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Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson

New York Times, Saturday, November 4, 1950

30-Across : Discoverer of X rays, 1895.

Author:
Elizabeth Patterson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Elizabeth Patterson has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 503
Across
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Device to hold cartridges. : CLIP
5
___ boy! : ATTA
9
Flintlock. : GUN
12
She wrote "My Friend Flicka." : OHARA
13
Where Washington defeated British, 1777. : PRINCETON
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Vertical face of a stair step. : RISER
17
Experimental. : TENTATIVE
18
"This is the forest primeval" region. : ACADIA
20
Belgian town S of Antwerp. : NIEL
21
Twice 27. : LIV
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Hindu cymbals. : TAL
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Treats maliciously. : SPITES
25
Transparent silicate. : MICA
26
Be flirtatious. : OGLE
28
Essence. : ODOR
29
Made bewildered. : MAZED
30
Discoverer of X rays, 1895. : ROENTGEN
32
Spanish saint. : TERESA
33
Small, graceful deer. : ROES
34
Low-caste Hindu. : PASI
35
Secluded. : REMOTE
38
___ Richard, John Paul Jones' famous ship. : BONHOMME
42
Soap plant. : AMOLE
43
___ eagle on the coat of arms of U. S. : BALD
44
River nymph. : NAIS
45
Marshy regions. : FENS
46
Become ill. : SICKEN
48
Dentist's degree. : DDS
49
Denoting three. : TRI
50
City in southern France, near Toulouse. : ALBI
51
___ Bay, site of 1864 Farragut victory. : MOBILE
53
Deserving regard. : ESTIMABLE
56
Native of "Leaning Tower" city. : PISAN
57
He led the Rough Riders, 1898. : ROOSEVELT
58
Make amends. : ATONE
59
Government agency of the depression. : NRA
60
First Norseman in Greenland. : ERIC
61
Furnish. : LEND
Down
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Victim of Mrs. O'Leary's cow, October, 1871. : CHICAGO
2
Famous explorer of the Mississippi, 1678. : LASALLE
3
Made wrathy. : IRED
4
Where Ben Franklin represented the Colonies. : PARIS
5
Intelligent. : APT
6
Washington crossed the Delaware to take it. : TRENTON
7
More dwarfish. : TINIER
8
Pays one's part. : ANTES
9
Learn. : GET
10
Employ. : UTILIZE
11
Convent newcomers. : NOVICES
12
Patrick Henry was one. : ORATOR
14
He was a man of few words. : CAL
15
36th state admitted to Union, 1864. : NEVADA
19
Highest point. : APOGEE
24
Caesar's fatal date. : IDES
25
Revolutionary general called "The Swamp Fox." : MARION
27
Registers. : ENROLS
29
Entangle. : MESH
31
Carry: Colloq. : TOTE
32
Bicycle built for two. : TANDEM
34
Our 11th President, 1845-49. : POLK
35
Part of a roof. : RAFTER
36
American essayist. : EMERSON
37
"Yankee cheesebox on a raft," 1862. : MONITOR
38
Microbes. : BACILLI
39
President during War of 1812. : MADISON
40
City W of Bay City, Mich. : MIDLAND
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One of an ancient brotherhood. : ESSENE
43
Van ___, Richard Harding Davis hero. : BIBBER
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Onetime status of Booker T. Washington. : SLAVE
47
Prickly pear. : NOPAL
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Core to make hollow objects. : AME
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Penetrating effect. : BITE
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Old Testament book: Abbr. : ISA
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And others. : ETC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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