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Elizabeth Patterson
NEWS AND VIEWS
New York Times, Sunday, April 23, 1950
131-Across : Clement's opponent.
Author:
Elizabeth Patterson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168 , Blocks: 75 , Avg Word Len: 5.40 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 675 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 170 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 15 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 53
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© 1950, The New York Times No. 428
Across
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Ex-Senator Burton K. ___. :
WHEELER 25
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His first play was "Beau Brummel." :
FITCH 29
Caroline Island group. :
PELEW 30
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Dora's successor, in "David Copperfield." :
AGNES 33
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Where rules the queen. :
HIVE 39
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Neighbor of Tyre. :
SIDON 41
German general in American Revolution. :
KALB 42
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St. Laurent's country: Abbr. :
CAN 53
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Hindu water pitchers. :
LOTAHS 59
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Tarkington heroine. :
ALICE 67
Character in "School for Scandal." :
SURFACE 68
Walking on the outer side of the foot: Zool. :
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"___ the land of the free." :
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Seaport, S. W. Morocco. :
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Coleridge's schoolmate. :
LAMB 99
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Describable by a number. :
SCALAR 103
Creator of Captain Hornblower. :
FORESTER 107
Flat-bottomed ferryboat. :
BAC 110
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"Little White House." :
BLAIR 114
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Author of "Castle of Otranto." :
WALPOLE 119
Vegetable sponge. :
LOOFA 120
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Albert Schweitzer's favorite instrument. :
ORGAN 123
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Gnats, fleas, etc. :
PESTS 125
Chiang's brother-in-law. :
SOONG 126
Modern theory of the universe. :
ATOMISM 128
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Hired soldier in Revolutionary War. :
HESSIAN 136
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Small arch: Arch. :
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600-mile Siberian river. :
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Ambassador to Japan, 1932-41. :
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Mother of fair Helen. :
LEDA 18
Actress Vivien ___. :
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Dr. ___ in "Don Quixote." :
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Form of vacuum tube. :
DIODE 35
"Prince" ___ Newhouser. :
HAL 36
Another name for Lagoon Islands. :
ELLICE 37
Schleswig-Holstein's capital. :
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City on N. Y. Barge Canal. :
UTICA 47
Fashionable London district. :
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Small coin of Persia. :
PUL 63
Suffix denoting a science. :
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Where Alben Barkley presides. :
SENATE 69
Messenger of Zeus and Hera. :
IRIS 71
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Scottish manufacturing burgh. :
PAISLEY 77
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Smear or daub: Dial. :
GAUM 88
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Promising one: Colloq. :
COMER 92
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Sancho Panza's wife. :
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Princess Margaret's girl friend. :
SHARMAN 102
He spoke at Washington's funeral. :
LEE 103
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Indian name meaning "meeting place." :
TORONTO 105
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Novelist ___ Edvart Rolvaag. :
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Admiral of the Fleet. :
LEAHY 120
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Mexican man's nickname. :
PEPE 125
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England's ___ Tyler. :
WAT
Answer summary:11 unique to this puzzle , 42 debuted here and reused later , 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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