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Louis Jenkins
WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
New York Times, Sunday, December 3, 1944
99-Down : Flaneur.
Author:
Louis Jenkins
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174 , Blocks: 87 , Avg Word Len: 5.08 , Missing: { F Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 648 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 148 , Cheaters: 4 , FITB: 3 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 61 , Grid flow: 23.4
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© 1944, The New York Times No. 147
Across
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City near Hong Kong. :
TAIPO 6
Islands, capital Mariehamn. :
ALAND 11
Oriental bishops. :
ABBAS 16
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City 25 miles west of Venice. :
PADUA 23
Oil island near Curaçao, shelled 1942. :
ARUBA 24
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Sea between Queensland and New Hebrides. :
CORAL 28
Of the ninth degree. :
NONIC 29
City on Mures River, Rumania. :
ARAD 30
Seaport in North Ireland. :
LARNE 31
Sound: Comb. form. :
PHON 32
Russian island in Arctic Ocean. :
VAIGACH 34
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Constituent of poi. :
TARO 36
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Creator of Little Eyolf, 1894. :
IBSEN 42
Chief port, east coast of India. :
MADRAS 44
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Hannibal's adversary. :
CATO 50
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English portrait painter (1845-88). :
HOLL 59
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Island off Luzon. :
BATAN 63
Mr. Bumble's official position. :
BEADLE 65
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River or ravine: North Africa. :
WADI 67
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What GI's call the Germans. :
JERRIES 69
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Sailor's timetable. :
TIDE 98
Site of the Taj Mahal. :
AGRA 99
The divine Creative Word. :
LOGOS 100
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Where the Volkssturm crouches. :
BERLIN 103
City on the Yonne. :
SENS 104
Containing crude mineral. :
OREY 105
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Early settlers in Yucatan. :
MAYAS 108
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Where Canadians defeated Germans, 1917. :
VIMY 114
Assumed name of Polish military hero. :
BOR 117
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Algerian cavalryman. :
SPAHI 119
Queen of the gods. :
HERA 120
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Area northeast of Aachen. :
RUHR 126
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City of the Great Divide. :
RENO 129
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What the Little Steel formula prevents. :
RAISE 132
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What "Elsa" is in the third act. :
BRIDE 135
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Nobel peace prize winner, 1901. :
PASSY
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Hungarian wine center. :
TOKAY 2
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Nymph of Indra's paradise. :
APSARAS 7
Ancient name of Leghorn. :
LABRO 8
British colony in S. W. Arabia. :
ADEN 9
City of Nazi's annual convention. :
NUREMBERG 10
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Captured German city. :
AACHEN 12
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Camel's hair cloth. :
ABA 15
Country bounded by Guatemala and Honduras. :
SALVADOR 16
Where Yamashita lurks. :
MANILA 17
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Where Moses received the Commandments. :
SINAI 19
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"Die Meistersinger." :
SACHS 26
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Present-day war sphere. :
AIR 35
Marshal of Jugoslavia. :
TITO 37
River rising in Bohemia. :
ISER 38
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Peninsula in Indo-China. :
MALAY 43
Plateau in North Africa. :
SAHARA 44
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Town in central Poland. :
BIALA 46
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Designer of Parthenon sculptures. :
PHIDIAS 49
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Sculptor of "The Thinker." :
RODIN 52
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"___ the man who first invented sleep."—Saxe. :
BLESS 55
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Governor General of India. :
WAVELL 62
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Those opposed to dualism. :
MONISTS 68
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Author of Resurrection (1828-1910). :
TOLSTOY 73
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Bather in the River Pactolus. :
MIDAS 79
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Refuse with scorn. :
SPURN 81
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Discoverer of lights around the moon. :
BAILY 87
Country partly invaded by Japan. :
INDIA 88
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Waves in the Bay of Fundy. :
BORES 96
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First novel written by a woman, 1778. :
EVELINA 109
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Where Pahlavi rules. :
IRAN 114
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Goal of most audition aspirants. :
OPERA 116
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___ B. Anthony, suffragist. :
SUSAN 119
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Founder of historical criticism (1798-1874). :
INNES 122
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What the "Light Brigade" did. :
RODE 125
Swiss mountain, 5,905 feet. :
RIGI 127
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Capital of Latvia. :
RIGA 131
Author of "The County Chairman." :
ADE 132
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Answer summary:11 unique to this puzzle , 50 debuted here and reused later , 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 11 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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