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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

With Clues from the News

New York Times, Sunday, August 13, 1944

144-Across : Ancient adding machine: Var.

Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 180, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 663 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 122, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 67, Grid flow: 37.1
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 41-Across clue, added accent over "e" in "Radamés'."

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© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 131
Across
1
Jap "Pearl Harbor." : PONAPE
7
U. S. aircraft carrier. : SHANGRILA
16
Italian base. : NAPLES
22
Nazi-held Aegean island. : RHODES
23
U. S. bomber. : LIBERATOR
24
Queen Elizabeth. : ORIANA
25
Helper: Rare. : AIDANT
26
S. V. Bénet's works. : AMERICANA
27
Bavarian target. : MUNICH
28
Baltic Finn. : VOD
29
Notch in a bow. : NOCK
31
"So Little ___." : TIME
32
Greek National and Social Liberation Army. : EKKA
34
Copper mining town, Venezuela. : AROA
35
Valley. : DALE
37
___ Coward. : NOEL
39
Collateral. : SIDE
41
Radamés' beloved. : AIDA
43
Transgress. : ERR
44
Barometer. : ANEROID
46
Relaxation. : EASE
48
Swiss herdsman. : SENN
50
Enchantress. : MEDEA
52
Lieut. Gen. Eaker. : IRA
53
Venezuelan president. : ANGARITA
55
Colloids. : GUNS
57
Frolic. : SPREE
60
Ebb and flow. : TIDE
61
"But me no ___." : BUTS
63
Strategic isthmus. : PANAMA
67
Spanish gold. : ORO
68
Forsaken. : LORN
70
Plautus character. : SOSIA
73
Embrace. : HUG
75
Hindu grant. : ENAM
76
Chile's ex-president. : RIOS
78
Besmear. : DAUB
80
Island group in Aleutians. : ANDREANOF
83
Malay coin. : TRA
84
Indemnified. : ENSURED
86
Demolish. : RASE
88
Andean grass. : ICHU
89
Mimicking. : APISH
91
White lead. : CERUSE
92
Mythical king of Britain. : ARTEGAL
94
Angelic being. : SERAPH
96
VII. : SEVEN
97
Tooth. : FANG
99
French novelist. : ZOLA
100
Amount carried. : ARMLOAD
102
Consumed. : ATE
103
Boomed. : THUNDERED
106
Flaps. : TABS
108
Unused. : IDLE
109
Meadow mouse. : VOLE
111
___ Yale. : ELI
112
War heroine. : NURSE
114
Puffed. : BLEW
116
Tree. : ELM
117
Trap. : ENTOIL
119
Wooden strip. : LATH
121
High wind. : GALE
123
Civet. : RASSE
125
Swiss stockade. : ALPS
127
In exhaustive manner. : TIRINGLY
130
Earth god. : BEL
131
Jingle. : CHINK
134
Suffering. : PAIN
136
Sunlit periods. : DAYS
137
Prussian city. : HANOVER
141
That woman. : HER
142
Asian sea. : ARAL
144
Ancient adding machine: Var. : ABAC
146
German river. : ODER
148
Red pine of N. Z. : RIMU
149
Genus of olives. : OLEA
151
Toward the mouth: Zool. : ORAD
153
Rainy season in Egypt. : AHET
155
Persian poet. : OMAR
157
Jap coin. : SEN
158
Money paid back. : REFUND
160
Sleepiness. : SOMNOLISM
163
Njorth's home: Norse Myth. : NOATUN
165
Accustomed. : INURED
166
Marshalls atoll. : KWAJALEIN
167
Flattened at the poles. : OBLATE
168
French port. : CALAIS
169
Rumanian premier. : ANTONESCU
170
Tentacle. : FEELER
Down
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Red newspaper. : PRAVDA
2
Gov. Bricker. : OHIOAN
3
The head: Jocose. : NODDLE
4
Girl's name. : ADA
5
Founder of a State. : PENN
6
Tallinn is its capital. : ESTONIA
7
Quench. : SLAKE
8
Pronoun. : HIM
9
Second. : ABET
10
Portia's maid. : NERISSA
11
More soiled. : GRIMIER
12
Ran swiftly. : RACED
13
Eskimo. : ITA
14
___ Ranger. : LONE
15
Where Akyab is. : ARAKAN
16
Wanderer. : NOMAD
17
Pacific islands. : ARU
18
Pineapple. : PINA
19
Having a den. : LAIRED
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Once more! : ENCORE
21
Huge dry area. : SAHARA
30
Bay State cape. : COD
33
U. S. N. chief. : KING
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Great Lake. : ERIE
38
___-Lease. : LEND
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Of large river mouths. : ESTUARIAL
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Abbess. : AMNA
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Black Earth city. : OREL
47
Centuries. : AGES
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Erode. : EAT
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Domestic slave. : ESNE
53
Jap native. : AINU
54
In the same place: Lat. abbr. : IBID
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Ascent. : UPGO
57
Vexatious. : SORE
58
Wilson's alma mater. : PRINCETON
59
General, died in Normandy. : ROOSEVELT
60
Commercial. : TRADEFUL
62
Persian ruler. : SHAH
64
Island group S of N. Z. : ANTIPODES
65
Pacific islands attacked by Mitscher. : MARSHALLS
66
Oriental nurse. : AMAH
69
Psalms. : ODES
71
Hop drier. : OAST
72
Hay feverite. : SNEEZER
74
Not fit for service. : UNUSABLE
77
Infallible. : SURE
79
1866 Ibsen play. : BRAND
81
Applause. : ECLAT
82
Till. : FARM
85
Dwarf. : RUNT
87
Where Farrell rules. : ARGENTINA
90
Buddhist language. : PALI
93
Deities. : GODS
95
Scottish Gaelic. : ERSE
96
Preserve. : SAVE
98
Indigo. : ANIL
101
Greek commune. : DEME
104
Distress call. : HELP
105
Where Essen is. : RUHR
107
Efficiently. : ABLY
110
Of the dawn. : EOAN
113
Having yolk stain. : EGGY
115
British servicewoman. : WREN
118
___ Chase, actress. : ILKA
120
Tribe: N. Z. : ATI
122
Moreover. : ALSO
124
Island group NW of Timor. : ALOR
126
Lt. Comm. Stratton. : SPAR
128
Resident of Boise. : IDAHOAN
129
Aircraft part. : NACELLE
130
Island Sitka is on. : BARANOF
131
Of a chorus. : CHORIC
132
Capital of Gov. Ford's State. : HELENA
133
Angry. : IREFUL
135
Bought in 1867. : ALASKA
137
Surround. : HEM
138
Of distant views. : VISTAL
139
Outbreak: Fr. : EMEUTE
140
Errand boy. : RUNNER
143
Crossbows. : RODDS
145
It has 5 strings. : BANJO
147
Irish goddess. : DOMNU
150
Nimbus. : AURA
152
Feathers. : DOWN
154
Ascots. : TIES
156
"The ___," by Lloyd Douglas. : ROBE
159
Moslem flute. : NEI
161
Doily. : MAT
162
Thus: Latin. : SIC
164
Malt liquor. : ALE

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 58 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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