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Mary D. Weisser
Mary D. Weisser

Historymaking

New York Times, Sunday, August 12, 1962

Author:
Mary D. Weisser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 534 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 134, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 46.4
Mary D. Weisser has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,776
Across
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Domain of John XXIII. : CURIA
6
Indians. : ASIANS
12
Royal house of England. : STUART
18
Out-and-out. : ARRANT
19
Dole out. : RATION
20
Finance minister to 22 Across. : COLBERT
22
Le Grand Monarque. : LOUISQUATORZE
24
Lethean malady. : AMNESIA
25
Waterfalls: Scot. : LINS
26
Mongolian city. : URGA
27
Famous conductor. : SZELL
29
Perfume. : ATTAR
30
Feast calendar. : ORDO
31
African wood. : EBONY
33
Burst out. : ERUPT
35
French novelist. : SAND
36
Queen: Fr. : REINE
38
Goose genus. : ANSER
40
Result. : ENSUE
42
___ hold. : TOE
43
Grow light. : DAWN
45
Determine. : LEARN
47
Flemish painter. : RUBENS
49
Where Thirty Years' War began. : BOHEMIA
52
Phrygian town. : IPSUS
53
Being: Fr. : ETRE
54
Danton, for example. : ORATOR
55
Darts. : FLITS
56
Spice Islands. : MOLUCCAS
60
Navigation system. : LORAN
61
Rilke's "___ Elegies." : DUINO
62
Bazaars. : SALES
63
Arena cheer. : OLE
64
Immersed: Poet. : DIPT
65
Father of international law. : HUGOGROTIUS
67
Greek peak. : OSSA
68
Former name of Tokyo. : EDO
69
Canal Zone dam. : GATUN
70
Eternities. : AEONS
71
Of a spindle. : AXIAL
72
Disown. : RENOUNCE
74
Hot pack. : STUPE
75
Therefore. : THENCE
76
Member of Punjab sect. : SIKH
77
Famous name in British India. : CLIVE
78
John Glenn, for example. : PIONEER
79
Chess piece. : CASTLE
82
Brandt, Burgomaster. : MAYOR
83
Does a farm job. : HAYS
84
Lab suffix. : ANE
85
Decline. : DROOP
87
Donkey: Dial. : NEDDY
90
Important industry. : STEEL
94
Church titles: Abbr. : REVS
96
Nasal cavity. : SINUS
98
Closes the eyes (of a hawk). : SEELS
100
___-European. : INDO
101
Heavenly hunter. : ORION
103
German cobbler poet. : SACHS
105
Hebrew king. : SAUL
106
Pennsylvania port. : ERIE
107
French dramatist. : MOLIERE
109
Room of state of 22 Across. : HALLOFMIRRORS
112
Cause of 18th cen. wars. : SILESIA
113
Imagine. : IDEATE
114
Spanish nuts. : PINONS
115
Capital of Anhalt. : DESSAU
116
Author of "Principia." : NEWTON
117
Heavy rain. : SPATE
Down
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To believe: Fr. : CROIRE
2
Region E of the Congo. : URUNDI
3
Diplomatic motive: Fr. : RAISONDETAT
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Those elected. : INS
5
And also: Lat. : ATQUE
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Ferdinand's kingdom. : ARAGON
7
Mephisto and company. : SATANS
8
Japanese statesman. : ITO
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Publicizes. : AIRS
10
Marriage: It. : NOZZE
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Scoffers. : SNEERERS
12
Indian trophies. : SCALPS
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Jerry's pal. : TOM
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Caesar's elbow. : ULNA
15
Instigates. : ABETS
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Say again. : RESTATE
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Villa built by 22 Across. : TRIANON
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___-none. : ALLOR
21
Afternoons: Sp. : TARDES
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Where U. of Illinois is. : URBANA
28
Sally ___, teacake. : LUNN
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Hounds' cry. : YELPING
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Reptiles. : TURTLES
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First name in Eire. : EAMON
39
1660 to 1685, in England. : RESTORATION
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Son of 53 Down. : EURUS
44
German "we." : WIR
46
Hapsburg land: Abbr. : AUS
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Snout: Fr. : BEC
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More abrupt. : BOLDER
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Alloy for jewelry. : OROIDE
51
Repeat tiresomely. : HARPON
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Hector's home. : ILION
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God of the winds. : EOLUS
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Bach specialty. : FUGUE
56
1898 headline. : MAINE
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Term in trigonometry. : COSINE
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Where Colmar is. : ALSACE
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Kind of ship. : SEALER
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Nationality of 65 Across. : DUTCH
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Mining term. : STOPE
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Longs for. : HANKERS
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Works for Corneille. : OEUVRES
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Chancellor of Sweden, 1612–54. : OXENSTIERNA
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Hanse. : GUILD
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Nautical hails. : AHOYS
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East: Ger. : OST
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Arch. : SLY
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Aunt: Sp. : TIA
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Franciscan. : CAPUCHIN
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Basic branch of the animal kingdom. : PHYLUM
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Rebounds. : CAROMS
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Kind of barometer. : ANEROID
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Andalusian city. : SEVILLE
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Leonardo's Lisa. : MONA
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Bird: Fr. : OISEAU
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Spanish explorer. : DESOTO
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Daze with noise. : DEAFEN
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Implant. : ENROOT
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Turkish city. : EDIRNE
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Loam. : LOESS
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Silks: Fr. : SOIES
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Nuance. : SHADE
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Ship berths. : SLIPS
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Headland. : NESS
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Marsh. : SLEW
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Estuary: Sp. : RIA
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Abbreviation on a map. : LAT
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Chutist's cord. : RIP

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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