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Dan Caywood
Dan Caywood

HERE ARE STATESMEN

New York Times, Sunday, September 10, 1950

51-Down : Sign: Fr.

Author:
D. G. Caywood
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 144, Blocks: 63, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 517 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 33 Grid has duplicate clues.
Dan Caywood has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
D. G. Caywood is an alias for Dan Caywood.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 448
Across
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Greenness. : VERDURE
8
Cuba's Minister of State. : HEVIA
13
Ammo wagon. : CAISSON
20
Sluggishness. : INERTIA
21
On the left. : APORT
22
Famous Seminole chief. : OSCEOLA
23
Excuses: Law. : ESSOINS
24
Ceremonies. : RITES
25
School book. : SPELLER
26
City in Oklahoma. : TULSA
27
Harness strap. : TRACE
29
Say. : UTTER
31
Lump. : DAB
32
Island W. of Sumatra. : NIAS
33
President of West German Republic. : HEUSS
34
Ox. : STEER
35
Greek letter. : BETA
36
Siamese coin. : ATT
37
Carnelians. : SARDS
38
Mollusk. : SNAIL
39
Wearied. : BORED
40
Where Indian mutiny started in 1857. : MEERUT
42
Tennis score. : DEUCE
44
Richardson's Miss Harlowe. : CLARISSA
46
Within. : INTO
48
Premier of Netherlands. : DREES
50
Burden. : ONUS
51
Whirlpool off Sicily. : GALOFARO
55
Elephant goad. : ANKUS
57
Plant migration. : ECESIS
61
Muse. : ERATO
62
Light-colored. : BLOND
64
Doubt: Fr. : DOUTE
66
Wood. : ASH
67
Transgresses. : SINS
68
Wild dog. : DINGO
69
African lily. : CALLA
70
___ virumque cano. : ARMA
71
Two-year-old sheep. : TEG
72
Destined. : FATED
73
French painter (1832-83). : MANET
74
Record. : ANNAL
75
Writ. : ELEGIT
77
Ahmed's land. : YEMEN
79
Governor of New Jersey. : DRISCOLL
81
Mansard. : ROOF
83
Lowest point. : NADIR
85
Singing voice. : ALTO
86
Ambassador to Denmark. : ANDERSON
90
Injured: Obs. : LESED
92
Repairman. : MENDER
96
Removed the center of. : CORED
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Where Chervenkov is Premier. : SOFIA
99
Potato. : TUBER
101
Rubber tree. : ULE
102
Oklahoma city. : ENID
103
Wading bird. : STORK
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Church law. : CANON
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Over again. : ANEW
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Hebrew letter. : TAV
107
Tuscan city. : SIENA
108
Bones. : SHINS
109
Greek letter. : OMEGA
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Cattle grazing official in England. : AGISTER
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Ambassador to P. I. : COWEN
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River in Burma. : KALADAN
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Capacity of a vessel. : TONNAGE
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Cognizant. : AWARE
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Girl's name. : EMELINE
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Betrothed. : ENGAGED
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Located. : SITED
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Oppressors. : TYRANTS
Down
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Bao Dai's land. : VIETNAM
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In a series. : ENSUITE
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Cover a roof again. : RESLATE
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Waste. : DROSS
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West Indian rodent. : UTIA
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Japanese copper coin. : RIN
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Luke of the Cleveland Indians. : EASTER
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Badgered. : HARASSED
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Poems. : EPICS
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Ballot. : VOTE
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Resentment. : IRE
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Port of Nagoya. : ATSUTA
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Irish Prime Minister. : COSTELLO
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Turkish money of account. : ASPER
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Refrigerator. : ICER
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Self: Scot. : SEL
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Alloys. : SOLDERS
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Acid salts. : OLEATES
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River of Central India. : NARBADA
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Carplike fish. : RUDD
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Nose ornament of India. : TEIC
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Premier of Indonesia. : HATTA
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Netherlands commune. : SNEEK
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City in Idaho. : BOISE
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Former Premier of China. : SUNFO
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Lift of a wave. : SCEND
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Ambassador to France. : BRUCE
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Brawls. : RIOTS
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Sky: Comb. form. : URANO
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Dutch news service. : ANETA
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Path of heavenly body. : ORBIT
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Vast region of N. Africa. : SUDAN
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Sign: Fr. : GESTE
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Prospero's aid. : ARIEL
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Norway's Foreign Minister. : LANGE
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Secy. of State under Cleveland. : OLNEY
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Mended, as a shoe. : SOLED
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City near Salerno. : SARNO
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Of a doctrine. : ISMAL
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Verb form. : SHALL
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City in Utah. : OGDEN
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Extreme. : ULTRA
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Moro chiefs. : DATOS
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Dog family. : CANIS
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Canal Zone town. : ANCON
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Narrow inlet. : FIORD
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Euripides drama. : MEDEA
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Flower. : ASTER
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Avarice. : GREED
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Former President of Security Council. : MALIK
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Large lake S. of Leningrad. : ILMEN
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Nursed. : FOSTERED
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Held. : RETAINED
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Vinegar salt. : ACETATE
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Figure with nine sides. : NONAGON
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Motoring. : DRIVING
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Meridian. : NOON
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U. S. Ambassador to Italy. : DUNN
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Port in N. Z. : DUNEDIN
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Luxurious. : ELEGANT
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Fades again. : REWANES
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Disturbance. : FRACAS
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Thicket. : BOSKET
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Blockade. : SIEGE
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Dear: Fr. : CHERE
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Court official of India. : AMALA
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For men only. : STAG
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Hit: Colloq. : SWAT
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Scent: Span. : OLER
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Wild sheep. : SNA
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War agency. : OWI
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Jo's sister. : AMY

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 23 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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