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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

PARIS BOUND

New York Times, Sunday, July 16, 1961

17-Down : Piepans.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 146, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 536 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 119, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16 Grid has duplicate clues.
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,384
Across
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Purify. : WASH
5
But: Fr. : MAIS
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Rhubarb. : HASSLE
15
Destiny. : FATE
19
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
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Fields: Lat. : AGRI
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Choice. : OPTION
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Miscreancy. : EVIL
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French saint. : ROCH
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Mecca for Paris tourists. : TUILERIESGARDENS
27
Petit déjeuner treats. : BRIOCHES
29
Jump. : START
30
Paris' Wall Street. : BOURSE
31
Shelter. : LEE
32
Men. : HES
33
Kind of squash. : ACORN
34
Failures: Slang. : FLOPS
35
Ahasuerus' queen. : ESTHER
37
"The ___ and the Ecstasy." : AGONY
38
Primary: Abbr. : ELEM
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Phrase of agreement. : IDO
42
On: Ger. : AUF
43
Move. : STIR
44
Coaster. : SLED
45
Bois. : WOOD
46
Piece of jewelry. : CLIP
48
Seine island, home of literati. : ILESTLOUIS
51
Fabric. : PANNE
52
Bel ___. : AIR
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Main part of the impact. : BRUNT
54
Silly. : APISH
55
Rosters. : LISTS
56
School book. : SPELLER
58
Solemn assents. : AMENS
59
Ship channel. : GAT
60
___ as (without delay). : ASSOON
61
Kern musical set in Paris. : ROBERTA
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In time: Mus. : ATEMPO
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Music maker. : UKE
68
Early Irish saint. : EDANA
69
The Henry Ford of France. : CITROEN
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Cut in two. : HALVE
73
Choose. : ELECT
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Bill of fare. : CARTE
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Marron. : NUT
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Culture media. : AGARS
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French bakeshop. : PATISSERIE
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Eight: Ital. : OTTO
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___ bag. : TOTE
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Traps. : PITS
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Cheese. : EDAM
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Youth. : LAD
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Chemical suffix. : ENE
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Honiton. : LACE
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French girl's name. : AGNES
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Canaanite slain by Jael. : SISERA
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Spirals. : COILS
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Notes. : BILLS
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Hebrew letter. : MEM
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Haunt of Tony Weller. : PUB
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Novelist Asch. : SHOLEM
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Daises. : PODIA
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See 27 Across. : SAVARINS
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It's housed in part of the Palais-Royal. : COMEDIEFRANCAISE
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Wine: Comb. form. : OENO
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Portent. : OMEN
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That which is held in the mind. : RETENT
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Mark. : SCAR
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Silversmith's abbreviation. : STER
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"Bird thou never ___ ... " : WERT
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Puts on the qui vive. : ALERTS
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Pelt. : SKIN
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European. : SERB
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Sing. : WARBLE
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Ovid's work. : AMORES
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Stockholders, in France. : SOCIETAIRES
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Exclamation like a sigh. : HIHO
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Famous Puritan. : MATHER
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Chills. : AGUES
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Fleur-de-lis. : IRIS
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Part of RSVP. : SIL
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Veteran actor. : HORTON
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Beehouse. : APIARY
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Harsh. : STERN
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Family member: Abbr. : SIST
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Ship's record. : LOG
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Made possible. : ENABLED
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Surfeited: Slang. : FEDUP
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Dislikes. : AVERSIONS
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Piepans. : TINS
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Other. : ELSE
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Convoy. : ESCORT
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Salon. : ROOM
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Cordon bleu. : CHEF
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Graze cattle for a fee: Eng. : AGIST
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Shade of pink. : FLESH
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Giddap! : HUP
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Ikhnaton's symbol. : ATEN
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Name for Dido. : ELISSA
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A prohibition. : DONT
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Poems. : ODES
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Mark in music. : SLUR
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Deposit in sheep's wool. : SUINT
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Garçon. : WAITER
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Chateau. : CASA
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Edges. : LIPS
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French girl's name. : IRENE
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Deplores. : LAMENTS
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Place de l'___. : OPERA
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Tributary of the Missouri. : PLATTE
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Fellows: Slang. : BLOKES
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Neighbor of 24 Across. : LOUVRE
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Oriental computers. : ABACI
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"___ Parisienne," French ballet. : GAITE
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Tell. : RELATE
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He wrote "Golden Boy." : ODETS
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Paris pawnshop. : MONTDEPIETE
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___-être (maybe): Fr. : PEUT
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Upon. : ONTO
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Penologist's abbreviation. : CRIM
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Detest. : HATE
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Ballet by Balanchine. : AGON
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Tardy one. : LATECOMER
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Great writings. : EPICS
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Yields. : CEDES
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Macaws. : ARAS
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Scene of battle of Hastings. : SENLAC
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Western Hemisphere group. : OAS
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City in Colombia. : PALMIRA
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S. A. capital. : LIMA
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Falsified. : LIED
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Helping: Rare. : AIDANT
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Flashes. : GLINTS
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Gloucester's river. : SEVERN
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Olympic torch bearer. : RUNNER
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Assimilate. : ABSORB
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Fragrant. : OLENT
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Insect. : BORER
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Kenya people. : MASAI
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Freight carrier. : SCOW
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Habitation. : HOME
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Musical instrument: Abbr. : PFTE
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Malade. : SICK
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Arctic explorer. : ROSS
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Lamprey. : EEL
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Beast. : ASS

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7 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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