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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

WEEKEND TRAVEL

New York Times, Sunday, September 3, 1950

53-Down : Knotty.

Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 635 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 161, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 49 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 447
Across
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President Arévalo's land. : GUATEMALA
10
Tick or mite. : ACARID
16
Mirrored. : IMAGED
22
Jogjakarta is its capital. : INDONESIA
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Girl's name. : LOUISA
24
Sumptuous. : DELUXE
25
Theatrical manner. : DRAMATISM
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She slew Marat. : CORDAY
27
Didos. : ANTICS
28
Crepuscular. : DIM
29
Pièce de résistance. : MEAT
30
Cold dish. : SALAD
31
Japan's Congress. : DIET
33
Son of A. Lincoln. : TAD
34
11th Egyptian month. : APAP
36
Rana's land. : NEPAL
38
Alms box. : ARCA
39
Auction. : SALE
40
Rearing maneuver in manège. : PESADE
43
American ostrich. : NANDU
45
Brother-in-law of Oedipus. : CREON
46
___ and Thummim, Mormon "interpreters." : URIM
47
Truman's press secretary. : ROSS
49
___ age. : TEEN
50
Creator of Tom and Jerry, 1821. : EGAN
51
W. Indian colubrid snake. : CRIBO
52
Inveracious. : UNTRUTHFUL
56
He stole Thor's hammer. : THRYM
58
Color nude. : SEASAN
59
Alias Richard ___. : ROE
60
Honest Injun? : REALLY
61
Our involuntary movements. : REFLEXES
63
Over: Prefix. : TRA
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First gardener. : ADAM
66
Go away! : SHOO
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Sped. : RAN
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Armenian capital. : ERIVAN
70
Alaskan cape. : NOME
71
Joachim's maligned spouse. : SUSANNA
74
Granddaughters of Oceanus. : NEREIDS
78
Customary. : USED
79
Native of Jackson. : MISSISSIPPIAN
83
Biting fly. : GNAT
84
Margaret Chase Smith. : SENATOR
86
What the Dust Bowl loses. : TOPSOIL
87
Bone. : ULNA
88
Last. : LATEST
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Cheer. : RAH
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O'Kelly's land. : EIRE
95
Hall, in Germany. : SAAL
96
Talkee-talkee. : GAB
99
Student traveler by bicycle. : HOSTELER
101
Student A.W.O.L. : TRUANT
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Son of Bela. : IRI
104
W. J. Bryan was one. : ORATOR
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Collect. : RAISE
107
Great final conflict. : ARMAGEDDON
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Laconic. : TERSE
110
Confuse. : DAZE
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Ecuadoran river flowing into Amazon. : NAPO
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Cross out. : DELE
114
Hour: Latin. : HORA
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Bestowed gratis. : GIVEN
116
Twice-told. : TRITE
118
Ground. : MILLED
122
Armadillo. : APAR
123
Fence. : RAIL
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Bengal's eastern neighbor. : ASSAM
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Take on cargo. : LADE
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Grappler's medium. : MAT
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Big Bend State: Abbr. : TENN
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Vote into office. : ELECT
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Cleft. : REFT
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Oui. : YES
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Luzon native. : IGOROT
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Flat river valley. : STRATH
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Following shape. : AFTERFORM
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Soup dish. : TUREEN
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Eisenhower is one. : KANSAN
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Courses of study. : CURRICULA
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Two-wheeled chariot. : ESSEDA
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Former star ___ Guilbert. : YVETTE
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Lengthens. : ELONGATES
Down
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Get up! : GIDDAP
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Premature. : UNRIPE
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Gem used in diamond cutting. : ADAMAS
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___ Wolfe. : TOM
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Hindu land grant. : ENAM
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Admeasure. : METE
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One of 1,250,000,000. : ASIAN
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Eavesdrop. : LISTEN
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Old Dutch wine measure. : AAM
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Mayor in Franco's domain. : ALCALDE
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Deliberate. : COOL
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Distinctive air. : AURA
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John that married Lorna Doone. : RIDD
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Girl's name. : ISA
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Builder of air castles. : DAYDREAMER
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Descriptive of ancient Cretan Mount. : IDAEAN
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Egyptian falcon-headed deity. : MENT
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High in pitch. : ALT
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Eddie Condon, "Dixieland" exponent, is one. : GUITARIST
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Vivian's gift to King Arthur: Var. : EXCALIBAR
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Brabantio's ill-fated daughter. : DESDEMONA
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Sensibly. : SANELY
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Portraiture. : ICON
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Young salmon. : PARR
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Expanded. : PATULOUS
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Popular plaid for socks. : ARGYLE
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Volga tributary. : SURA
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Gloomy. : DOUR
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Senator ___ Kefauver. : ESTES
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Opaque. : UNTRANSPARENT
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"Try and Stop Me" author. : CERF
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Title of Mohammed Riza Pahlevi. : SHAH
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Mr. Romero, actor. : CESAR
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Green planet. : URANUS
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Knotty. : NODOSE
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Dealers in pekoe and oolong. : TEAMEN
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Where Tom and Maggie Tulliver drown. : FLOSS
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Biddy-like. : HENNISH
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Number of the Pleiades. : SEVEN
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Little Christiana. : XINA
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Award. : MEDAL
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Old order of fowls. : RASORES
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Title of Abyssinia's ruler. : NEGUS
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Pose. : SIT
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Mindanao's volcano. : APO
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Cloisonné. : INLAID
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Money: Italy. : DANARO
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Malik's chief. : STALIN
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Power unit. : MOTOR
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Vexes. : IRES
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Buffoons. : PIERROTS
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Troy. : ILIUM
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Lake west of Carson City. : TAHOE
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He composed "Petrouchka." : STRAVINSKY
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Prickly herb. : TEAZEL
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Council. : RAAD
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Bedeck with jewels. : ENGEM
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Wiseacre or New Yorker. : GOTHAMITE
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Hill west of the Acropolis. : AREOPAGUS
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Those guilty of ship scuttling. : BARRATORS
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Mortgage. : LIEN
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Stickler for formality. : TAPIST
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Hindu merchant. : TELI
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Ivan IV. : TSAR
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He wrote "Moon-Calf." : DELL
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Moon of poets. : DIAN
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Weaver changed into spider by Athena. : ARACHNE
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Haven of England's elopers. : GRETNA
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Choice bit of gossip. : EARFUL
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Plan. : LAYOUT
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Florence Chadwick broke her record. : EDERLE
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Penitent thief at Calvary. : DESMAS
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Paris subway. : METRO
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Nailed obliquely. : TOED
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Sea eagle. : ERNE
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Rearmost. : LAST
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State: Fr. : ETAT
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Maidenhair. : FERN
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Higher math. : TRIG
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Caddoan Indian. : REE
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Hebrew letter. : TAV
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Outstander. : ACE
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Farm agency created 1933. : FCA

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 38 debuted here and reused later, 15 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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