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Grace Hoster
Grace Hoster

Travelogue

New York Times, Sunday, September 14, 1958

64-Down : Positive electrode.

Author:
Grace Hoster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 88, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 661 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 151, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 32.2
Grace Hoster has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,365
Across
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Card game. : HEARTS
7
Dim. : BLUR
11
Sojourn. : STOP
15
Where Faneuil Hall is. : BOSTON
21
Exonerate. : ACQUIT
22
Fully prepared. : RIPE
23
Session. : TERM
24
Capital city in Asia Minor. : ANKARA
25
Complainer. : MOANER
26
___ Gate, gorge of the Danube. : IRON
27
Denizens of Gibralter. : APES
28
Sticks. : CLINGS
29
Vestment. : ALB
30
Gallipoli's strait. : DARDANELLES
33
Coral reef. : CAY
34
Old weight of Egypt. : KAT
35
Vault. : LEAP
37
Letter. : GEE
38
Outburst. : GALE
39
Canine of a sort. : CUR
40
Hankers: Slang. : YENS
41
Overindulgence in any activity. : ORGY
43
Mayan calendar years. : HAABS
45
Canoers. : PADDLERS
47
Lofty. : AERIAL
50
Fishing sites. : PONDS
51
Time teller. : SUNDIAL
52
Put on different clothes. : CHANGE
53
Pulitzer prize author. : AGEE
54
Wall painting. : MURAL
55
Debris left by loggers. : SLASH
59
Marquees. : TENTS
60
Dwellers in the Highlands. : CLANS
61
Stay. : ABIDE
62
Fashion. : VOGUE
63
Means of travel. : AUTO
64
Ready to act. : ALERT
65
Contour feather. : PLUMA
66
What the satellites ushered in. : NEWAGE
67
Most excellent. : FINEST
69
Bergamot. : PEAR
70
Sirius. : DOGSTAR
71
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Creases (paper) again. : REFOLDS
77
Peacocks à la Kipling. : MAOS
78
City on the Rio Grande. : ELPASO
79
Menu item. : ENTREE
80
Slow gait. : AMBLE
82
Meat pie. : PASTY
83
Chevrotain. : NAPU
87
Dutch painter. : STEEN
88
Brief introduction. : PROEM
89
Target game. : DARTS
90
Shade of yellow. : LEMON
91
Sticky cake. : TORTE
92
Gardenia, lilac, etc. : ODORS
93
Norse name. : ARNE
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French express train. : RAPIDE
95
Good for nothing. : USELESS
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Ugly facial expression. : SNEER
98
Baffles. : EVADES
99
Portulaca. : PURSLANE
101
Presaged. : BODED
102
Potentate. : TSAR
103
Country Gentleman. : CORN
104
Where Nipigon Lake is: Abbr. : ONT
105
Lead. : CLUE
106
French king. : ROI
107
Bussed: Poet. : KIST
111
Right ___ trivet. : ASA
112
Invitation: Colloq. : BID
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Means of going on short hops. : WHIRLYBIRDS
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Correlative. : NOR
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Grasps: Colloq. : SENSES
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Manner of walking. : GAIT
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Relatives of chits. : IOUS
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Last. : ENDURE
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Sea voyage. : CRUISE
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Roguish. : ARCH
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Villain of many a tale. : OGRE
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Entraps. : NOOSES
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Resources. : ASSETS
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Diminutive of a man's name. : ZEKE
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Ponies. : NAGS
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Suits. : TWEEDS
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Oriental porter. : HAMAL
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___ des Beaux-Arts. : ECOLE
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Elath's gulf. : AQABA
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Quick trip. : RUN
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Bound. : TIED
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Wander off course. : STRAGGLE
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Honeymooner. : BRIDE
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Trevi fountain coin. : LIRA
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Come ___ (meet by accident). : UPON
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Turncoats. : RENEGADES
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Front seats in London theatres. : STALLS
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Home of a brave. : TEPEE
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Stibnite and siderite. : ORES
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Times of day: Abbr. : PMS
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Cuban rum. : BACARDI
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Merely. : ONLY
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Indulge in winter sport. : SKI
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Cargo boat. : TANKER
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Harmoniums. : ORGANS
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Family of famed cartoonist. : NASTS
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King: Span. : REY
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Research centers: Colloq. : LABS
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Close embrace. : CUDDLE
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Marquand novel. : POINTOFNORETURN
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Where the Yukon rises. : CANADA
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Great wildlife sanctuary. : YELLOWSTONEPARK
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Name for a shaggy dog. : RAGS
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English painter and engraver. : HOGARTH
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About. : ANENT
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Jewish festival. : PURIM
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"Glitter Gulch." : LASVEGAS
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Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
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Alas!: Lat. : EHEU
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Haranguer's talk. : RANT
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Faintest. : PALEST
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Grosse Pointe, for example. : SUBURB
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Natives of Singapore. : MALAYS
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Chalcedony. : AGATE
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___ maple. : SUGAR
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Dutch Sir. : HEER
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Symbols in music. : CLEFS
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Positive electrode. : ANODE
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Tea. : PEKOE
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Not at all. : NOWAY
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Dolce far niente. : IDLENESS
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David's poems. : PSALMS
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Districts in France: Abbr. : DEPTS
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Slow, in music. : LENTO
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Later than. : AFTER
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Campfire stage. : EMBERS
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Erudite. : LEARNED
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Where Lough Neagh is. : ULSTER
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Recline. : REST
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Glowing. : ARDENT
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Forest animal. : MOOSE
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Gay place. : PAREE
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Among. : AMID
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Foot: Comb. form. : PODE
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Ones: Fr. : UNES
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Where Chopin was born. : POLAND
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Abundant plant. : DANDELION
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Relative of magma. : LAVA
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Present. : RESIDENT
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Namesakes of a fictional child. : ELOISES
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Tart. : SOUR
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Baffling questions. : POSERS
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Remote planet. : URANUS
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Joyous. : BLITHE
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Craggy hill. : TOR
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Enemy of Caesar. : CASCA
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Child. : CHICK
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Ascends. : RISES
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Being employed. : INUSE
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"___ the Rose." : SORED
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Lock of hair. : TRESS
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Most. : BEST
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Goods. : WARE
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Hindu mental discipline. : YOGA
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Town: Colloq. : BURG
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Mountain cap. : SNOW
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She: Ger. : SIE
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Dictionary section: Abbr. : GAZ
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John or Jane. : DOE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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