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WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
New York Times, Sunday, August 8, 1948
Author:
Louis Jenkins
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170 , Blocks: 80 , Avg Word Len: 5.28 , Missing: { J Q W X } , Scrabble score: 654 (avg 1.46)
David Steinberg notes:
Original 83-Down clue had no colon after quotation mark; added one.
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© 1948, The New York Times No. 339
Across
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James Beauchamp Clark (1850–1921). :
CHAMP 11
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21
Sayings of Jesus. :
LOGIA 22
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Where Cato committed suicide. :
UTICA 25
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27
28
Personal opinion. :
TENET 29
30
Where FDR and Chiang Kai-shek met. :
CAIRO 32
She dies for love of Tannhaeuser. :
ELIZABETH 35
36
Ornaments with indented edge. :
ENGRAILS 38
39
41
Popular singer of operetta. :
EDDY 42
44
Most famous of the Hebrides. :
IONA 45
Where Sebastopol lies. :
CRIMEA 48
Considers collectively. :
LUMPS 49
51
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56
Composer of "Poet and Peasant." :
SUPPE 57
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Where Col. Bowie fell. :
ALAMO 60
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Gottwald's predecessor. :
BENES 62
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Within: Comb. form. :
ENDO 65
67
One of the Cape Verde islands. :
SAL 68
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Masonry between ribs of a vault: Obs. :
VAULTSKIN 98
100
Game with top score of 300. :
TENPINS 102
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Natives of Gdynia. :
POLES 106
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108
Actor in a mob scene. :
SUPER 109
111
Initials of famous general. :
REL 112
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Forgets previous instruction. :
UNLEARNS 123
Pedestal supporting a bust. :
GAINE 124
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Philippine measure. :
CABAN 132
Robin Hood's beverage. :
ALE 133
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What everyone has in a whodunit. :
ALIBI 136
Style of Southwestern architecture. :
ADOBE 138
140
Content of Aladdin's lamp. :
GENIE 141
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Roofed with stone. :
TILED 144
Draws closer gradually. :
EDGES 145
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Chip with a hammer. :
SPALL 147
Members of noted English family. :
EDENS
Down
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Signal of distress. :
FLARE 2
3
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City in Yugoslavia. :
NIS 5
Mountains of the Pacific coast. :
CASCADES 6
Heroine of Chaucer's "Second Nun's Tale." :
CECILY 7
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Well-known cartoonist. :
ARNO 9
Smaller: Comb. form. :
MIO 10
Faithful wife of a famous traveling man. :
PENELOPE 11
Augustin Eugène ___, French dramatist. :
SCRIBE 12
Highlight of "Die Meistersinger." :
PRIZESONG 13
14
Unicellular animal. :
AMEBA 15
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Governor-General of Canada, 1898–1904, and Viceroy of India, 1905–10. :
MINTO 19
Nearly three-quarters of the earth's surface. :
OCEAN 20
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Where Helen eloped to. :
TROY 37
38
Narrow wired trimmings. :
GIMPS 40
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Our enemy in 1898. :
SPAIN 45
Indian of Panama. :
CHOCO 46
Change the boundaries of. :
REMAP 47
Usual condition of Clarence Day's father. :
IRATE 48
Popular couple of the theatre. :
LUNTS 50
Dr. Binet's collaborator on I. Q. tests. :
SIMON 52
Mammal of the Himalayans. :
PANDA 53
Famous German raider. :
EMDEN 54
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Optimistic colonel in "The Gilded Age." :
SELLERS 58
Uniform altitude. :
LEVEL 61
Noted resident of Wimpole Street. :
BARRETT 62
How the piper left Hamelin. :
RATLESS 63
Given name of the umbrella man. :
NEVILLE 66
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Hoboken's educational landmark. :
STEVENS 69
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The world's banker. :
USA 74
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American Indians. :
ERIES 80
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Dangerous women of early movies. :
VAMPS 83
"A tale told by an ___": Macbeth. :
IDIOT 84
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He marries Elizabeth Bennett. :
DARCY 89
Giraffe-like animal. :
OKAPI 90
Part of a flight of steps. :
RISER 91
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Exclamation of recoil. :
UGH 99
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102
Creator of Mr. Dooley. :
DUNNE 105
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Poet, novelist, lecturer, flutist. :
LANIER 118
Creator of Poictesme. :
CABELL 119
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Committing perjury. :
LYING 122
Dressed lettuce: German. :
SALAT 124
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126
Lady of the Lake. :
ELLEN 127
Musical instruments. :
REEDS 130
131
Closing passage in music. :
CODA 134
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Diamond-cutter's cup. :
DOP 139
Answer summary: 12 unique to this puzzle , 34 debuted here and reused later , 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 0 cheater squares.
The grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
It has 12 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 34 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These words have only appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 63 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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