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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

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New York Times, Sunday, January 28, 1962

47-Down : Boat handler.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 571 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 126, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,580
Across
1
Fenced in. : CAGED
6
Boys. : TADS
10
Rose Bowl team. : UCLA
14
Turkish rug. : USHAK
19
Soap plant. : AMOLE
20
O'Neill character. : ORIN
21
Foray. : RAID
22
Cosmonaut's objective. : SPACE
23
Black flag. : JOLLYROGER
25
First British warship. : GREATHARRY
27
Civil War general. : ORD
28
Found. : SETUP
29
Plant cuttings. : SETS
30
Annuities: Fr. : RENTES
31
Poetic adverb. : NEER
33
Lafitte's favorite ship. : THEPRIDE
35
Around: Prefix. : PERI
36
Threatening, as weather. : NASTY
38
Concha. : EAR
39
Help again. : REASSIST
43
Woman, in Hawaii. : WAHINE
45
Away from the shore. : OFFWARD
48
Yo-___. : HOHO
49
Incident. : EPISODE
51
Chloride. : MURIATE
52
North Sea port. : EMDEN
53
Good ___. : ASNEW
54
Passenger on the Argo. : ATALANTA
56
Eau ___. : CLAIRE
57
Sunrise hue. : RED
58
Part of Saudi Arabia. : ASIR
59
Compass point. : NNE
60
Belgian city. : MALINES
61
G. & S. role. : CAPTAINCORCORAN
65
Frigate of 1779. : SERAPIS
68
Asians. : TAI
69
Stick. : MAST
70
Kinsman. : SIB
73
Fabrics. : CREPES
74
Give strange form to. : MISSHAPE
76
Like some eyes. : BEADY
78
River transports. : RAFTS
79
Mohammedan month. : RAMADAN
80
Knockout. : STUNNER
82
___ Minor. : ASIA
83
Treasure of a kind. : JEWELRY
84
Not matured. : UNAGED
85
Men from Mazatlán. : MEXICANS
87
Metal for Roman coins. : AES
89
Cavities: Anat. : ANTRA
90
Back of the neck. : NAPE
91
Desk furnishing. : INKSTAND
94
Recedes, as a tide. : EBBS
97
Cutting tool. : SICKLE
100
Islands off New Guinea. : AROE
101
Arab rulers. : EMIRS
103
Cheer. : RAH
104
Towlines. : TRAILROPES
106
Pirate's ship. : BRIGANTINE
108
Lab term. : AMIDE
109
Cargo from Oporto. : WINE
110
Move slowly. : INCH
111
Companion of Pan. : OREAD
112
Radio wave lengths. : BANDS
113
Certain negatives. : NAES
114
Vegetable. : BEET
115
___ of lading. : BILLS
Down
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Box canyon of the Southwest. : CAJON
2
Con ___. : AMORE
3
Ship of 29 Down. : GOLDENHIND
4
House wing. : ELL
5
Rulers of Tripoli. : DEYS
6
Tasty. : TOOTHY
7
Dispute. : ARGUE
8
French port. : DIEPPE
9
Man's title: Abbr. : SNR
10
Prodded. : URGED
11
Fencing position. : CARTE
12
Fish stories. : LIES
13
Dickens character. : ADA
14
Members of the wedding. : USHERS
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Freebooters' haunt. : SPANISHMAIN
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Stag. : HART
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Palestine port. : ACRE
18
Islets. : KEYS
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Soaked. : RETTED
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Footprint. : TREAD
29
Subject of Noyes poem. : SIRFRANCISDRAKE
32
Lift. : RAISE
34
"Les Huguenots" hero. : RAOUL
35
Marquette. : PERE
37
Igloo material. : SNOW
39
Pro ___. : RATA
40
Chemical. : IODIN
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___ Khan. : SHERE
42
Accents. : TONES
43
Endure use. : WEAR
44
Chancel's neighbor. : APSE
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Combining form for a country. : FINNO
47
Boat handler. : WATERMAN
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Moves in a certain direction. : EASTS
51
Nautical. : MARITIME
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She: Sp. : ELLA
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___ Juana. : TIA
56
Wagon. : CART
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Ptah's symbol. : APIS
60
Babe of the Nile. : MOSES
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Figure in "The Gold-Bug." : CAPTAINKIDD
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Simians. : APES
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Phonetic sound. : NASAL
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Glengarry. : CAP
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Get lost! : SCRAM
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Expunge. : ERASE
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Repair. : REFIX
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One of Vasco da Gama's ships. : SANGABRIEL
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Notion: Fr. : IDEE
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Famous Admiral. : BYRD
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Craws. : MAWS
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Top theatre name. : HAYES
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Infield hit. : BUNT
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Lake in Finland. : ENARE
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M. Coty. : RENE
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Arctic plain. : TUNDRA
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Buffoon. : JAPER
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Streets: Sp. : CALLES
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British novelist. : STERNE
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Make ___ of it. : ANIGHT
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Girl's name. : IRENE
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Ships' prows. : NOSES
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Vestment. : AMICE
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Trite. : BANAL
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Hangars. : SHEDS
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Wound. : STAB
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Girl in Paris musical. : IRMA
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Enoch's father. : CAIN
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South Sea port. : APIA
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Social climber. : SNOB
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Admit. : OWN
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Apron part. : BIB
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Three: Prefix. : TRI

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