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Alice H. Cook
Alice H. Cook

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New York Times, Sunday, June 22, 1952

18-Down : Agatha Christie's detective.

Author:
Alice Cook
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 61, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 616 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 156, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 27
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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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,099
Across
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Emulated Bill Dickey. : COACHED
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Ministers. : CLERICS
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River of Hades. : LETHE
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Offense. : UMBRAGE
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Time for 35 Across. : HOLIDAY
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Ruins. : ASHES
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Its première in N. Y. was in 1882. : TALESOFHOFFMANN
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Equals. : PEERS
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Bird sound. : CHEEP
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For fear that. : LEST
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Sign: Span. : SENA
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Finish among the winners. : PLACE
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Listen. : HARK
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Most admirable. : RAREST
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Centuries. : AGES
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Sport. : FUN
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Congressman from N. J. : EATON
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You had to take his first offer or nothing. : HOBSON
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Man's name. : ERLE
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Approached and spoke to. : ACCOSTED
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Tributary of the Colorado. : GILA
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Tasty sweets. : GOODIES
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Fitted for inserting coins. : SLOTTED
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Pastry crusts. : SHELLS
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Unusual: Abbr. : SPEC
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He conquered Montezuma II. : CORTES
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Tale of Lygia and Vinicius. : QUOVADIS
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Ordain. : ENACT
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Ancient alphabet. : RUNES
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Fulmination. : CURSE
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Cheeses. : EDAMS
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Conjunction. : NOR
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A march for Caesar's soldiers. : ITER
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A spell of work. : SHIFT
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He sings "Anatole of Paris." : DANNY
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Water. : AQUA
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Unit of power ratio. : BEL
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Piece of jewelry. : TIARA
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Jefferson, Emerson, etc. : SAGES
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Dark-eyed beauty. : HOURI
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Instruct. : EDIFY
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In addition. : SECONDLY
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Native of Keijo: Var. : COREAN
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French river. : AIRE
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"___ and conquer." : DIVIDE
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One helped by another. : PROTEGE
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Most immense. : VASTEST
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Part of Lovett's job. : NAVY
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Treated with irreverence. : PROFANED
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Sorts. : ILKS
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Actress Anna, of London. : NEAGLE
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Part of an orchestra. : BRASS
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Sash. : OBI
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Actor Wheeler. : BERT
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Signs of spring. : LILACS
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City of 22,898 in Iowa. : AMES
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Weapon. : LANCE
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King in Bangkok. : RAMA
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Small amphibian. : NEWT
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Bit of spice. : CLOVE
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Grandma Moses and others. : ANNAS
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Ideal fostered on Citizenship Day. : AMERICANIZATION
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Rows. : TIERS
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Madras seaport. : CALICUT
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Skipped playfully. : CAPERED
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Far back in time. : EARLY
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Interminable. : ENDLESS
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Put thoughts into words. : EXPRESS
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State south of Pakistan. : CUTCH
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Sen. Butler's home. : OMAHA
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More talented. : ABLER
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Indian of Alabama and Georgia. : CREEK
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Wire loop for a padlock. : HASP
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Part of the id. : EGO
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Brought down, as prices. : DEFLATED
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Selected. : CHOSEN
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Upper stories. : LOFTS
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Sprite. : ELF
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Parts of eyeglasses. : RIMS
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Suffix used in zoology. : IDAE
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House plants. : CANNAS
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House of worship. : SYNAGOG
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Reindeer herders of Norway. : LAPPS
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Donkey: Ger. : ESEL
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Novel by C. S. Forester. : THEAFRICANQUEEN
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Agatha Christie's detective. : HERCULE
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Communists of 100 A. D. : ESSENES
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Salome's stepfather. : HEROD
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Appraises. : RATES
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Steal. : THIEVE
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Teammate of Stan the Man. : ENOS
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Nancy's husband. : ESTES
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Kettle: Span. : OLLA
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He adorns the U. S. seal. : BALDEAGLE
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Signer at the Quai d'Orsay. : EDEN
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Impute. : ASCRIBE
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Hit with a bat. : CLOUTED
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Member of a famous stage family. : CORNELIASKINNER
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Fur. : OTTER
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Character in "Hamlet." : GHOST
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Unfolds: Poet. : OPES
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Submarine maneuver. : SURFACING
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Actress Sylvia. : SIDNEY
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Arranged in sheets, in bookmaking. : QUIRED
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Without: Fr. : SANS
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Pluck. : COURAGE
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Disciplined. : TRAINED
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Cartoonist Addams. : CHAS
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Exclamation of surprise. : MY
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Scale syllable. : SI
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Head of the house. : DADDY
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Artery. : AORTA
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Ancient seaport. : TYRE
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Sign of affected emotion. : SNIVEL
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Dances: Colloq. : HOOFS
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Suits. : FITS
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Running track. : OVAL
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Voice of the opera. : CROSS
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Feudal slave. : ESNE
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Business of a professional man. : PRACTICE
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Break, as a law. : VIOLATE
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Where Communist Hoxha rules. : ALBANIA
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Outdoor living area. : TERRACE
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Decapod. : PRAWN
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Cossack chief. : ATAMAN
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Farm noises. : BLEATS
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Girl's nickname. : BESSY
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Small bone of the middle ear. : INCUS
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Modify. : ALTER
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Silk fabric. : MOIRE
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Bacchantes' shouts. : EVOES
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Propels. : SENDS
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Sen. Hayden of Arizona. : CARL
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Pinochle play. : MELD
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Seed coating. : ARIL
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Popular cartoonist. : CAPP
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An age, land or skate. : ICE
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Tool for cutting roofing slate. : ZAX

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 22 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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