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Isaac Kert
WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, November 22, 1942
48-Down : Marble polishing blocks.
Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170 , Blocks: 83 , Avg Word Len: 5.25 , Missing: { W } , Scrabble score: 656 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 150 , Cheaters: 2 , FITB: 5 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 108
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 95-Across clue had comma before end quote; changed to period.
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© 1942, The New York Times No. 41
Across
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Criminals rounded up by the F. B. I. :
SABOTEURS 10
Egyptian salt bogs depression. :
QATTARA 17
Philippine city conquered by Japs. :
CEBU 21
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Birds of a feather. :
AVES 25
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Something captured. :
PRIZE 31
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Egyptian capital. :
CAIRO 37
Pertaining to Shem's descendants. :
SEMITIC 40
Succulent plants. :
ALOES 41
Early inhabitant of Southwest England. :
SARSEN 42
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The mediant: Mus. :
THIRD 47
Drop of saline fluid. :
TEAR 48
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___ Islands, part of the Aleutians. :
RAT 52
Part of the name of a Spanish-Irish statesman. :
VALERA 53
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First note in Guido's scale. :
UT 57
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Greek city-states exercising leadership. :
HEGEMONS 63
Particles of the desert. :
SAND 64
Speaks imperfectly. :
LISPS 65
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Native of Moroccan seaport near Gibraltar. :
TANGERINE 69
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Swiss canton, its capital Lausanne. :
VAUD 73
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Armenian river, 635 miles to the Kura. :
ARAS 77
He drafted the Declaration of Independence. :
JEFFERSON 79
Family residences. :
HOMES 80
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Stupid person: slang. :
GOON 90
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Japanese Minister of Propaganda. :
ITO 93
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"If you wish to converse with me, ___ your terms."—Voltaire. :
DEFINE 96
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President of the A. F. of L. :
GREEN 103
Egyptian alloy of gold or silver. :
ASEM 104
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Transportation essentials. :
RAILS 109
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New Zealand trees. :
RATAS 114
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Javanese poisonous tree. :
UPAS 116
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Important month in Russian history. :
OCTOBER 5
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North American Indians. :
UTES 8
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Exiled Eastern President. :
QUEZON 11
The last of the Stuart sovereigns. :
ANNE 12
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Peddle or carry about. :
RETAIL 16
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"___ perpetually tends to disappear."—Spencer. :
EVIL 19
Famous Scottish-American inventor. :
BELL 20
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Swiss Protestant Reformer (1511-1571). :
VIRET 30
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Contested Mediterranean port. :
MATRUH 34
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Marble polishing blocks. :
RABOTS 49
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Canadian Prime Minister. :
KING 54
Platinum looped wire. :
OESE 57
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Glucose obtained from milk-sugar. :
GALACTOSE 63
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Symbol of England's strength. :
LION 67
Twenty-seventh President. :
TAFT 68
American statesman, a founder of the World Court, 1920. :
ROOT 69
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Native of an Italian province. :
VERONESE 74
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The journey of Mohammed from Mecca. :
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German seaport, target of R.A.F. :
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Italian painter (1575-1642). :
RENI 98
Social or individual progress. :
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Primitive cult of Japan. :
SHINTO 107
Strategic heights near Sevastopol. :
SAPUN 109
Hard, thin coating. :
CRUST 110
Military capital of the Dekkan, India. :
PUNA 111
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Answer summary:13 unique to this puzzle , 95 debuted here and reused later , 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 13 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 95 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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