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Leonard Goldberg
OF PEOPLE AND THINGS
New York Times, Sunday, November 6, 1949
83-Across : ___ Perón.
Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170 , Blocks: 77 , Avg Word Len: 5.32 , Missing: { J K Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 656 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 160 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 29 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 50
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© 1949, The New York Times No. 404
Across
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General in command of AMG in Berlin. :
TAYLOR 7
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Inhabitant of stagnant water. :
AMOEBA 23
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Baseball players watch these constantly. :
AVERAGES 25
Cincinnati's baseball team. :
REDMEN 26
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Note in Guido's scale. :
ARE 29
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Jurisdictions: Anglo-Saxon law. :
SOCS 32
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He was Cardinal Pacelli. :
PIUS 41
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Caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc. :
LARVAE 46
Vieux ___, New Orleans. :
CARRE 47
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"___ Reich, ___ Volk." :
EIN 52
One-time resident of Sodom. :
LOT 53
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Mr. Marranville, formerly of the Boston Braves. :
RABBIT 64
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Dictators issue these. :
FIATS 71
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In "South Pacific," the daughter of Bloody Mary. :
LIAT 86
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Characteristic of Indians. :
TRIBAL 88
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Nobel prize winner for literature, 1929. :
MANN 96
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"Cloak-and-dagger" outfit. :
OSS 108
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European sorespot. :
SAAR 120
Overall material. :
DENIM 121
Hero of Clyde Fitch play. :
HALE 122
In fresco painting, first rough plaster coat. :
ARRICCIO 124
Island of Dutch East Indies. :
NIAS 126
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Newspaper notices. :
OBITS 129
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"Stouthearted ___." :
MEN 134
Hymns in sacred Hindu literature. :
SAMAVEDA 136
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Horthy was this in Hungary. :
REGENT 140
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He holds the world's most precious passport. :
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Subdivisions of Greek clans. :
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Russia's grain basket. :
ODESSA 13
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England's delegate to UN. :
CADOGAN 15
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Character in "Macbeth." :
HAG 19
Scene of international crisis, 1911. :
AGADIR 20
Return to court: Scot's law. :
RETOUR 21
Poisonous African fly. :
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Member of the Strasbourg conference. :
BEVIN 35
Ballplayer's mistake. :
ERROR 37
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Frank Buck's mode of travel. :
SAFARI 52
Function of the World Bank. :
LOAN 54
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___ Schary, of Hollywood. :
DORE 57
Cousin of the apteryx. :
MOA 58
A hillside, to Robert Burns. :
BRAE 59
Brazilian tree with striped wood. :
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Where Mr. Barkley recently dedicated an airfield. :
PADUCAH 68
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Characteristic of native races of America. :
AMERINDIAN 73
Double: Comb. form. :
BINI 75
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Admiral Byrd's favorite hibernation spot. :
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Prickly envelope of a fruit. :
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He wears the Fisherman's ring. :
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Exclamations of doubt. :
EHS 104
A "must" in a football team's dressing room. :
LINIMENT 105
"The ___ of things not seen." :
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Prio Socarrás' capital. :
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Garment, worn by the Pope. :
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Where bricks are made. :
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World's featherweight champion. :
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Answer summary:8 unique to this puzzle , 42 debuted here and reused later , 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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