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Archie S. Kreiling
Archie S. Kreiling

Vocabulary Test

New York Times, Sunday, August 22, 1948

Author:
Archie Kreiling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 87, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 637 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 164, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 45, Grid flow: 20.0
Archie S. Kreiling has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Archie Kreiling is an alias for Archie S. Kreiling.
David Steinberg notes:

Solution grid had HAMELOT at 104-Across; corrected to CAMELOT.

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© 1948, The New York TimesNo. 341
Across
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Taft's Vice President. : SHERMAN
8
Hiawatha's mother. : WENONAH
15
Mr. Bromfield's hacienda. : MALABAR
22
Demigoddess. : HEROINE
23
Early home of D. Eisenhower, noted educator. : ABILENE
24
Chrysolite. : OLIVINE
25
Active part of electric iron. : ELEMENT
26
Cannon balls. : PELLETS
27
One of King Lear's heirs. : GONERIL
28
Fabulous bird. : ROC
29
Situated below. : NETHER
31
Heaping up. : AMASSING
33
Compass point: Abbr. : ESE
34
Recent addition to Moscow's dog house. : TITO
36
Moray. : EEL
37
Hercules' captive. : IOLE
38
State in SE Arabia. : OMAN
39
Source of ketose. : OSONE
41
Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize 1912. : DALEN
44
Child's marble. : AGATE
46
Outstanding general of Caribbean Defense. : BRETT
47
Cloth used for hose in old England. : KERSEY
49
Famous Dodger. : ROBINSON
51
Traveling bags. : VALISES
53
L. A.'s "pigskin" professionals. : RAMS
55
Immense expanses. : OCEANS
56
Born. : NEE
57
U. N.'s "veto" champ. : GROMYKO
61
Draw in breath. : INHALE
62
Trans-Jordan monarch. : ABDULLAH
67
Lacerate. : RIVE
68
Pismires. : ANTS
70
Where Salem is: Abbr. : ORE
71
Three, at dominoes. : TREY
72
Wing. : ALA
73
Complete. : EVERY
75
South Indian peoples. : TAMILS
77
In Bilskirnir hall he dwelt. : THOR
78
"Hotspur." : PERCY
80
Scorch. : SINGE
81
Encourages. : ABETS
82
Second movie showing. : RERUN
83
Where Aconcagua is. : ANDES
84
Them: Obs. : HEMEN
85
Former boxing star. : GANS
86
Proscribe. : BANISH
87
Ecclesiast's residence. : MANSE
88
Macaw. : ARA
89
French parish priest. : CURE
90
Possessed. : HAD
91
Panic. : FEAR
93
Comic-strip tramp. : PETE
94
Fettered. : MANACLED
97
Devoted to serving the Virgin Mary. : MARIST
99
A color. : RUSTRED
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Actress West. : MAE
102
Haycock covering. : HAYCAP
103
Authoress Ferber. : EDNA
104
Where the Round Table was. : CAMELOT
108
Prefiguration. : IDEATION
110
East vein of the Monongahela. : TYGART
115
Staggering. : AREEL
116
Sharpens. : HONES
118
Heating devices. : ETNAS
120
Sixes on dice. : SICES
121
Steep, rocky eminence. : SCAR
122
Incite. : PROD
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Shield. : ECU
124
Stupid: Fr. : BETE
125
Quarter of an acre, in Japan. : TAN
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Baldness. : ALOPECIA
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Merry-andrews. : ANTICS
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Do a sum. : TOT
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Of a city of ancient Mesopotamia. : EDESSAN
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Reckless behavior. : RAMPAGE
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Ulster makers. : TAILORS
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Venturing. : RISKING
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Imperial domains. : EMPIRES
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Understanding. : ENTENTE
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Cotton fabrics. : SATINES
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Sojourns. : RESIDES
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Prophetess. : SEERESS
Down
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Foreign Minister of Israel. : SHERTOK
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Wooed by Abelard. : HELOISE
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Structural worker. : ERECTOR
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Gypsy husband. : ROM
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Carriage. : MIEN
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Mihai's bride. : ANNE
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Reticulated. : NETTED
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County in SE Iowa. : WAPELLO
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Eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews. : EBER
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Nothing. : NIL
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Water jar. : OLLA
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East Indian tree. : NEEM
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Theatrical organization. : ANTA
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Fighting mercenaries of 1775–83. : HESSIANS
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City on the Dnieper. : MOGILEV
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Exclusive of others. : ALONE
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Large marine fish. : LING
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Salutation. : AVE
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Ancient galleys, with two banks of oars. : BIREMES
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Anisic acid salt. : ANISATE
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Grows compassionate. : RELENTS
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Gives audience to. : HEARS
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Swillbowl. : SOT
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Netherlands ounce. : ONS
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Bay window. : ORIEL
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Phantomlike. : EERY
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Dark. : EBON
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American physicist. : NICHOLS
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For auction. : ASALE
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Finished. : GONE
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Bas ___. : BLEU
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Bantu of French Congo. : YAKA
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Approaches. : NEARS
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Min's spouse. : ANDY
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Romeo's house. : MONTAGUE
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His law, "Bad money drives out good." : GRESHAM
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Côte d'Azur. : RIVIERA
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Baker. : OVENMAN
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Cause to coalesce. : MERGE
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Daughter of Oedipus. : ISMENE
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Call forth. : AROUSE
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German name, bold as a bear. : BERNHARD
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He wrote "You Know Me, Al," 1916. : LARDNER
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Hero of Moliere's "Le Misanthrope." : ALCESTE
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Countryman: Slang. : HAYSEED
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Inn at Southwark: Canterbury Tales. : TABARD
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Good husbandry. : THRIFT
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100 sen. : YEN
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Common contraction. : ITS
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Famous Downing Street address.. : TEN
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Game like napoleon. : PAM
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Likely to. : ENAPT
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Diffuse. : RADIATE
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Small Spanish gunboat. : BARCA
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Last of the Ptolemies. : CLEO
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Victor over Samuel J. Tilden, 1876. : HAYES
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Small cow. : RUNT
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Afghanistan title. : AMEER
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Invoke. : CALL
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Assured of success. : MADE
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Roasting stick. : SPIT
100
Speaks. : SAYS
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Impeder. : HINDERER
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Make into law. : ENACT
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Swiveling wheels. : CASTERS
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Sir Philip Sidney's pastoral romance. : ARCADIA
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Most parsimonious. : MEANEST
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Hosts. : THRONGS
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Unity. : ONENESS
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Tomcat. : GIB
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Dimethyl ketone. : ACETONE
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Cutting replies. : RETORTS
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Poisonous flies. : TSETSES
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Dinny the dinosaur's rider. : OOP
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Apartments. : SUITES
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Flat. : PLANE
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Hindu month. : ASIN
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Lead rod used in casements. : CAME
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Gremlins. : IMPS
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Starch-yielding aroid. : APII
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Awry: Dial. : AGEE
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Staff. : CANE
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Location. : SITE
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Snowshoe. : SKI
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Son of Bela: Gen. 46:21. : ARD
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Celtic Neptune. : LER

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 35 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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