed female impersonator. :
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Subjects of Carroll and Cronin. :
HATTERS 142
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P. T. Barnum's customers. :
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Of the same family. :
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It's mostly in the French zone of Germany. :
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Small ostrich plume. :
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The Thin Man's dog. :
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Procure a person to commit perjury. :
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World's biggest land area. :
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Uncontrolled uproar. :
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Unpopular at Ebbets Field. :
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Catherine ___, sixth wife of Henry VIII. :
PARR 44
Villainous expressions. :
SNEERS 46
Athenian general (B. C. 510–449). :
CIMON 48
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Port at end of Dortmund-Ems canal. :
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Keep company: Slang. :
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Something that poisons. :
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Amraoti is its capital. :
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___ Palmas, Canary Islands. :
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Export of East Indies. :
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Mr. Cameron of the movies. :
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George W. Peck's boy. :
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"Something Sort of ___," Finian's Rainbow. :
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Rich and poor, black and white. :
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Local unit of fraternal order. :
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What Spring brings. :
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Nairobi is its capital. :
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Old Silenus, son of Pan. :
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Piatigorsky's instrument. :
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Little brother's nickname. :
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Bombastic discourse. :
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On this side: Prefix. :
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Answer summary: 8 unique to this puzzle , 50 debuted here and reused later , 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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