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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

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New York Times, Sunday, June 12, 1955

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 154, Blocks: 87, Avg Word Len: 5.74, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 622 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 178, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 26, Grid flow: 41.8
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,175
Across
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Clever but specious thinker. : SOPHIST
8
Stir thoroughly. : BEMIX
13
Spanish city. : GRANADA
20
Italian composer of the 17th Century. : ARIOSTI
21
Elliptically. : OVALLY
23
Taking on another cargo. : RELADING
25
Tropical bat. : VAMPIRE
26
Early King of England. : WILLIAMOFORANGE
28
Former Premier of Japan. : ITO
29
Portraits by an American painter. : SARGENTS
31
Clothed. : VESTED
32
Sea bird. : ERN
33
___ contendere. : NOLO
35
Jan of the Met. : PEERCE
36
Luxuries fifty years ago. : CARS
37
Sally. : SORTIE
39
Illustrious. : GRAND
41
Suffered: Scot. : DREED
42
Inclined. : APT
43
Roman road. : ITER
44
Orderliness. : SYSTEM
46
Advantage. : ODDS
47
Cambodia's neighbor. : LAOS
49
Genus of English ivy. : HEDERA
51
Oak nut. : ACORN
53
Minor matters. : MINUTIAE
55
Made of several parts. : COMPOSITIVE
61
Kept in. : PENT
62
Bounder. : CAD
65
Hail! : AVE
66
Farther off. : REMOTER
67
Swank roadside hostel. : MOTELDELUXE
71
Baby girl: Sp. : NENA
73
Greek goddess. : SELENE
74
Poet famous for his quatrains. : OMAR
75
Clio's sister. : URANIA
76
Miners' cars. : TRAMS
78
Shaped like a cupola. : DOMIC
79
Restore to freshness. : RENEW
81
Period of work. : SPELL
82
Circumflex. : ACCENT
84
Nickname of Mrs. A. : GERT
85
King of 400 A. D. : ALARIC
87
Auction. : SALE
88
Capital city, pop. 3,000,000. : BUENOSAIRES
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Ladies. : SENORAS
92
Dick Deadeye. : TAR
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Public roads: Abbr. : STS
94
Butts. : RAMS
95
Early Western travelers. : STAGERIDERS
97
Heirs. : HERITORS
101
Cow Palace, for instance. : ARENA
102
Ausable Chasm phenomenon. : RAPIDS
105
Keyhole. : SLOT
106
Struck forcibly. : SMIT
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Macbeth's victim. : DUNCAN
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___ Holden. : EBEN
114
Luzon mountain. : IBA
115
"___ of Athens." : TIMON
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Roman chair. : SELLA
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Verily: Archaic. : CERTES
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At all. : EVER
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Jeu d'___ (witticism): Fr. : ESPRIT
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Group. : SECT
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Common Latin abbreviation. : ETC
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Small silvery fish. : SHINER
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Devices for gardeners. : SPRAYERS
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___ culpa (my fault): Lat. : MEA
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Subject of Sousa march. : STARSANDSTRIPES
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Most meager. : LEANEST
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Prominence. : SALIENCE
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Defender of Troy. : AENEAS
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Scene of naval battle, 1571. : LEPANTO
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Lover of Hero. : LEANDER
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Cape ___ Islands. : VERDE
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Large sturgeon. : OSSETER
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Nest egg. : SAVINGS
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Forensic talent. : ORATORY
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Stuffed olives. : PIMOLAS
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Climbing vine. : HOP
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Upper course of the Thames. : ISIS
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Boot loop. : STRAP
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Arranged in graded rows. : TIERED
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Enclosed by overhanging branches. : BOWERED
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Showed. : EVINCED
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Drugstore drinks. : MALTEDS
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Misfortunes. : ILLS
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Forty-one. : XLI
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Total. : GROSS
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Robbed: Archaic. : REFT
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Spiny plants. : ALOES
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Italian city. : NARDO
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Oklahoma city. : ADA
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Alcove of modern dwelling. : DINETTE
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More wrathful. : ANGRIER
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Central Arizona county. : YAVAPAI
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Groups of related species. : GENERA
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He wrote "The Seven Storey Mountain." : MERTON
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Students of the problems of old age. : GERONTOLOGISTS
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Ready. : ONTAP
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Serene. : CALM
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Go pickaback. : RIDE
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Scheme of ornamentation. : DECOR
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Old Testament hero. : MOSES
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Nonessential. : SUPEREROGATORY
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Punjab native. : HINDU
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Occupants of 18 Down. : EATERS
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Frosted. : RIMED
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___ Aviv. : TEL
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Rivals of Oxonians: Colloq. : CANTABS
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Tennis stroke. : OVERCUT
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Threatens. : MENACES
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Columnist. : ITEMER
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Jury summons. : VENIRE
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Builds. : ERECTS
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Wedge-shaped. : CUNEATE
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Of the armpit. : AXILLAR
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Jobbers' customers. : DEALERS
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Swamp. : MORASS
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French chef's specialty. : OMELET
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River into the Yukon. : TANANA
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What Santee counts. : LAPS
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So let it be. : AMEN
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Slept loudly. : SNORED
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Electrician. : WIRER
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Former rulers. : TSARS
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Minded. : CARED
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Bon ___. : AMI
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Skull cavity. : SINUS
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Borge and Melchior. : DANES
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Covert suggestion. : HINT
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California products. : OLIVES
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Kern musical. : ROBERTA
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Hesperus. : STAR
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Time between sessions. : RECESS
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Act of egging on. : ABETTAL
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Cotton fabric. : PERCALE
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Astaire or Kelly. : STEPPER
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Misinterpret. : MISREAD
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Deadlock. : IMPASSE
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Governor at Nashville. : CLEMENT
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Opera by Gluck. : ALCESTE
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Ford Konno, for example. : NATATOR
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Alloy used as an inlay. : NIELLO
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Ruhr city. : ESSEN
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Maggie Wylie's husband. : SHAND
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Concluder. : ENDER
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Baobabs. : TREES
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Silent screen director. : INCE
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Without: Lat. : SINE
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Undermines. : SAPS
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Narrow inlet. : RIA
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Term in aviation. : REV
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Scotch "no." : NAE

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15 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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