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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

MEMORABILIA

New York Times, Sunday, February 9, 1958

74-Across : Double dagger, in printing.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 73, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 504 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,148
Across
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New Testament book. : ROMANS
7
Employed. : HIRED
12
Sound made by a cicada. : CHIRR
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Zoologist's classification for sheep. : OVINAE
18
City on the Rio Grande. : ALAMOSA
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Receiving sets. : RADIOS
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Civil War song refrain. : TENTINGTONIGHT
25
Pass, as time. : ELAPSE
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Poetic verb. : ART
27
Spoils. : LOOT
28
Agreements. : TREATIES
30
Noun suffix. : AST
31
Tense. : TAUT
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Thong, in S. Africa. : RIEM
35
Poniard. : DIRK
36
Author Harte. : BRET
37
Bird. : EGRET
39
Walked on. : TROD
41
Surfeited (with "of"). : SICK
42
"Nutcracker ___." : SUITE
43
Telegrapher. : SENDER
45
"___ Fideles." : ADESTE
47
Upbraid. : BERATE
48
Booth's words, after shooting Lincoln. : SICSEMPERTYRANNIS
52
Organ stop. : CELESTE
56
"Just as ___ ... " : IAM
57
Check. : REIN
58
Hero of "Victory." : AXEL
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Shroud in vapor. : ENMIST
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Union general at Chickamauga. : ROSECRANS
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Talking bird of India: Var. : MINAH
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California bulrush. : TULE
70
Substances in cookery. : FATS
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Consumed. : EATEN
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Confederate general's nickname. : STONEWALL
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Double dagger, in printing. : DIESIS
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___ Lisboa. : NOVA
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Bumpkin. : LOUT
78
Kind of rose. : TEA
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Motorist's companion. : ROADMAP
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Play at Ford's Theatre, April 14, 1865. : OURAMERICANCOUSIN
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Tokens of honor. : PLUMES
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Sprinted faster than. : OUTRAN
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Oppose. : RESIST
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State of mind. : HUMOR
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Crazes. : FADS
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Actual being. : ESSE
100
Chief Justice who rendered Dred Scott decision. : TANEY
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Where Olympia was. : ELIS
102
Colombian city. : CALI
103
Shade. : TINT
105
Guy. : CHAP
106
Swedish county. : LAN
107
Spartacus, for example. : THRACIAN
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Encircle. : GIRD
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Son-in-law of Mohammed. : ALI
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Where Torino is. : ITALIA
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Famous antebellum debates. : LINCOLNDOUGLAS
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Son of Anchises. : AENEAS
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Transferee. : ALIENEE
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Appearance. : ASPECT
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Gaze intently. : STARE
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Cornered. : TREED
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Reserve supplies. : STORES
Down
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Takes turns. : ROTATES
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Surplus goods. : OVERAGE
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Clipper ship tycoon of Civil War era. : MINTURN
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Opposite of syn. : ANT
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Seize: Colloq. : NAIL
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Caballero. : SENOR
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Confederate fort guarding Pamlico Sound. : HATTERAS
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U. N. labor group. : ILO
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Fanatic speech. : RANT
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Eastern title. : EMIR
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Relative of duce. : DOGE
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Muskhogean. : CREEK
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Dutch painter. : HALS
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McKinley's wife. : IDA
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Living on a river bank. : RIPARIAN
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Author of "The Blessed Damozel." : ROSSETTI
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More underhand: Colloq. : SHADIER
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Classical. : ATTIC
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Small sofas. : SETTEES
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___ alone. : GOIT
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Trouble. : IRK
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First name of famous Bosoxer. : TED
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Form. : MODE
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Scottish brook. : BURN
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Durbeyfield's daughter. : TESS
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Convey by will. : DEMISE
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Prow. : STEM
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Meeting. : SEANCE
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A division of churches. : RITE
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Tiff. : SPAT
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Cheese. : BRIE
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Nessus, slain by Hercules. : CENTAUR
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Jogs. : TROTS
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Respectful assents. : YESSIRS
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Projections on shafts. : CAMS
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Stage direction. : EXIT
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Cotton fabric. : LENO
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Eagerness. : ELAN
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Many: Comb. form. : MULTI
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Where New Salem is: Abbr. : ILL
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Girl's name. : RAE
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Author of "Atlas Shrugged." : RAND
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Jot. : ATOM
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Leningrad's river. : NEVA
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Fillip. : SNAP
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Ibsen's Nora. : HELMER
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French hackney coach. : FIACRE
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Tribulations. : WOES
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Maiden name of Gen. Grant's wife. : DENT
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Bon ___. : SOIR
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Greek letters. : TAUS
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Anise of the Bible. : ANET
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Daughter of Polonius. : OPHELIA
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Wails. : ULULATES
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Buffalo, camel, or llama. : RUMINANT
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Between Joel and Obadiah. : AMOS
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Document modifying a will. : CODICIL
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Hop kiln. : OAST
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Anonymous. : UNSIGNED
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Black Hawk was one. : SAC
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Apparatus for filtering air. : INHALER
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Long-fronded marine alga. : SEALACE
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Office workers. : TYPISTS
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Distant. : FAR
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Ancient Greek battle cry. : ALALA
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Chisolm Trail town. : ENID
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Lincoln's first Sec'y of Treasury. : CHASE
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Homeland of 119 Across. : TROAS
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Crown: Var. : TIAR
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Part of a monogram: Abbr. : INIT
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Genus of maples. : ACER
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___ the less. : NONE
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Earth. : DUST
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Tributary of the Thames. : LEA
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General at Gettysburg. : LEE
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Mailing center: Abbr. : GPO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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