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Willard N. Jordan
PEOPLE AND PLACES
New York Times, Sunday, August 10, 1952
23-Down : Lowest degrees.
Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170 , Blocks: 77 , Avg Word Len: 5.32 , Missing: { J Q X } , Scrabble score: 653 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 130 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 9 , XRef: 1 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 35
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© 1952, The New York Times No. 1,148
Across
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Abdicated ruler No. 10. :
FAROUK 7
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India's chief executive. :
PRASAD 21
Another name for Helios. :
APOLLO 22
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Bridge across the Grand Canal in Venice. :
RIALTO 25
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Member of the Department of Defense. :
FINLETTER 27
Furl in a certain way. :
INROLL 28
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Miss Curle and others. :
EVES 31
Venezuelan copper town. :
AROA 32
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Part of the British Isles. :
MAN 36
Bailiwick of Premier Hoffman. :
SAAR 37
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Omicron ___ (variable star). :
CETI 40
James Bowie fell here, 1836. :
ALAMO 42
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Symbol of dismissal. :
GATE 66
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City in the headlines. :
CAIRO 69
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Colleague of 15 Across. :
NEHRU 74
University founded in 1834. :
TULANE 76
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Rise Stevens' role in "La Gioconda." :
LAURA 80
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4th century martyred saint. :
BLAISE 87
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A property of matter, in physics. :
INERTIA 103
He bets on both sides. :
HEDGER 105
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Intelligent animal. :
CHIMP 113
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Ichabod Crane's rival. :
BROM 122
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Part of a Japanese garment. :
OBI 128
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Long Persian carpet. :
KALI 130
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Fifth word of "The Marines' Hymn." :
MONTEZUMA 137
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Gloucester sights. :
NETS 144
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Peace prize winner, 1922. :
NANSEN
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Heroine of 1820 novel. :
ROWENA 4
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Where the Han flows. :
KOREA 7
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Jacob Augustus ___. :
RIIS 9
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African mountains. :
ATLAS 11
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Father of Cassandra. :
PRIAM 16
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River north of Bern. :
AAR 18
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Mexican throwing stick. :
ATLATL 20
It's sometimes made of rags. :
DOLLIE 23
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Frosh that didn't flunk. :
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Member of the family. :
GRAN 53
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Acheson's counterpart. :
EDEN 63
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Pres. Martinez Trueba's homeland. :
URUGUAY 65
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Goal of many researchers. :
CURE 70
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Isabel in "Portrait of a Lady." :
ARCHER 81
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Northernmost cape on the West Coast. :
FLATTERY 85
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Gulf at Red Sea gateway. :
ADEN 101
Heroine of 1816 or 1856. :
EMMA 102
Title of Yemen's ruler. :
IMAM 104
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He had "Adventures in Two Worlds." :
CRONIN 111
The "noisiest city in the world." :
HABANA 112
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Part of a phrase indicating disorder. :
SEVENS 118
Come out of the water. :
EMERSE 119
Subject of a beneficent Memorial. :
RUNYON 121
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Bourke Hickenlooper, for instance. :
IOWAN 128
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Emulate Mme. Defarge. :
KNIT 130
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Gov. Person's state: Abbr. :
ALA
Answer summary:12 unique to this puzzle , 23 debuted here and reused later , 18 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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