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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

IN RESIDENCE

New York Times, Sunday, July 31, 1966

36-Across : Corn silk.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F X Z }, Scrabble score: 540 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 119, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14 Grid has duplicate clues.
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,196
Across
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Author of "Moses." : ASCH
5
Think. : TROW
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Thought. : IDEA
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Howells hero : LAPHAM
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Asian. : THAI
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Tormentors. : HARASSERS
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"La Vie ___." : ENROSE
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Maria Edgeworth novel. : CASTLERACKRENT
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"___ Fideles." : ADESTE
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Bone: Prefix. : OST
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Friends. : AMIGOS
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Condescends. : DEIGNS
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Vehicle: Abbr. : TRK
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Acid salt. : STEARATE
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Sign of a full house. : SRO
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True: Scot. : LEAL
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Body of water. : TARN
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Corn silk. : TASSELS
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As a rule. : USUALLY
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Route: Abbr. : ITIN
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Church title. : PRIOR
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Troop: Archaic. : TURM
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Ruinous. : TRAGIC
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Life of the party. : LIVENER
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Certain drivers. : CABMEN
58
Wash. : BATHE
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Pride or envy. : SIN
60
Scot's "not." : NAE
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Split. : CLEAVE
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Small barracuda. : SPET
63
Port: Abbr. : SPT
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Successful candidate. : ELECTEE
67
Dance group. : TRIO
68
___ julienne. : ALA
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Shelters made in R. I. : QUONSETHUTS
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___ jacet. : HIC
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Kind of trench. : SLIT
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Nettles. : URTICAS
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African title. : RAS
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Dabs. : PATS
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Acid salt. : OLEATE
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Little Helen. : ENA
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Nobles: Albbr. : BNS
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Girl's name. : JANET
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Eye part. : CORNEA
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Meals. : SUPPERS
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Noblewoman. : MILADY
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Misfortunes. : ILLS
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Large net. : SEINE
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Bean: Sp. : HABA
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Oriental. : CHINESE
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Kin of the Roosevelts. : DELANOS
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Dear: It. : CARA
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Clarion. : HORN
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Unite (to). : ADD
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Showing a loss. : INTHERED
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Of birds: Lat. : AVI
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Discourages. : DETERS
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Where Luanda is. : ANGOLA
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Son of Jacob. : GAD
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Sonnet part. : SESTET
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"___ in the West." : LITTLEGREYHOME
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Floss. : SLEAVE
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Certain trade transactions. : OVERSALES
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Nieuport's river. : YSER
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Apocryphal name. : ESDRAS
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Old World lizard. : SEPS
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Ball team. : REDS
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Light units. : PYRS
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For a price. : ATCOST
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Daisy. : SHASTA
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Small wheel. : CASTER
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Singled. : HIT
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Topical. : THEMATIC
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N. J. river. : RARITAN
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Tempests: Fr. : ORAGES
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City on the Brazos. : WACO
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Levantine state: Abbr. : ISR
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Legal paper. : DEED
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Sea birds. : ERNES
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On the move. : ASTIR
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Spare. : LEAN
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Ampersands. : ANDS
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Grand ___. : PRE
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Lodging place. : HOSTEL
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Of the stars. : ASTRAL
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Submissively. : MEEKLY
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Bags: Abbr. : SKS
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Gibbon. : LAR
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Blob. : GOUT
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Play by Lord Dunsany. : ANIGHTATANINN
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Residence of Archbishop of Canterbury. : LAMBETHPALACE
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Gyrate. : SPIN
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Biblical version: Abbr. : ERV
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Extend. : LIE
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Shakespearean works. : SONNETS
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Victory. : SUCCESS
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Orsk's river : URAL
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Dead heat. : TIE
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Arrive at. : REACH
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Cookbook abbreviation. : TBS
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Italian port. : RAPALLO
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Rodolpho's residence. : ATELIER
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Understatement: Rhet. : LITOTES
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Yields. : RETURNS
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Poem by Tennyson. : MARIANA
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Dispossessed. : EVICTED
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New: Prefix. : NEO
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Goad. : SPUR
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Shrill cries. : SQUEALS
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Slipped away. : ESCAPED
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Meadow. : LEA
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Greek letters. : ETAS
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Husband of Semiramis. : NINUS
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Assn. : SOC
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Pen. : STY
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Far: Prefix. : TELE
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La ___, Calif. : BREA
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Sail. : JIB
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Pasty. : PIE
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Like some photos: Abbr. : ENL
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Like some ships. : MASTLESS
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Residence. : SEAT
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Esteemed. : HONORED
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Dance step. : CHASSE
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Homes for some. : HOVELS
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Having a play of colors. : IRISED
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Work fussily. : NIGGLE
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Fleet. : ARGOSY
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Fruit squeezer. : REAMER
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Vipers. : ADDERS
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Smallest of the Cyclades. : DELOS
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Riverside ___. : DRIVE
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Fodder. : HAY
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Hindu god. : DEVA
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Summers: Fr. : ETES
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Footfall. : STEP
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Than: Ger. : ALS
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Close by. : NEAR
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Jack afloat. : TAR
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Legal custodians: Abbr. : TRS
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Under: Prefix. : HYP

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9 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 16 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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