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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

PEOPLE AND PLACES

New York Times, Sunday, September 9, 1951

76-Across : Soldiers' makeshift protection.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.64, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 667 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 163, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 46
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 812
Across
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Native of Tripoli. : LIBYAN
7
Resembling a pillar. : STELAR
13
Creator of Captain Hornblower. : FORESTER
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Madden. : ENRAGE
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He wrote "Jane Clegg." : ERVINE
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Beethoven's Leonore ___. : OVERTURES
25
He was called the "Angelic Doctor." : THOMASAQUINAS
27
He nationalized his country's oil. : MOSSADEGH
28
Dr. Zinsser, author of "Rats, Lice, and History." : HANS
29
Inhuman. : CRUEL
30
Duplicity. : DECEIT
32
Take exception. : DEMUR
33
High, in music. : ALT
34
Heat-resistant glass. : SILEX
35
Insisted upon. : DEMANDED
37
Festival of cowherd castes. : HOLI
38
One of a ship's steersmen. : LEEWHEEL
40
"Alekhine's defense," for instance. : GAMBIT
41
Short swim. : DIP
43
Swedish county. : LAN
44
Climbs. : SHINS
45
Hebrew letter. : TAV
46
Fresh and juicy. : LUSH
48
Truman ___. : CAPOTE
50
Part of the world. : ORIENT
52
Clubfoot. : TALIPES
54
Statistician. : AVERAGER
56
Dough. : PASTE
57
DiSalle's home town. : TOLEDO
58
Oriental name. : ITO
59
Bottomless gulf. : ABYSS
60
Coal mines. : PITS
61
Drury ___. : LANE
62
Thomas Jonathan Jackson. : STONEWALL
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Common suffix. : OSE
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Abounding in certain trees. : PINY
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Treated with deference: Var. : KOTOWED
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Tongue of an insect. : GLOSSA
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Long-tailed Asiatic jay. : SIRGANG
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Soldiers' makeshift protection. : MUDHOLE
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Arranges beforehand. : PRESETS
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Make certain. : ENSURE
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Radio fare. : SERIALS
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Miss Lillie, or Lady ___. : PEEL
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My: French. : MES
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Albert and family, of Princeton. : EINSTEINS
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Unqualified. : PURE
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German admiral of W. W. I. : SPEE
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Guitar with 10 strings. : TIPLE
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Miss Cornell. : KIT
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South Sea paradise. : TAHITI
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Weights of Eastern Asia. : TAELS
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First 2 words of a poem by Whitman. : OCAPTAIN
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Maxim. : PRECEPT
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Jet planes. : SABRES
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First name of "Jeeves" author. : PELHAM
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Greek goddess of earth. : GAIA
102
Vexation. : IRE
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Dominant feature. : MOTIF
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Sly: Obs. : SLE
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The: Span. : LOS
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Perpetrate aggression. : INVADE
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Take-off cry of parachute troops. : GERONIMO
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Hinged metal strap. : HASP
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Speaks hastily and indistinctly. : SPUTTERS
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Opera by Paderewski. : MANRU
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167,049 women. : DAR
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Abstract beings. : ENTIA
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Secret and marvelous remedies. : ARCANA
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City on the Rhine. : BASLE
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Italian saint. : NERI
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City on the Firth of Forth. : EDINBURGH
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Its capital is Ulan Bator Khoto. : OUTERMONGOLIA
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Thomas Lanier Williams. : TENNESSEE
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Make dull, as a knife. : UNEDGE
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Popular name for Tiziano Vecelli, painter. : TITIAN
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Fact. : REALNESS
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Victor Mature's role. : SAMSON
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Port on Black Sea. : ODESSA
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Deadly. : LETHAL
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Inspire. : INHALE
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Famous trio of literature. : BRONTESISTERS
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Cush-cushes. : YAMS
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Turkish title. : AGA
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Ignorant. : NESCIENT
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"Jo's Boys" was one. : SEQUEL
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Ernest of TV. : TRUEX
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Malevolent. : EVIL
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___ Yutang. : LIN
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Garland. : ANADEM
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Be like. : RESEMBLE
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Agitates. : FOMENTS
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Egg-shaped. : OVOID
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Terminated the introduction of evidence. : RESTED
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Hesitations. : ERS
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Town: So. Afr. : STAD
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Iranian Communist party. : TUDEH
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Science of deserts. : EREMOLOGY
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Adjusts. : REGULATES
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Wearers of red fezzes. : SHRINERS
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City on the Rhone. : ARLES
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French doctor in "Merry Wives of Windsor." : CAIUS
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Excel. : SHINE
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Mr. Lilienthal. : DAVID
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Chop up. : DICE
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Sharpens. : WHETS
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Storm phenomenon. : GALE
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Line on a map. : PARALLEL
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Lie. : TALE
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Detested. : HATED
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Señores Casals y Picasso. : PABLOS
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Combat. : OPPOSE
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Product of Fresno, Cal. : RAISIN
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Singer Martin. : TONY
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In the quickest possible manner. : POSTHASTE
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Solemn promise. : VOW
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Flavor. : TANG
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Arrow poison. : INEE
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Household equipment. : LINEN
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Dupe. : TOOL
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Symbols of wisdom. : OWLS
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Get on well together. : AGREE
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In a region of the skull. : PARIETAL
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Caucasian language. : KURI
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God mentioned in the "Edda." : ODIN
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Motto of Gen. Cates' men. : SEMPERFIDELIS
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Wilbur Daniel ___, American writer. : STEELE
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Determine a tax. : ASSESS
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Rival party of the Ghibellines. : GUELPH
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Be united. : MEET
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"Iolanthe," or "The Peer and the ___." : PERI
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Cause irritation. : STING
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Golf stroke. : PUTT
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What they do in Sun Valley. : SKI
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Large cask. : PIPE
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Wayne ___, indoor tennis champ, 1939. : SABIN
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Platen covering for printing press. : TOPSHEET
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Native of Reykjavik. : ICELANDER
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Neighbor of Jordan. : PALESTINE
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Nitric and prussic. : ACIDS
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This place. : HERE
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Giant armadillo. : TATOU
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Alonzo Stagg's first name. : AMOS
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One of Columbus' vessels. : PINTA
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Eager for food. : RAVENOUS
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Port on the Bay of Naples. : SORRENTO
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Letters. : AITCHES
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___ Park, place of great experimentation. : MENLO
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Not thickly settled. : SPARSE
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South American Indian. : ARAUNA
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They read meters. : GASMEN
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Montana river. : MARIAS
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Mrs. Brooks Atkinson. : ORIANA
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Projecting part of the ear. : PINNA
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Insists upon. : URGES
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Girl's name. : MARGO
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Biblical shepherd. : ABEL
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River bottoms. : BEDS
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Importance. : NOTE
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What the "Big Mo" belongs to. : USN
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Egyptian sun god. : TEM
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Disease of sheep. : GID

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 37 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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