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Helen K. Whitman
Helen K. Whitman

New York Times, Friday, February 22, 1957

43-Across : Prohibits.

Author:
Helen K. Whitman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Helen K. Whitman has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,796
Across
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U. S. Ambassador to Ireland. : TAFT
5
Eisenhower's camp in Maryland. : DAVID
10
Moist. : DAMP
14
Inter ___. : ALIA
15
Scent. : AROMA
16
Killer whale. : ORCA
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International technique resented as far back as T. R. : DOLLARDIPLOMACY
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Gott ___ Dank! : SEI
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Hemline dictator. : DIOR
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Algonquin Indians. : MIAMIS
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Pressing machine used in cotton industry. : BALER
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Salt: Comb. form. : SALI
26
Perspicacity. : ACUMEN
28
International understandings. : ENTENTES
32
Dispenser of remedies. : DOSER
33
Hair-do. : BRAID
34
Beautiful S. Amer. seaport. : RIO
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Quantities: Abbr. : AMTS
36
Musica for a dance. : CONGA
37
___ Sayao of the Met. : BIDU
38
Italian pronoun. : MIE
39
One-time King of Bulgaria. : BORIS
40
Drive back. : REPEL
41
Cadge. : SCROUNGE
43
Prohibits. : DEBARS
44
What every politician seeks. : VOTE
45
Track man. : MILER
46
Songstress Malbin. : ELAINE
49
Son of Jacob. : LEVI
50
Foul ___. : TIP
53
Belt of countries serving to isolate another country. : CORDONSANITAIRE
56
TV comedienne. : COCA
57
Claw. : TALON
58
Excelling others. : STAR
59
Being. : ESSE
60
Chief Justice, 1941-46. : STONE
61
Young British duke : KENT
Down
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Small children. : TADS
2
Lily plant. : ALOE
3
Focus of Senate controversy. : FILIBUSTER
4
Palm fiber. : TAL
5
Connecticut town. : DARIEN
6
Eagerness. : ARDOR
7
To see: Fr. : VOIR
8
Petty demon. : IMP
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Part of Yugoslavia. : DALMATIA
10
Sphere of action. : DOMAIN
11
Composer Khachaturian. : ARAM
12
Fourteen years before Magna Carta. : MCCI
13
Offers, as respects. : PAYS
18
Great name of psychiatry. : ADLER
19
Lubricated. : OILED
24
Site of Iowa State college. : AMES
25
Unexpected obstacles. : SNAGS
26
Presidential assistant. : ADAMS
27
Entertainer. : COMIC
28
Tennessee ___ Ford. : ERNIE
29
Three-way. : TRIPARTITE
30
Relative of the scaup. : EIDER
31
Disembodied spirits. : SOULS
33
Popular one-man show. : BORGE
36
Sum and substance. : CONTENTS
37
Silent screen star Daniels. : BEBE
39
Good: Ital. : BUONO
40
Kindled again. : RELIT
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Sheep and goats: Zool. : OVIDAE
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___ Right of Kings. : DIVINE
45
Lengthy speaker at U. N. : MENON
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Behold: Lat. : ECCE
47
Lorelei Lee's creator : LOOS
48
Rainbows. : ARCS
49
French composer. : LALO
51
Where Tabriz is. : IRAN
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Lively. : PERT
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Was in session. : SAT
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Request. : ASK

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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