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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

New York Times, Saturday, February 25, 1956

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 31.6
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,433
Across
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Strass. : PASTE
6
Coronas, for instance: Var. : SEGARS
12
Norman hero of First Crusade. : TANCRED
14
Dissonant: Mus. : ATONAL
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Attacked. : ASSAILED
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Tuber. : POTATO
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Furrier's item. : STOLE
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Costa Rican banana port. : LIMON
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Measures of time: Abbr. : HRS
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Vocal sounds. : TONES
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Composer Novello. : IVOR
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Wife of the patriarch Jacob. : LEAH
25
Goddess of discord. : ERIS
26
"Deutschland ___ alles." : UBER
27
Charles Laughton asset. : VOICE
28
Jan de Hartog's subject. : SEA
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Austere. : STERN
30
Turn-of-the-century diva. : EAMES
31
Quadrilateral. : FOURSIDED
33
Former Premier in Pretoria. : MALAN
36
Aborigines of Hokkaido. : AINUS
37
Spread, as hay. : TED
40
Certain exams. : ORALS
41
Famous Japanese admiral. : TOGO
42
Unerring. : SURE
43
Six: Comb. form. : HEXA
44
Belgian city. : MONS
45
Building lots. : SITES
46
Highway hotel. : INN
47
Charlotte Corday's victim. : MARAT
48
Heavy vehicle. : TRUCK
49
Contemporary. : COEVAL
51
Member of Hugh Gaitskell's party. : LABORITE
53
Classify. : ASSORT
54
Unwound. : RAVELED
55
Centaur slain by Hercules. : NESSUS
56
Irish ejaculation. : BEDAD
Down
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Senator from Providence. : PASTORE
2
Connecticut city. : ANSONIA
3
Appurtenance of Justitia. : SCALES
4
Attempts. : TRIES
5
Slippery fish. : EEL
6
Flavor. : SAPOR
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Town on the Thames. : ETON
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Prepared. : GOT
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California city, site of Disneyland. : ANAHEIM
10
Frantic scurry: Slang. : RATRACE
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Moves clumsily through water, mud, etc. : SLOSHES
12
Samples for savor. : TASTES
13
Judicially minded person. : DELIBERATOR
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Recreative. : DIVERSIONAL
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Name on a current best seller. : MORNINGSTAR
24
Cargo. : LOAD
26
Babylonian sun god. : UTU
27
Necklines. : VEES
29
Favorite ___. : SONS
31
Well-known Scottie. : FALA
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Instrumental duet. : DUO
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Member of Uncas' tribe. : MOHICAN
34
Sandy. : ARENOSE
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Nobel prize winner in literature, 1955. : LAXNESS
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Largest island of American Samoa. : TUTUILA
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Built. : ERECTED
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Furnished, as a schoolroom. : DESKED
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Addressed with respectful title. : SIRRED
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Brewing substances. : MALTS
45
Heater. : STOVE
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Japanese suffix to ships' names. : MARU
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Left-hand pages: Abbr. : VOS
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W. S. Gilbert's "___ Ballads." : BAB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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