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Harriot T. Cooke
GLOBAL GLEANINGS
New York Times, Sunday, December 29, 1946
132-Across : Grasses.
Author:
Harriot Cooke
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176 , Blocks: 80 , Avg Word Len: 5.10 , Missing: { K Q } , Scrabble score: 621 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 137 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 13 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 47
Harriot Cooke is an alias for Harriot T. Cooke.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 82-Down clue had two "in"s; deleted one of them.
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© 1946, The New York Times No. 255
Across
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Chief Justice Vinson. :
FRED 11
Cords from candlenut fiber. :
AEAS 15
U. S. Ambassador to China. :
STUART 21
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Nazi method of ruling. :
TERROR 25
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Elaborately decorated. :
ORNATE 28
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Cause of Alexander Hamilton's death. :
DUEL 32
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Where American Occupation Forces are: Abbr. :
BAV 35
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Blue-footed petrels, N. Z. :
TITIS 45
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Those who display learning. :
PEDANTS 52
Type dating from 1470. :
ROMAN 55
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Nicholas II was the last. :
TSAR 61
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Confessions of faith. :
CREDOS 64
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Grecian city once famous for its luxury. :
CORINTH 73
Persian officials. :
EMIRS 75
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Recently modified by the Army. :
SALUTES 78
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A. A. Milne character. :
ROBIN 80
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Union General in the Civil War. :
BUELL 82
Substitute delegate at Paris Conference. :
ATTLEE 84
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State Department Councillor at Peace Conference. :
COHEN 89
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___ Harbor, Maine. :
SEAL 92
Bay on coast of Tasmania. :
EMU 93
Chess problem with two solutions. :
DUAL 95
Director General, UN Food Organization. :
ORR 96
Peak in Canadian Rockies. :
ROBSON 98
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A phase of terrorism. :
ARSON 106
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Her son put her up on the roof. :
ASE 110
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Center of controversy, 1919. :
FIUME 115
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Orthodox Moslems: Obs. :
ISLAMS 123
Lord: Jacobite title. :
MAR 124
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European section of Istanbul. :
PERA 129
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Underground reservoir: Sp. :
CENOTE 140
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Fixes waves in the hair. :
SETS 144
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PERSIA 2
Oliver ___, English novelist. :
ONIONS 3
Open spaces in a forest. :
GLADES 4
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Times when bills are payable. :
DUEDATES 11
Russian workmen's organizations. :
ARTELS 12
Official of ancient Rome. :
EDILE 13
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Great mining and industrial region. :
SAAR 15
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Language of Palestine Moslems. :
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Jewish underground in Palestine. :
HAGANAH 36
Last Empress of Austria. :
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Constituent of brass. :
ZINC 44
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Ancient name of Saida, Syria. :
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Lake in Switzerland. :
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Assumed importance. :
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SERER 69
Medieval ½ denier of France. :
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He captured Geronimo, 1886. :
MILES 76
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Important export of Peru. :
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Marcus Porcius, the Censor. :
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National shortage. :
ROOMS 97
Australian statesman. :
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Given Transylvania under new treaty. :
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Suburb of London in Surrey. :
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Territory claimed by Yugoslavia. :
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Ward of Cedric the Saxon. :
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Clapping of hands to music: Hindu. :
TAL 116
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Where cattails grow. :
MARSH 127
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Great Napoleonic victory, 1806. :
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What General Bor is. :
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Supreme Court Justice, 1903-22. :
DAY 138
U. S. soldier and writer (1876-1912). :
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Answer summary:5 unique to this puzzle , 42 debuted here and reused later , 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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