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Willard N. Jordan
QUESTIONNAIRE
New York Times, Sunday, June 8, 1947
65-Down : Colombian plain.
Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140 , Blocks: 60 , Avg Word Len: 5.44 , Missing: { F J Q Z } , Scrabble score: 554 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 126 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 1 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 48
David Steinberg notes:
In 111-Across, corrected "Biambi" to "Bimbi."
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© 1947, The New York Times No. 278
Across
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Sancho Panza's wife, Maria ___. :
THERESA 8
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Odin's son, slain by dart of mistletoe. :
BALDER 20
Painter of Vatican frescoes. :
RAPHAEL 21
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Channel swimmer, 1926. :
EDERLE 23
Builder of the Step Pyramid. :
IMHOTEP 24
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Kingdom of Cyrus the Great: Abbr. :
PERS 27
Nymph changed into laurel tree. :
DAPHNE 29
Opposite of sotto voce. :
ALOUD 30
Popular drink in new Fourth Republic. :
VIN 31
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French prep school. :
LYCEE 33
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Titular King of Naples, 1435–42. :
RENE 36
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Mother of Queen Wilhelmina. :
EMMA 41
Ship laden with rock tar. :
OILER 42
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He painted Adam and Eve (1471–1528). :
DURER 46
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Prince slain by Patroclus.—Iliad. :
SARPEDON 60
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Part of Miss Truman's operatic debut. :
ARIA 64
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Remote in time past. :
HOARY 68
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Comparatively steady. :
SURER 75
Cell of Irish monk. :
KIL 76
How pseudo redheads dye. :
HENNA 78
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Edge of a molding: Arch. :
PIEN 81
Having the tootsies turned inward. :
INTOED 83
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London's foreign quarter. :
SOHO 92
Roman Emperor called "Delight of Mankind." :
TITUS 94
Chief of U. S. Air Staff. :
EAKER 96
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Ichabod Crane's rival. :
BONES 103
Author of 1728 dunce-epic. :
POPE 105
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Affair almost causing war with England, 1861 :
TRENT 108
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Pen name of "Bimbi" author. :
OUIDA 113
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20-year sojourner in Land of Nod. :
RIP 115
Hebraic underworld. :
SHEOL 116
Member of Invisible Empire. :
KLUXER 118
Birthplace of seven Presidents. :
OHIO 119
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Wooer of Mlle. Jourdain in Moliere comedy. :
CLEONTE 127
Ancient capital of Lydia. :
SARDES 128
River joining Oder below Breslau. :
NEISSE 129
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Saint called "Sun of the Syrians." :
EPHRAEM 4
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Relative of the vicuña. :
ALPACA 8
King who married a beggar maid. :
COPHETUA 9
The handwriting on the wall. :
OMEN 10
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Abe Lincoln's girl. :
ANN 12
What optimists propose we do to avert future wars. :
DISARM 13
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Error due to ignorance. :
BEVUE 15
Ramman, "the roaring one." :
ADAD 16
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Mother of Sir Galahad. :
ELAINE 19
President of 2d Austrian Republic. :
RENNER 25
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Hang as if balanced. :
PEND 32
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President of country discovered by de Solis, 1516. :
PERON 35
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He offered frankincense at Bethlehem. :
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Synonym of two-leaved orchid genus. :
OPHRYS 43
Inventor of diving bell (1820–87). :
EADS 45
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Thing of no value. :
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He wrote "Tristram Shandy." :
STERNE 56
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Realist's proposal for preventing World War III. :
ARMING 58
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Leader of Italian Socialists. :
NENNI 61
Shaped like a dunce cap. :
CONIC 65
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Second wife of David Copperfield. :
AGNES 70
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Subjects of King Paul. :
GREEKS 74
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What diaskeuasts do. :
EDIT 79
Long-lived grandson of Adam. :
ENOS 82
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Unlucky letter of Greek alphabet. :
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Soup thickener of flour and butter. :
ROUX 97
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Line feeders used by comedians: Slang. :
STOOGES 100
Clara Peggotty's "willin'" wooer. :
BARKIS 101
Pseudonym of Katherine Philips. :
ORINDA 102
Scottish inventor of logarithms (1550–1617). :
NAPIER 104
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One-horse carriages in India. :
EKKAS 112
Amusing and strange. :
DROLL 115
Pedal glider: Var. :
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Answer summary:10 unique to this puzzle , 38 debuted here and reused later , 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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