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Max Geist

WHO'S WHO

New York Times, Sunday, July 31, 1949

115-Down : Chinese pagoda.

Author:
Max Geist
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.10, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 640 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 137, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 38 Grid has duplicate clues.
Max Geist has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 142-Across clue had "war"; changed to "War."

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© 1949, The New York TimesNo. 390
Across
1
Moscow's newspaper. : PRAVDA
7
U. S. name for a cow. : BOSS
11
French composer. : LALO
15
Papal envoy. : LEGATE
21
President of the Fourth French Republic. : AURIOL
22
Gaunt. : EMACIATED
24
Burial place of King Arthur. : AVALON
25
Withdrawal from activity. : RECESS
26
He played "The Sheik." : VALENTINO
27
Parchment. : VELLUM
28
___ Khan. : AGA
29
Cousin of the rhinoceros. : TAPIR
31
Murmuring sound. : PURL
32
Raise. : REAR
34
Silkworm. : ERI
35
Little girl: Span. : NENA
37
___ Downing Street. : TEN
38
Airplane parts. : STRUTS
40
Piece of cotton. : PLEDGET
42
Barometer. : ANEROID
44
Author of "Peace of Soul." : SHEEN
45
Inventor of a printing press. : HOE
47
No longer fresh. : SEEDY
48
Iran's Ambassador to U. S. : ALA
49
Snarls. : GNARS
50
Late President of Uruguay. : BERRETA
52
"How are things in Glocca ___?" : MORRA
55
Giants, Yankees, Dodgers, et al. : TEAMS
56
One of "The Four Horsemen." : FAMINE
57
Fishes. : DABS
61
Dwight's nickname. : IKE
62
He knocks at the door of U. N. : FRANCO
64
Baal. : BEL
65
Girls. : GALS
67
Man's nickname. : RON
68
Ground corn. : SAMP
70
A people of Nigeria. : EFIK
71
Recipient of "Four Freedoms" award, 1949. : BARKLEY
73
___ Carta. : MAGNA
75
Luxury-loving person. : SYBARITE
77
"Behind the ___," by John Gunther. : CURTAIN
78
Nolens ___: Latin for willy-nilly. : VOLENS
79
Chambers. : ROOMS
80
Hydraulic motor. : TURBINE
81
He wrote "Cry, the Beloved Country." : PATON
82
Chips with a hammer. : SPALLS
84
Mass books. : MISSALS
85
Gymnasium of ancient Greece. : PALESTRA
88
1928 Olympic champion figure skater. : HENIE
89
Liken to. : COMPARE
90
Grain. : OATS
91
Mississippi Indian. : TIOU
92
Noun suffix, having usually a bad sense. : ARD
93
Potato. : SPUD
95
Man's name. : IRA
96
59th in the family of nations : ISRAEL
98
Not: prefix. : NON
99
Scottish inventor of steam engine. : WATT
101
Congressman from Illinois. : ARENDS
103
Feather: Comb. form. : PTERO
104
Leading figure in U. N. : EVATT
106
Edible lizards. : IGUANAS
108
Racial stock of European Russians. : BYELO
109
Enemy. : FOE
110
River in Chile. : ITATA
113
Boys' game of ball. : CAT
114
Italian city. : PARMA
115
Hindu religious texts. : TANTRAS
119
Girl's name. : MATILDA
121
Flags. : IRISES
123
Hebrew prophet. : GAD
124
Mme. Pandit's gown. : SARI
125
Exclamation. : OHO
126
Stringed instrument. : VIOL
128
Icelandic measure. : ALIN
129
Tartan. : PLAID
131
Cambridge's river. : CAM
132
Tribesman of Siberia. : GILIAK
134
Turbulent region in Asia. : INDONESIA
137
Rival of Diaz, shot in 1913. : MADERO
139
Enduring: Poet. : ETERNE
140
Reaffirms. : REASSERTS
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President of Mexico since 1948. : ALEMAN
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Famous 442nd, U. S. combat team of World War II. : NISEIS
143
Jane ___. : EYRE
144
Inebriates. : SOTS
145
Fourscore and ten. : NINETY
Down
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Former capital of Argentina. : PARANA
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Baltic island. : RUEGEN
3
Hidden; secret. : ARCANE
4
Strive. : VIE
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Part of "to do." : DOST
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Part of London. : ALSATIA
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British Foreign Secretary. : BEVIN
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___ Bradley. : OMAR
9
Girl's nickname. : SAL
10
Royal emblems. : SCEPTERS
11
City on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalelm highway. : LATRUN
12
Aslant. : ATILT
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Man's nickname. : LEN
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Reputation. : ODOR
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French collaborator. : LAVAL
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Top of the world. : EVEREST
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Girl: Slang. : GAL
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Affirm. : ALLEGE
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Globe-trotted. : TOURED
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Hostility. : ENMITY
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Accustoms to. : INURES
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Peddler's basket: Dial. : PED
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Heart of French champagne trade. : EPERNAY
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Sandarac tree. : ARAR
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Chinese name for Gobi Desert. : SHAMO
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Son of Noah. : SHEM
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___ Sea. : DEAD
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Norway's national hero. : OLAF
44
Objective of icebox raid. : SNACK
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Alexandrian Father of the Church. : ORIGEN
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Contents of Aladdin's lamp. : GENIE
50
Powder-keg area. : BALKANS
51
Apodal fish. : EEL
52
"___ Liberty." : MISS
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Correct. : OKAY
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___ van Rijn. : REMBRANDT
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Robert A. and Charles P. : TAFTS
56
Productive. : FERTILE
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Peron's land. : ARGENTINA
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Capital of new Western German State. : BONN
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Nahoors. : SNAS
63
Famous French city. : REIMS
64
Miss Stanwyck. : BARBARA
66
Hit. : SMOTE
69
Corsican patriot. : PAOLI
71
Treasurers. : BURSARS
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U.N. personage. : LIE
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Belgian city. : ALOST
76
Stage parts. : ROLES
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Canine teeth. : CUSPIDS
78
Waltz: French. : VALSE
80
Young Cratchit. : TIM
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Basslike fish of West Indies. : PATAO
82
First citizen of Ayot St Lawrence. : SHAW
83
Part of Istanbul. : PERA
84
City in the Po valley. : MODENA
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Peruvian chairman of U. N. population commission. : PARRO
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Famous Secretary of State. : ROOT
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Ray Bolger's role. : AUNT
89
Dutch West Indian island. : CURACAO
90
Early Venetian coin. : OSELA
94
French city. : PAU
96
Details. : ITEMS
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M. Blum. : LEON
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Buckwheat tree. : TITI
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Born: Latin. : NATI
103
Mountain range of Europe. : PYRENEES
105
Servicemen. : VETS
107
Famous Italian physicist. : GALVANI
108
Areas drained by rivers. : BASINS
109
M. C. of "This Is Broadway." : FADIMAN
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Daughter of Cymbeline. : IMOGEN
111
One of the Society Islands. : TAHITI
112
Porridges. : ATOLES
114
Downy. : PILOSE
115
Chinese pagoda. : TAA
116
Flower cluster. : RACEME
117
Famous mountain. : ARARAT
118
The sin of buying or selling church benefices. : SIMONY
120
Levees. : DIKES
122
Airplane detector. : RADAR
123
Famous Virginia Senator. : GLASS
127
European money. : LIRE
129
Lord Chatham. : PITT
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Unpredictable artist. : DALI
133
Rage. : IRE
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Napoleon's Marshal at Waterloo. : NEY
136
Full house. : SRO
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Cubicle. : DEN

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 31 debuted here and reused later, 23 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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