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William A. Lewis Jr.
William A. Lewis Jr.

TRAVELS WITH A DICTIONARY

New York Times, Sunday, September 27, 1964

35-Down : Law court official, in India.

Author:
W. A. Lewis, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.35, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 563 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 121, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
William A. Lewis Jr. has 45 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
W. A. Lewis, Jr. is an alias for William A. Lewis Jr..
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,537
Across
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Those who run the show. : MCS
4
State of mind. : MOOD
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Canine sounds. : YAPS
12
Coarse tobacco. : SHAG
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Ach! : ALAS
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Vedic national god. : INDRA
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"If you knew ___ ... " : SUSIE
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Time of day: Prefix. : HORO
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Tourists' activities. : SIGHTSEEINGTRIPS
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Oscar's cousin. : EMMY
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Weapons. : SPEARS
27
Sharp answers. : RETORTS
28
St. ___. : TERESA
30
Sinks. : DIPS
32
Prima donnas. : DIVAS
33
Basso Cesare. : SIEPI
34
Nursery tale character. : BABYBEAR
38
Ready. : SET
39
Ultraviolet producers. : SUNLAMPS
42
"Where ___?" : AMI
43
N. Y. island. : ELLIS
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Oleander. : ROSEBAY
47
Buddy. : PAL
48
Fishhook point. : BARB
50
Famous yachtsman. : LIPTON
52
Wall Street items: Abbr. : SHRS
53
Piece of music. : TRIO
54
Extreme. : ULTRA
56
Quintessence. : CREAM
57
Rialto sign. : SRO
58
Leather strap. : THONG
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Arid expanse. : SAHARA
61
Handles: Fr. : ANSES
63
Type of highway bend. : SCURVE
65
Berlin phenomenon. : CHECKPOINTCHARLIE
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Shape over. : REMAKE
70
Cubic meter. : STERE
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Texan or Tulsan. : OILMAN
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Shade of red. : CORAL
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Fort Worth school. : TCU
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Millpond dams. : WEIRS
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___ jure (with full right): Lat. : PLENO
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Dwellings. : HUTS
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Covering. : COAT
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Baseball situation. : ONEOUT
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Uppish one. : SNOB
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"Just ___ am ... " : ASI
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Ballet star. : DANSEUR
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Bridge of ___. : SIGHS
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Part of Mao's name. : TSE
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Punctures one's balloon. : DEFLATES
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What to do at Aspen. : SKI
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Richard Rodgers show. : CAROUSEL
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Particles. : IOTAS
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Active ones. : DOERS
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Polishes. : RUBS
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Beauty treatment. : FACIAL
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Seasoning. : PAPRIKA
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Withdrew by degrees. : WEANED
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State: Fr. : ETAT
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Palmer's field. : PROFESSIONALGOLF
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Burr. : AARON
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Virginia cape. : HENRY
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Odyssey, for one. : EPIC
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Fabric worker. : DYER
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Pintail. : SMEE
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Expanses. : SEAS
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Letter. : ESS
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It usually follows Boston. : MASS
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Selected piece of film. : CLIP
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Plant. : SAGE
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What orthographers don't do. : MISSPELL
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The same. : ONE
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Stettin's river. : ODER
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Preserved, as food. : DRIED
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Skin tents of Asia. : YURTS
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In present condition. : ASIS
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Dickens boy. : PIP
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Poems. : SESTINAS
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Himalayan Tibetan. : SHERPA
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FHA-covered expense. : HOMEIMPROVEMENTS
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Branches. : ARMS
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Great artist. : GOYA
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Dishonest: Colloq. : SHADY
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The opposition. : ANTIS
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___-cumulus cloud. : STRATO
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Group. : TRIBE
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Washingtonians. : GOVERNMENTWORKERS
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Slippery. : EELY
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Of some early Franks. : SALIC
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Covertly. : SUBROSA
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Hindu titles. : BABUS
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Law court official, in India. : AMALA
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Important document. : BIRTHCERTIFICATE
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Wall of broken stone. : RIPRAP
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Very: Ger. : SEHR
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Famous pamphleteer. : PAINE
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Plod. : SLOG
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Pad-and-pencil girl. : STENO
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Draftee's concern. : SSS
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Fowls with feathered legs. : BRAHMAS
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Desert place. : OASIS
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"Kicks." : THRILLS
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Of a surface. : AREAL
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Item from Holland. : TULIP
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___ emma and pip emma. : ACK
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Dutch genre painter. : STEEN
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___-Magnon. : CRO
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Carbonyl compounds. : KETONES
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Shouts. : CRIES
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Illustrious. : HEROIC
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Excite. : ROUSE
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Win by ___. : ANOSE
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Swedish inventor. : NOBEL
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African lake. : CHAD
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Lewis hero. : CASS
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Indian. : UTE
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Term of endearment. : SUGAR
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Shade trees. : CATALPAS
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Toll roads. : THRUWAYS
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Facts and figures. : DATA
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Major golf event. : USOPEN
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Well-known journalist. : SOBEL
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Lag behind. : LOITER
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___ cobbler. : IRISH
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Custom. : USAGE
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Doctor for the Dionnes. : DAFOE
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Blue ___. : SKIES
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Hay. : FEED
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Counselor: Abbr. : ATTY
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Ponder (on). : PORE
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Tip-top. : AONE
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Slangy negative. : NOPE
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Region of Greece. : ELIS
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Airmen's medals. : DFCS
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Bellwether. : RAM
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1933 agency. : NRA

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7 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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