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Edgar Watts
Edgar Watts

New York Times, Tuesday, June 15, 1954

Author:
Edgar Watts
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J K P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 19.3
Edgar Watts has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

57-Across: Geneviève de Galard was a French nurse who became a global celebrity just weeks before this puzzle was published — a flight nurse with the French Air Force (holding the rank of Lieutenant) during the First Indochina War.

  • The Heroism: In early 1954, her medical evacuation plane was destroyed by artillery fire, leaving her stranded at the besieged French fortress of Dien Bien Phu.

  • The Symbolism: As the only French woman at the base, she spent weeks treating wounded soldiers under horrific conditions. She became a symbol of French courage and was awarded the Légion d'honneur.

  • The "Tricolor": When she was finally released by the Viet Minh in late May 1954 (just three weeks before this puzzle ran), she was greeted as a national hero. The Tricolor (the national flag of France) was the flag she served under and became a visual fixture in the news coverage of her return.

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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,813
Across
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Mrs. in Germany. : FRAU
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Party for the bride. : SHOWER
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Muscles. : BRAWN
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Transmit via electronic tube. : TELEVISE
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Made tea. : BREWED
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Brightness. : RADIANCE
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Melted. : RAN
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Save from evil. : DELIVER
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___ Wood, motorboat racer. : GAR
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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Wabash. : RIVER
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Yale man. : ELI
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Four: Comb. : TETRA
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Swamp. : FEN
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Crowd. : HORDE
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Foodstuffs. : ALIMENTS
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Symbol of luxury, : FUR
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Famous elegy by Milton. : LYCIDAS
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Like diamond. : HARDEST
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A form of snare. : NET
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"I will," for instance. : SENTENCE
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Talks with too much pride. : BRAGS
43
Ben ___. : HUR
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Mephisto. : SATAN
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Nonsense! : ROT
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Lollipop flavor. : LEMON
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Bridge score division. : LINE
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1944 theatre. : ETO
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Harangues. : TIRADES
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Explosive. : TNT
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English county. : SOMERSET
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Bay of ___, in Antarctica. : WHALES
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Flag of Lt. Geneviève. : TRICOLOR
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Romeo. : LOVER
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A chainlike structure. : CATENA
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Affirmatives. : YEAS
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Very excited. : FRENETIC
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Uncooked. : RAW
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Filled with wonder. : AWED
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Less than. : UNDER
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Endeavors. : STRIVES
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State of great happiness. : HEAVEN
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More experienced. : OLDER
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Milldam. : WEIR
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Little ___. : EVA
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A person who greatly resembles another. : RINGER
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With valor. : BRAVELY
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Blanch, as almonds. : SCALD
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Hair-raising. : EERIE
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Savage. : BRUTAL
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Rides in the direction one is going. : LIFTS
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Preparing for action. : ARMING
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Mosquito genus. : AEDES
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Pains. : HURTS
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Trying experience. : ORDEAL
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Man's nickname. : NAT
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Air circulator. : FAN
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Salome's stepfather. : HEROD
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Qualifies one for something. : ENTITLES
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TV instrument. : SCANNER
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Doctrines. : TENETS
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Large island off Malaya. : SUMATRA
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Chief French naval station. : BREST
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Revolving part. : ROTOR
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Power of the Nautilus. : ATOMIC
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At once. : HEREON
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Stocking material. : LISLE
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Recently. : NEWLY
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Gait. : TROT
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Auto tire: Colloq. : SHOE
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Former economic agency. : ECA
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Girl's name. : AVA

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