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Anne Simons
Anne Simons

New York Times, Saturday, February 23, 1952

1-Down : French general, recent visitor to U. S.

Author:
Anne Simons
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Anne Simons has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 979
Across
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Edna Best's role. : JANE
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Edison's middle name. : ALVA
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Not very strong. : FRAIL
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River flowing into the Caspian. : URAL
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Fish delicacies. : ROES
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Bring into court again. : RETRY
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Ceases for a time. : INTERMITS
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Where bride and groom meet. : ALTAR
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Sounds from Hialeah. : NEIGHS
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Rayburn of Texas. : SAM
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Insignificant amount. : IOTA
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Hearings of legal causes. : OYERS
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Destitute of richness. : MEAGRE
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900-mile tributary of the Yangtze. : HAN
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Provender for a spread. : EATS
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Castor or Pollux. : TWIN
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Where Muscle Shoals is: Abbr. : ALA
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Covering of some stagnant pools. : SCUMS
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Christmas carols. : NOELS
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West Point mascot. : MULE
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Dame Evans, English actress. : EDITH
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Swiss city on Lake Geneva. : NYON
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Look happy. : SMILE
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One indifferent to pleasure or pain. : STOIC
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Relative of the wildebeest. : GNU
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Less than one. : ZERO
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Creator of Jean Valjean. : HUGO
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Humpty Dumpty. : EGG
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Former Senator from Kansas. : CAPPER
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Cactus spine. : THORN
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School subject: Colloq. : MATH
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In medias ___. : RES
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Drives too fast. : SPEEDS
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Far Eastern. : ASIAN
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Good place to eat. : CAFETERIA
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1941-46. : STONE
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Where the Taj Mahal is. : AGRA
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Descended. : SANK
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Extra inning. : TENTH
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Renders, as a compliment. : PAYS
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Other. : ELSE
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French general, recent visitor to U. S. : JUIN
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He composed "Rule, Britannia." : ARNE
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Laborite theory opposed by Churchill. : NATIONALIZATION
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Gray's claim to fame. : ELEGY
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Cause of raw material shortage. : ARMSRACE
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Law: French. : LOI
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Legion members. : VETS
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Where the Brahmaputra flows. : ASSAM
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Monk's title. : FRA
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One of the Four Freedoms. : RELIGION
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McGrath's job. : ATTORNEYGENERAL
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Angry. : IRATE
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Northern constellation, the Harp. : LYRA
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Powerful Korean family. : RHEES
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Encountered. : MET
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Buttonlike devices. : STUDS
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Barley bristle. : AWN
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Avid amateurs in radio. : HAMS
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A salt used in styptic pencils. : ALUM
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2,276 girls. : SMITH
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Nero Wolfe's creator. : STOUT
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Governor of Louisiana. : LONG
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Fitting closely. : SNUG
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Political symbol originated by Thomas Nast. : ELEPHANT
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Beyond the 3-mile limit. : HIGHSEAS
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Official name for Marshall aid: Abbr. : ERP
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Elect, as to a committee. : COOPT
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"___ the ramparts we watched ... " : OER
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Fixed grade of society. : CASTE
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A made-over tire. : RECAP
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Brooklyn's prize infielder. : REESE
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Part of a ship. : MAST
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A long narrative. : SAGA
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Clamors. : DINS
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Japanese beverage made from rice. : SAKE
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Book of the Old Testament: Abbr. : NEH
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He wrote "Venus Observed." : FRY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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