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Willard N. Jordan
Review of the War News
New York Times, Sunday, March 25, 1945
23-Across : Athenian known as "The Just."
Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 180, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 4.99, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 662 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 142, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 51, Grid flow: 21.6
1 Y | 2 A | 3 W | 4 A | 5 T | 6 A | | 7 C | 8 O | 9 N | 10 E | 11 S | 12 T | 13 O | 14 G | 15 A | | 16 R | 17 U | 18 S | 19 S | 20 I | 21 A |
22 U | R | A | N | U | S | | 23 A | R | I | S | T | I | D | E | S | | 24 I | N | H | U | M | E |
25 C | A | N | N | E | S | | 26 R | E | C | T | O | R | A | T | E | | 27 S | A | I | P | A | N |
28 A | C | T | | 29 S | E | 30 A | M | | 31 K | E | L | P | | 32 A | I | 33 R | E | | 34 P | E | R | E |
35 T | H | I | 36 N | | 37 T | R | E | 38 T | | 39 R | A | I | 40 N | | 41 T | O | R | 42 O | | 43 R | E | A |
44 A | N | N | A | 45 M | | 46 G | L | A | 47 D | | | 48 T | O | 49 K | Y | O | | 50 W | 51 E | F | T | S |
52 N | E | G | R | I | 53 T | O | | 54 S | A | 55 L | 56 A | Z | A | R | | 57 K | 58 O | I | S | O | | |
| | | 59 D | R | Y | | 60 E | S | S | E | D | | 61 H | A | 62 T | E | R | | 63 T | R | 64 I | 65 M |
66 E | 67 T | 68 C | | 69 A | R | 70 E | S | | 71 H | A | M | 72 M | | 73 S | E | R | B | | 74 E | T | N | A |
75 N | A | Z | 76 I | | 77 E | D | A | 78 M | | 79 K | I | E | 80 V | | 81 O | S | L | 82 O | | 83 R | I | G |
84 F | R | E | D | 85 A | | 86 G | U | A | 87 M | | 88 R | E | I | 89 M | S | | 90 E | N | 91 S | E | T | E |
92 I | N | C | E | N | 93 S | E | | 94 S | U | 95 M | A | T | R | A | | 96 U | T | E | N | S | I | L |
97 L | O | H | A | N | A | | 98 M | A | S | E | L | | 99 E | L | 100 A | S | | 101 R | O | S | A | L |
102 A | P | O | | 103 A | S | 104 I | A | | 105 S | E | T | 106 S | | 107 O | D | E | 108 R | | 109 B | E | T | A |
110 D | O | S | 111 E | | 112 E | R | I | 113 C | | 114 K | I | W | 115 I | | 116 A | D | I | 117 T | | 118 S | E | N |
119 E | L | L | A | | 120 B | E | N | A | 121 B | | 122 E | A | K | 123 E | R | | 124 O | A | 125 K | | | |
| | 126 O | S | 127 K | O | L | | 128 T | O | 129 L | S | T | O | Y | | 130 S | T | R | I | 131 K | 132 E | 133 R |
134 C | 135 O | V | E | R | | 136 A | 137 T | O | N | E | | | 138 N | E | 139 S | T | | 140 T | E | R | S | E |
141 O | P | A | | 142 A | 143 R | N | O | | 144 D | A | 145 N | 146 A | | 147 S | H | I | 148 N | | 149 L | E | T | T |
150 N | I | K | 151 E | | 152 E | D | E | 153 R | | 154 D | A | N | 155 K | | 156 A | R | A | 157 L | | 158 F | O | R |
159 R | A | I | L | 160 E | D | | 161 C | O | 162 M | I | N | T | E | 163 R | N | | 164 S | I | 165 L | E | N | E |
166 A | T | A | B | A | L | | 167 A | P | E | N | N | I | N | E | S | | 168 A | M | E | L | I | A |
169 D | E | N | A | R | Y | | 170 P | E | N | S | A | C | O | L | A | | 171 B | A | G | D | A | D |
© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 163
Across
1
Japan's "Pittsburgh" hit by B-29's. :
YAWATA7
16
Home of the Muscovites. :
RUSSIA22
23
24
25
Liberated Riviera resort. :
CANNES26
27
28
29
31
32
River in Argonne region. :
AIRE34
"___ Goriot," novel by Balzac, 1834. :
