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Edward J. Buckler
Edward J. Buckler

People and Places

New York Times, Sunday, September 18, 1949

58-Down : Of a metallic element.

Author:
Edward Buckler
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 68, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 558 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 136, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 50, Grid flow: 55.2
Edward J. Buckler has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Edward Buckler is an alias for Edward J. Buckler.
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© 1949, The New York TimesNo. 397
Across
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Scribbles. : DOODLES
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Dr. Margaret ___, new president of Wellesley. : CLAPP
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Frothed. : SPUMED
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Astir. : ABROACH
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More delicate. : LACIER
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Film on copper surface. : PATINA
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Carte ___. : BLANCHE
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Forcefully. : ENERGETICALLY
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Storage crib. : BIN
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People of Seoul. : KOREANS
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Prisons. : GAOLS
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___ Palmas. : LAS
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Main ingredient of Scotch woodcock. : EGGS
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Sinuous. : WAVY
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Oral. : VOCAL
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Loose soil. : DIRT
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Escritoire. : DESK
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Take medicine. : DOSE
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Marrows. : PITHS
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Tree of mimosa family. : INGA
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Thomas Stearns ___. : ELIOT
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Tobacco kiln. : OAST
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Banjo player. : TWANGER
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Region E of the Jordan: Bib. : GILEAD
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Adorns. : ARRAYS
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Pile up. : AMASS
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___ floss. : DENTAL
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Man's name. : SILAS
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Heat: Med. : CALOR
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News: Scot. : UNCOS
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Beat. : THROB
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Blended (said of colors). : FONDU
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Mount ___, 13,706 ft., in Colorado. : OSO
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Insurgents opposed to former ones. : COUNTERREVOLUTIONISTS
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Part of a cup. : EAR
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Contorted. : WRIED
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Cheerful songs. : LILTS
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Volumes. : TOMES
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Article of food. : VIAND
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___ City. : WINDY
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Lowest points. : MINIMA
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Refuse. : DROSS
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Midday rest. : SIESTA
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Invigorants. : TONICS
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Infant's footwear. : BOOTEES
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Enmeshes. : NETS
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Monetary unit of Brussels. : BELGA
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High: Lat. fem. : ALTA
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"Hayseeds." : HICKS
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New Secretary of Army. : GRAY
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City in W. Honshu. : NARA
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Product of Wales. : COAL
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Discloses. : BARES
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Ring that condenses flame of lamp. : CRIC
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Source. : SEED
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Morsel. : ORT
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Street Arab. : GAMIN
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Tan color. : LEATHER
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504. : DIV
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Quiet. : NOISELESSNESS
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White and smooth. : IVORINE
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Crustacean. : ISOPOD
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Reddish dyes. : HENNAS
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Of gaseous celestial structures. : NEBULAR
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Erie, Welland, etc. : CANALS
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Darling. : DEARY
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Dullest. : GREYEST
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Touched gently. : DABBED
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Bind by some favor rendered. : OBLIGE
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Apes. : ORANGS
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Russian river. : DON
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Want. : LACK
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Daughter of Air and Earth. : ECHO
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Playwright who wrote book for "Miss Liberty." : SHERWOOD
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Split. : CLEAVE
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Mr. Ross. : LANNY
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Experts. : ACES
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Mohammedan saint. : PIR
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Clara ___, for whom Barkis was willin'. : PEGGOTTY
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Shed. : SPILL
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Half boots. : PACS
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Miss Hagen. : UTA
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Manufacturing processes. : MILLINGS
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Expands. : ENLARGES
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Venus, when it precedes sun in rising. : DAYSTAR
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Stretch. : REACH
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Breakfast item. : TOAST
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___ St. Louis, Ill. : EAST
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Comic carrot top. : SKELTON
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Passport signatures. : VISAS
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Coin of Belgrade. : DINAR
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Numbered plate. : DIAL
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Tellers of short narratives that reveal moral truths. : PARABOLISTS
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At any rate. : LEASTWISE
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Russian admiral (1737–1809). : ORLOV
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Emerson's middle name. : WALDO
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Being equivalent. : AMOUNTING
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Italian seaport. : GENOA
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Become liable to. : INCUR
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Displayed. : AIRED
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Truman's nickname for Sen. Lucas. : SCOTTY
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Chief: It. : DUCE
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Fragments. : SHREDS
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Cuckoos. : ANIS
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One of triplets. : TRIN
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River, joins Werra R. to form the Weser. : FULDA
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Of a metallic element. : OSMIC
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Dams up. : STEMS
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Greek mountain. : OSSA
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Efface. : ERASE
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Bits of fluff or down. : LINTS
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Early Greek people. : IONIANS
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Of a vow. : VOTAL
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Periods of time. : WEEKS
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Fabulous herb of occult power. : MOLY
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Via ___, Way of the Cross. : DOLOROSA
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Succession. : ROTATION
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Maddened. : INCENSED
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Mark Hopkins' profession. : TEACHING
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Of an English philosopher. : BACONIC
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Dishonor. : SHAME
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Young herring. : BRIT
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Nickname of Notre Dame teams. : IRISH
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Verdant. : GRASSY
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Ancient Roman official. : AEDILE
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Rockfish. : REINAS
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Allude. : ADVERT
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Mountain summits bare of forest. : BALDS
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Actor Romero. : CESAR
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Charles Lyell's science: Abbr. : GEOL
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Little Helena. : LENA
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At all. : EVER
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Mantle. : ROBE
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What Vichy is. : SPA
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Compass point. : NNE
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King: Sp. : RUY

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9 unique to this puzzle, 41 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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