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Alice H. Cook
Alice H. Cook

GLOBE-TROTTER

New York Times, Sunday, February 8, 1953

102-Down : Vex: Colloq.

Author:
Alice Cook
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 68, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 541 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 127, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15 Grid has duplicate clues.
Alice H. Cook has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Alice Cook is an alias for Alice H. Cook.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,330
Across
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Recreation. : SPORT
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Middle West college town. : AMES
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Sebastian's twin. : VIOLA
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Figures and facts. : DATA
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Sandpiper. : WADER
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A good candidate. : VOTEGETTER
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Miss St. Clare and others. : EVAS
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Kithless. : ALONE
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Strongly established. : ENTRENCHED
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Thicket. : BOSK
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Dictator's man. : PERONISTA
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Important Punjab city. : LAHORE
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Compiègne's river. : OISE
30
Reckon: Colloq. : TOTE
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What England is to us. : ALLY
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Not liberal. : NARROW
34
A fine old violin. : CREMONA
38
A number: Ger. : DREI
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Per ardua ad ___. : ASTRA
41
Bathing resort of Italy. : RIMINI
42
This puzzle, for instance: 2 wds. : WORDTEST
44
Shoddy. : CHEAP
48
One-eyed god. : ODIN
49
A fine old violin. : AMATI
51
Plowboys. : YOKELS
53
Popular nickname. : IKE
54
Friend of Tish. : AGGIE
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Scholar: Fr. : ELEVE
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Part of a glacier. : NEVE
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Greek letters. : PSIS
60
Pithy. : TERSE
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London street. : STRAND
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Deeply respectful. : REVERENT
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North African mountains. : ATLAS
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Thorny shrubs. : SLOES
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Thermoplastic product. : NYLON
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Loathed. : DETESTED
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Scrawny creatures. : SCRAGS
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Gray. : ASHEN
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Arab chief. : EMIR
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Little ___. : ONES
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Exclamation of surprise. : HELLO
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Germ cell. : SPORE
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Breaker with tradition. : NEO
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Fireplaces: Scot. : INGLES
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Vine. : LIANE
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Natives of the Slave Coast. : EWES
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Turned the radio dial. : TUNED
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A mah-jongg player. : EASTWIND
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Emulate Elliott Nugent. : DIRECT
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Anne Frank's story. : DIARY
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Paddy product. : RICE
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Classifies. : ASSORTS
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___ Folsom, Treasury Under Secretary. : MARION
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The Panthers university. : PITT
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Mimic. : APER
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He loves: Lat. : AMAT
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Not posted. : UNSENT
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Separated, as hair or straw. : UNPLAITED
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Moslem judge: Var. : KADI
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N. Y. State resort region. : LAKEGEORGE
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City E. S. E. of Lisbon. : EVORA
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Mr. Pinza. : EZIO
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Dull. : UNEVENTFUL
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Lemur of India. : LORIS
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Restrain. : REIN
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More judicious. : SAGER
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Controversial news agency. : TASS
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Natives of Cobh. : IRISH
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Engage in give and take. : SWAP
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Fence. : PALE
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Spice, for instance. : ODOR
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City near Carson City. : RENO
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Gov. Driscoll's capital. : TRENTON
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Persian Books of Wisdom. : AVESTA
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Three-card ___. : MONTE
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Girl's nickname. : ETTA
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Old title. : SER
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Accessibility to bribery. : VENALITY
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Exhibiting restlessness. : ITCHY
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Holy Roman Empire ruler, 862–973. : OTHO
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Sinister look. : LEER
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Enthusiastic. : ARDENT
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Actress Kerr. : DEBORAH
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To have: Fr. : AVOIR
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Poet of the Renaissance. : TASSO
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Out of line. : ASKEW
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Coagulated. : GELLED
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Ancient part of Asia Minor. : IONIA
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Incoming ships. : ARRIVALS
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Quadrants. : ARCS
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One of Tito's men. : CROAT
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Chain of hills. : RIDGE
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Post-war problem. : EMIGRATION
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Plenipotentiary. : MINISTER
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Excessively fond people. : DOTERS
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Inquirer. : ASKER
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First citizen of Libertyville, Ill. : STEVENSON
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Artist Disney. : WALT
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Several eras. : EON
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See 20 Across. : EISENHOWER
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Analogous. : AKIN
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DDT target. : PEST
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Courier. : MESSENGER
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He wrote "Opera Guyed." : LEVY
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Aquarium attractions. : EELS
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Methuselah's father. : ENOCH
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Miranda's father. : PROSPERO
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Unfaithful. : DERELICT
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Greek resistance force. : ELAS
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Solar disk: Var. : ATON
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Like sea water. : SALINE
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Mrs. U. S. Grant's maiden name. : DENT
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Swift-running bird. : EMEU
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Respite. : DELAY
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Causing joy. : GLAD
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Set up. : ERECT
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Snuggeries. : NESTS
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French pronoun. : SES
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One's own: Comb. form. : IDIO
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Beam supporting a floor. : STRINGER
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Name in the Ford family. : EDSEL
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Publisher's product. : EDITION
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City on the Ruhr. : WITTEN
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Ben Zvi, for instance. : ISRAELI
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Finger ring: Latin. : ANULUS
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Stamps of the foot, in fencing. : APPELS
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Fabricator. : MAKER
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Dumfound. : AMAZE
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Forearm bones. : RADII
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Vex: Colloq. : PEEVE
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Aberdeen ___ cattle. : ANGUS
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Character in "Peter Pan." : NANA
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After part of a ship's keel. : SKEG
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City in Turkey. : URFA
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___ Norvello. : IVOR
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Large moldings. : TORI
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Sister of Ares. : ERIS
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Small quantity. : DASH
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Mel of baseball fame. : OTT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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