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Louis Baron
WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
New York Times, Sunday, April 1, 1945
20-Down : Built a home.
Author:
Louis Baron
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172 , Blocks: 80 , Avg Word Len: 5.22 , Missing: { F J Q Z } , Scrabble score: 669 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 152 , Cheaters: 4 , FITB: 3 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 62 , Grid flow: 30.2
Louis Baron has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1945, The New York Times No. 164
Across
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War-scarred Dutch river. :
MAAS 11
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Symbol of strength. :
STEEL 32
Province, in Sweden. :
LAN 33
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An order under law. :
WRIT 36
Where Changsha is. :
HUNAN 38
Saint-Louis is its capital. :
SENEGAL 40
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Disagreeing parties. :
ANTIS 43
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Kind of dwelling. :
TEPEE 46
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Storm wind of Greek myth. :
LELAPS 49
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Nazi labor administrator. :
LEY 54
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Free State since 1922. :
EIRE 65
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Anglo-Saxon serfs. :
ESNES 73
Rewrite job for 1946 World Almanac. :
GERMANY 75
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___ of the Sea, Scotland. :
ISLES 80
Minister's assistant. :
DEACON 81
Evergreen plants. :
ALOES 83
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Sava tributary, W. Yugoslavia. :
DRINA 87
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Airfield near Manila. :
CLARK 90
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Marine-conquered Caroline base. :
PELELIU 95
Departments of the Kuomintang Government. :
YUANS 97
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Province in S. W. Ecuador. :
ORO 100
Governor of Oklahoma. :
KERR 102
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Mohammedan scriptures. :
KORAN 105
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Brilliantly colored macaw. :
ARARA 115
Symbol of freshness. :
DEW 117
Train reservation. :
SPACE 119
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Chance: Comb. form. :
TYCHO 124
Author of "State Fair." :
STONG 126
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Fungous disease of wheat. :
ERGOT 132
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Arabian camel-hair garment. :
ABA 135
South African blaubok. :
ETAAC 137
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Department in Peru. :
ICA 140
Period of legal immaturity. :
NONAGE 142
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Gold-colored gilt-head fish. :
AURATA 149
Builder of airfields. :
SEABEE 150
Upper tone, in old Greek music. :
NETE 151
Literary friend of Chopin. :
SAND 152
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What a sailmaker does. :
SEWS 6
European freshwater fish. :
TENCH 7
All capital ships carry them. :
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Carpenter's reaming tool. :
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West Indian import. :
RUM 32
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Largest of the Cyclades. :
NAXOS 39
Stone nodule with crystal-lined cavity. :
GEODE 40
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Tacloban is its capital. :
LEYTE 46
Deviated from proper course. :
SHEERED 48
More mentally lucid. :
SANER 50
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Measuring device. :
METER 57
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Mediterranean vessel. :
XEBEC 63
Large Siberian fish. :
NELMA 65
Of a biological group. :
RACIAL 66
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Asiatic starlings. :
MYNAS 68
U. S. Attorney General (1919-1921). :
PALMER 69
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Other side of a question. :
REPLY 72
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Capital of New Territories, China. :
TAIPO 77
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Sailor who inspired Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe." :
SELKIRK 84
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Spur range of the Rockies in W. Wyoming. :
TETON 88
Province in Tuscany. :
SIENA 91
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Penetrates by degrees. :
SEEPS 98
Sarah's handmaid. :
HAGAR 101
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Emblem of authority. :
MACE 106
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Arachnid with venomous sting. :
SCORPION 110
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German foe since August, 1944. :
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Core of the British Empire. :
ENGLAND 120
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Rural electrification project. :
TVA 123
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Portuguese city in India. :
GOA 128
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Long-tailed monkey. :
MAHA 131
Gray East Indian partridge. :
TITAR 134
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River in Fukien Province. :
MIN 143
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Answer summary:10 unique to this puzzle , 52 debuted here and reused later , 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 10 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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