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Alberta N. Burton
Alberta N. Burton

GLOBAL GLEANINGS

New York Times, Sunday, October 15, 1950

6-Across : Chain.

Author:
Alberta N. Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.41, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 644 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 169, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 48
Alberta N. Burton has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 483
Across
1
"Country of Morning Repose." : KOREA
6
Chain. : CATENA
12
Native of Zagreb. : CROAT
17
Exclamation of distaste. : TCHU
21
Ago: Archaic. : AGONE
22
Mite. : ACARID
23
Philippine guerrilla. : HUKBALAHAP
25
It flows into the Gulf of Guinea. : NIGER
26
Disunion. : SCHISM
27
Shaped like a ram's head. : ARIETINOUS
28
Salutation. : AVE
29
Brutes found by Gulliver. : YAHOOS
31
Middle East republic. : ISRAEL
33
Walking device. : STILT
34
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" composer. : KERN
36
Sovereign. : SIRE
37
Shadows. : TRAILS
38
Yard. : AREA
39
Various. : ASSORTED
41
Made by cartographers. : CHARTS
42
Portion: Abbr. : SHR
45
Slip. : ERR
46
Rude person. : BOOR
47
Prominent Democrat. : FARLEY
48
Ought to. : SHOULDST
50
King of Iraq. : FEISAL
53
Threadlike. : FILOSE
54
Molded masses of food. : LOAVES
55
Eel-shaped amphibian. : OLM
56
Daytime opera. : MATINEE
58
Military group. : CADRE
59
Depression. : DENT
63
Moslem title. : REIS
65
Modified. : TONED
66
Radio advertisers. : SPONSORS
69
Conjunction. : NOR
70
Theme. : MOTIF
72
Where Cambodia is. : INDOCHINA
74
Poisonous ptomaine. : NEURINE
76
Female wild ass. : ONAGRA
78
Distrains: Hist. : NAAMS
79
Doze. : DROWSE
80
Petrarch's specialty. : SONNETS
82
Strategic Malay island. : SINGAPORE
86
Turkish noble. : AMEER
87
Cunning. : ART
88
Encroach. : TRESPASS
90
Father of Centaurs, bound to endlessly revolving wheel. : IXION
92
Volcano. : ETNA
93
Condé ___. : NAST
95
Giant who loved Merope. : ORION
96
Harvard's newspaper. : CRIMSON
98
Bone: Comb. form. : OST
99
Rue. : REPENT
101
Frequent event at West Point. : PARADE
103
Robert ___, English founder of Sunday schools. : RAIKES
105
Greek ideal of noble womanhood. : ANTIGONE
108
Fieldworks. : REDANS
109
Turkish governors. : BEYS
110
Coach. : CAR
111
Girl's name. : OSA
112
Release. : RERENT
113
Practical. : FEASIBLE
117
Hastens. : HIES
119
Testify under oath. : DEPONE
120
Money in Peru. : SOLS
121
Promptly. : SOON
122
She plays the lyre. : ERATO
124
Animal of the Andes. : VICUNA
125
Short spars. : SPRITS
127
Millimeters. : MMS
128
Of the inductive method of reasoning. : SOCRATICAL
130
Growth. : UPCOME
132
Eye socket. : ORBIT
134
Ellipticity: Astronomy. : OBLATENESS
135
Pencil box equipment. : ERASER
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Lasso. : RIATA
137
Siamese measure. : NIEW
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Malory's "___ d'Arthur." : MORTE
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Cowboys. : ROPERS
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Court aristocrat of old Russia. : BOYAR
Down
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Hawaiian native. : KANAKA
2
Pointed arches. : OGIVES
3
Jolly ___. : ROGERS
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Suffix used in chemistry. : ENE
5
Ethereal: Poet. : AERY
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Dismiss with ignominy. : CASHIER
7
Entente. : ACCORD
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Washoe Indian word meaning lake. : TAHOE
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Sister of Ares. : ERIS
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Serbian capital. : NIS
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Sherman and Joy. : ADMIRALS
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"The greatest of these." : CHARITY
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Country folk. : RURALS
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The Joad family. : OKIES
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Walter ___, actor. : ABEL
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Make lace. : TAT
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Dutch aunt. : TANTA
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Sang in chorus. : CHOIRED
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Draggers. : HAULERS
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Parvenu. : UPSTART
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Lily: French. : LIS
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Legendary Surrey town. : ASTOLAT
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Hindu woman's garment: Var. : SAREE
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Toffs. : NOBS
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Pang. : THROE
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Ramble. : ROAM
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Scot. : CALEDONIAN
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City in Pennsylvania. : SHARON
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Wavered. : HOVERED
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Feel sorrow. : RUE
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Mulcted. : FINED
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Covers with grass. : SODS
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Pounds, shillings & pence. : LSD
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Native of Taiwan. : FORMOSAN
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First name of great actress. : ELEONORA
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Counterfeits: Rare. : IMITANTS
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President Paasikivi. : FINN
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Mrs. Topping. : LANA
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Thou: Fr. : TOI
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Plotter. : CONSPIRANT
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U. S. atomic weapons proving grounds. : ENIWETOK
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Morgan's forte. : NONSENSE
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Arboral West Indian rodents. : TREERATS
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Token. : SIGN
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Makes rough. : SHAGS
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Arizona Indian. : PIMA
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Koran chapter. : SURA
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Ornamental network. : FRET
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Containers. : CANS
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City on the Tiber. : ROME
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She cuts the thread of life. : ATROPOS
81
Evening song. : SERENA
82
Detect. : SPOT
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Chemical compounds. : OXIDS
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Hoarfrost. : RIME
85
Aurora. : EOS
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Without: Lat. : SINE
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Compass direction. : NOREAST
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Thrice: Prefix. : TRI
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Sleepy Hollow schoolmaster. : CRANE
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Votes against. : NAYS
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Self. : EGO
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The power in Buenos Aires. : PERON
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Konrad ___. : ADENAUER
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Goddess of the sacred cow. : ISIS
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U. N. exhorter. : ACHESON
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Capital of Kenya. : NAIROBI
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Popular British food. : TREACLE
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Historic British warship. : REPULSE
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Calumniators. : BELIERS
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State anew. : RECAST
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Earlier. : FORMER
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Gateway to India. : BOMBAY
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Low hill. : LOMITA
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Decorate. : ENSTAR
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Wind indicator. : STRAW
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Gambler. : DICER
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Think: Dial. : SPOSE
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Cereal grass. : OAT
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Italy's beverage. : VINO
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Gen. MacArthur. : SCAP
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Lusatian Slav. : SORB
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Evening sun god. : TEM
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Golf instructor. : PRO
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Brazil's capital. : RIO

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 37 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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