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Charles Cross
WHO'S WHO
New York Times, Sunday, November 2, 1952
97-Down : Netter of a profit.
Author:
Charles Cross
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170 , Blocks: 81 , Avg Word Len: 5.27 , Missing: { J Q X } , Scrabble score: 636 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 140 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 4 , XRef: 2 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 33
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© 1952, The New York Times No. 1,232
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He painted "Camille." :
MONET 16
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Islands near New Guinea. :
ARROU 23
Former President of Turkey. :
INONU 24
A country, personified. :
IRENA 25
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Relative of the Fates. :
NORN 38
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Darkness: Comb. form. :
SCOTO 43
Poetic contraction. :
TIS 45
Henry Cabot and John. :
LODGES 49
Island in Firth of Clyde. :
ARRAN 50
Former chief in Germany. :
CLAY 51
Enters without ticket: Colloq. :
CRASHES 54
Radio and TV role. :
IRMA 55
One excuse for not voting. :
RAIN 56
Tributary of the Moselle. :
SAAR 57
Ram's horn used as a trumpet. :
SHOPHAR 58
Sounds from a brooder. :
PEEPS 59
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Resident of 60 Across. :
HARRY 68
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Unit of volume in shipping. :
TON 70
Everlasting: Archaic. :
ETERNE 71
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Take pride in possessing. :
BOAST 73
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Persons acting as part of a process. :
COGS 75
Bea Lillie's title. :
LADY 76
Composer of "Bill." :
KERN 77
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Chinese port on Formosa Strait. :
AMOY 81
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Spanish silver dollars. :
DUROS 84
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Prelate's title: Abbr. :
MON 88
Breeches for schoolboys. :
CORDS 89
Gussie of the courts. :
MORAN 90
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With no interval after. :
UPON 93
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10,000,000 rupees. :
CRORE 98
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Benedict of Belgrade. :
TITO 101
Gottfried's sister. :
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Man of brass, made by Vulcan. :
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Fairy tale author. :
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Relative of the peba. :
APAR 122
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Contemporary poet. :
AUDEN 133
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Phrase of reference. :
IDEST 135
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Botanist's specialty. :
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Part of an orchestra. :
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Rogers of Oklahoma. :
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Noted watercolorist. :
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Spanish title: Abbr. :
SRA 9
He wrote "The Kreutzer Sonata." :
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___ vult contendere. :
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Automobile center of Italy. :
TURIN 16
Contemporary of J. M. Barrie. :
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Boyd, Sinatra, Ray, etc. :
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Make ready (with "up"). :
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Followers of a great English writer. :
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Senator from Tacoma. :
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Part of the A. A. F. :
WING 61
Composer of "St. Louis Blues." :
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City on the Hudson. :
TROY 68
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Czech Archbishop. :
BERAN 73
Common: Comb. form. :
HOMO 76
People of Sinneh. :
KURDS 78
Scenic feature of Maine. :
DUNE 79
Hollywood's "inventor." :
AMECHE 80
Patriot of the Revolution. :
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Kyushu volcano with world's largest crater. :
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Part of Gen. Patton's sobriquet. :
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Plays hooky, in England. :
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It has 8 electoral votes. :
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Character in French fiction. :
ARAMIS 111
Members of a party. :
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Right-hand man: Abbr. :
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Tool for removing bark. :
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Answer summary:7 unique to this puzzle , 26 debuted here and reused later , 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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