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Anne Gerlach
Anne Gerlach

New York Times, Thursday, March 26, 1959

44-Across : Masonic doorkeepers.

Author:
Anne Gerlach
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Anne Gerlach has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,541
Across
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Mild oath. : HECK
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Petit fours. : CAKES
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Sings in a certain way. : HUMS
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A Siouan. : OTOE
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Quick as ___. : AWINK
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Global area. : ASIA
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"Drink to me ___." : ONLY
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Feminine role in "Oliver Twist." : NANCY
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Hazard. : RISK
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Countersign. : PASSWORD
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Former home of the "two-a-day." : PALACE
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Ticker ribbon. : TAPE
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Agree: Colloq. : JIBE
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Thermal unit. : CALORY
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Heavenly orb. : FULLMOON
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Correct. : AMEND
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Orange ___. : PEKOE
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Former U. N. official. : LIE
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Buffoon. : MIME
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Sacred song. : MOTET
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"Eyes" of beans: Bot. : HILA
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Military monogram. : USA
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Quantities, as of cotton. : BALES
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Author of "Handy Andy." : LOVER
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Exacting creditors. : SHYLOCKS
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Masonic doorkeepers. : TILERS
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Anglo-Saxon letters. : EDHS
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Corn bread. : PONE
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Salt of the comics. : POPEYE
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Smorgasbord fare. : COLDCUTS
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Below: Naut. : ALOW
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Comb, as wool. : TEASE
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Very pale. : ASHY
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The cheek: Lat. : GENA
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Forsook the straight and narrow. : ERRED
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Female ruffs. : REES
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Captain Marryat's hero. : EASY
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Unsupported assertion. : SAYSO
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Mild oath. : DRAT
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Hula ___. : HOOP
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Heating vessel. : ETNA
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"Silver eagle" men: Abbr. : COLS
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Pennsylvania's nickname. : KEYSTONE
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Awning. : CANOPY
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Cognizant. : AWARE
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Generous. : KIND
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Reference book: Abbr. : ENC
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Aviator: Slang. : SKYPILOT
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Part of N. Y. C. : HARLEM
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Our information agency. : USIA
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Varied: Abbr. : MISC
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Behalf. : SAKE
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Notch in a key. : WARD
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Capable. : ABLE
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Case history family, akin to the Kallikaks. : JUKES
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Nobel prize novelist, 1957. : CAMUS
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Pertaining to Mennonites. : AMISH
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Air Force General. : LEMAY
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Entertains. : FETES
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Shade of green. : OLIVE
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Petroleum tanker. : OILER
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Approaches. : NEARS
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White House residents, 1845-49. : POLKS
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Cane cutters. : MACHETES
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Stud poker term. : HOLECARD
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Human being: Colloq. : BODY
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The Swedish Nightingale. : LIND
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Room for action. : LEEWAY
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City on Lake Erie. : TOLEDO
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Affectations. : POSES
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Lady in "Merry Wives." : PAGE
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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French opera star. : PONS
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A Giant. : CARY
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Consumer. : USER
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Girl's name meaning goddess. : THEA
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Method: Abbr. : SYST
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Time period. : ERA

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5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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