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Elizabeth Patterson
Words the World Over
New York Times, Sunday, January 13, 1946
21-Across : Wine of a Greek island.
Author:
Elizabeth Patterson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 81, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 648 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 134, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 59, Grid flow: 35.4
1 S | 2 C | 3 A | 4 P | 5 A | | 6 A | 7 P | 8 E | 9 D | | 10 S | 11 C | 12 R | 13 O | 14 D | | 15 K | 16 U | 17 R | 18 I | 19 L | 20 S |
21 C | H | I | A | N | | 22 N | E | V | A | | 23 T | R | I | P | O | 24 L | I | T | A | N | I | A |
25 R | I | L | L | S | | 26 H | A | I | L | | 27 A | U | S | T | R | A | L | A | S | I | A | N |
28 I | N | E | E | | 29 C | A | R | L | I | 30 S | L | E | | 31 S | K | I | T | S | | 32 T | O | E |
33 M | A | R | S | 34 H | A | L | L | | | 35 H | I | T | 36 S | | 37 I | T | S | | 38 S | I | T | |
| | | 39 T | E | S | T | | 40 C | 41 L | A | N | | 42 P | 43 O | N | Y | | 44 G | H | A | U | 45 T |
46 L | 47 A | 48 V | I | S | H | | 49 C | H | U | N | G | 50 K | I | N | G | | 51 G | R | E | T | N | A |
52 E | V | E | N | S | | 53 K | R | A | N | | 54 R | A | L | E | | 55 T | U | A | R | E | G | S |
56 B | O | N | E | | 57 W | H | I | T | E | 58 H | A | L | L | | 59 P | E | M | B | A | | | |
60 A | C | E | | 61 A | R | A | S | | 62 B | U | D | A | | 63 S | O | L | | 64 S | T | 65 A | 66 E | 67 L |
68 N | A | T | | 69 C | E | N | T | 70 R | U | M | | 71 T | 72 E | T | R | A | 73 D | | 74 O | L | L | A |
75 E | D | I | 76 C | T | S | | 77 O | A | R | | | | 78 X | A | T | | 79 A | 80 E | N | E | A | S |
81 S | O | A | R | | 82 T | 83 O | B | A | G | 84 O | | 85 R | I | D | O | 86 T | T | O | | 87 U | T | S |
88 E | S | N | E | 89 S | | 90 M | A | D | | 91 U | 92 G | H | S | | 93 N | O | E | S | | 94 T | E | A |
| | | 95 N | A | 96 T | A | L | | 97 S | T | R | A | T | 98 F | O | R | D | | 99 G | I | R | L |
100 A | 101 V | 102 I | A | T | O | R | | 103 P | E | R | A | | 104 E | A | V | E | | 105 F | L | A | I | L |
106 B | A | N | T | A | M | | 107 B | E | N | E | V | 108 E | N | T | O | | 109 D | I | O | N | N | E |
110 O | L | S | E | N | | 111 R | E | P | S | | 112 E | S | T | E | | 113 M | O | A | B | | | |
| 114 E | N | D | | 115 P | E | N | | 116 E | 117 T | N | A | | | 118 M | O | N | T | E | 119 R | 120 E | 121 Y |
122 B | N | A | | 123 S | L | A | G | 124 S | | 125 W | H | U | 126 R | 127 R | I | N | G | | 128 S | A | L | P |
129 A | C | R | 130 O | C | E | R | A | U | 131 N | I | A | | 132 I | O | N | A | | 133 A | T | T | A | R |
134 W | I | L | L | I | A | M | S | B | U | R | G | | 135 O | D | I | C | | 136 S | E | I | N | E |
137 L | A | S | S | O | S | | 138 I | S | T | L | E | | 139 M | E | M | O | | 140 P | R | O | D | S |
© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 205
Across
1
___ Flow, Orkney Islands. :
SCAPA6
10
Young cod for broiling. :
SCROD15
Islands ceded to Japan by Russia, 1875. :
KURILS21
Wine of a Greek island. :
CHIAN22
River near Leningrad. :
NEVA23
25
26
27
28
29
English city, E. of Solway Firth. :
CARLISLE31
32
Italy's southern tip. :
TOE33
35
37
38
39
40
42
44
Mountain pass: India. :
GHAUT46
49
51
52
53
Persian silver coin. :
KRAN54
55
Moslem tribesmen of the Sahara. :
TUAREGS56
Seaport W. of Bizerte. :
BONE57
59
Isle N. of Zanzibar. :
PEMBA60
61
Russo-Iranian river boundary. :
ARAS62
Old part of Hungary's capital. :
BUDA63
Fifth tone of scale. :
SOL64
French author, Madame de ___. :
STAEL68
Possible nickname for Hawthorne. :
NAT69
71
74
75
77
78
Indian memorial post. :
XAT79
Slayer of Prince Turnus. :
AENEAS81
Move effortlessly. :
SOAR82
85
Eighteenth-century masquerade. :
RIDOTTO87
First notes of Guido's scale. :
UTS88
90
91
Guttural exclamations. :
UGHS93
94
95
East Brazilian seaport. :
NATAL97
99
100
103
Foreign section of Istanbul. :
PERA104
Overhanging section. :
EAVE105
106
First Dutch settlement in Java. :
BANTAM107
109
Surname of famous five. :
DIONNE110
Comedy star, partner of Johnson. :
OLSEN111
112
Town between Padua and Mantua. :
ESTE113
Ancient Syrian kingdom. :
MOAB114
Lands ___, Cornwall. :
END115
116
Catania's mountain. :
ETNA118
Original capital of California. :
MONTEREY122
Where Canada is: Abbr. :
BNA123
125
128
129
Cape Glossa's ancient name, meaning "Thunder-Heights." :
ACROCERAUNIA132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
Something jotted down. :
MEMO140
Down
1
Light, coarse fabric. :
SCRIM2
Once known as "Middle Kingdom." :
CHINA3
4
5
6
German state, capital, Dessau. :
ANHALT7
River into Gulf of Mexico. :
PEARL8
9
Salvador ___, futurist. :
DALI10
11
12
Japanese marine miles. :
RIS13
14
Surrey town, famous for special breed of fowl. :
DORKING15
Scottish apparel. :
KILTS16
Octave of a feast. :
UTAS17
18
19
Peninsula in Yellow Sea, S. Manchuria. :
LIAOTUNG20
24
Non-professionals. :
LAITY29
Small-value Oriental coins. :
CASH30
___ States, Burma. :
SHAN34
Confessed malingerer. :
HESS36
Paper sheath of cigarette. :
SPILL38
40
41
Prussian city, scene of surrender. :
LUNEBURG43
44
45
46
___ Republic on Mediterranean Sea. :
LEBANESE47
48
49
Town, Atlantic entrance to Panama Canal. :
CRISTOBAL50
Capital of Baluchistan. :
KALAT51
53
55
57
58
59
61
63
Native village: S. Africa. :
STAD65
Island group, including Andreanofs. :
ALEUTIAN66
Substance derived from elaterium. :
ELATERIN67
70
S. African council. :
RAAD72
73
76
80
83
84
85
Old name for the Volga. :
RHA86
89
92
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
105
107
108
109
111
Furnish new weapons. :
REARM113
Locale of Monte Carlo. :
MONACO115
117
118
119
120
African antelope. :
ELAND121
Famous Belgian town. :
YPRES122
123
Another name for Chios. :
SCIO124
126
127
130
Town NE of Breslau. :
OLS131
133
Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 47 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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