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Anne Fox
Anne Fox

LEST WE FORGET

New York Times, Sunday, May 24, 1964

98-Across : Straight: Prefix.

Author:
Anne Fox
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 578 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 125, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 25 Grid has duplicate clues.
Anne Fox has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,411
Across
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River of Venetia. : PIAVE
6
India antelope. : SASIN
11
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
15
Purposes. : USES
19
The Balearics. : ISLAS
20
Spirit of St. Louis. : PLANE
21
___ lux. : FIAT
22
Arctic sea. : KARA
23
TV Western locale. : SHILOHRANCH
25
Monument site in Baltimore. : FTMCHENRY
27
Part of Italy. : HEEL
28
South Carolina river. : SANTEE
29
Root. : ELIHU
30
First Chief Justice. : JAY
31
Lacelike. : NETTY
33
Residents. : INMATES
35
"Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un ___." : FAUNE
37
Says grace. : PRAYS
39
In reserve. : ASIDE
40
Musical tones. : BFLATS
41
Certain college charges. : LABFEES
44
Things. : GEAR
45
Kindergarten requisite. : CRAYON
47
Flat plinth. : ORLO
48
Arctic. : GALOSH
50
Famous anthropologist. : BOAS
51
Birthplace of 7 Presidents. : OHIO
54
Equal. : PEER
55
Greek letter. : ETA
56
Juliet's betrothed. : PARIS
57
Satisfy. : FILL
58
Attic. : GREEK
60
Washington Indians. : SPOKANES
63
Drumstick. : LEG
64
Where Bobby Shaftoe went. : TOSEA
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Scene of great naval battle. : LEYTEGULF
69
Oklahoma city. : TULSA
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Med. group. : AMA
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Falsetto. : MALEALTO
74
Strongboxes. : SAFES
76
Dinner ___. : PAIL
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Boxer of the 1920's. : FIRPO
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Cockney oath. : ELL
80
Eschew. : SHUN
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Pisa's river. : ARNO
85
Pamphleteer of the 1760's. : OTIS
86
Dalai Lama's palace. : POTALE
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Egyptian goddess. : SATI
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Liberation infinitive. : TOFREE
92
Pahlavi. : SHAH
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Arid. : SAHARAN
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Red, for short. : COMMIE
97
Duncan ___. : PHYFE
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Straight: Prefix. : ORTHO
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Best: Prefix. : ARIST
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Former German kingdom. : PRUSSIA
102
Opera roles. : AIDAS
104
Pooh! : BAH
105
Perfect. : IDEAL
107
Manhattan. : ISLAND
109
At ___ (besides). : THAT
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Willa Cather novel. : OPIONEERS
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Campaign of 1863. : CHATTANOOGA
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Hatch. : BREW
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Robert ___. : ELEE
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Egyptian geisha: Var. : ALMEH
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Plume. : EGRET
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Certain songs. : SOLI
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Reward: Poet. : MEED
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Silk city of France. : LYONS
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Raccoon's relative. : PANDA
Down
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Word of disdain. : PISH
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"Who ___, Lord ... " : ISHE
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Capable of being transferred. : ALIENABLE
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Carrier of World War II. : VALLEYFORGE
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That: Sp. : ESO
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Floral arrangement. : SPRAY
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Presidential middle name. : ALAN
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___ de Cuba. : SANTIAGO
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Maddens. : INCENSES
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Book of the Bible. : NEHEMIAH
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Outmoded. : EFFETE
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Claim. : TITLE
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Cloth strainer. : TAMIS
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Engrave. : ETCH
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Hawaiian instrument. : UKE
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Elevation near 8 Down. : SANJUANHILL
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Wandering. : ERRANT
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Accept a proposal. : SAYYES
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Presidential monogram. : HST
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Pettish. : HUFFY
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Part of Mao's name. : TSE
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Name of three Popes: Abbr. : ADR
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Reserved. : ALOOF
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Dull sound. : PLOP
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Excellent. : RARE
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Low: Fr. : BASSE
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Sea E. of Greece: Fr. sp. : EGEE
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Follower. : SATELLITE
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Part of the Pacific. : CORALSEA
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Precipitation. : RAINFALLS
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Toledo's water front. : LAKEERIE
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Caspian port. : BAKU
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___ du Salut. : ILES
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Kafka character. : OLGA
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Kind of stick. : POGO
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Constellation. : RAM
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Town near Omaha beach. : STLO
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Cosset. : PET
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Geneviève or Anne: Abbr. : STE
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Bark cloth. : TAPA
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Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
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Meuse commune. : SAINTMIHIEL
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Talks: Slang. : YAPS
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Carrier of World War II. : USSSARATOGA
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In front: Naut. : AFORE
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Kind of circus. : FLEA
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Textile machinery. : LOOMS
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Antler. : HARTSHORN
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D-Day beach. : UTAH
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Boy: Sp. : NINO
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Kind of exam. : PHYSICAL
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In an idiotic manner. : OAFISHLY
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"Remember ___!" : THEALAMO
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Coincide with. : FITIN
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Hushes. : SHS
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Scuttle. : HOD
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Barbecue specialties. : CABOBS
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___ nobis. : ORAPRO
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Beat. : PULSED
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Elizabethan author. : PEELE
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Peep show. : RAREE
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Certain books: Abbr. : ANTHS
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Peak of Crete. : IDA
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Think. : DEEM
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Solar disk. : ATEN
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Mature. : AGED
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Bye-bye. : TATA
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Wartime agency. : OWI
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Fiber cluster. : NEP

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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