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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

Calling the Tune

New York Times, Sunday, January 18, 1959

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 132, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 512 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 128, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 53.7
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 102-Across clue had "Improvizes"; corrected this to "Improvises."

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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,474
Across
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Most timid. : SHIEST
7
Tea-producing state of India. : ASSAM
12
Athenian judge. : DICAST
18
Type of theatre-goer. : STANDEE
19
Irish port. : SLIGO
20
Where Bayreuth is. : BAVARIA
21
Headquarters. : CENTERS
22
Tune of 1929. : PAGANLOVESONG
24
Lesage's middle name. : RENE
25
Nautical term. : ATRIP
27
Pickwick Club's mode to travel. : STAGE
28
Calendar abbreviation. : SUND
29
Kind of boiler gauge. : ALARM
31
Greek tense: Abbr. : AOR
32
Volcano of Kyushu. : ASO
33
Teachers' group: Abbr. : NEA
34
Mary Martin's middle name. : MYHEARTBELONGSTODADDY
42
Dart: Colloq. : SCOOT
43
Ear lobes: Anat. : ALAE
44
"A thousand ___ in Thy sight ... " : AGES
45
Well-known golfer. : LITTLER
48
Scatters, as meadow grass. : TEDS
49
Of a dull gray. : LEADEN
53
Concurred. : AGREED
54
Seixas, for one. : NETMAN
56
N. American conifer. : REDPINE
57
Oom Paul, for example. : BOER
58
Argon, boron, etc.: Abbr. : ELEM
60
Lanai salutations. : ALOHAS
62
Cowpoke's mount. : HOSS
63
___ pro nobis. : ORA
64
Growth. : EXPANSION
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Furrow. : RUT
67
Miss Dartle. : ROSA
69
Kitchen mix. : BATTER
70
City of Ahasuerus. : SUSA
72
Fatigue. : TIRE
73
Type of headgear. : ETONCAP
75
Duke of the diamond. : SNIDER
77
Kitchen device. : BEATER
79
City in Brittany. : RENNES
80
Mark Twain's "___ Diary." : EVES
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Col. Mulberry ___, in "The Gilded Age." : SELLERS
82
Author of "A Chapter on Ears." : ELIA
84
Asian weight. : TAEL
85
Put to ___ (surpass). : SHAME
86
47-year-old tune. : ALEXANDERSRAGTIMEBAND
94
Summer drink. : POP
95
Year in reign of Justinian. : DLI
96
Political party: Abbr. : REP
97
Cattail of India. : REREE
98
Actress Adams. : EDIE
100
Regimens. : DIETS
102
Improvises, in music. : VAMPS
104
___ Jay Lerner. : ALAN
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Cole Porter tune of 1944. : DONTFENCEMEIN
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City on Puget Sound. : EVERETT
110
Haranguing. : ORATING
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"Morning's at ___ ... " : SEVEN
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Hydrocarbons from pine tar. : RETENES
113
Affrays. : MELEES
114
Pathetic. : TEARY
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Trap layer. : SNARER
Down
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Very hard. : STEELY
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Mother of a prophet. : HANNAH
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One who piques curiosity. : INTERESTER
4
City in Gelderland. : EDE
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Buona ___. : SERA
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Will-maker. : TESTATOR
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Seek a lofty goal. : ASPIRE
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Abruptly: Colloq. : SLAP
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Traffic light: Abbr. : SIG
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Ismailian titles. : AGAS
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Composite picture. : MONTAGE
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Violinist Rubinoff. : DAVE
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Belonging to: Suffix. : IVE
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Sinclair Lewis hero. : CASS
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Near by: Colloq. : AROUND
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Transgressed. : SINNED
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Fund drive time. : TAGDAY
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Modern form of "avaunt." : SCRAM
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City in the Andes. : BOGOTA
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Maid. : LASS
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"Music Man" Preston: Abbr. : ROBT
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Twin diamond crystal. : MACLE
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Dutch measure of length. : ROEDE
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Kentish freedman. : LAET
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Show-stopper of 1927. : OLDMANRIVER
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Certain phonetic sounds. : NASALS
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Certain looks. : OGLES
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Transfer, in law. : DEED
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One of King David's choir. : ASAPH
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Wage-earner. : LABORER
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Native of Luzon: Var. : IGOROTE
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Subject of Dreyfus trial. : TREASON
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Entices. : TEMPTS
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Igneous rock. : DIORITE
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Guarantor. : ENSURER
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Homesteaders. : NESTERS
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Beside. : NEXT
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Rackets. : NOISES
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Hanks of twine. : RANS
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Spring. : LEAP
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Midnight. : HOUR
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Classic wanderer. : AENEAS
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Subsidiary building. : ANNEX
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Famous street of the blues. : BASIN
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Ship's bearing. : ABEAM
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Gossip. : TALEBEARER
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C'est ___ (that's right): Fr. : CELA
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Beyond: Fr. : DELA
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See 14 Down. : ELMER
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Exporters, for instance. : SHIPPERS
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Supplementing. : ADDING
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Most banal. : TRITEST
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Prow. : STEM
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Realm of simians. : APEDOM
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Southey's "The Cataract of ___." : LODORE
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City on the Moselle. : EPINAL
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Edisonian abbreviation. : ELEC
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Type of knot. : GRANNY
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Miss Francis. : ARLENE
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More adroit. : NEATER
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Teeth: Fr. : DENTS
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Lairs. : DENS
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Capt. Hook's henchman. : SMEE
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Eins, zwei, drei, ___. : VIER
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Swedish man's name. : SVEN
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For shame! : FIE
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Little ___. : EVA
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Greek letter. : ETA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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