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Louise Rabb
WILLIAM AND MARY ROLL CALL
New York Times, Sunday, July 27, 1947
31-Across : Disraeli's rival.
Author:
Louise Rabb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172 , Blocks: 82 , Avg Word Len: 5.20 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 631 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 143 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 20 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 55
Louise Rabb has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1947, The New York Times No. 285
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Fabric of Kashmir goat's hair. :
PUTTOO 22
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One of Napoleon's sisters. :
ELISE 24
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___ dictum (in passing): Lat. :
OBITER 26
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Will Rogers' plaything. :
LASSO 28
"___, flat and unprofitable." :
STALE 29
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Abounding in juniper. :
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Exclamation of pain. :
OUCH 53
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He killed Mercutio and Romeo killed him. :
TYBALT 66
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Famous French scientist. :
CURIE 73
Bill ___, punning humorist (1850-1895). :
NYE 74
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Lets it stand: Printing. :
STETS 80
Home of Saul's witch. :
ENDOR 81
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Weight for silk and rayon yarn. :
DENIER 86
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William, the Silver-Voiced. :
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Bread crumbs boiled in milk. :
PANADA 101
Eastern Mediterranean countries. :
LEVANT 103
Star of "A Flag Is Born." :
MUNI 104
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Billy (Aquacade) ___. :
ROSE 106
Matthew ___, college founder. :
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Springless wagon of Russia. :
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Cicero's home town. :
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___ Maria, Queen for whom Maryland was named. :
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Famous ancient city. :
TYRE 141
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Ancient Hebrew weights. :
REBAS 144
Permission to use. :
LOAN 145
Thigh piece of armor. :
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Presided: Radio slang. :
EMCEED
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Shylock's rich friend. :
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Bullfighter on foot: Sp. :
TORERO 7
William ___, Secy. of War, 1904. :
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Billy ___ of Yale (1865-1943). :
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Sierra ___, West Africa. :
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Mary ___, movie star. :
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Seeds of an herb. :
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William ___, the Great Commoner. :
PITT 51
The above William was first ___ of Chatham. :
EARL 53
The bow and arrow William. :
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Former Vice President. :
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Giant: Norse Myth. :
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Animals kept as pets. :
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Karachi is its capital. :
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Mary ___ stage star. :
RYAN 83
"Story of Philosophy" author. :
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Lifeless in style. :
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Asiatic countries. :
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What Senator Claghorn calls Fred Allen. :
SON 140
Answer summary:7 unique to this puzzle , 48 debuted here and reused later , 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 7 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 48 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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