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P. Joseph Lamanna
P. Joseph Lamanna

QUESTIONNAIRE

New York Times, Sunday, July 6, 1947

114-Across : Meets.

Author:
P. J. Lamanna
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 75, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 547 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 43
P. Joseph Lamanna has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
P. J. Lamanna is an alias for P. Joseph Lamanna.
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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 282
Across
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Dapper Grover ___, Gotham's official greeter. : WHALEN
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Waldorf ___. : SALAD
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Commend. : PRAISE
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Ranges of perception. : HORIZONS
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Having a fixed idea. : PREPOSSESSED
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Secretary of geoponics. : ANDERSON
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Part of an important global problem. : UNTOUCHABLES
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Movie animal. : LEO
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Ethereal. : AERY
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Forsake pals. : RAT
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Impel. : GOAD
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Author of "The College Widow," 1904. : ADE
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Plain Jane. : EYRE
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Codfish genus. : GADUS
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Be animated. : GLOW
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___ alcohol. : AMYL
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Lady gallinacean. : PEAHEN
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Sank. : RELAPSED
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Bee house. : APIARY
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Compounds anew. : REMIXES
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Halls: Sp. : SALAS
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Pierces. : LANCES
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Ill-natured. : NASTY
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Sully. : BLEMISH
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Special aptitude. : GIFT
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Dipper. : LADLER
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Scene of Conrad stories. : SEA
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Projecting part of Saturn's rings. : ANSA
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Any whatever. : ALL
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Sentiment that must be controlled for U. N. success. : NATIONALISM
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It glows red in a vacuum tube. : NEON
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Retardation. : LAG
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On the Thames opposite Windsor. : ETON
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Lamb. : ELIA
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Current fashion in epidermis. : TAN
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Chide. : RATE
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Big measurements on B-29's. : WINGSPREADS
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Feminine name. : MAE
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Territory in Saudi Arabia. : ASIR
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Compass point. : ENE
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Racket used in a game. : CROSSE
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Ameliorate. : MEND
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Lines on weather maps. : ISOBARS
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Tie with thongs. : LEASH
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Auriol's country. : FRANCE
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Coarse cotton fabric. : DENIM
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Bottom of sea. : BENTHOS
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Unsound. : ROTTEN
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What Attlee is. : LABORITE
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Discard. : REJECT
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Short swims. : DIPS
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Her tear causes the Nile to overflow. : ISIS
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Allotted. : METED
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What the giants piled Pelion on. : OSSA
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Facts on special subject. : ANA
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Moccasins. : PACS
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Source of soft, smooth leather. : DOE
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Was indebted to. : OWED
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Famous British cartoonist. : LOW
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What most New Yorkers recently got. : VACCINATIONS
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Dramatic cantata. : SERENATA
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Meets. : INTERCROSSES
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Eductor. : ELICITOR
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Miss Durbin. : DEANNA
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Wary: Slang. : LEERY
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Berber of Algeria or Tunisia. : KABYLE
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Sulphur-bottom. : WHALE
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Flatter. : HONEY
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Enthusiasm. : ARDOR
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Trygve ___. : LIE
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Book of Old Testament. : EZRA
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Posies. : NOSEGAYS
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Stimuli. : SPURS
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Wild buffalo of India. : ARNA
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Baltic native. : LETT
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Highest mountain in P. I. : APO
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U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain. : DOUGLAS
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Shows contempt exclamatorily. : PSHAWS
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Foresee. : READ
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Fireproofing substance: Abbr. : ASB
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Religion involved in Palestine controversy. : ISLAM
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Shabby: Colloq. : SEEDY
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___ Ford. : EDSEL
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Girl's name. : NORAH
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Secretary of Treasury. : SNYDER
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Dig out. : SCOOP
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Period added to lunar year. : EPACT
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Ceaseless. : UNENDING
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Squint: Scot. : GLEY
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Obdurate. : ADAMANT
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Rather than. : ERE
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Succeeded. : RISEN
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Added fee. : EXTRA
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Of: Suffix. : ESE
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Plant of sea, fresh water, or land. : ALGA
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Straw mattress. : PAILLASSE
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Threat to post-war economy. : INFLATION
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St. ___, seaport town, N. W. France. : MALO
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Feature. : LINEAMENT
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Resemblance of sound. : ASSONANCE
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States in Burma. : SHAN
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Compared with. : BESIDE
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Tibetan priests. : LAMAS
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Ancient Romans. : LATINS
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Expiate. : ATONE
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George Eliot's weaver. : SILAS
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Stranger. : NEWER
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Coast on side of ship toward which wind blows. : LEESHORE
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Rodents of Asia, Africa and Russia. : GERBILS
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Foray. : RAID
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Get an inkling of. : SCENT
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Chatter. : PRATE
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___ Hashana, Jewish New Year. : ROSH
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Pre-Bevin man. : EDEN
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___ Grosso, state in Brazil. : MATTO
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Wine vessel. : AMA
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Hawaiian wreaths. : LEIS
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King ___ IX of Denmark. : FREDERIK
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Bird of myth. : ROC
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City on the Avon. : BRISTOL
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Bristlelike. : SETOSE
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Sister of Katharina, the Shrew. : BIANCA
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Movie prize. : OSCAR
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Valued object. : JEWEL
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Dickens hero. : DAVID
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Pointless. : INANE
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Informal agreements: Rom. Law. : PACTA
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Untidy. : MESSY
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Of a blue-red color. : SLATY
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Yucca-like plant. : SOTOL
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Conscious. : AWARE
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Guide bobbin of weaver's shuttle. : PIRN
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Quantity. : DOSE
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First item: Colloq. : ONER
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Ten: Prefix. : DECA
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Period of time: Abbr. : CEN
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Make into: Suffix. : ISE
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Point. : NIB

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 35 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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