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Agnes W. Bartlett
Agnes W. Bartlett

With Clues from the Day's News

New York Times, Sunday, September 13, 1942

17-Down : Arrow poison.

Author:
Agnes W. Bartlett
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 178, Blocks: 88, Avg Word Len: 4.96, Missing: { F J Q }, Scrabble score: 661 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 143, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 122, Grid flow: 15.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Agnes W. Bartlett has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1942, The New York TimesNo. 31
Across
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Head of Office of War Information. : DAVIS
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United Nation. : CHINA
11
Mark of official rank on uniforms. : BRAID
16
Swing. : WIELD
21
Chemical compound. : IMIDE
22
Philippine island. : LUZON
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White House secretary. : EARLY
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Subcontinent. : INDIA
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Stanza. : VERSE
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Fragrant gum. : ELEMI
27
Steps to cross a fence. : STILE
28
___ de main. : LEGER
29
Prior to. : ERE
30
Undisguised. : BALD
31
Decorticates. : PEELS
32
Split. : CLEAVE
33
Pertaining to tax system in India. : RYOTWAR
36
Publishers. : ISSUERS
39
Famous vessel. : ARK
40
Thing, in law. : RES
41
Merchant guild of fourteenth-century Europe. : HANSA
43
Injures. : HARMS
44
Ancient Celtic priest. : DRUID
46
Species of clover. : ALSIKE
49
"The ___ and the Fishes." : LOAVES
51
Price administrator. : HENDERSON
55
Climbing plant. : LIANE
56
Stuns or deafens: Scot. : DEAVES
57
A Hindu queen. : RANEE
58
Gumbo. : OKRA
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Charity. : ALMS
60
Fried lightly. : SAUTE
61
Sad: French. : TRISTE
63
"And Freedom leaning on her ___."—Holmes. : SPEAR
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Masonic mixing stick. : RAB
65
Classifiers. : SORTERS
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Consume. : EAT
68
Held a session. : SAT
70
Summer: French. : ETE
71
Lament. : COMPLAIN
73
Coast Guard hero in saboteur case. : CULLEN
76
Beauties. : BELLES
78
Turkish college. : ULEMA
79
Elevation of the voice. : ARSIS
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Favorite of Queen Elizabeth. : ESSEX
82
Cooking utensil. : SPIDER
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The Guernsey lily. : NERIAE
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Summer annuals. : PETUNIAS
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Rainbow. : ARC
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Letter of alphabet. : ESS
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Queen of the fairies. : MAB
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Parasols. : SHADERS
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Tuft. : WAD
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Compare. : LIKEN
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Decorated with pendants. : TABBED
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Greased. : OILED
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Horse. : MARE
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British seaport in Southwest Arabia. : ADEN
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Tree branches. : RAMES
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Redressed. : ATONED
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___ Johnson, Senator from California. : HIRAM
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Laid waste. : DESOLATED
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Heaters. : STOVES
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India's spokesman. : GANDHI
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Signal device. : SIREN
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Cubic meter. : STERE
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Shoulder insignia of officers. : STARS
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The rudiments of any subject. : ABC
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Adult males. : MEN
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Matchmakers. : PAIRERS
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The "Assistant President." : HOPKINS
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Where the Rangers first went into action. : DIEPPE
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Parts of ships. : HELMS
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East Indian dodder. : AMIL
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Web. : NET
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Miss Oakley. : ANNIE
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Chapters of the Koran. : SURAS
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Head of United States bomber command. : EAKER
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Hiding-place. : CACHE
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39.37 inches in the U. S. : METER
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Famous battle site. : ALAMO
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Awe. : DREAD
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Warning of danger. : ALARM
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Imparts movement to. : STIRS
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Gilbert island, scene of hit-and-run raid by marines. : MAKIN
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Allies one's self with. : HERDS
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A striving. : NISUS
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Worker under water. : DIVER
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British Secretary for India. : AMERY
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Sweet-singing bird. : VIREO
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Fishes. : IDS
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Look. : SEE
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Enlightens. : CLEARS
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Member of our Cabinet. : HULL
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Member of Oriental religious sect. : IZEDI
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___ de plume. : NOM
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Tropical bird. : ANI
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Is suitable. : BESEEMS
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Scolders. : RATERS
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Seed coverings. : ARILS
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Calamities. : ILLS
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Imbue thoroughly. : DYE
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Our traveling Ambassador. : WILLKIE
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Arrow poison. : INEE
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Middle name of F. B. I. chief. : EDGAR
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Willingly. : LIEVE
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"Who ___ think one thing and another tell."—Pope. : DARES
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Pest. : BANE
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"Full many a gem of __ ray serene."—Gray. : PUREST
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Uncouth. : CRUDE
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Makes flimsy. : THINS
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Island site of great battle. : WAKE
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Little fellow. : SHAVER
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Husband. : SAVE
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Sacred bulls of India. : ARNEES
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Strategic island group. : ALEUTIAN
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Dimple. : DENT
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Discontinue. : DROP
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Winged. : ALAR
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Shrub of genus Syringa. : LILAC
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"Little Black ___." : SAMBO
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Made of grain. : OATEN
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"___ maketh waste."—Heywood. : HASTE
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Shallow wooden vessel: Dial. : SKEEL
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Hold forth. : ORATE
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Nostrils. : NARES
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Philippine island. : DARAM
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Persian coins. : RIALS
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Shoemakers. : SOLERS
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Trusts. : RELIES
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Vessels of clay or stone: Dial. : STEENS
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Choler. : SPLEEN
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Amanuensis. : SCRIBE
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Preposterous. : ABSURD
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Mire. : MUD
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Important arm of our service: Abbr. : USA
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Superfluous. : NEEDLESS
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Sixty-one. : LXI
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Natives of Asiatic country. : ARABS
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Mount. : STEED
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Part of a meal. : SALAD
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"___ is at the bottom of all great mistakes."—Ruskin. : PRIDE
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Member of our Cabinet. : ICKES
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Deposit. : EMBED
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Pamphleteer of the Revolution. : PAINE
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Medal. : AWARD
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Abraham's wife. : SARAH
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Island in New York Harbor. : STATEN
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Ex-President. : HOOVER
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Half. : DEMI
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Grandson of Adam. : ENOS
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Crime investigator in New York. : AMEN
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Time fixers. : DATERS
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Capital of White Russia. : MINSK
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Peep show. : RAREE
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Raced. : TORE
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Musical instrument. : HARP
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Lame ducks. : LIMPERS
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Member of our Cabinet. : STIMSON
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Prison. : GAOL
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Salt meats. : SALAMI
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Divisions. : THIRDS
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Second President of U. S. : ADAMS
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Famous French psychologist. : BINET
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Hundred: comb. form. : CENTI
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One of the Federated Malay States. : PERAK
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Falcon. : SAKER
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South American Indians. : INCAS
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Indian nationalist. : NEHRU
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Turns, in skiing. : STEMS
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Dock. : PIER
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New Zealand bird. : HULA
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Fermented drink of water and honey. : MEAD
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___ Browne belt. : SAM
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Anglo-Saxon letter. : EDH
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Land measure. : ARE
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Housewives do this now. : CAN
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Eastern name. : ALI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 116 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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