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P. Joseph Lamanna
Clues from the News
New York Times, Sunday, May 28, 1944
42-Across : Fancy case.
Author:
P. J. Lamanna
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 79, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 641 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 138, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 65, Grid flow: 46.9
P. J. Lamanna is an alias for P. Joseph Lamanna.
1 M | 2 A | 3 N | 4 U | 5 S | | 6 W | 7 A | 8 G | 9 E | 10 D | | 11 S | 12 P | 13 R | 14 A | 15 T | | 16 R | 17 A | 18 S | 19 P | 20 S |
21 A | R | E | T | E | | 22 I | M | O | L | A | | 23 M | O | O | R | E | | 24 A | R | M | I | L |
25 L | I | V | E | R | | 26 S | U | P | E | R | 27 F | I | C | I | A | L | | 28 T | R | O | P | E |
29 A | C | E | | 30 B | 31 A | E | R | | 32 C | L | A | R | K | | 33 D | I | 34 C | T | A | T | E | D |
35 R | A | L | 36 L | I | E | D | | 37 S | T | A | R | K | E | 38 R | | 39 C | O | R | N | E | R | S |
| | | 40 O | A | F | | 41 W | A | I | N | | 42 E | T | U | 43 I | | 44 S | A | G | | | |
45 J | 46 A | 47 S | O | N | | 48 S | A | V | O | | 49 O | D | E | S | S | 50 A | | 51 P | E | 52 R | 53 T | 54 H |
55 A | L | U | M | | 56 C | A | L | E | N | 57 D | S | | 58 D | E | L | I | 59 A | | 60 S | E | R | E |
61 M | E | R | | 62 N | E | W | E | R | | 63 R | A | 64 M | | 65 S | A | N | T | 66 A | | 67 V | I | A |
68 B | U | R | 69 S | I | T | I | S | | 70 D | A | K | A | 71 R | | 72 N | U | T | S | 73 H | E | L | L |
74 S | T | E | T | T | I | N | | 75 T | A | M | A | R | I | 76 N | D | | 77 S | C | U | L | L | S |
| | 78 A | E | R | | 79 G | 80 U | A | V | A | | 81 S | T | O | S | 82 S | | 83 A | R | A | | |
84 C | 85 A | L | A | I | 86 S | | 87 T | W | I | T | 88 C | H | E | D | | 89 C | 90 A | L | O | T | 91 T | 92 E |
93 E | V | I | L | D | O | 94 E | R | | 95 S | I | L | A | S | | 96 C | O | L | O | N | I | A | L |
97 R | E | S | | 98 S | I | R | E | 99 S | | 100 C | O | L | | 101 K | O | R | A | N | | 102 O | I | L |
103 A | N | T | 104 S | | 105 L | O | C | A | 106 L | | 107 A | L | 108 C | O | V | E | S | | 109 A | N | N | E |
110 M | A | S | T | 111 S | | 112 S | H | R | A | 113 N | K | | 114 E | N | I | D | | 115 B | I | S | O | N |
| | | 116 I | O | 117 N | | 118 T | U | N | E | | 119 G | L | E | N | | 120 B | E | L | | | |
121 S | 122 T | 123 A | N | L | E | 124 Y | | 125 M | O | G | 126 I | L | E | V | | 127 T | E | H | E | 128 R | 129 A | 130 N |
131 L | I | N | G | A | Y | E | 132 N | | 133 L | A | T | E | R | | 134 D | I | D | O | | 135 I | L | E |
136 A | T | T | I | C | | 137 L | A | 138 T | I | T | U | D | I | 139 N | A | L | | 140 O | 141 R | L | O | P |
142 M | A | R | N | E | | 143 L | I | A | N | E | | 144 E | T | U | D | E | | 145 V | I | L | N | A |
146 S | N | A | G | S | | 147 S | L | U | E | D | | 148 S | Y | N | O | D | | 149 E | D | S | E | L |
© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 120
Across
1
Chief Admiralty island, held by U. S. :
MANUS6
11
16
21
22
City southeast of Bologna. :
IMOLA23
Oklahoma Senator. :
MOORE24
Old astronomical instrument. :
ARMIL25
Good source of iron. :
LIVER26
28
Figure of speech. :
TROPE29
30
Heavyweight champion, 1934. :
BAER32
33
35
37
39
40
41
42
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45
He sowed dragon's teeth. :
JASON48
Island near Guadalcanal. :
SAVO49
Birthplace of Malinovsky, recaptured by him. :
ODESSA51
Capital of Western Australia. :
PERTH55
56
First day of Roman month. :
CALENDS58
60
61
62
63
65
67
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70
Naval base near Cape Verde. :
DAKAR72
74
75
77
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81
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84
Port 26 miles from Dover. :
CALAIS87
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93
95
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100
Vivian's state: Abbr. :
COL101
102
103
105
107
109
Britain's queen, 1702–14. :
ANNE110
112
114
115
116
___ Antonescu, Rumanian Premier. :
ION118
119
120
121
British Colonial Secretary. :
STANLEY125
127
City south of Caspian Sea. :
TEHERAN131
133
134
Founder of Carthage. :
DIDO135
Suited for: Suffix. :
ILE136
137
140
142
1914–18 watchword. :
MARNE143
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145
146
147
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149
Down
1
Lake in southeast Sweden. :
MALAR2
Seaport in Chile. :
ARICA3
City north of Vitebsk. :
NEVEL4
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6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Kwajalein air base. :
ROI14
Rumanian city on Mures River. :
ARAD15
16
17
18
Impressed forcibly. :
SMOTE19
20
Means of transport. :
SLEDS27
31
34
36
37
38
41
Where Swansea is. :
WALES43
45
46
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57
59
62
64
Islands, base of bombers of Truk. :
MARSHALL66
69
70
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73
Lake between two Allies. :
HURON75
76
80
82
84
85
86
88
90
91
Extinct Haitian Indian. :
TAINO92
94
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99
New ___, or Salisbury, England. :
SARUM101
Head of Second Ukrainian Army. :
KONEV104
106
108
109
111
113
115
117
French marshal, shot 1815. :
NEY119
120
121
122
123
124
Sounds from the bleachers. :
YELLS126
127
Covered with plates. :
TILED128
129
130
Between India and Tibet. :
NEPAL132
134
Set into a groove. :
DADO138
139
Chief mouth of Niger River. :
NUN141
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 59 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Analysis
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 6 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 59 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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