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P. Joseph Lamanna
P. Joseph Lamanna

Clues from the News

New York Times, Sunday, May 28, 1944

75-Across : Tropical fruit.

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. Joseph Lamanna has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
P. J. Lamanna is an alias for P. Joseph Lamanna.
Jim Horne notes:

45-Across: "He sowed dragon's teeth" → JASON: Actually Cadmus sowed dragon's teeth; Jason's dragon's teeth episode is from a different myth (Colchis).

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© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 120
Across
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Chief Admiralty island, held by U. S. : MANUS
6
Carried on. : WAGED
11
Small herring. : SPRAT
16
Tools. : RASPS
21
Crest. : ARETE
22
City southeast of Bologna. : IMOLA
23
Oklahoma Senator. : MOORE
24
Old astronomical instrument. : ARMIL
25
Good source of iron. : LIVER
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Not significant. : SUPERFICIAL
28
Figure of speech. : TROPE
29
Capt. Johnson. : ACE
30
Heavyweight champion, 1934. : BAER
32
U. S. general. : CLARK
33
Enjoined. : DICTATED
35
Bantered. : RALLIED
37
Harsher. : STARKER
39
Nooks. : CORNERS
40
Blockhead. : OAF
41
Wagon. : WAIN
42
Fancy case. : ETUI
44
Settle. : SAG
45
He sowed dragon's teeth. : JASON
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Island near Guadalcanal. : SAVO
49
Birthplace of Malinovsky, recaptured by him. : ODESSA
51
Capital of Western Australia. : PERTH
55
Astringent. : ALUM
56
First day of Roman month. : CALENDS
58
Girl's name. : DELIA
60
Withered. : SERE
61
Sea: French. : MER
62
More up-to-date. : NEWER
63
Make compact. : RAM
65
River in Peru. : SANTA
67
___ Casilina. : VIA
68
Inflammation of a sac. : BURSITIS
70
Naval base near Cape Verde. : DAKAR
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Thing of small size. : NUTSHELL
74
Bombed Prussian port. : STETTIN
75
Tropical fruit. : TAMARIND
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Short oars. : SCULLS
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Gas: Comb. form. : AER
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Tropical tree. : GUAVA
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Opposed to lee. : STOSS
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Macaw. : ARA
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Port 26 miles from Dover. : CALAIS
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Plucked. : TWITCHED
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Skullcap. : CALOTTE
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Transgressor. : EVILDOER
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Howells hero. : SILAS
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British citizen. : COLONIAL
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___ judicata. : RES
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Parents. : SIRES
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Vivian's state: Abbr. : COL
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Sacred book. : KORAN
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Fuel. : OIL
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Jungle pests. : ANTS
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Not broad. : LOCAL
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Recesses. : ALCOVES
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Britain's queen, 1702–14. : ANNE
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Poles. : MASTS
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Quailed. : SHRANK
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Oklahoma city. : ENID
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Cody's prey. : BISON
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___ Antonescu, Rumanian Premier. : ION
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Mood. : TUNE
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Valley. : GLEN
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God of earth. : BEL
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British Colonial Secretary. : STANLEY
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City on the Dnieper. : MOGILEV
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City south of Caspian Sea. : TEHERAN
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Luzon gulf. : LINGAYEN
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By and by. : LATER
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Founder of Carthage. : DIDO
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Suited for: Suffix. : ILE
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Classical. : ATTIC
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Of geographical measurements. : LATITUDINAL
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Lowest deck. : ORLOP
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1914–18 watchword. : MARNE
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Jungle plant. : LIANE
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Work by Bach. : ETUDE
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Polish city. : VILNA
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Difficulties. : SNAGS
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Turned. : SLUED
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Convention. : SYNOD
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___ Ford. : EDSEL
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Lake in southeast Sweden. : MALAR
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Seaport in Chile. : ARICA
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City north of Vitebsk. : NEVEL
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American Indian. : UTE
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Balkan fighter. : SERBIAN
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Informed: Slang. : WISED
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Heilungkiang. : AMUR
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It meets in June. : GOP
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Coming event. : ELECTION
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Dec. 24, 1942. : DARLAN
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Simpered. : SMIRKED
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Confined. : POCKETED
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Kwajalein air base. : ROI
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Rumanian city on Mures River. : ARAD
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Purposive. : TELIC
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Hopeless plight. : RATTRAP
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Determines. : ARRANGES
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Impressed forcibly. : SMOTE
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Musician. : PIPER
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Means of transport. : SLEDS
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Very much. : FAR
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Yanks abroad. : AEF
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Turkish gulf. : COS
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Part of an oar. : LOOM
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Thrifty person. : SAVER
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Feints. : RUSES
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Where Swansea is. : WALES
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Stepping-stones. : ISLANDS
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Doorway sides. : JAMBS
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Native of Adak. : ALEUT
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Devotees of Dali. : SURREALISTS
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Cutting. : SAWING
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Honshu seaport. : OSAKA
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Hairy Jap. : AINU
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Discoveries. : REVELATIONS
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Quaver. : TRILL
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Restores. : HEALS
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Of the whale. : CETI
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Vivid. : DRAMATIC
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Pewter coins. : ATTS
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Chemical compounds. : NITRIDS
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Islands, base of bombers of Truk. : MARSHALL
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Palestine port. : ASCALON
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Baseball tactic. : STEAL
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Chairman of WLB. : DAVIS
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Observances. : RITES
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Lake between two Allies. : HURON
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Devonshire river. : TAW
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Make a slip. : NOD
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Dutch city. : UTRECHT
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Berated. : SCORED
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Moluccan island. : CERAM
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Oat genus. : AVENA
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Disgrace. : SOIL
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Dissemble. : CLOAK
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Ochone! : ALAS
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Extinct Haitian Indian. : TAINO
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Dame Terry. : ELLEN
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Asteroid. : EROS
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Collusion: Law. : COVIN
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New ___, or Salisbury, England. : SARUM
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Head of Second Ukrainian Army. : KONEV
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Stimulating. : STINGING
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Wool fat. : LANOLINE
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Dispatch. : CELERITY
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Winged: Heraldry. : AILE
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Allays. : SOLACES
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Proved nonexistent. : NEGATED
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Be proper for. : BEHOOVE
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French marshal, shot 1815. : NEY
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European kites. : GLEDES
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Matrix. : BED
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Insults: Colloq. : SLAMS
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Powerful man. : TITAN
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Cavities. : ANTRA
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Sounds from the bleachers. : YELLS
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Town in Brazil. : ITU
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Covered with plates. : TILED
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Runlets. : RILLS
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Matchless. : ALONE
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Between India and Tibet. : NEPAL
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2¼ inches. : NAIL
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Set into a groove. : DADO
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Greek letter. : TAU
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Chief mouth of Niger River. : NUN
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Disencumber. : RID

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 59 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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