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Alberta N. Burton
Alberta N. Burton

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New York Times, Sunday, September 30, 1951

100-Down : Boston ___, first public park in U. S.

Author:
Alberta N. Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160, Blocks: 83, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 651 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 158, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 40
Alberta N. Burton has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 833
Across
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Dictator. : FRANCO
7
Trails. : SHADOWS
14
Rumanian pianist, composer, conductor. : ENESCO
20
Evening parties. : SOIREES
21
Relating to blood. : HEMATIC
22
Military groups. : LEGIONS
24
Impels. : PROMPTS
25
Where the Petrified Forest is. : ARIZONA
26
Where Warm Springs is. : GEORGIA
27
Danish county. : AMT
28
Plant cultivated for natural reproduction. : SEEDTREE
30
Fears. : DREADS
32
Negative. : NOT
33
Invent. : COIN
35
Island in N. Y. Bay. : STATEN
36
Turkish money. : ASPERS
37
The peanut. : MANI
38
Ancient chariot. : ESSED
40
Knows. : KENS
41
Toil or drudgery. : MOIL
42
English essayist (1839-94). : PATER
43
Post office machine. : DATER
44
Disconcert. : JAR
45
Near East republic. : ISRAEL
47
Mountain crest. : ARETE
48
"Frogman." : DIVER
50
Fervor. : RAGE
52
Outcries. : ROARS
54
Pigeonholes. : SHELVES
57
Transfer to another. : DEVOLVE
60
Chess pieces. : BISHOPS
64
Lists. : CAREENS
65
Rising above a surface. : EMERSED
66
Like tallow. : STEARIC
67
Norse name. : OLE
68
Difficult questions: Colloq. : STUMPERS
70
Giddap! : HUP
72
Girl's name. : SELINA
73
Wheel parts. : RIMS
75
Incites to activity. : PRODS
76
___ John Rhodes. : CECIL
78
"Season of spring." : LENT
79
Maxwell Perkins, for instance. : EDITOR
82
Title of great respect: India. : SRI
83
Sabotaging. : DAMAGING
86
Man's nickname. : NAT
87
Alternated. : ROTATED
89
Small drum. : TABORET
91
French novelist. : COLETTE
93
Operator of a blast furnace. : SMELTER
94
Native of Yugoslavia. : SLOVENE
95
Huskier. : HOARSER
96
Son of Ishmael, and founder of Arab nation. : KEDAR
98
Haunt. : NEST
99
Tokyo's main thoroughfare. : GINZA
100
Quoter. : CITER
103
Human beings. : BIPEDS
106
Petty officers: Abbr. : POS
107
Make into law. : ENACT
111
Lilac, gardenia, etc. : ODORS
112
Wings. : ALAE
113
Ambassador Kirk. : ALAN
115
Contributor to the blood bank. : DONOR
116
London's royal stables. : MEWS
117
Senile person. : DOTARD
119
Art of horsemanship. : MANEGE
122
Betel pepper. : SIRI
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Impair. : MAR
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Shirking duty. : TRUANT
125
Sharps, flats, and ___. : NATURALS
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Divisions of time: Abbr. : MOS
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Designating a family of Mexican Indians. : OTOMIAN
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Russel Crouse's bailiwick. : THEATER
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Word coined by Spenser for a beast with 100 tongues. : BLATANT
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Showing favoritism to relatives. : NEPOTIC
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Running away. : ELOPING
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Inheritor. : LEGATEE
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Testify under oath. : DEPONE
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Ming ___, 1368-1644. : DYNASTY
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Charm. : ENAMOR
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Last stand of Chinese Nationalists. : FORMOSA
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Professional rabble rouser. : RIOTIST
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Supply guns. : ARM
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Fiber clusters. : NEPS
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Whales. : CETES
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Native of Central Caucasus. : OSSET
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Wreck. : SHATTER
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German gentlemen. : HERREN
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City on the Somme River. : AMIENS
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Bewilder. : DAZE
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Sioux. : OTO
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England's royal family. : WINDSOR
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Tosca's enemy. : SCARPIA
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English composer of "Enigma Variations." : ELGAR
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Requisites. : NEEDS
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Selves. : EGOS
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"Rise, ___ knight." : SIR
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Kinsmen. : COGNATE
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Vegetable for garnishing. : ONIONET
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Placed at intervals. : SPACED
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Lampoon. : SATIRE
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International airport, French W. Africa. : DAKAR
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Moray fisherman. : EELER
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Pinnacle of rock. : NEEDLE
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European blackbirds. : AMSELS
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Lovett has succeeded him. : MARSHALL
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Money-raising campaigns. : DRIVES
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Zoroastrian fire worshiper. : PARSEE
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Our Ambassador at Large. : JESSUP
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Stravinsky and others. : IGORS
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Tennis strokes. : LOBS
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Outlet. : VENT
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Affording relief. : REMEDIAL
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Declares. : AVERS
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River islands. : AITS
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Talliers. : SCORERS
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Sanctity: Archaic. : HALIDOM
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Desert dweller. : EREMITE
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Exiles. : DEPORTS
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Impetuous. : VEHEMENT
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Enlighten. : EDUCATE
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Faces east. : ORIENTS
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Featherlike. : PINNATE
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Disperse. : SCATTER
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Lady of the house. : MRS
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Mass of cast molten metal. : PIG
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Deer hunters. : STALKERS
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Is concerned. : CARES
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Chinese nuts: Var. : LICHIS
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Aquatic fish-eating mammals. : OTTERS
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Supreme Court justice. : REED
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Symbols of peace. : DOVES
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Mealtime. : NOON
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Furnished with window panes. : GLAZED
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Cheerless. : DRAB
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Insured. : BONDED
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Club or society: Gr. Antiq. : ERANOS
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Lasso. : RIATA
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Something past recovery. : GONER
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Boston ___, first public park in U. S. : COMMON
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Prefigured. : IDEATED
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Hawser. : TOWROPE
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Embedded. : PLANTED
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Mundane. : EARTHLY
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Skill at all work. : PANURGY
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Lively: Mus. : ANIMATO
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Public official. : CORONER
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Sorrowful. : TRISTE
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Valuable violins. : AMATIS
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Hidden. : LATENT
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Exhaust. : DRAIN
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Snow leopard. : OUNCE
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Star of "Key to the City." : GABLE
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Lochinvar's lady. : ELLEN
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Ruler in Belgrade. : TITO
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City and county, in California. : NAPA
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Narrative of heroic deeds. : SAGA
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Unruly hair. : MOP
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Age. : EON
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Cap. : TAM

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 31 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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