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Charles Kuhls
With Clues from the Rationing Board
New York Times, Sunday, July 5, 1942
37-Across : 1/10 sen in Japan.
Author:
Charles Kuhls
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.10, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 653 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 137, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 130, Grid flow: 16.1
David Steinberg notes:
Original 131-Across clue had "602?661" in the parentheses; added an en dash after the question mark.
1 R | 2 U | 3 B | 4 B | 5 E | 6 R | | 7 A | 8 S | 9 P | 10 S | | 11 V | 12 E | 13 G | 14 A | | 15 N | 16 E | 17 L | 18 S | 19 O | 20 N |
21 O | N | E | I | D | A | | 22 S | P | I | T | 23 F | I | R | E | S | | 24 E | L | A | P | S | E |
25 M | I | L | T | O | N | | 26 H | U | R | R | I | C | A | N | E | | 27 P | U | M | I | C | E |
28 P | O | D | | 29 M | A | 30 T | E | R | | 31 A | N | A | S | | 32 A | 33 B | A | S | | 34 R | I | D |
35 E | L | A | 36 S | | 37 R | I | N | | 38 S | T | E | R | E | 39 S | | 40 O | L | I | 41 V | I | N | E |
42 R | A | M | E | 43 K | I | N | | 44 S | U | E | R | S | | 45 H | 46 A | T | | 47 V | O | T | E | D |
| | | 48 P | I | A | | 49 B | O | G | G | Y | | 50 C | O | L | O | 51 N | E | L | | | |
52 K | 53 I | 54 L | T | S | | 55 M | A | L | A | Y | | 56 M | O | D | E | N | A | | 57 E | 58 G | 59 E | 60 R |
61 I | D | E | | 62 S | 63 E | A | L | E | R | | 64 P | A | L | | 65 R | E | P | 66 S | | 67 A | R | U |
68 N | O | N | 69 E | | 70 L | I | E | S | | 71 P | A | L | L | 72 E | T | S | | 73 A | 74 M | U | S | E |
75 G | L | I | M | 76 M | E | R | S | | 77 C | O | P | I | E | R | S | | 78 S | M | A | L | T | S |
| | 79 N | I | E | C | E | | 80 M | A | R | I | N | E | S | | 81 B | O | O | N | E | | |
82 R | 83 E | G | L | E | T | | 84 C | A | N | T | E | E | N | | 85 H | A | W | A | I | I | 86 A | 87 N |
88 E | G | R | E | T | | 89 D | A | R | T | E | R | S | | 90 T | O | R | A | | 91 A | T | L | E |
92 A | M | A | | 93 S | 94 E | E | N | | 95 A | R | S | | 96 V | I | P | E | R | 97 S | | 98 E | O | S |
99 L | A | D | 100 Y | | 101 T | A | T | 102 A | R | S | | 103 D | A | N | E | S | | 104 A | 105 C | R | E | S |
| | | 106 A | 107 M | E | R | I | C | A | | 108 G | O | R | E | D | | 109 S | P | A | | | |
110 H | 111 O | 112 M | M | A | | 113 E | C | U | | 114 D | E | M | E | S | | 115 G | E | S | T | 116 A | 117 P | 118 O |
119 A | M | A | S | S | 120 E | S | | 121 S | 122 C | E | N | I | C | | 123 O | N | E | | 124 S | T | O | P |
125 Z | E | N | | 126 S | A | T | 127 E | | 128 O | P | E | N | | 129 S | C | U | R | 130 S | | 131 A | L | I |
132 E | L | I | 133 C | I | T | | 134 M | 135 A | H | A | R | A | 136 J | A | H | | 137 E | T | 138 A | M | I | N |
139 R | E | L | I | V | E | | 140 I | T | E | R | A | T | I | V | E | | 141 S | E | N | A | T | E |
142 S | T | A | T | E | R | | 143 R | E | N | T | | 144 E | B | E | R | | 145 S | P | I | N | E | D |
© 1942, The New York TimesNo. 21
Across
1
7
11
15
21
22
24
25
Author of Areopagitica. :
MILTON26
27
28
29
31
32
34
"To mend it or be ___ on 't."—Macbeth. :
RID35
37
38
40
42
44
45
"Man and nature scorn the shocking ___."—Holmes. :
HAT47
48
East Indian starch-root. :
PIA49
50
52
55
War zone peninsula. :
MALAY56
Cathedral city of Italy. :
MODENA57
Tributary of the Elbe. :
EGER61
62
Inspector of weights and measures. :
SEALER64
65
67
Islands near New Guinea. :
ARU68
"___ of us liveth to himself."—Romans, xiv, 7. :
NONE70
71
73
75
77
78
79
80
They're "semper fidelis." :
MARINES81
American colonizer. :
BOONE82
84
85
88
89
90
91
92
93
95
"___ longa, vita brevis." :
ARS96
98
99
"And rail'd on ___ fortune in good terms."—As You Like It. :
LADY101
103
A captive people. :
DANES104
106
Country named after an Italian navigator. :
AMERICA108
109
110
MacArthur's former antagonist. :
HOMMA113
114
Attican townships. :
DEMES115
119
121
123
"We don't give bread ___ fishball."—Lane. :
ONE124
Graduated set of organ pipes. :
STOP125
Buddhist sect in Japan. :
ZEN126
128
"___ covenants of peace."—Wilson. :
OPEN129
Portions of horn tissue. :
SCURS131
"The Lion of God." (602?–661). :
ALI132
134
137
139
140
141
Literally, an assembly of old men. :
SENATE142
143
Frozen item in our budget. :
RENT144
Ancestor of the Hebrews. :
EBER145
Down
1
2
Genus of grasses, the sand binders. :
UNIOLA3
4
One's contribution to a cause. :
BIT5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Substitute clergymen. :
VICARS12
13
Commanding officer: abbr. :
GEN14
15
Country of the Gurkhas. :
NEPAL16
17
18
"And stab my ___ broad awake."—Stevenson. :
SPIRIT19
Relating to the singing birds. :
OSCINE20
"All are ___ by each one."—Emerson. :
NEEDED23
30
Vital war material. :
TIN33
Knots at the end of Spanish lariats. :
BOTONES36
Ancient Irish clan. :
SEPT38
39
41
43
"The sure, sweet cement, glue and lime of love."—Herrick. :
KISS44
46
Malta has had 2,300 of these. :
ALERTS49
50
51
52
Prime Minister of Canada. :
KING53
54
55
Civic officer: Fr. :
MAIRE56
58
59
60
63
64
66
Where Pago Pago is. :
SAMOA69
Zola's praenomen. :
EMILE71
72
74
76
77
78
Cavalryman of India. :
SOWAR80
81
82
83
Humorous contraction of enigma. :
EGMA84
Having oblique surfaces. :
CANTIC85
Cherished a desire. :
HOPED86
87
89
90
94
96
97
Military trenches. :
SAPS100
Edible tuberous roots. :
YAMS102
Classical pin to fasten the hair. :
ACUS103
105
107
108
109
110
111
112
City captured by Nipponese. :
MANILA114
"Ere thou from hence ___."—Milton. :
DEPART115
Ox-headed antelope. :
GNU116
117
118
120
122
Surname indicating descent from Aaron. :
COHEN123
Ferruginous clay. :
OCHER127
129
"___ for victory." :
SAVE130
133
135
Misshapen hag in "Faerie Queene." :
ATE136
138
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 124 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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