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Isaac Kert
OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
New York Times, Sunday, February 9, 1947
43-Across : Rear Admiral, commander of Alaskan sector.
Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170 , Blocks: 78 , Avg Word Len: 5.31 , Missing: { J Q X } , Scrabble score: 612 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 153 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 9 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 53
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1947, The New York Times No. 261
Across
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Author of "The Iceman Cometh." :
ONEILL 24
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Mistress Anne Page's suitor. :
SLENDER 28
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Secretary General, U. N. :
LIE 34
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He said, "Th' Dimmycratic party ain't on speakin' terms with itsilf." :
DOOLEY 39
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Rear Admiral, commander of Alaskan sector. :
REEVES 45
Early English inhabitant. :
ANGLE 47
Persons whose shadows at noon fall in opposite direction. :
ANTISCIANS 51
Overhanging section. :
EAVE 53
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Birthplace of William McKinley. :
NILES 66
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The Lumber State. :
MAINE 69
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Willa Cather's heroine, 1918. :
ANTONIA 78
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City in W. Honshu. :
NARA 81
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The common people. :
DEMOS 86
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Stone-paving blocks. :
SETTS 95
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Gold coin of Iraq. :
DINAR 112
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Official indorsement. :
VISA 119
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Pope translated it. :
ILIAD 126
Mystery story necessity. :
CORPSE 128
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Logger's halfboots. :
PACS 132
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Hawaiian hardwood trees. :
AALIIS 143
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Widow of Duke of Kent. :
MARINA 151
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Peace officer in Eastern Greek Empire. :
IRENARCH 7
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Short expressions of guiding principles. :
MOTTOES 10
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Miners' objectives. :
ORES 18
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Mountaineer song. :
YODLE 20
Author of The Music Master (1867-1915). :
KLEIN 21
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Founder of Irish Theatre. :
YEATS 40
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Symbol of Britain. :
LION 44
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Genus of marsh herbs of lily family. :
ABAMA 48
Composer of Narcissus (1862-1901). :
NEVIN 49
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Native of a Pennsylvanian city. :
ERIAN 54
Chilean seaport; severe earthquake, 1868. :
ARICA 55
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Beverage carriers. :
EWERS 59
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Grain city in Oklahoma. :
ENID 67
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Sana is its capital. :
YEMEN 74
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God of the stormy sea. :
AEGIR 79
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Previously mentioned. :
SAID 88
Rumania's Premiere. :
GROZA 89
Face an embankment. :
REVET 90
Churchill-Inonu rendezvous. :
ADANA 92
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City in N. E. Texas. :
ENNIS 97
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Early form of rapier. :
ESTOC 110
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Residual product from wine-press. :
VINASSE 125
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Means of transportation. :
PLANES 129
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French city with Roman ruins. :
NIMES 135
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Daughter of Cadmus. :
INO 152
Answer summary:10 unique to this puzzle , 43 debuted here and reused later , 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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