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Charles Cross
Global Gleanings
New York Times, Sunday, April 14, 1946
Author:
Charles Cross
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 69, Avg Word Len: 5.55, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 554 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 70, Grid flow: 33.6
| 1 L | 2 A | 3 P | 4 E | 5 L | | 6 A | 7 P | 8 A | 9 C | 10 H | 11 E | 12 S | | 13 N | 14 O | 15 B | 16 E | 17 L | |
18 M | A | D | E | R | O | | 19 S | E | R | R | A | G | E | | 20 E | L | E | V | E | 21 S |
22 E | G | E | R | I | A | | 23 S | A | M | A | R | I | A | | 24 G | E | N | A | P | P |
25 R | E | L | I | C | | 26 S | U | N | | 27 P | A | S | S | | 28 L | A | D | D | E | R |
29 C | R | A | M | | 30 C | H | A | U | 31 C | E | R | | 32 O | 33 B | I | | 34 A | E | R | Y |
35 E | L | I | | 36 A | H | A | N | T | A | | | 37 S | N | A | G | 38 G | Y | | | |
39 D | O | D | 40 G | S | O | N | | 41 S | P | 42 I | 43 C | E | | 44 N | E | U | S | 45 A | 46 T | 47 Z |
| 48 F | E | L | T | I | N | 49 G | | 50 T | R | A | P | 51 E | Z | E | T | | 52 H | I | E |
| | | 53 A | R | R | O | Y | 54 O | | 55 A | N | A | N | A | | 56 S | 57 C | E | N | T |
| 58 S | 59 C | R | I | B | N | E | R | | 60 S | T | R | A | I | 61 T | | 62 A | R | T | A |
63 S | E | R | I | D | O | | 64 L | A | 65 S | | 66 S | A | M | | 67 O | 68 A | N | N | E | S |
69 A | V | O | N | | 70 Y | 71 V | O | N | N | 72 E | | 73 T | E | 74 A | M | S | T | E | R | |
75 D | R | U | G | 76 S | | 77 A | N | G | E | L | | 78 E | L | P | A | S | O | | | |
79 D | E | C | | 80 C | 81 O | N | G | E | A | L | 82 S | | 83 S | P | L | O | R | 84 E | 85 D | |
86 A | S | H | 87 L | A | N | D | | 88 A | K | A | L | 89 A | | 90 E | L | I | S | O | R | 91 S |
| | | 92 I | N | T | A | 93 C | T | | | 94 I | S | 95 R | A | E | L | | 96 H | O | E |
97 D | 98 R | 99 A | M | | 100 O | L | A | | 101 F | 102 O | P | P | E | R | Y | | 103 L | I | O | N |
104 O | I | L | I | 105 N | G | | 106 N | 107 I | L | S | | 108 H | M | S | | 109 C | A | P | P | A |
110 S | T | A | T | U | E | | 111 A | B | I | S | 112 H | A | I | | 113 T | A | P | P | E | T |
114 S | E | V | E | R | N | | 115 D | A | N | I | E | L | S | | 116 E | N | S | U | R | E |
| 117 S | A | D | L | Y | | 118 A | S | T | A | R | T | E | | 119 L | O | E | S | S | |
© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 218
Across
1
Place for a boutonnierre. :
LAPEL6
13
Peace-loving maker of lethal weapons. :
NOBEL18
President of Mexico, 1911. :
MADERO19
Support of a built-up gun. :
SERRAGE20
22
23
24
Singe textiles to remove loose fibers. :
GENAPP25
26
Object of Mt. Wilson research. :
SUN27
28
29
Architect of Cathedral of St. John the Divine. :
CRAM30
Author of Troilus and Cressida. :
CHAUCER32
34
35
High priest at Shiloh. :
ELI36
Tribe of the Gold Coast. :
AHANTA37
39
Author of "Alice in Wonderland." :
DODGSON41
44
Fortified city in Yugoslavia. :
NEUSATZ48
50
52
53
55
56
Luxury assessed 20% tax. :
SCENT58
Noted U.S. publisher (1821–71). :
SCRIBNER60
62
63
64
66
Mr. Pickwick's servant. :
SAM67
Babylonian deity, half man, half fish. :
OANNES69
70
73
75
77
Husband of Tess Durbyfield. :
ANGEL78
City opposite Juarez, Mexico. :
ELPASO79
80
83
86
88
90
92
94
___ Zangwill, English novelist (1864–1926). :
ISRAEL96
97
100
101
103
104
106
___ Asther, screen actor. :
NILS108
"___ Pinafore" by Gilbert & Sullivan. :
HMS109
110
France's gift to U. S., 1886. :
STATUE111
Eldest son of David's sister. :
ABISHAI113
Projection moved by a cam. :
TAPPET114
115
Secretary of Navy, World War I. :
DANIELS116
117
118
119
Down
1
Nobel Prize winner for literature, 1909. :
LAGERLOF2
Queen of William IV of England. :
ADELAIDE3
Island at entrance to Red Sea. :
PERIM4
5
6
7
8
Prepare for combat. :
ARM9
10
City in Ethiopia. :
HARAR11
12
13
14
15
Stipples, in newspaper parlance. :
BENDAYS16
17
18
River in Yosemite Valley. :
MERCED21
26
River in Ireland, famous in song. :
SHANNON30
31
Army officer: Abbr. :
CAPT33
"Long live the Emperor": Japanese :
BANZAI36
Queen of the Belgians, died 1935. :
ASTRID37
38
Destroys the contents of. :
GUTS40
42
Character in "Antony and Cleopatra." :
IRAS43
45
Brian ___, of stage and screen. :
AHERNE46
47
49
51
What Palissy worked on (1509–1589). :
ENAMELS54
57
58
City famous for porcelain. :
SEVRES59
61
63
Persian book of Zend-Avesta. :
SADDA65
68
71
Follower of King Genseric. :
VANDAL72
74
76
81
Life history of individual organism: Biol. :
ONTOGENY82
84
85
87
89
91
McKellar is its president, protem. :
SENATE93
95
97
98
99
Basque province in Spain. :
ALAVA101
102
103
105
107
Syrian bishop of Edessa. :
IBAS109
Arma virumque ___. :
CANO112
113
Far off: Comb. form. :
TEL
Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 54 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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