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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

AROUND THE WORLD

New York Times, Sunday, September 21, 1947

111-Down : Variety of lettuce.

Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 164, Blocks: 81, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 680 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 154, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 68
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 63-Down clue had comma after "Navy"; removed it. Clue number for 130-Down was missing in the original—clue appeared without a number, just beneath clue for 129-Down, with "sponge" lowercased. Capitalized "sponge" and made it the clue for 130-Down.

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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 293
Across
1
Princess Elizabeth's nickname. : LILIBET
8
"All our swains commend her." : SILVIA
14
Women's club. : SOROSIS
21
Heroine of 1778 Fanny Burney novel. : EVELINA
22
Sweetheart of Amadis. : ORIANA
23
One of Gov. Folsom's constituents. : ALABAMAN
25
Devoid of carbon dioxide. : GASLESS
26
King Arthur's last battle. : CAMLAN
27
Lucasta's poet. : LOVELACE
28
The Democrats. : INS
29
Author of "Im Westen Nichts Neues," 1929. : REMARQUE
31
Creator of Mickey Mouse. : DISNEY
33
Convert to Judaism. : GER
34
Eldest son of Noah. : SHEM
36
Turkish regiment. : ALAI
37
Resembling a Saharan spring. : OASEAN
38
Cheap cigarette in India. : BIRI
39
Drink to excess. : TOPE
40
Academic credit. : UNIT
41
King of Moab. : MESHA
43
Securities. : BONDS
44
Scene of Hero and Leander story. : SESTOS
46
Alexander Hamilton was one. : FEDERALIST
50
Butter substitutes. : OLEOS
51
Copycat. : APER
53
Soap bubbles. : SUDS
54
Compos mentis. : SANE
55
Character in "Romola." : TESSA
56
Discoverer of Pitcairn Island. : CARTERET
60
Peruse. : READ
62
Regent of Hungary, 1920-1944. : HORTHY
64
Fruit of a tree. : ACORN
65
Name of five Parthian kings. : PHRAATES
68
Sister of Herod Agrippa II. : BERENICE
72
Trumpeter perch. : MADO
73
Knight representing temperance in "Faerie Queene." : GUYON
74
Greek letter. : ZETA
76
Tribunal. : BAR
77
Boston Red ___. : SOX
78
British statesman. : EDEN
79
Things to be done. : AGENDA
81
Spatial measure unit, 19.2 trillion miles. : PARSEC
83
Expenditure. : COST
84
Tree with yellow flowers. : LIN
85
Sport. : FUN
86
Jetty builder along the Mississippi. : EADS
88
Mass meeting. : RALLY
89
Medley. : OLIO
90
Jewish Sabbath. : SATURDAY
93
Coastal region. : LITTORAL
95
Coarser. : RUDER
96
Long-tailed African monkey. : NISNAS
98
Marbles. : TAWS
99
City on the Danube. : BUDAPEST
101
Palatable. : SIPID
104
Whip handle. : CROP
106
Occupant of Beli Dvor Palace, Belgrade. : TITO
108
Radio transmitter. : MIKE
109
Main artery. : AORTA
110
Sweeten. : EDULCORATE
113
Eponymous ancestor of the Irish. : MILEDH
117
Viscid. : GLUEY
118
Non-noble freeman of feudal era. : CEORL
119
Evil combine dissolved in 1945. : AXIS
121
Bacchanal cry. : EVOE
122
Maiden. : LASS
123
Site of Aphrodite's famous temple in Cyprus. : PAPHOS
126
Egyptian inundation season. : AHET
127
Big Bend State: Abbr. : TENN
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Alchemic essence. : ENS
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Ngaio Marsh's detective. : ALLEYN
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Flailed. : THRESHED
134
Horse. : NAG
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Marks of blemish. : STIGMATA
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Paca-like rodent. : AGOUTI
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Nudist. : ADAMITE
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Son of Sennacherib: 2 Kings, xix, 37. : SHAREZER
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Hockey team. : SEXTET
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Name for Dean Swift. : CADENUS
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Intertwine. : ENSNARL
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Tapeworm larva. : MEASLE
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In the same group. : AMONGST
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Those versed in law. : LEGISTS
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Man Rebecca loved and Rowena married. : IVANHOE
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Promoter of Suez Canal. : LESSEPS
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Disastrous. : ILL
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Catafalque. : BIER
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Else: Scot. : ENSE
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Discoverer of Van Diemen's Land, 1642. : TASMAN
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Plato's mentor. : SOCRATES
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Native of King Feisal's realm. : IRAQI
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Seaweed eaten by Hawaiians. : LIMU
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Farewell: Latin. : VALE
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Miss Claire, actress. : INA
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Family of Sioux State's Governor. : AANDAHLS
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Mud volcano. : SALSE
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Hawaiian shrub. : OLONA
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Avine character in Poe poem. : RAVEN
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Answer. : OBEY
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Frivolous gal of song. : SAL
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Indulges in fancy. : IMAGINES
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Priest. : SACERDOS
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Portia's clever maid. : NERISSA
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First Arabic letter. : ALIF
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Prophet of Judah. : ISAIAH
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Angelic envoy of God in Jewish theology. : METATRON
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Mrs. Martin Johnson, author-explorer. : OSA
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Anne that lost her head over Henry VIII. : BOLEYN
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Employer. : USER
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She aided Jason. : MEDEA
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Substitute. : ERSATZ
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Inconvenience. : BOTHER
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Accessible. : OPEN
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Roland's marvelous sword. : DURANDAL
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Bluenose. : SNOB
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Cranial perforator. : TEREBELLUM
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Strong antipathy. : REPUGNANCE
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Beasts of burden. : CAMELS
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Setting of Longfellow's Evangeline. : ACADIA
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Gnawer. : RODENT
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Gopher State Senator. : THYE
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Abyss. : DEEP
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"Father of the American Navy" (1830-1915). : TRACY
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Rain spout: Scot. : RONE
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Russian headman. : STAROSTA
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Tristram's beloved. : ISOLDE
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Wadded coverings for teapots. : COSIES
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Blackmail. : EXTORT
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Trinkets. : GAUDS
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Moroccan sandarac. : ARAR
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Mine tunnel. : ADIT
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Flagstone. : SLAB
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Cabriolet. : COUPELET
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Moslem sabbath. : FRIDAY
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Machine part. : STATOR
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Coalesces. : UNITES
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Campus. : YARD
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Eddy. : TWIRL
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Spirits used in Europe and East. : RAKI
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Dish of stewed fish. : SOUCHY
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Obscures. : DIMS
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Having no droop. : SAGLESS
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1882 Gilbert and Sullivan opera. : IOLANTHE
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Nativity of Frederick the Great. : PRUSSIAN
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Redundancy: Grammar. : PLEONASM
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Former name of Tahiti. : OTAHEITE
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Variety of lettuce. : COS
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X's. : EXES
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Nightfall. : EVENING
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Fourth century Bishop of Carthage. : DONATUS
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Jute that invaded England with Horsa. : HENGEST
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Locale of Cornell U. : ITHACA
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Market place. : PLAZA
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Vary. : ALTER
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Abnormal growth in mollusk shell. : PEARL
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Russian guild. : ARTEL
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Sobeit. : AMEN
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Sponge spicule. : TOXA
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Wigwams. : HUTS
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Dutch cheese. : EDAM
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Part of a pedestal. : DADO
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Quarter-carat weight units: Abbr. : GRS
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Right turn to Dobbin. : GEE
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Homines. : MEN

Answer summary:
18 unique to this puzzle, 50 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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