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Archie S. Kreiling
Hints from the Headlines
New York Times, