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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

MEMORY PIECE

New York Times, Sunday, November 21, 1965

9-Across : Hesitate.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 530 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,944
Across
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Look over. : SCAN
5
Brazilian weight. : ONCA
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Hesitate. : PAUSE
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Oklahoma city. : ADA
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Mrs. ___, who befriended Little Nell. : JARLEY
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Trick. : HOAX
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Town near Verdun. : ORNES
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River into the Ouse. : CAM
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Theme of 1776 document. : UNALIENABLERIGHTS
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Three: It. : TRE
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Jaunty. : DEBONAIR
27
Exercises. : USES
28
Studio. : ATELIER
30
Whilom. : ERST
31
Power for the Clermont. : STEAM
33
Lack of height. : LOWNESS
35
Assn. in schools. : PTA
36
Cultivated. : REFINED
38
Nature of Casca's attack : STAB
42
Revere and others. : RIDERS
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Cleveland's V. P. : STEVENSON
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Lowell's métier. : ODE
50
Bellini heroine. : AMINA
51
Diminutive suffix. : OLE
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___ Tag. : DER
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He wrote "The Red Rover." : COOPER
56
Flavorous. : TANGY
57
Wide open spaces. : RANGES
59
Ripening. : MATURING
61
Elbe tributary. : EGER
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Look. : APPEAR
63
Anc. British people. : ICENI
64
Theo's cousin. : DORA
65
Law of 1765-66. : THESTAMPACT
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Begone! : SCAT
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Of a promise. : VOTAL
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Lets. : LEASES
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Peninsula of N. Europe. : KOLA
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Workouts for Peter Snell. : MILERUNS
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Talismans. : CHARMS
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Trite. : BANAL
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Frog or toad: Zool. : ANURAN
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Exclamation. : AHA
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Degrees. : MAS
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Go fishing. : ANGLE
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Black Hawk's tribe. : SAC
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W. Louisiana parish seat. : LEESVILLE
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Inlets of the South. : BAYOUS
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Bit. : SNIP
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Gold pieces ($4) of 1879. : STELLAS
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Presidential nickname. : CAL
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Kind of sauce. : TARTARE
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Sorrow. : TEARS
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Tastes. : SIPS
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Hiawatha's mother. : WENONAH
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Novel aunt. : MAME
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Logical. : RATIONAL
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Past. : AGO
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To "promote ___." : THEGENERALWELFARE
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Where Toulon is. : VAR
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Mouse: Sp. : RATON
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Unchanged. : SAME
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Emulated the Pilgrims. : SAILED
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Days of yore. : ELD
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Have ___ for (excel in). : ABENT
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Pennine ___. : ALPS
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Benefactor, as of 1778. : YALE
Down
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More sensible. : SANER
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Crustaceans. : CRABS
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Parcel out. : ALLOT
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Familiar negative. : NEIN
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Chicago airfield. : OHARE
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Cribbage jack. : NOB
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Peace pipe. : CALUMET
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Tools. : AXES
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Nero or Claudius. : POISONER
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Silver: Abbr. : ARG
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Lets go. : UNHANDS
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Seven: It. : SETTE
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Letters. : ESSES
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Drama part. : ACTI
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Virginia ___. : DARE
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Yankee: Abbr. : AMER
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Hardy hero. : JUDE
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Leaveners. : YEASTS
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Girl of song. : NITA
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Experiences anew. : RELIVES
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Coast Guard abbreviation. : LSS
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Lupin and others. : ARSENES
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Old English letter. : WEN
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Say grace. : PRAY
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Inaugural site, 1789. : FEDERALHALL
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African antelope. : TOPI
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Arabian port. : ADEN
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Mountain: Ger. : BERG
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Considered. : RATED
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Insect stage. : IMAGO
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Turkey "gobbler." : DINER
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Paul Revere's trade. : ENGRAVER
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Groups of singers. : OCTETS
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Substantive. : NOUN
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Annie, for one. : ORPHAN
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Tailor's concern. : LAPELS
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Site of battle, 1777. : ORISKANY
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Gained, old style. : GAT
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Noxious vapor. : MIASMA
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Means of entry. : ACCESS
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Bring into harmony. : ATTUNE
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___ culpa. : MEA
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Certain Italians. : PARMESE
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Rival of the Amazon. : CONGO
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Babylonian deity. : ALALU
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Hawthorne's forte. : TALES
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Kind of exam. : ORAL
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Where Plymouth is: Abbr. : MASS
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___ uproar. : INAN
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White House name. : LUCI
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Native of Santiago. : CHILEAN
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Phoenician deity. : BAAL
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Affirmation. : AVERMENT
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Man of taste. : ESTHETE
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Sideways. : LATERAL
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Moistens with drippings. : BASTES
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Reader's guide: Abbr. : PTO
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Bird's crop. : CRAW
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Cavities: Anat. : ANTRA
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Harlot of Jericho. : RAHAB
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French city. : ARLES
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Bulgaria's capital. : SOFIA
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Altogether. : INALL
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Gay ___. : PAREE
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Cutter. : SLED
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The sea: Poet. : WAVE
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Equal: Fr. : EGAL
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Part of France. : NORD
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Arizona city. : MESA
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"Now ___ me down to sleep ... " : ILAY
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Suffix with nona or hexa. : GON
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Elec. unit. : AMP

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7 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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