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Thomas Meekin
FROM THE BOOK SHELF
New York Times, Sunday, July 3, 1949
30-Down : Size of paper.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162 , Blocks: 82 , Avg Word Len: 5.52 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 617 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 170 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 24 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 49
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© 1949, The New York Times No. 386
Across
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None do this from Dotheboys Hall. :
GRADUATE 9
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Woman in Wells' "The Research Magnificent." :
AMANDA 25
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Hurry Harry's nature in "The Deerslayer." :
RESTIVE 27
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Besides modeling, Trilby does this. :
LAUNDERS 31
Status of Du Bose Heyward's Porgy. :
BEGGAR 33
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Chinese statesman (1833-98). :
KUNG 36
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Tripolitan pik, 26.77 in. :
DRAA 39
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Bertram's bride in "All's Well." :
HELENA 45
The language of Homer. :
IONIC 46
In love with Touchstone. :
AUDREY 48
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Tinker to Evers to ___. :
CHANCE 54
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Jiggs' Maggie's demeanor. :
HAUGHTY 58
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"This ___ of Paradise."—Fitzgerald. :
SIDE 61
"Fraulein ___."—Schnitzler. :
ELSE 62
What Bunyan's Pilgrim did in the Chamber of Peace. :
RESTED 64
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Designating the cutting edge of a tooth. :
MORSAL 70
Ahab's place on the Pequod. :
AFT 71
Contriver of the sham "Popish Plot." :
OATES 72
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Author of "Peg Woffington." :
READE 75
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Charlotte Brontë's Jane. :
EYRE 81
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There are three in Shakespeare's "King John." :
EARLS 84
Austrian battleground, 1809. :
ASPARN 86
"___ Mansions."—Hudson. :
GREEN 87
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Form of the Victoria Cross. :
MALTESE 99
Last home of Natty Bumppo. :
PRAIRIE 102
U. S. Chief Justice, 1836-64. :
TANEY 103
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Dwarf in the Volsunga Saga. :
REGIN 106
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"When We ___ Very Young."—Milne. :
WERE 118
Cast by Izaak Walton. :
BAIT 119
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Dean Swift's "___ of a Tub." :
TALE 122
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John the Baptist probably was one. :
ESSENE 138
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"Sister ___."—George Moore. :
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What Magnolia learned to do in "Show Boat." :
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"The ___ Trail."—Parkman. :
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Mother of Zola's "Rougon Family." :
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"Rudder ___."—F. R. Stockton. :
GRANGE 38
Capital in Byzantine architecture. :
DOSSERET 40
George Eliot's Theophrastus ___. :
SUCH 42
What Captain Hook lacks. :
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"___ House."—Maurice Hewlett. :
HALFWAY 53
Describes England's program. :
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A place in Dickens' "The Chimes." :
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Alice's Wonderland. :
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What witches do in "Macbeth." :
PRESAGE 80
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She wrote "Pride and Prejudice." :
AUSTEN 86
Anne Brontë's "Agnes ___." :
GREY 89
Quality of Alger heroes. :
GRIT 91
Port visited by Marco Polo. :
ADEN 92
"___ Is the Gate."—André Gide. :
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Closing theme of "Anabasis." :
RETREAT 106
The Great Commoner. :
PITT 107
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Scene of "Measure for Measure." :
VIENNA 112
"The ___ of Ballantrae." :
MASTER 114
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Describes Dortal in Huysman's "En Route." :
BLASE 119
In which Miss Lulu Bett married. :
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"The ___ of Innocence."—Wharton. :
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Answer summary:7 unique to this puzzle , 42 debuted here and reused later , 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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