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Lester Keene
WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, June 16, 1946
66-Down : Cloth blemish.
Author:
Lester Keene
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 164 , Blocks: 74 , Avg Word Len: 5.55 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 615 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 165 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 8 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 67
Lester Keene has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1946, The New York Times No. 227
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Architect of the Lincoln Memorial (1866-1924). :
BACON 6
Noted painter of Washington portraits (1741-1827). :
PEALE 11
Topsy's creator (1811-96). :
STOWE 16
Famous screen director. :
CAPRA 21
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Island in Firth of Clyde. :
ARRAN 25
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Ottoman sultan (1611-40). :
MURAD 31
0.69 inches in Madrid. :
DEDO 32
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Captor of John Brown, 1859. :
LEE 34
Festive occasions. :
GALAS 35
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Jewish home festival. :
SEDER 49
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Bolivian Indians. :
ITENS 56
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Gold mining district, SW Surinam. :
AWA 59
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The Tiger's playmates. :
ELIS 68
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___ Day, May 24, honoring Queen Victoria. :
EMPIRE 82
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1,200 mi. Texas river. :
RED 87
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Philippine island. :
CEBU 93
Projection on yarn. :
KNOSP 94
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Criminal burning. :
ARSON 98
General of the Ploesti raid. :
ENT 99
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Resident of "Shangri-la." :
TIBETAN 104
South African legislative body. :
RAAD 106
Munitions city on the Mohawk. :
UTICA 108
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Polite friend of Alphonse. :
GASTON 113
What Alfred Nobel was. :
SWEDE 115
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Ancient Egyptian cubic measures. :
APTS 128
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Type of gun favored by Italians. :
STEN 130
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Mr. Rathbone of the screen. :
BASIL 136
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Kentucky hero (1735-1820). :
BOONE 138
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Britain's Crown Princess. :
BETTS 141
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Scene of confusion. :
BABEL 2
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Abounding in native metals. :
OREY 5
Mr. Sparks, screen comedian. :
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Rita's ex-husband. :
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Stitchers on corsets. :
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"The __," by Congresswoman Luce. :
WOMEN 36
Javanese carriage. :
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Former King of Yugoslavia. :
PETER 42
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Admiral who had Navy liquor rations abolished, 1862. :
FOOTE 44
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Town, SE Iraq, on the Tigris. :
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Military governor of Philippines, 1903. :
OTIS 66
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Sticks, etc., found in wool: Australia. :
MOITS 71
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Deputy commander, USAAF. :
EAKER 80
Heroine of Scott's "The Pirate." :
MINNA 81
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Irene ___ of the screen :
DUNNE 88
The Lone Ranger's pal. :
TONTO 90
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Our schoolmaster patriot, 1776. :
HALE 92
Gauzelike fabric. :
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Small hardshelled fruit. :
NUTLET 103
Joining used in glovemaking. :
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Solomon's Ethiopian kingdom (I Kings, i.45). :
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Lake, SW of Timbuktu, French Sudan. :
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Answer summary:13 unique to this puzzle , 54 debuted here and reused later , 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 13 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 54 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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