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Henry A. Wolfe
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY WORDS
New York Times, Sunday, March 6, 1949
134-Across : Short tales, as the "Decameron."
Author:
Henry A. Wolfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 150 , Blocks: 79 , Avg Word Len: 6.00 , Missing: { Q W X Z } , Scrabble score: 610 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 184 , Cheaters: 10 , FITB: 5 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 72
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© 1949, The New York Times No. 369
Across
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Wrestler slain by Hercules. :
ANTAEUS 28
Vertical lines of musical notes. :
STEMS 29
Creator of Happy Hooligan. :
OPPER 31
Self-addressed audible remark. :
ASIDE 33
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Different or other: Comb. form. :
ALLO 36
Inner ear covering in some reptiles. :
EARLID 39
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Tinker in "Taming of the Shrew." :
SLY 42
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Belgian member of Hague Court. :
NYS 46
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Scene of famous naval victory 480 B. C., Xerxes defeated by the Greeks. :
SALAMIS 52
Of high mountains. :
ALPEN 54
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Ancient name for Aswan. :
SYENE 57
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Arizona mining town, near Prescott. :
CLARKDALE 63
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Scottish explorer (1813-93). :
RAE 66
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Aged person: Scot. :
ELLER 69
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Organizer of Socialist party in U. S. :
DEBS 78
Region in Africa. :
NUBIA 79
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Whose romance is front page news? :
RITAS 87
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College basketball league: Abbr. :
EIL 89
"O ___," famous aria from "L'Africaine." :
PARADISO 91
Mormon designation of American Indians. :
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Portuguese grape, used in name of sea. :
SARGA 101
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President's nickname. :
CAL 113
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Well-known trade name in cosmetics. :
ARDENA 117
Natives of India: Poet. :
INDS 118
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James Whitcomb Riley heroine. :
ANNIE 122
Town in Palermo Province, Sicily. :
GANGI 124
Railroad section hand. :
JERRY 125
Character in "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme." :
CLEONTE 127
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Short tales, as the "Decameron." :
NOVELLE 135
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Bay on the coast of Texas. :
ARANSAS 137
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Scene of 1908 earthquake. :
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First-class things. :
AONES 17
"I had a little ___ tree." :
NUT 18
Official guides or interpreters in the Near East. :
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Pertaining to pastoral verse. :
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Person with fantastic ideas. :
CRANK 43
Indians of Tierra del Fuego. :
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Portrait support. :
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Dutch painter in America (1832-95). :
DEHAAS 61
Geographical background of Tennyson's "Light Brigade." :
CRIMEA 62
Fished for congers. :
EELED 64
Gum-yielding South American tree. :
CEBIL 68
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City in Bohol Province, P. I. :
TUBIGON 73
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Where Zululand is. :
NATAL 81
Labor union in Spain. :
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Girl in Scott's "Peveril of the Peak." :
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Shrubs named after Swedish botanist Olin. :
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Dutch university city. :
LEYDEN 113
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. :
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Interior ornamentation. :
DECOR 118
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Symbol of tyranny. :
NERO 123
High spot in opera. :
ARIA 124
Batavia is its capital. :
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Answer summary:25 unique to this puzzle , 47 debuted here and reused later , 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 25 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 47 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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