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Zelma Masters
OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
New York Times, Sunday, November 16, 1947
15-Down : Diurnal.
Author:
Zelma Masters
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176 , Blocks: 88 , Avg Word Len: 5.01 , Missing: { Q X } , Scrabble score: 673 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 135 , Cheaters: 4 , FITB: 5 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 64
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© 1947, The New York Times No. 301
Across
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North Sea gulf NE of Netherlands. :
DOLLART 8
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India's Minister for Home Affairs. :
PATEL 21
Ship participating in Boston Tea Party. :
ELEANOR 22
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Seat of University of Maine. :
ORONO 25
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Mayor of N. Y. C., 1914-1917. :
MITCHEL 31
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Bill ___, humorist. :
NYE 39
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Founder of the Stoic School. :
ZENO 43
Precondition: Lat. :
PRIUS 45
One of the Carolines. :
YAP 47
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Shakespeare's role in "As You Like It." :
ADAM 58
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Pay suit bill signed by Truman. :
PORTAL 64
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Go at once: Slang. :
SCRAM 67
Defeater of Berengar II, 951. :
OTTO 68
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Two sides of a triangle. :
LEGS 74
Cornwallis' "hornet's nest," 1780. :
CHARLOTTE 76
Australian aboriginal stone hatchet. :
GWEEON 77
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Exclamations to attract attention. :
AHEMS 79
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Trygve Lie's home city. :
OSLO 89
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City on the Rhone. :
ARLES 94
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American sculptor (1825-61). :
AKERS 96
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Enclose in a capsule. :
ENCYST 98
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Hindu silversmith. :
SONAR 103
Where Napoleon won, 1806. :
JENA 104
Crude date sugar. :
GHOOR 105
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President Monroe's wife. :
ELIZA 115
Louisiana "Kingfish." :
HUEY 116
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Giant flying boat. :
MARS 120
Of the gums: Comb. form. :
ULO 123
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Egyptian solar disk. :
ATEN 126
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Vice-Chairman of Polish National Council. :
GRABSKI 129
Agnes de Mille's latest hit. :
ALLEGRO 133
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Biblical mountain. :
NEBO 145
British statesman. :
EDEN 146
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French composer, "Coppelia." :
DELIBES 2
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Hué is its capital. :
ANAM 6
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Earthy yellow color. :
OCHER 10
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America's most criticized woman. :
MOM 12
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Military supply depot. :
BASE 14
Leader of "Green Mountain Boys." :
ETHAN 15
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Resembling a segment. :
TORIC 19
Father of Methuselah. :
ENOCH 20
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Scene of first miracle. :
CANA 32
Hitler's labor chief. :
LEY 35
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Where the Karun flows. :
IRAN 39
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Department in S. France. :
TARN 51
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Discoverer of Florida. :
LEON 57
Most northern city of Holy Land. :
DAN 58
___ Head, famous London taavern. :
BOARS 61
Overspreading cloud. :
PALL 62
Picture imitative of oil painting. :
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Punjabi's long-sleeved cloak, :
CHOGA 75
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Holdfast for a hawser. :
BITT 83
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Artist Andrea di Cione (1308-68). :
ORCAGNA 89
Its day is June 14. :
FLAG 90
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Around-the-world sailor (1540-96). :
DRAKE 93
Cape N of Gloucester, Mass. :
ANN 97
Counting-out word. :
EENY 99
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Regarding with amusement. :
SMILING 102
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The famous Mr. Page. :
JOE 106
Christian Malay of Luzon. :
ILOKANO 107
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Rental fee in oats: Old Law. :
AVENAGE 111
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Caucasian wild goat. :
TUR 115
Eponymous founder of Greeks. :
HELLEN 117
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City in Buckeye State. :
AKRON 119
Female sandpiper. :
REEVE 121
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Medieval half denier of France. :
OBOLE 124
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Look wildly: Dial. :
GLOP 131
Pour forth wildly. :
RAVE 132
Tenth of an ephah. :
OMER 135
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Answer summary:15 unique to this puzzle , 49 debuted here and reused later , 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 4 cheater squares.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 15 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 49 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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