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I was intrigued by 100D with the clue referencing Broadway's "Puzzles of 1925." I'm quite familiar with ELSIE Janice, but I had never heard of this particular show. A little digging reveals it was a musical revue built around the then-current crossword puzzle craze.
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rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2009/09/sunday-sep-13-2009-m...
rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2009/09/sunday-sep-13-2009-muscular-charles.html
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Some Arab Games And Puzzles ... Sudan Notes and Records, No. 8, 1925, Pages 137-152 ... [Page 137] The games and puzzles here described were seen, and at times played, by me in Kordofan Province, among the camel-breeding Kababish Arabs on the fringe of the northern desert, and the cattle breeding Homr Arabs of the south,
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www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Archives/Davies/index.html
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Im Blau 1925; by Vassily Kandinsky; 2000-pc jigsaw puzzle for US$ 40.50; ... Title: Im Blau 1925 ... This page is part of the JigBoxx Puzzles online catalogue of jigsaw puzzles.
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www.jigboxx.com/jps/ag04002.html
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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord. 4. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot. 7. Type genus of the Anatidae. 11. ... 13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods. 14. 17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group. 20.
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www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/puzzles/gt_1925.html
www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/puzzles/gt_1925.html
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1. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed. 4. A walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang. 12. The compass point that is one point south of due east. 15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). ... 16. Characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness. 21. A master's degree in business. 22.
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www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/puzzles/gm_1925.html
www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/puzzles/gm_1925.html
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Puzzles of 1925. It is herewith advanced as a possible topic for debate that, of all the prominent entertainers, Elsie Janis is surest of herself. One could forgive her this if she were... ... Monday, Feb. 16, 1925...
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www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,719837-2,00.h...
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,719837-2,00.html
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Other shapes soon made their debut and the word square was no longer limited to being square. Diamoonds, octagons, pyramids and half-squares became popular. In the 1870s, the American magazine St. Nicholas featured these puzzles: ... From World's Best Word Puzzles (1925)
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puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/aa000123.htm
puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/aa000123.htm
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Back east, I didn't know RAILS were birds, but even with that guess, there were many crosses that were a bit obscure to me, including ones I'd had before like 67D: _____ Janis, star of Broadway's "Puzzles of 1925" (Elsie) and 83A: 1970s-'80s supermodel Carangi (Gia).
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rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2007/08/sunday-aug-5-2007-caroline-leong.html
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; Theatre: Fulton Theatre (New York, NY) ; 210 W. 46th St. New York, NY ; ... Opening: February 02, 1925 ... Production Type: Original Production...
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broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=316570
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