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W. W. Webster
CURRENT EVENTS
New York Times, Sunday, January 19, 1947
35-Down : Of a contrapuntal work.
Author:
W. W. Webster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142 , Blocks: 68 , Avg Word Len: 5.25 , Missing: { Q X } , Scrabble score: 566 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 134 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 4 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 53
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© 1947, The New York Times No. 258
Across
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Seaport in Palestine. :
ACRE 10
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Revolving part of machine. :
ROTOR 20
Deputy Military Governor in U. S. zone of Germany. :
CLAY 21
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Mr. Cobb of Paducah. :
IRVIN 23
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Norse queen of underworld. :
HEL 28
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Resident of Gov. Herbert's State. :
OHIOAN 30
Bailiwick of Wickard. :
REA 31
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___ el Abyad, the White Nile. :
BAHR 34
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Senator from Pennsylvania. :
MYERS 38
Tragic Miss Durbeyfield. :
TESS 40
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Whom Marie Sklodowska married. :
CURIE 42
Famous curmudgeon. :
ICKES 44
Machine that puts on borders. :
EDGER 46
Pasty organic mixtures. :
MAGMAS 47
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Where basic foods are made. :
DAIRY 51
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Swiss novelist, 1946 Nobel Prize in literature. :
HESSE 54
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San ___, Italy, on Mediterranean. :
REMO 59
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Mountain range in Mongolia. :
TANNU 65
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Cut off, as leather. :
SKIVE 69
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Recipient of 1946 Nobel Prize in medicine. :
MULLER 74
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Wings of churches. :
APSES 78
Latin poet (B. C. 65-8). :
HORACE 80
Indefinitely long period. :
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Islanders S. of Bering Sea. :
ALEUTS 86
Senator from Oklahoma. :
MOORE 87
Nature spirit in Arabian lore. :
GENIE 88
New chairman of FCC. :
DENNY 89
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One of numerous Europeans. :
SLAV 92
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Governor of Wyoming. :
HUNT 97
She loved Radamés. :
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Range between France and Switzerland. :
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Member of U. N. Economic and Social Council. :
INDIA 112
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Director of "The Best Years of Our Lives." :
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Noted member of Fabian Society. :
ATTLEE 4
Living being: Comb. form. :
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Whirlaway, Gar Wood, etc. :
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Jimmy ___, indomitable comedian. :
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Order to which manatee belongs. :
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Covered part of locomotive. :
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Of a contrapuntal work. :
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Giant of fairy tales. :
OGRE 41
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Co-winner of Noble Peace Prize, 1946. :
MOTT 47
Speaker of the House. :
MARTIN 48
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Enzyme researcher, won half of 1946 Nobel Prize in chemistry. :
SUMNER 50
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Arrange in folds. :
DRAPE 53
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Twenty of these in one drachma. :
OBOLS 55
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City with ruined Krupp works. :
ESSEN 61
City on the Rhone. :
ARLES 64
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Queer fellows: Colloq :
CUSSES 68
Vice-President of Yugoslavia. :
KARDELJ 71
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What France is keeping watch on. :
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Venezuelan town; copper mecca. :
AROA 79
Concerning a kind of poem. :
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Honored, as in armed forces. :
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U. S. Ambassador to Britain. :
GARDNER 89
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Desolated village of World War II. :
LIDICE 93
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One who values something. :
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Islands off New Guinea. :
ARU 99
2.057 lb. in India. :
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Answer summary:4 unique to this puzzle , 49 debuted here and reused later , 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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