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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

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New York Times, Sunday, October 21, 1956

8-Down : Basis of cheese.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.38, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 516 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 134, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,672
Across
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Joke: Slang. : SPOOF
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The last of the Mohicans. : UNCAS
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Character in "Porgy and Bess." : SERENA
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Acid used in dyes. : PICRIC
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Breaks. : PAUSES
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Bing's job. : OPERAS
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Author of "Rock Hunter." : AXELROD
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Expert on reptiles. : HERPETOLOGIST
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Narrow inlet. : RIA
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Long flower cluster. : SPIKE
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Surname of the Apostle Thomas. : DIDYMUS
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Salt. : TAR
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Bills. : TENS
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Where Hué is. : ANNAM
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Mother Earth. : CERES
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That: Fr. : CELA
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Quadrupeds. : ASSES
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One of the Kims. : NOVAK
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Pharmacist's abbreviation. : DIL
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Fresh. : SASSY
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Odds and ends. : ETCETERAS
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Odin, Thor, etc. : AESIR
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___ physics. : NUCLEAR
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Surface imperfections. : DINTS
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Docile person. : TAMECAT
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Constellation. : ARA
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Annapolis men, for short. : MIDS
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On the other hand. : AGAIN
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Home of vaudeville. : PALACE
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Browns. : TANS
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Hero in Hindu legend. : NALA
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Apportion. : ALLOT
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Spurn. : REPEL
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Business abbreviation. : ULTO
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Poem by Poe. : TAMERLANE
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Distressed. : SORE
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Gay. : RIANT
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Member of Roman college of priests. : EPULO
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Canonical hour. : SEXT
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Beacon of the Magi. : STAR
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Reach by effort. : ATTAIN
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Native of Chios. : SCIOT
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Flying jib. : SAIL
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Greek vowel. : ETA
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Erudite. : LEARNED
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Jeweler's unit: Var. : KARAT
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Presidential adviser on disarmament. : STASSEN
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Distributes (with "out"). : METES
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Surfeit. : SATIATION
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Chickens with black plummage. : JAVAS
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Armorial bearings: Abbr. : HER
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Allegro non ___. : TANTO
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Novel by Alphonse Daudet. : SAPHO
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One of the Holdens. : EBEN
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Grief: Poet. : DOLOR
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Guides. : SHOWS
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Adjective for a Samaritan. : GOOD
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Small deer. : ROE
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Ships at Actium. : BIREMES
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Unfolds. : OPENS
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___ Genevieve. : STE
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Star in "Trapeze." : BURTLANCASTER
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Ostriches, emus, etc. : RATITES
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Narrow lead on the diamond. : ONERUN
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Auburn. : TITIAN
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Corolla parts. : PETALS
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Abacus users. : ADDERS
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Documents: Abbr. : CERTS
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Arkansas River city. : TULSA
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Lycurgus' state. : SPARTA
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Sprites. : PIXIES
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Great quantities. : OCEANS
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Abbreviation from "As You Like It." : ORL
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Northern conifers. : FIRS
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Raised. : UPHEAVED
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Negative: Scot. : NAE
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Basis of cheese. : CURD
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Type of jelly. : ASPIC
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Describing some bread. : SEEDED
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Alone: Stage direction. : SOLUS
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Poem handed down by word of mouth. : EPOS
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Queen: Abbr. : REG
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Biblical tribe descended from Gad. : ERITES
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Sounds in phonetics. : NASALS
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Errant. : ASTRAY
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Goblet: Span. : COPA
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Austrian province. : STYRIA
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Social engagement. : DINNERDATE
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Dish often served "aux fines herbes." : OMELET
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Problem. : KNOT
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Blind, as in falconry. : SEEL
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Poet Rilke's middle name. : MARIA
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Character in "School for Scandal." : CARELESS
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Slow down, in skiing. : STEM
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Desert animal. : KANGAROORAT
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Robe for women. : SIMAR
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American novelist. : CAIN
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Market stand. : STALL
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Exhaust. : SAP
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Lifelike. : NATURAL
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Hornblende. : URALITE
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Choral composition. : CANTATA
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Dickens' Wegg. : SILAS
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Long cloaks with hoods. : CAPOTES
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Needle-shaped. : ACERATE
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Electronic aid for aircraft. : TELERAN
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Cuffs or buffets. : SLAPS
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Day in Roman calendar. : NONES
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Important member of Nautilus crew. : SONARMAN
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In a frenzy. : AMUCK
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New Atlantic coast safeguard. : TEXASTOWER
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Disney's middle name. : ELIAS
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Prongs. : TINES
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Flowering tree of the south. : TITI
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Trap. : NET
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Informal farewells. : TATAS
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Cambodia's neighbor. : LAOS
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Make harmless. : DEHORN
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Cheap sports. : TINHORNS
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A tear, as in cloth. : SNAG
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Outstanding. : SELECT
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Sleep like ___. : ATOP
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Small, leaping rodent. : JERBOA
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Teem. : ABOUND
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Turned aside. : VEERED
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Modern Greek. : ROMAIC
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Wish-you-were-here card. : POSTAL
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French public buildings. : HOTELS
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West Texas oil city. : ODESSA
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Trumpet calls for reveille. : DIANS
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"J'y suis, j'y ___." : RESTE
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Kind of hat brim. : SNAP
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Make indistinct. : BLUR
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Commotion. : STIR
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Printer's term. : STET
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Three: It. : TRE
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Corrode. : EAT
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Typographer's union. : ITU

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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