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Harold T. Bers
ALL OVER THE MAP
New York Times, Sunday, February 24, 1952
89-Across : Agency of 1933.
Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162 , Blocks: 74 , Avg Word Len: 5.62 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 658 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 150 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 12 , XRef: 1 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 43
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© 1952, The New York Times No. 980
Across
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Its newsmen are suspect in U. S. :
TASS 5
Longtime Illinois Representative. :
SABATH 11
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Low-voiced songstress. :
ALTO 22
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"Union Now" spokesman. :
STREET 31
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Fuel from a bog: Var. :
PEET 33
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Egypt's god of pleasure. :
BES 37
Thumb-to-pinky measures. :
SPANS 39
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Black, striped or calico. :
BASS 45
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Emerson's middle name. :
WALDO 50
"For the love of ___!" :
PETE 51
Herbs, country style. :
YARBS 53
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Agora landmark in ancient Athens. :
THESEUM 56
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Hallowe'en confection. :
CORN 70
They're in "The Greatest Show on Earth." :
LIONTAMERS 72
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Group of athletes. :
TEAM 81
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Life tenures inherited from wives: Law. :
CURTESIES 89
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___ Springs, Georgia. :
WARM 93
___ Downing Street. :
TEN 94
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1947 Nobel Prize winner. :
GIDE 98
Silent picture classic of the 20's. :
GREED 100
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Part of a flower. :
SEPAL 102
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He works with slate, shingles, etc. :
ROOFER 107
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British East Asia Command. :
BEAC 110
Scottish churches. :
KIRKS 111
Crosscountry vehicle. :
BUS 114
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Necessary thing: Colloq. :
MUST 116
Mountain in the Sudan. :
ERBA 117
Godfrey music-maker. :
UKE 120
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Make ready a tennis court. :
RELINE 129
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Strait connecting Okhotsk and Bering seas. :
KURILE 131
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He inherits the title. :
ELDEST 135
Down
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Possible White House dwellers. :
TAFTS 2
The Yankee Indian. :
ALLIE 3
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Noted French psychologist. :
BINET 8
Abbr. used atop business letters. :
ATTN 9
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___ Ferry, West Virginia. :
HARPERS 11
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Disregards indicated change. :
STETS 26
Land of "Abominable Snowman" footprints. :
NEPAL 27
Gen. Zebulon ___, explorer of the West. :
PIKE 35
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"Guilty" or "Not guilty." :
PLEA 39
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Sausage in a chain. :
LINK 41
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Manager Stanky's nickname. :
BRAT 45
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Sierra ___, West Africa. :
LEONE 48
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Semicircular recess. :
APSE 53
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Character in "South Pacific." :
LIAT 71
Overflowed by water. :
AWASH 73
Mouthpiece of a clarinet. :
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"Things are seldom what they ___." :
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Range of low mountains in France. :
VOSGES 109
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Villages, in South Africa. :
KRAALS 111
City in Iraq: Var. :
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Phillies' outfielder. :
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Answer summary:16 unique to this puzzle , 27 debuted here and reused later , 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 16 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 27 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These words have only appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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