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Alberta N. Burton
Alberta N. Burton

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New York Times, Sunday, October 24, 1948

20-Across : Spanish mode of execution.

Author:
Alberta Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 156, Blocks: 85, Avg Word Len: 5.69, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 570 (avg 1.28)
Open Squares: 164, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 54 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Alberta N. Burton has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Alberta Burton is an alias for Alberta N. Burton.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 113-Down clue had no punctuation at end of quote; added colon.

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© 1948, The New York TimesNo. 350
Across
1
Fixed looks. : STARES
7
Peer Gynt's doting mother. : ASE
10
Part of a locomotive. : CAB
13
Member of M. de Tréville's regiment. : ARAMIS
19
Shield-shaped. : SCUTATE
20
Spanish mode of execution. : GARROTE
22
Anna ___, Philip Yordan's heroine. : LUCASTA
24
Bread slice spread with preserve. : TARTINE
25
Site of important discovery in Nile delta, 1799. : ROSETTA
26
Snapping beetles. : ELATERS
27
Deficient in pigment. : ALBINAL
28
Toothless animal with bushy tail. : ANTBEAR
29
Sui ___; unique. : GENERIS
30
Lachrymal drops. : TEARS
31
Long ago. : YORE
33
Awn. : ARISTA
35
Identical. : ALIKE
36
Bride of former King Michael. : ANNE
37
A challenge. : DEFI
38
Fishing gadgets. : SINKERS
40
Units. : ONES
41
Lease holder. : LESSEE
43
Produce crops. : FARM
46
Chemistry suffix. : ETIN
47
Edible tubers: Dial. : TATERS
49
Sea cow. : SIRENIAN
52
___ under. : SNOWED
54
School term. : SEMESTER
58
Dill. : ANET
60
Felt compunction. : REPENTED
65
Pharyngeal tonsils. : ADENOIDS
66
Proclaim. : CRY
67
Wife of Thor. : SIF
68
Sutures. : SEAMS
69
Clouds. : MUDDIES
70
Detestable. : ABHORRENT
73
Muse of history. : CLIO
74
Plant shoots. : CIONS
75
German wife. : FRAU
76
Primitive Japanese: Var. : AINO
77
Outer: Anat. : ECTAL
79
Stole: Scot. : STAW
80
Settlements of differences of accounts. : CLEARINGS
82
Sun rooms. : SOLARIA
84
New kind of hotel. : MOTEL
86
Bronze money of ancient Rome. : AES
87
Son of Apollo and Creusa. : ION
88
The white-collar class. : SALARIAT
89
Plausible. : CREDIBLE
91
Celebes wild ox. : ANOA
93
Mighty. : PUISSANT
94
Fines. : MULCTS
97
Halos. : AUREOLAS
99
California mining method. : PLACER
103
Jot. : IOTA
105
Scuttled. : SUNK
106
Carson City is its capital. : NEVADA
111
Bind with rope. : LASH
112
Merciful. : LENIENT
115
Heap: Scot. : DESS
117
Mother Machree's home. : ERIN
118
17.99 inches each in Malacca. : ASTAS
120
Related on the father's side. : AGNATE
121
First-class. : AONE
122
"I'm Mortimer." : SNERD
123
Will ___, companion of Robin Hood. : SCARLET
125
Cheering. : ELATING
127
Pigment. : STAINER
129
Girl's name: Fr. : MARTINE
130
Balcony. : TERRACE
131
Annual sporting event, L.A. to Cleveland. : AIRRACE
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Apollo's twin sister. : ARTEMIS
133
Betrayal. : TREASON
134
Lucie ___, Sydney Carton's beloved. : MANETTE
135
Sitting. : SEDENT
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Sigmoid curve. : ESS
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Office holders. : INS
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Eradicates. : ERASES
Down
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Triangle with unequal sides. : SCALENE
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Headdresses. : TURBANS
3
Clothes. : ATTIRES
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Accompaniment of the monsoon. : RAINS
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Vulcan's workshop. : ETNA
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Laurenus ___, first president of Smith College. : SEELYE
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Bulgaria's Peasant party. : AGRARIAN
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River which joins the Rhone at Lyons. : SAONE
9
Formerly. : ERST
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Clique. : COTERIE
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Sullies. : ATTAINTS
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Shako. : BEARSKIN
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Vinegar made of ale. : ALEGAR
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Govern. : RULE
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Valuable West Indian tree. : ACANA
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Sailor: Fr. : MATELOT
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Titanic iron-ore sand. : ISERINE
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Picket. : STRIKER
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Of a body politic. : STATAL
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Hebrew weights. : REBAS
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Evaluate. : ASSESS
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Bids. : OFFERS
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Falsetto singer. : TENORINO
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Pagan gods. : DEITIES
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Degree. : STEP
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Excuse for non-appearance in court. : ESSOIN
44
Narrow inlet. : RIA
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Where Mukden is. : MANCHURIA
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Fruit drinks. : ADES
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Colors. : REDS
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Adopted son of Claudius. : NERO
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Thread carried by weaver's shuttle. : WEFT
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Man's nickname. : SAM
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Analyzer. : EDUCTOR
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Interpose. : MEDIATE
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Furnished with money. : ENDOWED
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Despotic. : TYRANNOUS
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Delicious beverages. : NECTARS
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Mercury's winged sandals. : TALARIA
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___ Way, ancient Roman road in N. Italy, still in use. : EMILIAN
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Military decoration. : DSO
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Japanese coins. : SENS
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Mars. : ARES
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Bleat. : BAA
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Horse and carriage. : RIG
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Swindling. : FLEECING
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Primitive Greeks. : EOLIANS
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Military grade: Fr. : CLASSE
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Small caps: Abbr. : SMC
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Summons. : CALL
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One of the Hebrides. : IONA
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First King of Israel. : SAUL
83
Siamese coin. : ATT
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Fruit. : LIME
88
Oral. : SPOKEN
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___ Ives, American troubador. : BURL
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Island group near New Guinea. : ARU
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Exasperating servant in "Malade Imaginaire." : TOINETTE
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Pirates. : STEALERS
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Plants such as grasses, sedges, etc. : ENDOGENS
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Vital Red Cross supply. : PLASMA
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East Indian sailors. : LASCARS
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Moon goddess. : ASTARTE
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Mapped. : CHARTED
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Giant red star in Scorpio. : ANTARES
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Judicial writs. : VENIRES
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Mixed with sand: Rare. : ARENATE
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Conducts. : DIRECTS
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Swedish aeronaut, died in Arctic, 1897. : ANDREE
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" ... in the day that thou ___ thereof ... ": Gen. ii, 17. : EATEST
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Four: Comb. form. : TETRA
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Open ___. : SESAME
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Ooze. : SLIME
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Elbow. : ANCON
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Sacred grove of India. : SARNA
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Pigment obtained from blue grapes. : ENIN
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City in Moldavia. : IASI
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Coronet: Poet. : TIAR

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 42 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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