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W. W. Webster
W. W. Webster

GLOBAL GLEANINGS

New York Times, Sunday, February 17, 1946

69-Down : Harangues.

Author:
W. W. Webster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 64, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 547 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 47
W. W. Webster has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 210
Across
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Where Nassau is. : BAHAMAS
8
Chair-backs. : SPLATS
14
Tenant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. : TRUMAN
20
Given name of Galli-Curci. : AMELITA
21
Treaty port of Hainan Island. : HOIHOW
22
Of the deer genus. : RUSINE
23
Satan. : TEMPTER
24
One of the Big Three. : RUSSIA
25
Former Free State in Africa. : ORANGE
26
Southern constellation. : ARA
27
Noted Czecho-Slovakian mineral springs. : SEDLITZ
29
Where Tripoli is. : LIBYA
31
Cape ___, Mass. : COD
32
Life: Latin. : VITA
34
Anon. : SOON
35
County in South Hungary. : TOLNA
37
Chief river of France. : LOIRE
39
Cake-trimming. : ICING
41
Consumer. : USER
43
Dry wind of Canary Islands. : LESTE
45
Spur. : GOAD
46
Charlemagne's Northern capital. : AACHEN
48
Metaphors. : TROPES
50
Former Secy. of State. : HULL
52
Astringent. : ALUM
54
Most: Scot. : MAIST
56
Be ebullient. : SEETHE
60
Site of Vice-Regal residence in India. : SIMLA
63
Yugoslavian-born American writer. : ADAMIC
66
Not covered with pitch. : UNTARRED
68
Clove-hitch. : KNOT
69
Bellamy ___, ambassador recalled by T. R., 1906. : STORER
70
Sections. : AREAS
71
Venerable. : OLD
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One in number, in the Philippines. : ISA
73
Member of Truman Cabinet. : SCHWELLENBACH
75
Low. : MOO
76
Pawns. : MEN
77
The English WAVES. : WRENS
78
Natural. : INNATE
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Family into which Lucrezia Borgia married. : ESTE
80
Important occasion in Hollywood. : PREMIERE
82
Demented. : INSANE
83
Noted radio commentator. : CROSS
84
What a "clean-sleeve" aspires to. : STRIPE
85
Ox with 4-ft. horns. : SANGA
87
Mother of Zeus. : RHEA
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Mother of Castor and Pollux. : LEDA
91
Famous Indian fighter (1839-76). : CUSTER
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Claim. : ASSERT
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Jane ___, American actress. : COWL
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Gibe. : SNEER
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Country given to Esau. : EDOM
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Cut. : SEVER
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Author of "Lummox." : HURST
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Fictitious accounts. : TALES
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Peak in Utah, 12,319 feet. : WAAS
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Man's nickname. : DAVE
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Fed. : ATE
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The ___ Sisters, in Macbeth. : WEIRD
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Native of Biblical kingdom. : ELAMITE
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___ Moines. : DES
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Girl's name. : ISABEL
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Contender. : WARRER
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Assuages. : TEMPERS
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Benches: Var. : SETEES
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Decorated with human figures. : IMAGED
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Compunction. : REMORSE
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Gas found in crude petroleum. : ETHANE
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Measurers. : GAGERS
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Glides away. : ELAPSES
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Java seaport. : BATAVIA
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Patriotic hymn. : AMERICA
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Of the blood. : HEMATIC
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What the Jungfrau is. : ALP
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Gloves. : MITS
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Root used as febrifuge. : ATEES
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Author of "La Tosca." : SARDOU
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Member of the playground of Freemasonry. : SHRINER
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Catfish. : POUT
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Father-in-law of Richard Wagner. : LISZT
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Exclamations of delight. : AHS
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Without work. : TOILLESS
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Rustic gallants. : SWAINS
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Scene of the Iliad. : TROY
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Bucolic. : RURAL
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Land of the Free. : USA
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River flowing into the Po. : MINCIO
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Kind of wool. : ANGORA
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Necessary. : NEEDED
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Bewildered. : LOST
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City in the Cotswolds. : BATH
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German Free State, capital Dessau. : ANHALT
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Derived from oil. : OLEIC
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Male flirt. : OGLER
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City in Sicily. : GELA
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The Desert Fox. : ROMMEL
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Man's name. : EUSTACE
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Greek letter. : NU
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Chemical groups. : PAIRLINGS
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Thong. : LEASH
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Colonial divine (1663-1728). : MATHER
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Queen Mary's preference in hats. : TURBAN
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City in Norway. : TROMSO
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Greek bondmen. : HELOTS
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Edible tubers. : EDDOES
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Makes too small. : SKIMPS
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Introduce. : INSERT
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Complainer. : MOANER
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Noted music critic. : DOWNES
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God of war. : ARES
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Less slovenly. : NEATER
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Harangues. : SCREEDS
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Miss Held. : ANNA
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Purloin: Slang. : SWIPE
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Sword-shaped. : ENSATE
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Expunged. : ERASED
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Grinding machines. : MILLS
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Habituate. : INURE
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Tax. : CESS
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Potter's Field bought by Judas with thirty pieces of silver. : ACELDAMA
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Exclamation of surprise. : HA
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Opposed. : ANTI
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American philosopher (1703-58). : EDWARDS
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Wander. : ROAM
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Slackers. : EVADERS
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Transpose. : REVERSE
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Locks. : TRESSES
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Carriage. : CHAISE
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Beginning. : OUTSET
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Lei. : WREATH
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Small centipede. : EARWIG
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Master: Fr. : MAITRE
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Amidst: Poet. : TWEEN
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Cloth. : SERGE
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Iron and carbon. : STEEL
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Lascivious glance. : LEER
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Novel by Jane Austen. : EMMA
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Miss Lillie. : BEA
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Shred. : RAG
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Explosive sound. : POP

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 38 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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