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Louis Jenkins
With Clues from the Far East
New York Times, Sunday, May 17, 1942
95-Across : Inventer of a steel process.
Author:
Louis Jenkins
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 178, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 695 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 157, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 141, Grid flow: 3.9
1 T | 2 I | 3 M | 4 O | 5 R | | 6 P | 7 O | 8 O | 9 N | 10 A | | 11 A | 12 B | 13 A | 14 M | 15 A | | 16 H | 17 A | 18 I | 19 F | 20 A |
21 E | L | O | G | E | | 22 E | U | P | E | N | | 23 M | A | G | O | G | | 24 O | U | T | E | R |
25 H | O | P | E | D | | 26 I | T | A | L | Y | | 27 A | T | A | L | A | | 28 P | L | E | A | T |
29 R | I | P | E | | 30 S | P | I | L | L | | 31 P | L | A | I | D | | 32 S | K | I | R | T | S |
33 A | L | E | | 34 C | H | I | N | S | | 35 O | R | G | A | N | | 36 C | H | I | C | | | |
37 N | O | T | 38 C | H | I | N | G | | 39 G | R | O | A | N | | 40 T | R | A | N | S | 41 F | 42 E | 43 R |
| | | 44 L | I | N | G | | 45 M | A | D | A | M | | 46 P | O | U | R | S | | 47 I | R | A |
48 C | 49 R | 50 O | O | N | S | | 51 S | I | T | E | S | | 52 B | A | K | E | D | | 53 S | N | A | G |
54 L | I | B | Y | A | | 55 F | E | M | U | R | | 56 B | U | T | Y | L | | 57 P | H | A | S | E |
58 E | N | O | S | | 59 P | R | E | E | N | | 60 C | U | R | I | O | | 61 B | O | I | L | E | D |
62 A | S | E | | 63 M | A | I | D | S | | 64 H | O | M | M | A | | 65 H | A | U | L | | | |
66 R | E | S | 67 T | O | R | E | S | | 68 H | I | P | P | A | | 69 O | U | T | C | L | 70 A | 71 S | 72 S |
| | | 73 R | A | I | D | | 74 B | O | N | E | Y | | 75 D | U | T | C | H | | 76 L | E | T |
77 A | 78 S | 79 P | E | N | S | | 80 L | A | U | D | S | | 81 C | I | N | C | H | | 82 F | A | N | E |
83 K | H | A | N | S | | 84 M | A | T | S | U | | 85 P | O | R | C | H | | 86 N | U | R | S | E |
87 Y | A | R | D | | 88 B | O | C | H | E | | 89 T | A | N | T | E | | 90 R | O | M | M | E | L |
91 A | R | E | | 92 C | O | R | E | S | | 93 D | A | R | N | S | | 94 S | O | R | E | | | |
95 B | E | S | 96 S | E | M | E | R | | 97 N | E | H | R | U | | 98 S | T | A | N | D | 99 L | 100 E | 101 Y |
| | | 102 A | L | B | S | | 103 S | E | P | O | Y | | 104 P | I | R | N | S | | 105 A | D | E |
106 S | 107 M | 108 I | T | E | S | | 109 H | A | L | L | E | | 110 N | A | Z | I | S | | 111 A | S | I | A |
112 C | A | R | I | B | | 113 H | O | R | S | E | | 114 B | E | V | I | N | | 115 O | U | S | T | S |
116 A | T | O | N | E | | 117 E | L | I | O | T | | 118 U | S | I | N | G | | 119 I | D | I | O | T |
120 B | A | N | G | S | | 121 M | E | S | N | E | | 122 S | T | A | G | S | | 123 L | E | E | R | Y |
© 1942, The New York TimesNo. 14
Across
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Dutch-Portuguese Island. :
TIMOR6
City near Bombay. :
POONA11
Genus of bog-herbs. :
ABAMA16
Seaport of Palestine. :
HAIFA21
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Part of Germany ceded to Belgium by Versailles Treaty. :
EUPEN23
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Farther from the center. :
OUTER25
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Heroine of Chateaubriand novel. :
ATALA28
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Rectangular garment. :
PLAID32
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Large marine fish. :
LING45
Form of polite address. :
MADAM46
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Modern substitute for rubber. :
BUTYL57
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Article of virtu. :
CURIO61
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Japanese general. :
HOMMA65
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Genus of crustaceans. :
HIPPA69
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Nickname for the Little Corporal. :
BONEY75
A fighting people. :
DUTCH76
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Timber pine of Asia. :
MATSU85
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Indispensable woman. :
NURSE87
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East Indian soldier. :
SEPOY104
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Large city in Germany. :
HALLE110
Enemies of the United Nations. :
NAZIS111
Cradle of the human race. :
ASIA112
Almost extinct American. :
CARIB113
Gymnastic apparatus. :
HORSE114
British labor leader. :
BEVIN115
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117
Author of "Adam Bede." :
ELIOT118
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121
Intervening: Law. :
MESNE122
123
Suspicious: slang. :
LEERY
Down
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Capital of Persia: var. :
TEHRAN2
Province of S. W. Panay. :
ILOILO3
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Favorite of Charles II. :
NELL10
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Union of mercury with another metal. :
AMALGAM12
Place of outstanding American heroism. :
BATAAN13
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F. D. R.'s first assistant. :
HOPKINS17
Ceremonies observed at the Sorbonne. :
AULICS18
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"The inglorious ___ of peace!"—Marvell. :
ARTS30
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Malaysian double-ended sailing canoes. :
PROAS32
Fragment of china. :
SHARD34
One of our allies. :
CHINA35
"The old ___ changeth."—Tennyson. :
ORDER36
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Site of a famous dam. :
GATUN40
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River in Colombia. :
PATIA48
"The coast was ___."—Drayton. :
CLEAR49
Finale of a shampoo. :
RINSE50
Wind instruments. :
OBOES51
Requisite for victory gardens. :
SEEDS52
53
Grifter's helper: slang. :
SHILL55
Austrian winner of Nobel Peace Prize, 1911. :
FRIED56
57
Diplomatic mailmag. :
POUCH59
Once the City of Night. :
PARIS60
61
Number of things sent at one time. :
BATCH63
64
One of 230,000,000 in India. :
HINDU65
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Wilson's adviser. :
HOUSE69
Leopard-like animal. :
OUNCE70
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Metal on priorities list. :
STEEL74
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Seaport of Lower Burma. :
AKYAB78
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Wearer of old-fashioned corset. :
LACER81
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Guardian spirits of Teutonic myth. :
NORNS88
Recent gifts to Japan. :
BOMBS89
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Strategic Pacific island. :
CELEBES93
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Glutinous material used in fabrics. :
SIZING99
Member of Salvation Army. :
LASSIE100
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103
Hindu women's garments. :
SARIS104
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111
River in south of France. :
AUDE113
114
"He missed the ___." :
BUS115
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 136 debuted here and reused later.
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