PERE35
37
39
Play based on Maugham story. :
RAIN41
Ferdinand in Spain. :
TORO43
44
Kingdom in Indo-China. :
ANNAM46
48
Target for B-29 bombs. :
TOKYO50
52
54
Portugal's Prime Minister. :
SALAZAR57
Premier of Japan. :
KOISO59
60
Ancient two-wheeled chariot. :
ESSED61
63
66
And so forth: Abbr. :
ETC69
Aphrodite's sweetheart. :
ARES71
Devastated Ruhr rail center. :
HAMM73
Native of Belgrade. :
SERB74
75
National Socialist. :
NAZI77
Seaport, N. Holland. :
EDAM79
Holy city of the Ukraine. :
KIEV81
83
84
86
88
Cathedral city E. of Paris. :
REIMS90
92
94
96
97
Indian of commercial caste. :
LOHANA98
99
101
102
Highest Philippine mountain. :
APO103
105
107
River E. of Berlin. :
ODER109
110
112
King of Sweden, 1560–68. :
ERIC114
Non-flying airman. :
KIWI116
118
Late President of China. :
SEN119
___ Wheeler Wilcox. :
ELLA120
Native hut in Guiana. :
BENAB122
Mediterranean air chief. :
EAKER124
Royal ___, torpedoed British warship. :
OAK126
Red river in Black Earth area. :
OSKOL128
Author of "War and Peace." :
TOLSTOY130
134
136
138
140
141
Bureau headed by Chester Bowles. :
OPA142
River flowing through City of Lilies. :
ARNO144
He wrote "Two Years Before the Mast." :
DANA147
149
Baltic republican. :
LETT150
Statue in the Louvre. :
NIKE152
Important Ruhr river. :
EDER154
156
Lake east of Caspian Sea. :
ARAL158
Antithesis of against. :
FOR159
Furnished with track. :
RAILED161
Dissolved Third International of Moscow. :
COMINTERN164
166
167
168
Flier lost July 2, 1937. :
AMELIA169
170
Famous U. S. naval air training center. :
PENSACOLA171
Mesopotamian capital. :
BAGDAD
Down
1
Peninsular Mexican State. :
YUCATAN2
Athena changed her into a spider. :
ARACHNE3
4
5
Election day: Abbr. :
TUES6
7
Famed Palestinian mount. :
CARMEL8
Vital smelting material. :
ORE9
10
Chemical compound. :
ESTER11
Garment of Roman matrons. :
STOLA12
13
14
15
Self-derived existence. :
ASEITY16
17
Bride of Red Cross Knight. :
UNA18
19
20
21
30
Ship of Golden Fleece hunters. :
ARGO33
36
Fragrant ointment. :
NARD38
Source of Russian news. :
TASS40
Ancestor of all mankind. :
NOAH42
Elmer Davis' agency. :
OWI45
47
49
51
Princely house of Italy. :
ESTE53
Capital of ancient Phoenicia. :
TYRE55
56
58
60
Elder son of Isaac and Rebekah. :
ESAU62
Ionian birthplace of Anacreon. :
TEOS64
65
66
67
Polish city en route to Lwow. :
TARNOPOL68
70
Governor of the Garden State. :
EDGE72
Sporting assemblage. :
MEET76
78
Cornmeal in Southwest. :
MASA80
Feathered arrow for crossbows. :
VIRE82
Unique thing: Slang. :
ONER85
87
89
St. ___, port of Brittany. :
MALO91
93
Kyushu base raided by B-29's. :
SASEBO95
96
98
Frankfort on the ___. :
MAIN100
104
106
108
111
113
Roman patriot, The Censor. :
CATO115
117
121
123
125
German naval base. :
KIEL127
Isthmus on Malay Peninsula. :
KRA129
130
131
132
133
134
Author of "Under Western Eyes." :
CONRAD135
137
139
Peruvian shrub yielding dye. :
SHANSA143
145
Mythical wife of Balder. :
NANNA146
148
Legal kinship among Mohammedans. :
NASAB151
Island between Corsica and Italy. :
ELBA153
155
157
City of the Kings. :
LIMA160
Favorable attention. :
EAR162
163
Unit of magnetic resistance. :
REL165
Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 43 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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