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Jack Luzzatto
Global Gleanings
New York Times, Sunday, October 22, 1944
35-Across : Small-article case.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 679 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 142, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 84, Grid flow: 27.1
1 A | 2 L | 3 L | 4 I | 5 E | 6 S | | 7 M | 8 A | 9 K | 10 E | | 11 F | 12 R | 13 E | 14 E | | 15 E | 16 U | 17 R | 18 O | 19 P | 20 A |
21 A | Y | E | A | Y | E | | 22 E | L | E | C | 23 T | I | O | N | S | | 24 A | K | U | T | A | N |
25 C | R | A | N | E | D | | 26 G | A | R | R | O | T | T | E | S | | 27 S | A | T | I | R | E |
28 H | A | G | | 29 S | A | 30 P | | 31 S | N | U | P | | 32 T | R | E | 33 A | T | S | | 34 O | R | L |
35 E | T | U | 36 I | | 37 N | O | 38 O | K | S | | 39 T | 40 H | E | G | N | S | | 41 E | 42 S | S | I | E |
43 N | E | E | D | 44 S | | 45 S | E | A | | 46 H | O | A | R | I | E | S | 47 T | | 48 H | E | S | S |
| | | 49 E | A | 50 G | E | R | | 51 D | E | N | U | D | E | S | | 52 I | 53 R | A | | | |
54 A | 55 H | 56 S | | 57 B | U | N | | 58 S | E | R | | 59 T | A | S | | 60 B | R | A | D | 61 L | 62 E | 63 Y |
64 P | A | T | 65 T | O | N | | 66 T | H | E | O | 67 R | E | M | | 68 P | R | O | C | E | E | D | S |
69 S | L | E | E | T | | 70 H | A | R | P | I | E | S | | 71 V | O | I | L | E | | 72 A | W | E |
73 E | M | E | R | | 74 L | O | R | I | E | N | T | | 75 H | I | T | L | E | R | | 76 V | A | R |
| 77 A | R | M | 78 I | E | S | | 79 K | N | E | A | 80 D | E | R | | 81 L | A | S | 82 H | E | R | |
83 O | H | S | | 84 M | E | T | 85 R | E | S | | 86 K | A | L | I | 87 N | I | N | | 88 A | N | D | 89 S |
90 R | E | M | | 91 P | R | E | Y | S | | 92 H | E | L | L | D | O | G | | 93 C | L | I | V | E |
94 E | R | E | 95 W | H | I | L | E | | 96 S | E | R | I | C | I | N | | 97 F | A | F | N | I | R |
98 B | A | N | Y | A | N | S | | 99 F | O | D | | 100 L | A | N | | 101 P | A | L | | 102 G | I | B |
| | | 103 A | L | G | | 104 W | I | L | D | 105 C | A | T | | 106 L | A | T | E | 107 R | | | |
108 M | 109 O | 110 L | T | | 111 S | 112 H | I | L | E | L | A | H | | 113 P | E | T | | 114 B | U | 115 R | 116 G | 117 H |
118 A | C | U | T | 119 E | | 120 A | N | I | M | E | S | | 121 R | E | I | C | 122 H | | 123 M | E | R | E |
124 M | T | B | | 125 R | 126 E | S | I | G | N | | 127 A | 128 B | E | T | | 129 H | U | 130 E | | 131 B | O | R |
132 B | A | L | 133 L | A | D | | 134 E | R | I | 135 S | T | I | C | A | 136 L | | 137 N | I | 138 M | I | T | Z |
139 A | V | I | A | T | E | | 140 S | E | S | T | E | R | T | I | A | | 141 T | R | E | N | T | O |
142 S | E | N | I | O | R | | 143 T | E | E | S | | 144 D | O | N | E | | 145 S | E | A | D | O | G |
© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 141
Across
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Nocturnal lemur of Madagascar. :
AYEAYE22
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Active Aleutian island-volcano, 4,100 ft. :
AKUTAN25
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Small-article case. :
ETUI37
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Amateur Nazi chutist. :
HESS49
Champing at the bit. :
EAGER51
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71
Thin silk material. :
VOILE72
73
Irish legendary beauty. :
EMER74
Ex-U-boat port of France. :
LORIENT75
76
Department of S. E. France. :
VAR77
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Cerberus, hound of Hades. :
HELLDOG93
Britain's conqueror of India (1725–74). :
CLIVE94
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Dragon slain by Sigurd. :
FAFNIR98
Indian fig trees of great shade. :
BANYANS99
100
101
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103
French African colony: Abbr. :
ALG104
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108
111
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118
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121
German Government. :
REICH123
124
Motor torpedo boat. :
MTB125
127
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137
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145
Down
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Meuse River city. :
SEDAN7
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Monotonous routine. :
RUT18
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___ Island, S. C. Marine base. :
PARRIS20
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Borough in Berks Co., Pa. :
TOPTON30
Largest city between Warsaw and Berlin. :
POSEN33
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___-Pyrenees, French province. :
HAUTES42
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Dutch island, stepping-stone to Philippines. :
HALMAHERA56
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"'Twas ___, and the slithy toves ... " :
BRILLIG61
62
Father of George V and son of Queen Victoria. :
EDWARDVII63
French-Belgian river. :
YSER65
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Moses' man in Canaan. :
CALEB95
Sir Thomas ___, pre-Elizabethan poet. :
WYATT96
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General of Yank 7th Army. :
PATCH104
105
Hide, a land measure. :
CASATE106
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110
City of the Polish conference. :
LUBLIN112
113
Fallen French leader. :
PETAIN115
116
The Blue ___ of Capri. :
GROTTO117
German title of duke. :
HERZOG119
Muse of love poetry. :
ERATO121
122
126
Ex-dam in Germany. :
EDER128
130
Where the Shannon flows. :
EIRE133
Medieval tale in verse. :
LAI135
136
138
Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 70 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 0 cheater squares.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 14 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 70 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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