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Lester Keene
Lester Keene

NAMES IN THE LABOR NEWS

New York Times, Sunday, October 27, 1946

27-Across : Motherly: Sp.

Author:
L. K. Peters
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 67, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 543 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 142, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 50
Lester Keene has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
L. K. Peters is an alias for Lester Keene.
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© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 246
Across
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Miners' protagonist. : LEWIS
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Former head of AFL (1850-1924). : GOMPERS
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F. D. R.'s Secretary of Labor. : PERKINS
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Lessen. : ABATE
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Easter eve hymn. : EXULTET
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Interstices. : AREOLAE
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Creek, bayou. : BOGUE
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Extraordinary. : STRANGE
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Shoemaker. : COBBLER
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Swedish name. : OLE
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Motherly: Sp. : MATERNA
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Expletive. : EGAD
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Actual being. : ESSE
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Be promoted. : RISE
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500-mile tributary to the Volga. : SURA
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___ shop. : CLOSED
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Cicatrice. : SCAR
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Washington's great apple center. : YAKIMA
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Curran runs their CIO union. : SEAMEN
47
Ragged. : TATTERED
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Deny. : NEGATE
53
Dear: Fr. : CHERE
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Mountain nymph. : OREAD
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One who paints notices. : SIGNMAN
57
Heels over. : CAREENS
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Swap. : BARTER
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To the back. : AREAR
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Diffuses. : RADIATES
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Famous movie director. : INCE
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Request. : APPEAL
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Encouraged. : NERVED
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Former Senator, North Dakota. : NYE
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Unwind. : UNREEL
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Severely defeated. : ROUTED
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Military decoration. : DSC
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Toward the rear. : ASTERN
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Obtained. : GOTTEN
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State in central India. : REWA
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German girls. : MADCHENS
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City built by King Baasha (I Kgs. xv: 17). : RAMAH
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Claire ___, of screen and radio. : TREVOR
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Marrying parsons. : UNITERS
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Disjoined. : SEVERED
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Spiritless. : AMORT
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Delight in. : SAVOR
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Fix. : ANCHOR
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Abolishes. : RESCINDS
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Partook. : SHARED
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The Great Commoner was one. : ORATOR
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Trig. : NEAT
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Lower. : DEMEAN
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Things done. : ACTA
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Flagstone. : SLAB
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Pronoun. : THEE
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Tranquil. : CALM
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Headaches. : MEGRIMS
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Exist. : ARE
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Late head of the ACWA. : HILLMAN
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Longshoremen's champion. : BRIDGES
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Labor's greatest strength. : UNION
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Resembling October's birthstone. : OPALINE
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Most liberal. : LARGEST
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Pro-labor Senator from Oregon. : MORSE
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Expresses displeasure at. : RESENTS
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Protrudes. : EXSERTS
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Attitudes. : POSES
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___ omnia vincit. : LABOR
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Town near Salerno. : EBOLI
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Labor's stake in industry. : WAGES
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Union composed of printers. : ITU
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Appear. : SEEM
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Bodily motions. : GESTURES
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The armpit: Dial. : OXTER
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Leader of the CIO. : MURRAY
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Scheme. : PLAN
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Heating device. : ETNA
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Boy's nickname. : REG
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Former White House labor conciliator. : STEELMAN
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Central American rodents. : PACAS
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Wears away. : ERODES
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Confederate soldier: Colloq. : REB
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Port on the Inland Sea. : KOBE
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Misfortunes. : ILLS
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Negative votes in Glasgow. : NAES
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Faded. : SERE
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Glacial ridges. : ASAR
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On-the-spot witness at Bikini. : GOAT
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Condition. : ESTATE
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Product of Cuba. : CIGAR
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Underrated. : DECRIED
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Surrender. : CEDE
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Subject to high heat. : ANNEAL
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The late Mr. Ataturk. : KEMAL
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In the van. : AHEAD
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Convene. : MEET
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Bird of prey. : ERNE
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Headland. : NESS
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Head of the teamsters' union. : TOBIN
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Hungarian poet (1817-82). : ARANY
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Common-law dower: Scots Law. : TERCE
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Fabrics woven in a continuous pattern. : DIAPERS
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Two-handed card game. : ECARTE
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Head of the AFL. : GREEN
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The four Sundays before Christmas. : ADVENT
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Stormer. : RANTER
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Auto workers' leader. : REUTHER
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Argentina's largest newspaper. : PRENSA
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Affidavit taker: Scot. : NOTAR
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Prefaced. : USHERED
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Caesar ___, of the screen. : ROMERO
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U. S. training camp in Massachusetts. : DEVON
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War symbol. : SWORD
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Carries. : CARTS
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Member of Equity. : ACTOR
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Lively dance. : GAVOT
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Sends. : REMITS
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Epithet for a sawdust Caesar. : MUSS
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A son of Seir (I Chr. i 38). : ANAH
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Prima donna. : DIVA
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Ada ___, late star of Daly's Theatre. : REHAN
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Worthless (Matt. v. 22). : RACA
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Mix confusedly. : SCRAMBLE
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Orthodontists. : DENTISTS
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Christmas is Paris. : NOEL
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Ridge. : SEAM
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Pour off gently. : DECANT
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Scolder: Colloq. : RAGGER
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Heads of hair. : MANES
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Helmet. : CREST
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Couches. : LAIRS
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Sprang. : AROSE
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President of Czechoslovakia. : BENES
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Norse god of strength. : THOR
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Wrestling throw. : HIPE
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Greek political party. : ELAS
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Pronoun: Fr. : ELLE
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Russian villages. : MIRS
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New Jersey's Governor. : EDGE
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Pit for drainage. : SUMP
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Egyptian deity. : MIN
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Stretch: Scot. : RAX
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The mind: Comb. form. : NOO

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 39 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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