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Alice H. Cook
Alice H. Cook

GLOBAL GLEANINGS

New York Times, Sunday, July 28, 1946

72-Down : Proud: French.

Author:
A. H. Cook
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 85, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 640 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 166, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 50 Grid has duplicate clues.
Alice H. Cook has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
A. H. Cook is an alias for Alice H. Cook.
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© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 233
Across
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Describing Operation Crossroads. : ATOMIC
7
Not suitable. : UNAPT
12
Document. : PAPER
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Valley of the Dead Sea. : GHOR
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Time: Comb. form. : CHRONO
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Where Catabalogan is. : SAMAR
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___ Zola. : EMILE
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Choice. : RARE
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Language of Old Testament. : HEBREW
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Youngest Republic. : PHILIPPINES
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9,968 sq. mi. of water. : ERIE
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Asmara is its capital. : ERITREA
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Dutch News Agency. : ANETA
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Steered. : NAVIGATED
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Brooded. : SAT
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Former Jap stronghold in the Carolines. : TRUK
37
Scents. : ODORS
39
Staidly. : SEDATELY
40
February birthstone. : OPAL
42
Hush. : STILL
44
Reputation. : NAME
46
Man's name. : NEIL
47
Synthetic polyamide characterized by toughness and elasticity. : NYLON
49
Norse name. : OLE
50
Convoy. : ESCORT
52
Stops. : STALLS
56
Dr. Alexander Fleming's title. : SIR
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Festivity. : GALA
60
Biblical mountain. : HOREB
62
Form of trapshooting. : SKEET
63
La ___, capital of Bolivia. : PAZ
66
Hereditary dignity. : BARONET
68
Bestseller of 1551. : UTOPIA
70
Town of central Sicily. : ENNA
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Viking King. : OLAF
73
Cylindrical. : TERETE
74
Menaces. : THREATS
76
Author of "Life With Father." : DAY
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Vampire. : LAMIA
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Dictator still in power. : PERON
80
Necessary. : ESSENTIAL
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Watchword of French Revolution. : LIBERTE
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Book of Old Testament. : NUMBERS
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Chinese, Japanese, etc. : ORIENTALS
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Port 100 mi N of Hakodate. : OTARU
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Destroyed. : SLAIN
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Exclamation. : AHA
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Sea captain in "Twelfth Night." : ANTONIO
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Re-equip. : REGEAR
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To be: Latin. : ESSE
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___ and Fontanne. : LUNT
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Body of venerable men. : SENATE
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Head of VA. : BRADLEY
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Produce with difficulty. : EKE
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Ancient city of Greece. : ARGOS
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Irritater. : RILER
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Preposition. : INTO
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Drink. : TEA
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Capital of Donets area. : STALIN
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Makes red. : CORALS
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Ben ___. : HUR
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Town on W coast of Leyte. : ORMOC
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Discoverer of Greenland. : ERIC
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Biblical name. : GABA
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Chief capital of Morocco. : RABAT
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Ancient people of India. : SAKA
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Governs badly. : MISRULES
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Bogs: Latin. : LAMAE
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God of thunder. : THOR
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Ad ___. : LIB
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Where plebes become ensigns. : ANNAPOLIS
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Ancient name of Jaffa. : JOPPA
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Bohemian composer, 1824-84. : SMETANA
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Small piece of ground. : PLAT
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Thought transferrer. : TELEPATHIST
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Kettle drum. : ATABAL
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Deep red pigment. : LAKE
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Asiatic country: Comb. form. : IRANO
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Genus of moths. : TINEA
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Gilbert Island. : TARAWA
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Sheep. : EWES
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Membranous sac: Comb. form. : CYSTI
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Composition. : ESSAY
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Musical dramas. : OPERAS
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Under-Secretary of State. : ACHESON
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Treatment of disease. : THERAPY
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Ocular. : ORBITAL
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Hunting note at kill. : MORT
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Sluggish. : INERT
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Quails. : COWERS
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Pharmacist's Bible: Abbr. : USP
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Capital of Okinawa. : NAHA
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Disinfectant. : AMINOL
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Blanched. : PALED
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Marine deities. : TRITONS
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Animation. : PEP
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Ammonia derivative. : AMIN
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Pineapples. : PINAS
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Football team. : ELEVEN
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Dwells. : RESIDES
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Huron. : GREATLAKE
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Author of "M'liss" (1839-1902). : HARTE
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Recessed window. : ORIEL
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Having a thin, sharp tone. : REEDY
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Flier's equipment. : PARACHUTE
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Vehicle. : AUTO
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Manners of walking. : GAITS
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Sponsor of Full Employment Bill in Senate. : KILGORE
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Calms. : SMOOTHS
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The: Spanish. : LOS
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What the Tower of Pisa is. : LEANER
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Mistakes. : ERRORS
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Point. : NIB
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Devoured. : EATEN
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Indian lodge. : TEPEE
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Greatest supply organization of all time. : LENDLEASE
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3,000-mi. river of Siberia. : LENA
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Hindrance. : STAY
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Vermin. : RAT
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Mother of Apollo. : LETO
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Twice a year. : BIANNUAL
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Enumerate. : POLL
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Turkish regiment. : ALAI
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Mindanao's chief port. : ZAMBOANGA
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Regretter. : REPENTER
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Aleutian island. : ATTU
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Proud: French. : FIER
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Commander of U. S. fleet in European waters, 1917-19. : SIMS
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Melody. : ARIA
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Competent. : ABLE
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Half scores. : TENS
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Dare. : RISK
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Knife. : SNEE
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Invigorating. : TONIC
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Equivalent. : ANALOG
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Following the exact words. : LITERAL
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Large Java city. : SOERABAJA
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Circle: Latin. : ORBIS
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Gull-like bird. : TERN
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Girl's name. : AGATHA
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Enclosed fortification. : REDOUBT
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Exclamation. : ALAS
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Damage. : HURT
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Soak. : RET
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Endures. : TOLERATES
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British commander of Great Lakes Fleet, captured Oswego, May 6, 1814. : YEO
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Sweet liquid. : SIRUP
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___ longa, vita brevis. : ARS
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Of Africa's great river. : NILOTIC
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___ sandstone of SE Missouri. : LAMOTTE
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Cheers. : RAHS
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SW coast of British India. : MALABAR
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Ryukyu Island. : OKINAWA
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Occult systems. : CABALAS
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Vegetable. : CELERY
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Affixes again. : REPINS
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Vegetable. : TOMATO
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Canada's symbol. : MAPLE
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Relative. : INLAW
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Chief tributary of Columbia River. : SNAKE
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He sang in prison with Paul. : SILAS
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Plant louse. : APHIS
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Resole. : RETAP
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Dispatched. : SENT
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Afloat. : ASEA
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Weed. : TARE
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Taro root. : POI
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Largest river of Scotland. : TAY

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 43 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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