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Lester Keene
Lester Keene

Questionnaire

New York Times, Sunday, August 31, 1947

Author:
Lester Keene
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 130, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 530 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 167, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 49, Grid flow: 22.8
Lester Keene has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 290
Across
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Iranian Premier. : QAVAM
6
Augments. : ADDS
10
Chatters: Colloq. : GABS
14
Entire series. : GAMUT
19
The heavens: Comb. form. : URANO
20
Whip handle. : CROP
21
Portent. : OMEN
22
Type of acid obtained from protein. : AMINO
23
Troubled. : AILED
24
Itinerary. : TIMETABLE
26
Fishing flies. : LURES
27
Flower with white showy spathe and yellow spadix. : CALLA
28
Anthology: Rare. : SPICILEGE
29
Anonym. : ALIAS
30
Assumes suppliant attitude. : KNEELS
32
Pertaining to ashes. : CINERARY
34
Existence: Latin. : ESSE
35
Remarks. : SAYS
36
Interpose. : MEDIATE
39
Racine's famous drama, 1689. : ESTHER
41
She wrote "The Mighty Atom" (1864–1924). : CORELLI
42
Paroxysm. : SPASM
45
Islands in Micronesia. : CAROLINE
48
Where Durban is. : NATAL
50
Large city on Irtish and Om rivers. : OMSK
54
Sons of the north wind. : BOREADES
55
Not mislaid. : UNLOST
56
Edmond Hoyle's subject. : GAMES
58
Fissured. : RIMATE
59
In full force. : UNABATED
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Stag. : HART
62
Herring sauce. : ALEC
63
Involving recompense. : RETRIBUTORY
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Florence's river. : ARNO
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Copper. : CENT
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Social divisions. : STRATUMS
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Captured. : NETTED
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Annoyed. : TRIED
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Temporary residences. : HOTELS
74
Hampers. : TRAMMELS
76
Javanese carriage, like the dos-à-dos. : SADO
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Group of footless animals. : APODA
78
Southern Floridians. : MIAMIANS
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Bread: Latin. : PANEM
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Conveyance. : TRANSIT
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Blanket. : SERAPE
87
Carnivals. : FIESTAS
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Rotating projections in machines. : CAMS
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Without restrictions. : OPEN
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Pressing devices. : SADIRONS
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Woodchuck. : MARMOT
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Of a knob. : NODAL
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What Edison and Westinghouse were. : PATENTEES
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Emblem of Canada. : MAPLE
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"A Bell for ___." : ADANO
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Amusement park. : PLEASANCE
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Poignant. : ACUTE
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___ Achillis. : TENDO
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Ancient kingdom, Susa the capital. : ELAM
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Glass-annealing oven. : LEHR
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Charley Chan's screen portrayer. : TOLER
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Shillong is its capital. : ASSAM
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Not so much. : LESS
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Where Zeno lectured. : STOA
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Sprinting marvel of 1936 Olympics. : OWENS
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Charlatans. : QUACKS
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Girl's name. : ARIANA
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___ Forge, Pa. : VALLEY
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Anoints. : ANELES
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Of method. : MODAL
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Laws. : ACTS
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No-account fellow: Slang. : DRIP
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Habitation. : DOMICILE
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Noteworthy. : SPECIAL
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Defensive player on hockey team. : GOALEE
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Petrified resin. : AMBER
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About 12c in Antwerp. : BELGA
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Flout. : SNEER
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Festive. : GALA
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Charm. : AMULET
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Somewhat muddy. : MIRISH
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Distress. : UNEASE
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Baseball player: Slang. : TOSSER
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Jingling sounds. : TINTINNABULATIONS
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Seethes with suppressed emotion. : SMOLDERS
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More than this. : YES
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South end of Welland Canal. : ERIE
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Sancta. : DENS
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Fog mixed with smoke. : SMOG
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What Jacob made for Joseph. : COAT
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Ermines in brown summer fur. : STOATS
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City and volcano in S. W. Colombia. : PASTO
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___ ego. : ALTER
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Cotton spinning devices. : COILERS
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Erivan is its capital. : ARMENIA
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Answered. : REACTED
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Visitors' books. : ALBUMS
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Indian wise man. : MAHATMA
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Spruce up. : SMARTEN
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Whole grains of wheat. : KERNELS
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Leaf on the floral axis. : BRACT
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___ Nations. : UNITED
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Danish speech sounds. : STODS
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The primordial atom: German. : URATOM
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Power of imparting energy. : DYNAMISM
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Name meaning strength. : ETHAN
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Metaphor. : TROPE
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Voice. : EMIT
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Little cup used by diamond cutters. : DOPP
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Slight chroming. : TINT
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Elixir of life, in India. : RASA
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Composer of "Manon" and "Thais" (1842–1912). : MASSENET
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Ancient Roman bronze coin. : AES
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Frank Creedon's problem. : RENTALS
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Beethoven's Op. 27. : SONATA
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Types of lyric poems. : EPODES
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Fortifications. : REDANS
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Former king of Siam. : ANANDA
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Roars, as a boar. : FREAMS
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City on the Vistula. : CRACOW
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Globular glass container. : AMPULE
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Made by melting and casting. : MOLTEN
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Obeys the helm. : STEERS
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Warning stamp of the foot: Fencing. : APPEL
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Decorative slab. : DALLE
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Virginia willows. : ITEAS
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Noted Met baritone (1878–1942). : AMATO
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Invention of Edmund Cartwright. : LOOM
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She loved Narcissus. : ECHO
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Antitoxins. : SERA

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 36 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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