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Alice H. Cook
INFORMATION PLEASE
New York Times, Sunday, May 29, 1949
25-Across : Inflict retributive punishment.
Author:
Alice H. Cook
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162 , Blocks: 73 , Avg Word Len: 5.63 , Missing: { J Q Z } , Scrabble score: 631 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 172 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 8 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 58
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© 1949, The New York Times No. 381
Across
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Dean Acheson's prep school. :
GROTON 7
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Candidate for President, 1940. :
BROWDER 22
Boston's Coney Island. :
REVERE 23
One of many planetoids between Mars and Jupiter. :
ASTEROID 24
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Inflict retributive punishment. :
AVENGE 26
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First word of motto of Order of the Garter. :
HONI 33
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Bound by lasting ties. :
WED 38
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Ben Hecht's "Erik ___." :
DORN 43
Extended to tedious length. :
PROLIX 45
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Tributary of the Rhone. :
ISERE 50
Pleat in deep vertical folds. :
KILT 51
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P. T. Barnum's star. :
LIND 54
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Secretion of certain glands. :
SALIVA 60
Former kingdom of the Pyrenees. :
NAVARRE 61
Island group SW of New Guinea. :
ARU 62
Rare and costly ointment. :
NARD 66
Intermissions of action. :
TRUCES 67
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Symbolic garment. :
SHIRT 70
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Statue in the Louvre. :
NIKE 75
Sharp ridge of a mountain. :
ARETE 77
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Uncle in "I Remember Mama." :
CHRIS 85
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Curtain material. :
SWISS 88
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They voted June, 1946, to become a republic. :
ITALIANS 92
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River of South Carolina. :
SANTEE 99
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Eleanor Belmont's avocation. :
OPERA 114
Trees of the apple family. :
SORBS 118
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Artificial channel for water. :
SLUICE 121
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Version of the Scriptures: Abbr. :
VUL 126
Eldest son of Ham. :
CUSH 128
French town on Moselle. :
TOUL 130
Overwhelming quantity. :
SEA 131
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Garner's home town, in Texas. :
UVALDE 142
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Down
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Receptacle from which one draws this and that. :
GRABBAG 2
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Volunteer State: Abbr. :
TENN 5
Musical instrument. :
ORGAN 6
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Common contraction. :
ISNT 9
Web-footed animal. :
OTTER 10
Bill with Lincoln's picture on it. :
VEE 11
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Dutch island W. of Sumatra. :
NIAS 14
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Rotations on an axis: Colloq. :
REVS 17
Emit an odor: Latin. :
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A chief elementary constituent of the earth's crust. :
SILICON 42
Kingdom in the Himalayas. :
NEPAL 44
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U. S. Ambassador to the Philippines. :
MCNUTT 47
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Bavarian-born cartoonist. :
NAST 55
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Frankfurt-Berlin phenomenon. :
AIRLIFT 63
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Restrictions imposed on commerce. :
EMBARGOES 76
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Cardinal in "King Henry VIII." :
WOLSEY 89
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Money sent from one place to another. :
REMITTANCE 95
Mahatma's Elisha. :
NEHRU 97
Japanese in U.S.A., born in and loyal to Japan. :
ISSEI 102
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College of Liberal ___. :
ARTS 106
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He wrote "Cry, The Beloved Country." :
PATON 108
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Follows a fixed routine of succession. :
ROTATES 115
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Weights and measures officials. :
SEALERS 120
Beauty parlor equipment. :
CURLER 122
___ Belmont, American banker. :
AUGUST 125
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He wrote "Charles O'Malley." :
LEVER 132
Tighe E. Woods' problem. :
RENT 133
He "spills his broth on the tablecloth." :
GOOP 135
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Language of Buddhist scriptures. :
PALI 138
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The Wonder State: Abbr. :
ARK
Answer summary:5 unique to this puzzle , 53 debuted here and reused later , 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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