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Laird C. Addis
Timely Topics
New York Times, Sunday, March 3, 1946
Author:
Laird C. Addis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 83, Avg Word Len: 5.07, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 653 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 138, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 69, Grid flow: 21.2
1 P | 2 I | 3 C | 4 K | 5 E | 6 T | 7 S | | 8 M | 9 O | 10 D | 11 E | 12 S | 13 T | 14 O | | 15 W | 16 A | 17 S | 18 T | 19 E | 20 R | |
21 A | N | A | E | M | I | A | | 22 I | N | E | R | T | I | A | | 23 I | M | P | O | S | E | 24 D |
25 C | H | I | T | I | E | N | | 26 D | E | P | A | R | T | S | | 27 G | A | Y | A | T | R | I |
28 K | E | N | | 29 T | R | I | 30 P | | 31 S | E | S | I | | 32 T | 33 E | W | S | | 34 T | H | E | N |
35 E | R | I | 36 S | | 37 S | T | E | 38 T | | 39 W | E | K | 40 A | | 41 L | A | S | 42 T | | 43 E | D | E |
44 R | I | T | E | 45 S | | 46 Y | A | R | 47 E | | 48 R | E | F | 49 R | I | G | E | R | 50 A | T | O | R |
51 S | T | E | A | K | 52 S | | 53 R | I | C | 54 E | | 55 S | F | A | X | | 56 D | U | R | E | S | S |
| | | 57 L | A | N | 58 D | L | O | R | D | 59 S | | 60 I | B | I | 61 S | | 62 E | N | | | |
63 R | 64 E | 65 B | | 66 T | O | A | D | | 67 U | N | C | 68 O | L | O | R | E | 69 D | | 70 A | 71 L | | |
72 E | V | O | 73 E | | 74 W | R | I | 75 T | | 76 A | U | D | I | T | | 77 T | I | 78 E | | 79 O | 80 F | 81 T |
82 S | E | L | L | 83 A | | 84 E | V | A | 85 N | | 86 T | E | A | | 87 P | I | N | N | 88 A | C | L | E |
89 U | N | I | O | N | 90 S | | 91 E | W | E | 92 R | | 93 S | T | 94 A | R | | 95 T | I | C | K | E | R |
96 M | E | D | I | A | T | 97 O | R | | 98 G | O | 99 A | | 100 E | B | O | 101 N | | 102 D | O | O | N | E |
103 E | R | E | | 104 S | O | L | | 105 B | O | O | N | 106 E | | 107 A | D | A | 108 D | | 109 R | U | S | T |
| | 110 S | 111 O | | 112 A | P | 113 A | R | T | M | E | N | 114 T | | 115 U | S | U | 116 S | | 117 T | E | E |
| | | 118 E | 119 H | | 120 E | T | U | I | | 121 W | O | O | 122 D | C | O | C | K | 123 S | | | |
124 A | 125 B | 126 A | S | I | 127 A | | 128 T | I | A | 129 O | | 130 S | E | A | T | | 131 T | E | E | 132 M | 133 E | 134 R |
135 G | O | V | E | R | N | 136 M | E | N | T | A | 137 L | | 138 D | R | I | 139 P | | 140 G | R | A | V | E |
141 A | L | A | | 142 E | G | A | N | | 143 E | K | E | 144 D | | 145 T | O | R | 146 S | | 147 A | G | I | B |
148 W | I | R | 149 E | | 150 O | D | D | 151 S | | 152 L | A | R | 153 A | | 154 N | O | T | 155 A | | 156 E | C | U |
157 A | V | I | C | 158 U | L | A | | 159 C | 160 E | A | S | I | N | 161 G | | 162 T | E | N | 163 A | N | T | S |
164 M | A | C | A | D | A | M | | 165 A | M | N | E | S | T | Y | | 166 E | L | E | C | T | E | E |
| 167 R | E | D | O | N | E | | 168 R | E | D | S | K | I | N | | 169 M | E | S | I | A | D | S |
© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 212
Across
1
They march back and forth. :
PICKETS8
15
21
22
23
25
Chinese pawnbroking institution. :
CHITIEN26
27
Daily prayer of every Brahman. :
GAYATRI28
29
31
32
34
35
Thrower of the apple of discord. :
ERIS37
39
41
43
Town in Netherlands. :
EDE44
46
Manageable, as a ship. :
YARE48
51
53
No wedding is complete without it. :
RICE55
56
57
60
Sacred bird of Egypt. :
IBIS62
Letter of the alphabet. :
EN63
66
67
70
72
Cry of Bacchanals. :
EVOE74
Mandatory precept. :
WRIT76
Examine accounts. :
AUDIT77
79
82
84
86
87
89
Organizations of employes. :
UNIONS91
93
95
96
Third party who acts as peacemaker. :
MEDIATOR98
Malabar coast city. :
GOA100
102
103
104
105
Famous frontiersman. :
BOONE107
God of wind: Babyl. :
ADAD109
110
112
115
117
118
120
121
124
Inability to walk properly. :
ABASIA128
Chinese money of account. :
TIAO130
131
Workman who pours molten steel. :
TEEMER135
138
140
141
142
American diplomat (1852–1924). :
EGAN143
Squeezed out a living. :
EKED145
147
"Arabian Nights" dervish. :
AGIB148
150
152
154
156
157
159
162
164
165
166
One who has just taken office. :
ELECTEE167
168
169
Plants requiring moist and dry conditions. :
MESIADS
Down
1
Group of employes who struck. :
PACKERS2
3
Member of 2nd century sect. :
CAINITE4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Handle of a joiner's plant :
TOAT19
20
24
30
33
36
38
40
42
45
Card game popular in Germany. :
SKAT47
49
Block used in polishing marble. :
RABOT50
52
54
58
59
61
Father of Rameses II. :
SETI63
64
65
68
69
71
73
75
78
80
Strip blubber from a whale. :
FLENSE81
83
85
87
88
90
92
Scarce dwelling place. :
ROOM94
97
99
101
105
106
108
111
Looped platinum wire used in making cultures. :
OESE113
114
Drove nails slantingly. :
TOED116
After part of vessel's keel. :
SKEG119
122
123
124
Town near Springfield, Mass. :
AGAWAM125
126
127
129
132
133
A word every renter hates to hear. :
EVICTED134
136
137
Contracts with lots of loopholes. :
LEASES139
144
146
149
Habitat plant form. :
ECAD151
153
155
158
160
161
163
Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 58 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 6 cheater squares.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 11 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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