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Archie S. Kreiling
Archie S. Kreiling

Of Places and People

New York Times, Sunday, September 28, 1947

98-Down : Pome fruits.

Author:
Archie S. Kreiling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 73, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 507 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 128, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 41, Grid flow: 16.6
Archie S. Kreiling has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 82-Down clue, corrected "The Red Rose" to "The Black Rose." Also fixed a seemingly erroneous date.

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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 294
Across
1
Palestine anti-terrorist movement. : HAGANAH
8
In office once held by Cardenas. : ALEMAN
14
Miss misfortune. : ESCAPE
20
Samuel Francis Smith's opus, 1832. : AMERICA
21
Put into characters. : NOTATE
22
Harnessed. : GEARED
23
Wise counselors. : MENTORS
24
Meteor wakes. : TRAILS
25
Sea between China and Korea. : YELLOW
26
Malt beverages. : ALES
27
River in Georgia, headwater of the Coosa. : ETOWAH
29
Nipa palms. : ATAPS
31
Indian of Tierra del Fuego. : ONA
32
Fifty-four: Roman numerals. : LIV
33
Dried up. : SERE
34
In respect to. : ANENT
35
Provoke. : STIR
36
Indian mulberries. : AALS
39
Sir Galahad's occupation. : ERRANTRY
42
Gorged. : SATED
43
Charter ___. : OAK
45
Marine animals. : SPONGES
46
On the opposite side. : ACROSS
47
Seat of Kansas Wesleyan University. : SALINA
50
Shoshonean Indians. : UTES
51
Ox of Celebes. : ANOA
52
Author of "Captain from Castile." : SHELLABARGER
55
English physicist, founder of famous institution. : SMITHSON
59
Present. : HERE
60
Leans upon. : RELIES
61
Variety of wheat. : SPELT
62
The ear: Comb. form. : OTO
63
Fetid. : OLID
64
Region of central Indo-China; includes the Shan states. : LAOS
65
By birth or nature. : BORN
66
"The Ghost and Mrs. ___." : MUIR
67
Builder of Fontana Dam. : TVA
68
Looks closely at. : SCANS
70
Mexico's Finance Minister. : BETETA
72
Dr. G. Witt's discovery, 1898. : EROS
73
Tending toward ego. : SELFWARD
75
Rouget de Lisle's composition, 1792. : MARSEILLAISE
77
Freckles' blubbery pal. : LARD
78
Small weight of India. : TOLA
79
Pluck or pull off. : AVULSE
80
One of the Quints. : CECILE
83
"Lippy" Leo's successor. : SHOTTON
86
Hole-in-one. : ACE
87
Expiate. : ATONE
88
He replaced Gen. McClellan in 1862. : BURNSIDE
89
Formerly. : ERST
92
Catalogue. : LIST
93
Equines. : MARES
94
Mistress Dorothy in "King Henry IV." : DOLL
97
General Arnold. : HAP
99
Suffer. : LET
100
Bellini heroine. : NORMA
101
Mr. Churchill. : WINNIE
103
___ of Anjou. : RENE
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Climbing fish genus. : ANABAS
106
Prefigure. : IDEATE
108
Pocahontas' real name. : MATOAKA
110
Lantern fish. : INIOME
111
Does military duty. : SERVES
112
Deducer. : EVOLVER
113
Feelings. : SENSES
114
Border finishers. : EDGERS
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Fasteners. : SEALERS
Down
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Fixed star. : HAMAL
2
Becky Sharp's schoolmate. : AMELIA
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John Calvin's city. : GENEVA
4
Crafts. : ARTS
5
Island in Aegean Sea. : NIO
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Wooer of Lydia Languish. : ACRES
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Impetuosity. : HASTE
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Where Rubens lived. : ANTWERP
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Feminine name. : LORA
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Port of departure of polar expedition. : ETAH
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Spring month: Fr. : MAI
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Figures of men used as columns. : ATLANTES
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Illegal squatters. : NESTERS
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Friction point in Africa. : EGYPT
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Understands. : SEES
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Earl Warren's state: Abbr. : CAL
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Italian burlesque poet (1396–1483). : ARLOTTO
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Large flowers. : PEONIES
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Radio warbler. : EDWARDS
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Mine products. : ORES
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At all. : ANY
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Vexation. : ANGER
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Churchill's daughter. : SARAH
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Sprawled. : LOLLED
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Spanker. : SAIL
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Cosmetics. : ROUGES
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Poker stakes. : ANTES
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Author of "The Story of Mrs. Murphy." : SCOTT
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Burr in wood. : KNAR
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Put aside. : SHELVE
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Pertaining to aircraft. : AERIAL
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Writer of famous love letters (1079–1142). : ABELARD
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Mystic trance: Lat. : AMENTIA
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Marksmen. : SHOTS
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Islands in Gulf of Bothnia. : ALAND
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Chilean man of the hour. : RIOS
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Frolic. : SPREE
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Chauve ___, Russian theatre group. : SOURIS
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Without profit. : OTIOSE
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Scandinavians. : NORSE
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Swillbowls. : SOTS
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Southern Albanian oil field. : BERATI
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Wooden implement for pulverizing. : MEALER
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Marshy piece of meadow. : SWALE
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Organization routing packages to Europe's needy. : CARE
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Baltic barons. : BALTS
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Edison's middle name. : ALVA
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City near Detroit. : FLINT
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Secondary planets. : MOONS
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Famous magazine man. : LUCE
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Interwove with O.N.T. : THREADED
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Ancient green stone. : CALLAIS
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Stephen: Fr. : ETIENNE
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Author of "The Black Rose." : COSTAIN
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Guess. : SURMISE
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Peculiarity. : ODDNESS
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Rare gas. : NEON
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Impediment. : BAR
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Gather into a bundle. : SHEAVE
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Oil cargo vessel. : TANKER
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Son of Vicar of Wakefield. : MOSES
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Linden trees. : LIMES
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Permission. : LEAVE
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Pome fruits. : PEARS
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Denomination. : NAME
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Femme of the Navy. : WAVE
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Roman highway. : ITER
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Trill. : ROLL
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Cattle genus. : BOS
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Work unit. : ERG
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Valiant Samoan warrior. : TOA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 35 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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