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Louis Rosner
Louis Rosner

MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN

New York Times, Sunday, July 19, 1959

115-Across : Realm of mad dogs, Englishmen, and the like.

Author:
Louis Rosner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 526 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 15, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 30
Louis Rosner has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,656
Across
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Long-tailed monkeys. : MONAS
6
Relative of treacle. : SIRUP
11
Kansas river. : NEOSHO
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Play by Oscar Wilde. : SALOME
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Heroine of "Pericles." : MARINA
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Burke and Churchill, for example. : ORATORS
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Specialists in a certain virus disease. : HYDROPHOBISTS
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Intestinal. : ENTERIC
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3 hrs. before tea. : IPM
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Of British money: Abbr. : STER
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English game. : SKITTLES
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Mount ___, volcano of Japan. : ASO
29
Way. : ROAD
31
Devices. : ARTS
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The Red and others. : ERICS
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Sleep like ___. : ATOP
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Author of "The Elder Statesman." : ELIOT
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___ of fealty. : OATH
39
Middle East land: Comb. form. : SYRO
40
Singer O'Brien and namesakes. : ERINS
41
Creator of the Jumblies. : EDWARDLEAR
44
Is in the debt of. : OWESTO
46
Three: Ger. : DREI
47
Hypothetical name, akin to John Bull. : THOMASATKINS
51
___ P. (hostess' abbreviation). : RSV
54
Hyde Park vehicle. : PRAM
56
Oriental nurse. : AMAH
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Cause to appear. : RAISEUP
59
Members of R. A. F. : ACES
61
Outgrowth of O. W. I. : USIS
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Audibly. : ALOUD
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Viscount Gort's HQ, 1942. : MALTA
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Dwarfishness. : NANISM
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TV ___. : DINNERS
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Napoleonic title. : CONSUL
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E. C. Bentley's detective. : TRENT
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Strength. : SINEW
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Of aircraft. : AERO
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Touchy. : SORE
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King of Babylonia, c. 2870 B. C. : SARGONI
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Pity! : ALAS
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Breaking billows. : SURF
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Recent: Comb. form. : NEO
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Ill-fated family in a famous "dog" story. : BASKERVILLES
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Apt. : NEAT
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Etienne de La ___, friend of Montaigne. : BOETIE
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Wearers of the red rose. : LANCASTERS
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Alone: Stage direction. : SOLUS
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"___ right good captain too!" : ANDA
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On which Silas Marner worked. : LOOM
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Pintail ducks. : SMEES
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See 35 Across. : POET
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On ___ (at great length). : ANDON
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Dry, as wine. : BRUT
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Braid. : PLAT
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Priest's robe. : ALB
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In preposterous manner. : ABSURDLY
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Topmost: Comb. form. : ACRO
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Stage of life. : AGE
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"England ___ love coalitions."—Disraeli. : DOESNOT
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Realm of mad dogs, Englishmen, and the like. : ANIMALKINGDOM
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Scotch ___. : ANDSODA
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Nautical cranes. : DAVITS
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Makes. : BUILDS
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Discoverer of kerosene, 1852. : GESNER
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Copies of bonds, in law courts. : OYERS
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Englishmen of feudal days. : ESNES
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Inn in "Barnaby Rudge." : MAYPOLE
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Card game. : OLDMAID
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Likewise not. : NOR
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Biblical monotheist. : AMOS
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Dividing walls: Anat. : SEPTA
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Sat. or Sun. : SAB
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Heroine of "The Green Hat." : IRIS
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Chance. : RISK
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Frees. : UNTIES
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Tart. : PASTRY
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Well-known Englishman. : NOELCOWARD
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Eagles. : ERNES
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Food given a famous definition in S. Johnson's Dictionary. : OATS
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Title for Jeanne d'Arc: Abbr. : STE
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Subject of Southey biography. : HORATIONELSON
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Prayer. : ORISON
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Flint or Kent. : SHIRE
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Human being. : MORTAL
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Old English bards. : SCOPS
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Mother of 17 Across. : HERODIAS
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Beginners: Var. : TIROS
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Elwood P ___, Harvey's friend. : DOWD
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Printer's word. : STET
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Mechanics. : ARTISANS
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Nautical canvas. : TARP
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Sunk fence, important at Waterloo. : HAHA
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Strong breed of dog. : ESKIMO
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___ primordia (first beginnings of things): Lat. : RERUM
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Hadrian's legacy to Britain. : ROMANWALL
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Greek H. : ETA
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" ... more deadly than the ___." : MALE
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Now: Span. : AHORA
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Stitch. : SUTURE
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Colloquially, goes on. : RANTS
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Egyptian charm. : SCARAB
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Father of English history (with "The"). : VENERABLEBEDE
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Southern France. : MIDI
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Ancient: Comb. form. : PALEO
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Shouts. : SINGSOUT
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Historic peninsula. : SINAI
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Treats. : USES
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Fuels. : STOKES
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Mistress Gwyn. : NELL
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Gists. : CORES
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Heavenly body. : SIRIANSTAR
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Go into a frenzy. : RUNAMUCK
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Tennis term. : NET
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Otary. : SEAL
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High calorie foods. : FATS
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Sold: Fr. : VENDU
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Parvenu. : SNOB
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In the time of: Lat. abbr. : TEMP
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Madrepores. : CORALS
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Dip out another spoonful. : RELADLE
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Neptune and Nereus. : SEAGODS
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Sword: Ital. : SPADA
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Tea. : OOLONG
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Golden: Span. : DORADO
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"Richard Yea-___," Hewlett novel, 1900. : ANDNAY
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Prows. : STEMS
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House. : ABODE
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Dan or Benjamin, for example. : TRIBE
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At once, in Shakespeare's day. : ANON
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Vivid. : LIVE
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Giant of Norse myth. : YMIR
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Obligation. : ONUS
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Draft group: Abbr. : SSS
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Relative of MATS. : ATS
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"___ and Bitters." : GIN

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14 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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