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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

OF PEOPLE AND PLACES

New York Times, Sunday, October 6, 1946

89-Down : Phantom.

Author:
Willard Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.18, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 650 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 128, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 54
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Willard Jordan is an alias for Willard N. Jordan.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 21-Across had "Queen"; changed to "Queene." Original 122-Across had "Soliel"; changed to "Soleil."

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© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 243
Across
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Mrs. Richard Wagner. : COSIMA
7
Necrologue. : OBIT
11
___ go brath. : ERIN
15
Name meaning fortunate. : EVADNE
21
Lady Scudamore in "Faerie Queene." : AMORET
22
Powder keg of Middle East. : PALESTINE
24
Land of Promise. : CANAAN
25
Man of learning. : SAVANT
26
Scene of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." : HELSINGOR
27
Pen name of Katherine Philips (1631–64). : ORINDA
28
The nearer. : THIS
29
Genus of box elders. : ACER
31
Meadow. : LEA
32
Turbid. : ROILY
34
Play hooky in England: Slang. : TIB
35
New Guinea base on Huon Gulf. : LAE
36
Great Red Lake. : ARAL
37
Carriage. : GIG
38
Old-womanish. : ANILE
39
European blackbird. : MERL
40
Spanish girl's name. : ESTER
42
Invigorate: Colloq. : LIVEN
44
Fishing boat. : SMACK
45
Billiard stroke. : MASSE
46
Hero of Farquhar's "Constant Couple." : WILDAIR
48
Padlock. : SHUT
49
Ladd of Hollywood. : ALAN
51
Treasure State's retiring Senator. : WHEELER
54
Squirrel monkey. : MARMOSET
57
Gov. Snell's State. : OREGON
61
Light gray. : HOAR
62
Inventor of printing press (1812–86). : HOE
64
St. Nazaire's river. : LOIRE
65
Birthright. : HERITAGE
67
The Democrats. : INS
68
Gov. Dewey. : CANDIDATE
70
She inspired Thomas Carew's poetry. : CELIA
71
Arikara. : REE
72
Shooting star. : METEOR
74
Natives of Banba. : IRISH
75
Musical opposite of thesis. : ARSIS
76
Senectuous. : AGED
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Tokyo's former name. : YEDO
78
Frugality. : STINTEDNESS
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Oriental adder. : ABAC
81
Post opposite Haifa. : ACRE
82
Swarm. : HORDE
83
Gaucho's rope. : REATA
84
Negotiator of Peru-Ecuador border agreement. : ARANHA
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___ Chaney, Jr. : LON
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Venditions. : SALES
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Moronic. : SENSELESS
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Social gathering. : TEA
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Gems. : EMERALDS
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Popular poet. : GUEST
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Bowwow's lament: Colloq. : YIP
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Suitor. : SUER
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Irritate. : ABRADE
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Native of ancient Izmir. : SMYRNEAN
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Dissolution. : DECEASE
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Spin whirringly. : BIRL
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Grapes. : UVAS
105
Word of similar meaning. : SYNONYM
107
Queen of Rumania (1875–1938). : MARIE
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Capsizal. : UPSET
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E. I. cotton tree. : SIMAL
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Strength. : MIGHT
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Alleged hypnotic force. : ELOD
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Sacred Olympian grove. : ALTIS
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Wickard's agency. : REA
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Greek I. : IOTA
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Le ___ Soleil, Louis XIV. : ROI
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What intimates call Secretary Schwellenbach. : LEW
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Prophet of ancient Gaul. : DRUID
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Heavy calamity. : WOE
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Cubitus. : ULNA
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Secretary of War, 1933–36. : DERN
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Bride of Palamon in "Knight's Tale." : EMELYE
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College student. : SOPHOMORE
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Coverlet. : SPREAD
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Tom o' Bedlam. : MANIAC
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It determines specific gravities. : AREOMETER
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Spook conclave. : SEANCE
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King Aduldet's late brother. : ANANDA
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Novel by Zola. : NANA
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Optimistic. : ROSY
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New York's "Dick Whittington." : ODWYER
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Irene, of bobbed hair fame. : CASTLE
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Red men of Nebraska. : OMAHAS
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Council of U.S.S.R. : SOVIET
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Cleopatra's attendant. : IRAS
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Homines. : MEN
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Flower essence. : ATTAR
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Daughter of Polonius. : OPHELIA
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Heavyweight champion, 1934. : BAER
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Misfortune. : ILL
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Lake source of Yukon river. : TESLIN
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Alcohol burner. : ETNA
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Outfit. : RIG
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Plain. : INORNATE
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Like Agrippina's son. : NEROIC
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___ des beaux-arts. : ECOLE
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Diversify. : VARY
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Cuckoo. : ANI
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The Count of Monte Cristo. : DANTES
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Lowest points. : NADIRS
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Render capable. : ENABLE
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Nazi war cry. : SIEG
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Large kettle. : CALDRON
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Authoress ___ Chase. : ILKA
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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The famous Farrar. : GERALDINE
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Beguile. : AMUSE
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French impressionist. : MANET
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Energy. : VIM
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Songstress Dinah. : SHORE
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Olivia's witty maid in "Twelfth Night." : MARIA
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Composer of "The Merry Widow." : LEHAR
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Fragments. : SMITHEREENS
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Bashful Billy. : LORIS
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Boutade. : WHIM
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Basket-weave pattern. : HONEYCOMB
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"Furriner" in the West. : EASTERNER
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Good buy at the rotisserie. : ROAST
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Legendary home of Argonauts. : THESSALY
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Father of Pantagruel. : GARGANTUA
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Lime trees in Dixie. : OGEECHEES
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Poverty. : NEED
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Autocratrix of the copy room. : EDITRESS
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Where ancient Olympians dwelt. : ELIS
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Talk amorously. : COO
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Gladioluses. : IRIDS
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Daedalus built the labyrinth here. : CRETE
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British Home Secretary. : EDE
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Youngest daughter of Nicholas II. : ANASTASIA
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Goat's hair fabric. : ABA
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Betrayed. : SOLD
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Thickheaded. : DENSE
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Arsenic: Comb. form. : ARS
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Athena as a war goddess. : ALEA
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Coercer. : HALER
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Tremulous. : ASPEN
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Swiss tributary of Rhine river. : AARE
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Heroine of "Rain." : SADIE
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First British settlement in India. : SURAT
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Phantom. : EIDOLON
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Fanatical. : RABID
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Shackles. : GYVES
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Partial. : SEMI
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Character in Thomson's "Seasons." : MUSIDORA
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Corporal in Falstaff's "army." : NYM
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Molding. : CYMA
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Zona Gale's heroine, 1920. : LULU
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Where spikes are made. : NAILERY
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Romola's husband, Tito ___. : MELEMA
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He succeeds President Camacho. : ALEMAN
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Mrs. Ivanhoe. : ROWENA
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Barley drink. : PTISAN
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Fraud. : SEEMER
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Inexperienced person. : GREENY
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Quintus H. Flaccus. : HORACE
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Touchwood. : TINDER
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Betel palm. : ARECA
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Lodgings. : ROOM
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Author of "Jerusalem Delivered." : TASSO
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Pair. : DYAD
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Stop. : WHOA
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Ounces: Orkney Isl. : URES
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Attract. : DRAW
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___ Yutang. : LIN
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Mightier than the sword. : PEN
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Redskin. : OTO
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Child: Comb. form. : PED

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 47 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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