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Alma Talley
FOR GLOBAL STRATEGISTS
New York Times, Sunday, March 22, 1942
113-Down : Sweets.
Author:
Alma Talley
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174 , Blocks: 84 , Avg Word Len: 5.11 , Missing: { Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 635 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 159 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 10 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 159
Alma Talley has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1942, The New York Times No. 6
Across
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On Britain's lifeline. :
MALTA 6
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Ousted Latin American president. :
ARIAS 22
Do it again: Lat. :
ITERA 23
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Detention center. :
ELLIS 29
A President's nickname. :
ABE 30
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Workshop for warships. :
YARD 37
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City claimed by Italy. :
NICE 39
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He didn't want to "die for Danzig." :
DEAT 44
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One of the United Nations. :
CHINA 60
The kind of war this is. :
TOTAL 61
To the sheltered side. :
ALEE 62
City in Oklahoma. :
TULSA 64
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Occupied Balkan territory. :
THRACE 66
Flocks of ducks: arch. :
SORDS 68
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"Till now some nine ___ wasted."—Othello. :
MOONS 70
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Scene of a famous trial. :
RIOM 75
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Heroic Belgian city. :
LIEGE 80
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He married the boss's daughter. :
CIANO 88
Source of bad news. :
DOMEI 90
"Success is a ___ paint"—Suckling. :
RARE 91
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"Doubt thou the stars are ___"—Hamlet. :
FIRE 94
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"What's ___ and what's past help"—Winter's Tale. :
GONE 97
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Important to a ballet dancer. :
TOES 103
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Free French territory. :
CHAD 106
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Members of the AVG. :
ACES 116
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Temporary name for Wake Island. :
OTORI 124
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The world is this. :
ARMED 126
One of our objectives. :
TOKYO 128
Musical performance. :
REVUE 129
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Conquered native of Far East. :
MALAY 2
Strategic oil center. :
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Grape concentrate. :
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We fought this German in another war. :
HESSIAN 12
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Tributary to the Rhone. :
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A GHQ for United Nations. :
DELHI 19
Pertaining to birds. :
AVIAN 20
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The heel of the boot. :
DUCE 44
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South American shrubs. :
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Scene of big naval battle. :
JAVA 49
"Red ___ in the sunset." :
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Tuesday's child has it. :
GRACE 52
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Historically disputed river. :
RHINE 58
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Use this in hiking. :
THUMB 63
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Territory in Africa. :
CONGO 65
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"That ever lived in the ___ of times"—Julius Caesar. :
TIDE 72
Printers' measures. :
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Part of Italy's lost empire. :
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What Gallup looks for. :
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"Black and midnight ___."—Macbeth. :
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Where baseball fans gather. :
STOVE 110
American ambassador. :
LEAHY 111
Prefix meaning earnest. :
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Country of British lifeline. :
EGYPT 115
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"To ___ thy soul with crosses"—Spenser. :
FRET 119
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"Rosemary and ___." :
RUE 127
Answer summary:3 unique to this puzzle , 156 debuted here and reused later , 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 3 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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