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Waldo Ranson
Waldo Ranson

CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD

New York Times, Sunday, August 17, 1947

20-Down : Indian weights.

Author:
Waldo Ranson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 164, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 647 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 163, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 46
Waldo Ranson has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

62-Across is a New York Times error: The answer should be spelled with two R's.

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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 288
Across
1
Leningrad's river. : NEVA
5
Power. : MIGHT
10
Discards. : SCRAPS
16
Sheol. : HADES
21
Ardor. : ELAN
22
Related by marriage: Colloq. : INLAW
23
Fictional sleuth. : POIROT
24
Verona's river. : ADIGE
25
Hollywood and ___. : VINE
26
Shop. : STORE
27
The Fourth ___. : ESTATE
28
Opposite of zenith. : NADIR
29
British statesman. : EDEN
30
Where Regina is. : SASKATCHEWAN
32
Scum. : DROSS
33
Chime again. : RESTROKE
35
Hawklike bird. : KITE
36
Colorado park. : ESTES
38
Colored. : HUED
39
Department in SW France. : GERS
41
Crossroads of the Pacific. : HONOLULU
46
Those who moderate: Law. : ABATORS
50
Adelaide's river. : TORRENS
53
Darwin follower (1848-1894). : ROMANES
54
Operation Crossroads. : BIKINI
55
Persian fairy. : PERI
56
Chess castle. : ROOK
58
Greenish finches. : SERINS
59
Soft moist clay. : SLIME
60
Enticing. : WILING
62
Bandleader Tucker. : ORIN
64
To see: Fr. : VOIR
65
Girl's name. : ELMA
66
Contriver of the "Popish Plot." : OATES
67
Neighboring capital. : OTTAWA
69
Spiritual nourishment. : MANNA
70
Cornhusker state. : NEBRASKA
72
Sculls. : OARS
74
First Hebrew month. : TISRI
76
Disturb. : TROUBLE
77
"The crossroads of America." : INDIANA
79
Mandate. : COMMAND
84
Ogasawarajima Islands. : BONIN
86
First public preacher. : EZRA
87
Headphone. : RECEIVER
88
Mediterranean crossroads. : MALTA
92
Sea urchins. : ECHINI
94
Board. : PLANK
96
Savage Island, E. of Cook Islands. : NIUE
97
Bewildered. : ASEA
98
Motion picture film. : REEL
99
Obliquely. : ASLANT
101
Lariat. : RIATA
102
Fueler. : STOKER
105
Vessel for catching overflow. : DRIP
107
Hesperian. : WEST
108
Gasper. : PANTER
109
Motive. : KINETIC
111
A pledge. : EARNEST
113
Branch of medical science. : SURGERY
114
Capital of Kashmir. : SRINAGAR
116
Expired. : DIED
117
Pay. : HIRE
118
Agreements: Hist. : MISES
120
S-shaped molding. : OGEE
122
Unpenetrated. : UNPROBED
127
Province of Punjab. : DELHI
131
Where the Presidio is. : SANFRANCISCO
134
Hindustani. : URDU
135
The Hunter constellation. : ORION
136
Turkish peak, 16,916 ft. : ARARAT
137
Squanders. : LOSES
138
Member of a Hindu sect. : JAIN
139
Because. : SINCE
140
Reprove. : BERATE
141
Cognizant. : AWARE
142
Cubes. : DICE
143
Looks for. : SEEKS
144
Mountain crests. : ARETES
145
Seeds of evil. : TARES
146
Pismires. : ANTS
Down
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"___ the twain shall meet." : NEVER
2
Ignore. : ELIDE
3
Weathercocks. : VANES
4
Re. : ANENT
5
Truman's home. : MISSOURI
6
Drains. : INTAKES
7
Shined: Var. : GLOSED
8
Listen. : HARK
9
Pinch. : TWEAK
10
Spook. : SPECTER
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Pamperer. : COSHERER
12
Liturgy. : RITE
13
Maori tribe. : ARAWE
14
Potassium hydroxide. : POTASH
15
Loud-voiced person. : STENTOR
16
Comely. : HANDSOME
17
Hebrew month. : ADAR
18
Queen of Carthage. : DIDO
19
Shield. : EGIS
20
Indian weights. : SERS
31
Tawny-colored: Var. : TIGRIN
34
Geneva's river. : RHONE
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Aegean seaport. : ENOS
40
A grimace: Colloq. : SNOOT
42
Grub. : LARVA
43
Liaison. : UNION
44
Ulianov. : LENIN
45
The Soviet in Asia: Abbr. : USSRA
46
Lacking. : ABSENT
47
Lister. : BILLER
48
Hands on hips. : AKIMBO
49
Port of South Island, N. Z. : TIMARU
50
Far: Comb. form. : TELE
51
Devotional prayer. : ORISON
52
Bolivian peak. : SORATA
55
Century plant. : PITA
57
Bird with hair-like plumage. : KIWI
60
Rouser. : WAKENER
61
Italian province. : GORIZIA
63
Beginning to develop. : NASCENT
66
Christiania. : OSLO
68
Nicholas II. : TSAR
69
Buffoon. : MIME
71
Father. : ABBA
73
British base in Arabia. : ADEN
75
Gibraltar. : ROCK
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Be infixed. : INHERE
78
City near Pompeii. : NAPLES
80
Stoping. : MINING
81
Navigate in the air. : AVIATE
82
Grammatical gender. : NEUTER
83
Dismal. : DREARY
85
Glacé. : ICED
87
Declaim vehemently. : RANT
88
Dominoes. : MASKS
89
Agog. : ASTIR
90
Italian sculptor (1509-90). : LEONI
91
Usurped. : TAKEN
93
Greek epic poem. : ILIAD
95
Omega. : LAST
100
Where Malmö is. : SWEDEN
101
Less frequent. : RARER
103
Light dress fabrics. : ETAMINES
104
Mountain north of Lucerne. : RIGI
106
Abbot's assistant's office. : PRIORATE
108
Ends. : PURPOSES
110
Winter melon: Var. : CASSABA
112
Refutes. : NEGATES
113
Unfeigned. : SINCERE
115
Breeder. : REARER
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European cavalryman. : HUSSAR
119
Catch. : SNARE
121
Brilliancy. : ECLAT
123
Moroccan city. : OUJDA
124
Cerebrum. : BRAIN
125
Ukase. : EDICT
126
Sandy tract. : DUNES
127
Sleep: Slang. : DOSS
128
New York canal. : ERIE
129
Route. : LINE
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White Rhine wine. : HOCK
132
Brotherhood: Slang. : FRAT
133
Hawkeye state. : IOWA

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 36 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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