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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

AROUND THE WORLD

New York Times, Sunday, June 23, 1963

38-Down : Biblical giant.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 67, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 530 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,075
Across
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Limerick products. : LACES
6
Confronts. : ACCOSTS
13
Basket: Sp. : CANASTA
20
Past, old style. : AGONE
21
Like a bull. : TAURINE
22
Syrian river. : ORONTES
23
Italian composer. : TOSTI
24
Event of 1904. : ENTENTECORDIALE
26
Entangle. : ENMESH
28
Fourth dimension. : TIME
29
Dad. : PAPA
30
Israeli coins. : MILS
31
Farmer of India. : RYOT
32
Suffix indicating tooth. : ODON
34
A Churchill name. : SPENCER
36
Home of the Centaurs. : PELION
38
Army transport outfit. : ATS
41
Hence: Lat. : ERGO
42
Bird sound. : CAW
45
Turku. : ABO
47
Cults. : ISMS
48
___ me tangere. : NOLI
50
Town near Lucerne. : SEMPACH
52
Courtly: It. : GALANTE
54
Waterskin of the Arabs. : MATARA
56
Amble along: Slang. : MOSEY
57
Norwegian composer. : GRIEG
58
Pickerel. : PIKELETS
60
Cousins of corkers. : ONERS
61
Gate crasher's forte. : INTRUSION
64
Tedious repetition. : MONOTONE
66
That: Sp. : ESE
67
Ties. : ASCOTS
69
Red lead. : MINIUM
70
Initials from 1880. : GOP
73
Nevertheless. : AFTERALL
75
Spanish port. : CARTAGENA
77
Corona. : CIGAR
80
Local. : REGIONAL
82
Revels. : RIOTS
83
City of Portugal. : EVORA
84
Lease figure. : RENTAL
85
Stain. : INKSPOT
87
Pawls. : DETENTS
90
Card game. : SKAT
91
Wild plum. : SLOE
92
Cockney's desire. : OPE
93
Within: Prefix. : ESO
94
English county: Abbr. : CHES
96
Quieting sounds. : SHS
97
Hiker's stopover. : HOSTEL
99
Des ___, Ill. : PLAINES
102
Speck. : MOTE
103
Rama's wife. : SITA
106
Italian city. : ATRI
108
1933 initials. : NIRA
109
Boat. : SCOW
111
Coat. : DUSTER
113
Faith 7's passenger. : THEMANOFTHEHOUR
117
"I ___ Say No." : CAINT
118
Dweller. : RESIDER
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Lyric muse. : EUTERPE
120
Paris school. : LYCEE
121
Menu item. : OYSTERS
122
Fauntleroy's mother. : DEAREST
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Aids: Abbr. : ASSTS
Down
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Afterward. : LATER
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Anguish. : AGONY
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Citizen of the world. : COSMOPOLITE
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Headline: Fr. : ENTETE
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Six: Sp. : SEIS
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Broke bread. : ATE
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Uri, Zug, etc. : CANTONS
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Interrupt. : CUTIN
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Utah town. : OREM
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Without: Lat. : SINE
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Explosive. : TNT
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Oozes. : SEEPS
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Gordon and Trudy. : COOPERS
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Classify. : ARRANGE
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Land of ___. : NOD
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Resin. : ANIME
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Feature of the Kremlin palace. : STAIRCASE
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Be effective. : TELL
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Suffixes in chemistry. : ASES
25
Mantilla. : CAPE
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Lifting apparatus. : HOIST
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Cupola. : DOME
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Headline subject. : COMMONMARKET
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Hybrid language. : LINGUAFRANCA
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Biblical giant. : ANAK
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Clan symbol. : TOTEM
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Skiing race. : SLALOM
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Tree genus. : ACER
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Reasons. : WHYS
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Student: Slang. : AGGIE
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Places for dances. : BARNS
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Peaceful. : IRENICAL
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Corn bread. : PONE
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Air: Lat. : AER
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Stamps impressed on coins. : MINTAGES
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Like modern music. : ATONAL
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More scanty. : POORER
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Commotion. : STIR
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Sibilant signal. : SST
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Wine bucket. : ICER
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Begone! : OUT
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Steals along. : SLINKS
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Study for an economist. : GEOPOLITICS
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Successful. : ONTOP
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Strass. : PASTE
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Swiss river. : AARE
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Water vessel of India. : LOTAH
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Yanks. : GIS
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Grant. : CEDE
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St. ___. : IVES
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Start printing. : GOTOPRESS
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Big-league players: Abbr. : NATS
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Small island: Var. : ILOT
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Detected by scent. : NOSED
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Turpentine, for one. : THINNER
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Students. : SENIORS
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Exposes. : SHOWUPS
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Bondman. : SERF
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Writings. : ESSAYS
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Restrict. : LIMIT
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Cloyed. : SATED
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Famous poet. : MOORE
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Doctrine. : TENET
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___, Scientia, Veritas. : ARTES
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Black: Prefix. : ATRO
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Pronoun. : THEY
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___ precedent. : SETA
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French river. : CHER
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College of the Bruins. : UCLA
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American fabulist. : ADE
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Indochinese port. : HUE
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Emeritus: Abbr. : RET

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8 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 18 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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