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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.
1 J | 2 A | 3 N | 4 E | 5 A | 6 L | 7 V | 8 A | 9 F | 10 R | 11 A | 12 I | 13 L |
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14 U | R | A | L | 15 R | O | E | S | 16 R | E | T | R | Y |
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17 I | N | T | E | 18 R | M | I | T | S | 19 A | L | T | A | R |
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20 N | E | I | G | H | S | 21 S | A | 22 M | 23 I | O | T | A |
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24 O | Y | E | R | 25 S | 26 M | E | 27 A | G | R | E | ||||
28 H | 29 A | N | 30 E | A | T | 31 S | 32 T | W | I | N | ||||
33 A | L | A | 34 S | C | U | M | 35 S | 36 N | O | E | 37 L | 38 S |
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39 M | U | L | 40 E | 41 E | D | I | T | 42 H | 43 N | Y | O | N |
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44 S | M | I | L | 45 E | 46 S | T | O | I | 47 C | 48 G | N | U |
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49 Z | E | R | 50 O | 51 H | U | G | O | 52 E | G | G |
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53 C | A | P | P | E | 54 R | 55 T | H | O | 56 R | N | ||||
57 M | A | T | H | 58 R | E | 59 S | 60 S | P | E | E | 61 D | 62 S |
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63 A | S | I | A | 64 N | 65 C | A | 66 F | E | T | E | R | I | A |
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67 S | T | O | N | E | 68 A | G | R | A | 69 S | A | N | K |
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70 T | E | N | T | H | 71 P | A | Y | S | 72 E | L | S | E |
© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 979
Across
1
Edna Best's role. : JANE
5
Edison's middle name. : ALVA
9
Not very strong. : FRAIL
14
River flowing into the Caspian. : URAL
15
Fish delicacies. : ROES
16
Bring into court again. : RETRY
17
Ceases for a time. : INTERMITS
19
Where bride and groom meet. : ALTAR
20
Sounds from Hialeah. : NEIGHS
21
Rayburn of Texas. : SAM
23
Insignificant amount. : IOTA
24
Hearings of legal causes. : OYERS
26
Destitute of richness. : MEAGRE
28
900-mile tributary of the Yangtze. : HAN
30
Provender for a spread. : EATS
32
Castor or Pollux. : TWIN
33
Where Muscle Shoals is: Abbr. : ALA
34
Covering of some stagnant pools. : SCUMS
36
Christmas carols. : NOELS
39
West Point mascot. : MULE
41
Dame Evans, English actress. : EDITH
43
Swiss city on Lake Geneva. : NYON
44
Look happy. : SMILE
46
One indifferent to pleasure or pain. : STOIC
48
Relative of the wildebeest. : GNU
49
Less than one. : ZERO
51
Creator of Jean Valjean. : HUGO
52
Humpty Dumpty. : EGG
53
Former Senator from Kansas. : CAPPER
55
Cactus spine. : THORN
57
School subject: Colloq. : MATH
58
In medias ___. : RES
60
Drives too fast. : SPEEDS
63
Far Eastern. : ASIAN
65
Good place to eat. : CAFETERIA
67
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1941-46. : STONE
68
Where the Taj Mahal is. : AGRA
69
Descended. : SANK
70
Extra inning. : TENTH
71
Renders, as a compliment. : PAYS
72
Other. : ELSE
Down
1
French general, recent visitor to U. S. : JUIN
2
He composed "Rule, Britannia." : ARNE
3
Laborite theory opposed by Churchill. : NATIONALIZATION
4
Gray's claim to fame. : ELEGY
5
Cause of raw material shortage. : ARMSRACE
6
Law: French. : LOI
7
Legion members. : VETS
8
Where the Brahmaputra flows. : ASSAM
9
Monk's title. : FRA
10
One of the Four Freedoms. : RELIGION
11
McGrath's job. : ATTORNEYGENERAL
12
Angry. : IRATE
13
Northern constellation, the Harp. : LYRA
18
Powerful Korean family. : RHEES
22
Encountered. : MET
25
Buttonlike devices. : STUDS
27
Barley bristle. : AWN
28
Avid amateurs in radio. : HAMS
29
A salt used in styptic pencils. : ALUM
31
2,276 girls. : SMITH
35
Nero Wolfe's creator. : STOUT
37
Governor of Louisiana. : LONG
38
Fitting closely. : SNUG
40
Political symbol originated by Thomas Nast. : ELEPHANT
42
Beyond the 3-mile limit. : HIGHSEAS
45
Official name for Marshall aid: Abbr. : ERP
47
Elect, as to a committee. : COOPT
50
"___ the ramparts we watched ... " : OER
53
Fixed grade of society. : CASTE
54
A made-over tire. : RECAP
56
Brooklyn's prize infielder. : REESE
57
Part of a ship. : MAST
59
A long narrative. : SAGA
61
Clamors. : DINS
62
Japanese beverage made from rice. : SAKE
64
Book of the Old Testament: Abbr. : NEH
66
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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