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Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson

AROUND THE WORLD

New York Times, Sunday, November 19, 1950

107-Down : Portia's waiting-maid.

Author:
Elizabeth Patterson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 659 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 149, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 33
Elizabeth Patterson has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 518
Across
1
Ray Robinson. : SUGAR
6
Steadies by weighting. : POISES
12
Impetuosity. : HASTE
17
Narrative poetry. : EPOS
21
Miss Oakley. : ANNIE
22
Native of Oceania. : AUSTRALASIAN
24
Popular piano number. : NOLA
25
Flora and fauna of a region. : BIOTA
26
One of the "wonder" drugs. : STREPTOMYCIN
27
Layer. : TIER
28
Ana Pauker's country: Abbr. : ROM
29
Timberman's equipment. : PITSAW
31
Single. : UNAL
32
Garden flower. : LOBELIA
34
Repeated. : ANEW
36
Gull. : DUPE
37
Mysterious Swede. : GRETA
38
Noted octogenarian. : BARUCH
39
Rope loop for raising or lowering sail. : PARRAL
41
Operate leisurely. : IDLE
42
Lively dance. : GALOP
44
Native of Montreal: Fr. : CANADIEN
47
Vehicle. : DRAY
48
Order for money, to be paid at future date. : TIMEDRAFT
52
Flurry. : ADO
53
Harry's initial. : ESS
54
Designing. : WILY
55
Swedish name. : NILS
56
To love: Fr. : AIMER
57
England's "Ernie." : BEVIN
59
___ Gilbert, noted architect. : CASS
60
Harass. : BESET
61
Grenoble's river. : ISERE
62
The wife in "The Good Earth." : OLAN
63
Curved inward. : ADUNC
65
Perugino's pupil. : RAPHAEL
67
Sins. : ERRS
68
Bore witness to. : TESTIFIED
70
Affair of state in France. : COLA
71
Grind of coffee. : DRIP
73
Shouts of joy. : IOS
74
Hooded snake. : COBRA
75
"The ___," by Sholem Asch. : APOSTLE
78
Greek dialect. : DORIC
80
Triumphant exclamation. : OHO
82
The Muses. : NINE
84
Subject of a cause célèbre. : HISS
85
Terrestrial. : PLANETARY
89
Roman marker. : META
91
Famous Florentine. : CELLINI
93
Benét's works. : POEMS
94
Celebes wild ox. : ANOA
95
T. R.'s daughter. : ALICE
97
Chinese money. : TAELS
98
The family pup. : FIDO
99
City of Michigan. : FLINT
100
Writer who became Japanese citizen. : HEARN
101
Negritos. : IYAS
102
Composer Porter. : COLE
103
Two-part compositions. : DUI
105
Compass point. : SSE
106
Don Wilson is one. : ANNOUNCER
108
Famous Marshal of France (1696-1750). : SAXE
109
George Eliot, Lewis Carroll, etc. : PENNAMES
111
The musical sign S: : PRESA
112
Where Sligo is. : EIRE
113
Bodies of men. : ARMIES
114
"Meet Corliss ___." : ARCHER
117
Lands. : ACRES
118
Interval. : WAIT
119
Red deer. : HART
123
Composer of "Prince Igor." : BORODIN
125
Useful articles. : WARE
126
"Away in a ___." : MANGER
128
Rocky peak. : TOR
129
Wearer of the burnoose. : ARAB
130
Where the U. N. began. : SANFRANCISCO
133
Attic weights. : OBOLI
135
Munro's pseudonym. : SAKI
136
Intrepid. : STOUTHEARTED
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Detective and orchid-grower. : WOLFE
138
Ancient Italian town. : ELEA
139
Mining refuse. : ATTLE
140
Found in beauty shops. : DRYERS
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Arabian chieftain. : EMEER
Down
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St. George rescued her from the Dragon. : SABRA
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New York university. : UNION
3
Fairy-tale character. : GNOME
4
Islet. : AIT
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Gather. : REAP
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"Green ___." : PASTURES
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Unyoke, as oxen. : OUTSPAN
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Weizmann's country. : ISRAEL
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Hearty dish. : STEW
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Helping hand for Europe. : ERP
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Historic club in Boston. : SATURDAY
12
Hooked. : HAMATE
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Sanctuaries. : ASYLA
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Thus: Latin. : SIC
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Shadow: Slang. : TAIL
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Aggrandize. : ENNOBLE
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First steamer from Falmouth to Calcutta, 1825. : ENTERPRISE
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French soldier. : POILU
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___ acid. : OLEIC
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Churchill's daughter. : SARAH
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"None But the ___ Heart." : LONELY
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Founder of Arab dynasty, 788. : IDRIS
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Vietnam's Chief of State. : BAODAI
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Former Government agency. : WPA
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Petty's forte. : GIRLS
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Arabian port. : ADEN
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Balm of ___. : GILEAD
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City on the Erie Canal. : AMSTERDAM
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Discoverer of continent of North America. : CABOT
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Jane Eyre's little pupil. : ADELE
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Native of Halifax. : NOVASCOTIAN
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Flying ___. : DISC
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Mary Roberts Rinehart character. : TISH
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Loyalty to U. S. : AMERICANISM
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Containing iron: Comb. form. : FERRO
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Lock of hair. : TRESS
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Harpsichordist Landowska. : WANDA
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Where Katmandu is. : NEPAL
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Preposition. : INTO
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Playing rod. : CUE
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Lithuanians or Letts. : BALTS
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Native of the Dark Continent. : AFRIC
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Hubbard's subject. : DIANETICS
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Bruno ___, physicist in America. : ROSSI
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"The Young ___." : LIONS
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___ Saud. : IBN
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Numismatist's interest. : COINS
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Before: Prefix. : PRE
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Whiz Kids. : PHILS
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A work of Horace's. : EPODE
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Of de Gasperi's country: Abbr. : ITAL
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Site of Creighton U. : OMAHA
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___ Hokinson. : HELEN
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Sacred Greek mountain. : ELAYEA
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Giants' manager. : LEO
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Belgian commune, W of Brussels. : RONSE
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Writer who quarreled with Thackeray. : YATES
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Dread of high places. : ACROPHOBIA
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Limerick man. : LEAR
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A lot of money: Sl. : PILE
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Hardened. : ENURED
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"The Little ___." : FOXES
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Superior. : FINE
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Lurched. : CAREENED
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Heroes. : DEMIGODS
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Act together. : UNITE
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Portia's waiting-maid. : NERISSA
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Scornful term of address. : SIRRAH
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One of eight famous animals. : PRANCER
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Wood. : ASH
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Card game for two. : ECARTE
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Spending needlessly. : AWASTE
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Humiliate. : ABASE
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Dewy: Rare. : RORAL
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Short-billed rail. : CRAKE
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Appalling. : AWFUL
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Mexican porridge. : ATOLE
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Husband of Pocahontas. : ROLFE
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Where Karl Marx was born, 1818. : TRIER
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Night: Norse myth. : NATT
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Sticky. : MIRY
127
English poet laureate, 1715-18. : ROWE
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Negative. : NOT
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Coupe. : CAR
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Large serpent. : BOM

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 27 debuted here and reused later, 17 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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