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Louis Baron
With Hints from the Headlines
New York Times, Sunday, April 1, 1945
124-Across : Author of "State Fair."
Author:
Louis Baron
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 669 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 152, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 62, Grid flow: 25.6
Louis Baron has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 I | 3 S | 4 E | 5 S | 6 T | | 7 M | 8 A | 9 A | 10 S | | 11 S | 12 W | 13 A | 14 G | | 15 S | 16 A | 17 I | 18 P | 19 A | 20 N |
21 E | N | T | R | E | E | | 22 A | R | M | I | 23 S | T | I | C | E | | 24 E | N | T | I | R | E |
25 S | T | R | E | W | N | | 26 R | O | T | T | E | R | D | A | M | | 27 P | O | S | E | R | S |
28 T | E | A | | 29 S | C | 30 R | I | M | | 31 S | T | E | E | L | | 32 L | A | N | | 33 R | E | T |
34 W | R | I | 35 T | | 36 H | U | N | A | 37 N | | 38 S | E | N | E | 39 G | A | L | | 40 A | L | A | E |
41 A | N | T | I | 42 S | | 43 M | E | T | A | 44 L | | 45 T | E | P | E | E | | 46 S | W | O | R | D |
47 L | E | L | A | P | 48 S | | 49 S | I | X | E | 50 S | | 51 R | H | O | | 52 W | H | E | T | S | |
53 L | E | Y | | 54 A | A | 55 M | | 56 C | O | Y | E | 57 R | | 58 E | D | 59 D | I | E | D | | | |
| | | 60 A | N | N | E | 61 X | | 62 S | T | A | I | 63 N | | 64 E | I | R | E | | 65 R | 66 A | 67 M |
| 68 P | 69 I | C | K | E | T | E | 70 R | | 71 E | S | N | E | 72 S | | 73 G | E | R | 74 M | A | N | Y |
75 T | A | L | C | | 76 R | E | B | E | 77 C | | 78 I | S | L | E | 79 S | | 80 D | E | A | C | O | N |
81 A | L | O | E | 82 S | | 83 R | E | P | L | 84 A | C | E | M | E | N | 85 T | | 86 D | R | I | N | A |
87 I | M | I | D | E | 88 S | | 89 C | L | A | R | K | | 90 A | K | E | E | 91 S | | 92 T | A | A | S |
93 P | E | L | E | L | I | 94 U | | 95 Y | U | A | N | 96 S | | 97 S | A | T | C | 98 H | E | L | S | |
99 O | R | O | | 100 K | E | R | 101 R | | 102 S | L | E | E | 103 P | | 104 K | O | R | A | N | | | |
| | | 105 M | I | N | D | E | 106 D | | 107 U | S | E | R | 108 S | | 109 N | A | G | | 110 H | 111 A | 112 M |
| 113 A | 114 R | A | R | A | | 115 D | E | 116 W | | 117 S | P | A | C | 118 E | | 119 M | A | 120 L | A | G | A |
121 P | L | U | C | K | | 122 T | Y | C | H | 123 O | | 124 S | T | O | N | 125 G | | 126 R | E | C | U | R |
127 L | A | M | E | | 128 O | V | E | R | A | R | 129 M | | 130 E | R | G | O | 131 T | | 132 T | H | A | I |
133 A | M | A | | 134 A | B | A | | 135 E | T | A | A | 136 C | | 137 P | L | A | I | 138 T | | 139 I | C | A |
140 N | O | N | 141 A | G | E | | 142 M | A | N | C | H | U | 143 R | I | A | | 144 T | R | 145 U | M | A | N |
146 E | D | I | L | E | S | | 147 I | S | O | L | A | T | I | O | N | | 148 A | U | R | A | T | A |
149 S | E | A | B | E | E | | 150 N | E | T | E | | 151 S | A | N | D | | 152 R | E | N | N | E | S |
© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 164
Across
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War-scarred Dutch river. :
MAAS11
15
21
22
24
25
26
27
28
29
31
Symbol of strength. :
STEEL32
Province, in Sweden. :
LAN33
34
An order under law. :
WRIT36
Where Changsha is. :
HUNAN38
Saint-Louis is its capital. :
SENEGAL40
41
Disagreeing parties. :
ANTIS43
45
Kind of dwelling. :
TEPEE46
47
Storm wind of Greek myth. :
LELAPS49
51
52
53
Nazi labor administrator. :
LEY54
56
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64
Free State since 1922. :
EIRE65
68
71
Anglo-Saxon serfs. :
ESNES73
Rewrite job for 1946 World Almanac. :
GERMANY75
76
78
___ of the Sea, Scotland. :
ISLES80
Minister's assistant. :
DEACON81
Evergreen plants. :
ALOES83
86
Sava tributary, W. Yugoslavia. :
DRINA87
89
Airfield near Manila. :
CLARK90
92
93
Marine-conquered Caroline base. :
PELELIU95
Departments of the Kuomintang Government. :
YUANS97
99
Province in S. W. Ecuador. :
ORO100
Governor of Oklahoma. :
KERR102
104
Mohammedan scriptures. :
KORAN105
107
109
110
113
Brilliantly colored macaw. :
ARARA115
Symbol of freshness. :
DEW117
Train reservation. :
SPACE119
121
122
Chance: Comb. form. :
TYCHO124
Author of "State Fair." :
STONG126
127
128
130
Fungous disease of wheat. :
ERGOT132
133
134
Arabian camel-hair garment. :
ABA135
South African blaubok. :
ETAAC137
139
Department in Peru. :
ICA140
Period of legal immaturity. :
NONAGE142
144
146
147
148
Gold-colored gilt-head fish. :
AURATA149
Builder of airfields. :
SEABEE150
Upper tone, in old Greek music. :
NETE151
Literary friend of Chopin. :
SAND152
Down
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2
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4
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What a sailmaker does. :
SEWS6
European freshwater fish. :
TENCH7
All capital ships carry them. :
MARINES8
9
10
11
12
Carpenter's reaming tool. :
WIDENER13
14
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18
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30
West Indian import. :
RUM32
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Largest of the Cyclades. :
NAXOS39
Stone nodule with crystal-lined cavity. :
GEODE40
42
44
Tacloban is its capital. :
LEYTE46
Deviated from proper course. :
SHEERED48
More mentally lucid. :
SANER50
52
55
Measuring device. :
METER57
59
60
61
Mediterranean vessel. :
XEBEC63
Large Siberian fish. :
NELMA65
Of a biological group. :
RACIAL66
67
Asiatic starlings. :
MYNAS68
U. S. Attorney General (1919–1921). :
PALMER69
70
Other side of a question. :
REPLY72
74
75
Capital of New Territories, China. :
TAIPO77
79
82
Sailor who inspired Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe." :
SELKIRK84
85
Spur range of the Rockies in W. Wyoming. :
TETON88
Province in Tuscany. :
SIENA91
94
96
Penetrates by degrees. :
SEEPS98
Sarah's handmaid. :
HAGAR101
103
105
Emblem of authority. :
MACE106
108
Arachnid with venomous sting. :
SCORPION110
111
112
113
114
German foe since August, 1944. :
RUMANIA116
118
Core of the British Empire. :
ENGLAND120
121
122
Rural electrification project. :
TVA123
125
Portuguese city in India. :
GOA128
129
Long-tailed monkey. :
MAHA131
Gray East Indian partridge. :
TITAR134
136
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141
142
River in Fukien Province. :
MIN143
145
Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 52 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 4 cheater squares.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 10 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 52 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
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These 50 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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