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Lester Keene
Lester Keene

QUESTIONNAIRE

New York Times, Sunday, February 16, 1947

86-Down : French mammas.

Author:
L. K. Peters
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 130, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.65, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 493 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 165, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 55
Lester Keene has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
L. K. Peters is an alias for Lester Keene.
David Steinberg notes:

Corrected the surname's spelling in 23-Across; it originally read "Navarro."

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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 262
Across
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Nazi steel cartel. : ARBED
6
Weighty problem for U. N. : ARMS
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Alone: Comb. form. : SOLI
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U. S. Admiral. : STARK
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Creator of Craig Kennedy. : REEVE
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Sincere. : REAL
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Encompassed. : AMID
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Port. : HAVEN
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Novarro of Hollywood. : RAMON
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Britain's foreign problem. : PALESTINE
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Encomium. : ELOGE
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Seed coverings. : ARILS
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Italy's 800-mile mountain range. : APENNINES
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Ancient Roman province on the Danube. : DACIA
30
Strengthened. : NERVED
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Worshipers. : ADORANTS
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Cleave. : REND
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Herbert Beerbohm. : TREE
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Ascetic. : AUSTERE
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Roman goddess of summer. : AESTAS
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Arched drain. : CULVERT
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Exploits. : FEATS
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Noted printer and type stylist (1828–1914). : DEVINNE
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Twofold qualities. : DUALITIES
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First Secy. of the Treasury, 1789–95. : HAMILTON
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Urgent: Fr. : PRESSE
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For rent. : UNLET
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Friendship: Fr. : AMITIE
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Louisiana black haw. : ALISIER
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___ Grad, seaport, Yugoslavia. : STARI
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A son of Zerah (I Chr. ii, 6). : DARA
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40 controversial miles. : DARDANELLES
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Wife in Ulster epic. : EMER
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Lizard. : AGAMA
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Readjusts. : REVISES
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Of the titmice. : PARINE
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Remove a metal from. : DETIN
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Baked. : OVENED
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Ran rapidly. : SPRINTED
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Refined feeling. : SENTIMENT
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More raucous. : HOARSER
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Related on the distaff side. : ENATE
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Treeless plain. : PRAIRIE
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What Father Brown is. : PRIEST
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Robert Hannegan's cohorts. : MAILMEN
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Captures. : BAGS
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Merit. : EARN
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Coal-mine boss. : OPERATOR
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Of a Roman dictator (138–78 B. C.). : SULLAN
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Proctors: Brit. Univ. Slang. : PROGS
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Spices. : AROMATICS
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Mother of pearl. : NACRE
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Poverty: Comb. form. : PENIA
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Star vamp of the silents. : POLANEGRI
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Mother of Aphrodite. : DIONE
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Former Queen of Italy. : ELENA
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Famous coaling station. : ADEN
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Daughter of Uranus. : RHEA
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Enlist. : ENTER
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American artist (1847–1917). : RYDER
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Soap frame. : SESS
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Derive. : STEM
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Hale to the bar again. : RETRY
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Shameless. : ARRANT
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Builder. : REARER
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Drag through the mud. : BEMIRE
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Unfold. : EVOLVE
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Impenetrable. : DENSE
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Italian harp. : ARPA
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Garner. : REAP
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Salt of maleic acid. : MALEATE
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Attenuate. : SLENDER
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Branch of literature ridiculing folly. : SATIRE
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Foretokens. : OMINA
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Contents of hope chest. : LINEN
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I. e. : IDEST
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Slough. : SHED
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Ankle-length robes. : TALARS
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Bird with webbed feet. : AVOCET
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Capital of Saskatchewan. : REGINA
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Presses into a mass. : KNEADS
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Audible expression of disdain. : SNORT
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Disheartened. : DAUNTED
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Egyptian queen of the gods. : SATI
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Elbow: Comb. form. : ULNO
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Man's name: Scandinavian. : SVEN
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Ebb and flow. : ESTUS
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Eyelashes: Comb. form. : CILI
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Ancient flintlock muskets. : FUSILS
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Folding frame. : EASEL
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___ flammam—to feed the flame. : ALERE
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Mars. : DAMAGES
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Jurisdiction of Arabian ruler. : EMIRATE
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Diet essential. : VITAMIN
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Remove pits from. : DESEED
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Detains in port. : INTERNS
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Native of Susa. : ELAMITE
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Calmer. : SERENER
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Son of Bedad. : HADAD
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Lamentation. : PLAINT
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Cleanse lightly. : RINSE
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Furnished with rims. : TIRED
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To reach. : ADVENE
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The huisache. : AROMA
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Face an embankment. : REVET
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Stretches injuriously. : SPRAINS
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Pays one's part. : ANTES
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Pas-de-Calais city. : AIRE
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Tapered shingle. : SHIM
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Orifice. : PORE
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Preposition. : INTO
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Town in Nepal. : PATAN
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Tumultuous crowds. : RIOTERS
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O. K. : ALRIGHT
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A spicy Senator. : PEPPER
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Seldom. : RARELY
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Manacled. : IRONED
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Generator. : ENGINE
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French mammas. : MAMANS
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Secy. of State, 1881 and 1889. : BLAINE
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Creator of Meg (1832–1888). : ALCOTT
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A Roosevelt V. P. : GARNER
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Jeery. : SNEERY
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Paters familias. : PAPAS
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Town in Madras. : ERODE
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Parts. : ROLES
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Sub. : UNDER
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German region desired by France. : SAAR
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Indian. : CREE
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Declared war on U. S. Jan 25, 1942. : SIAM

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 47 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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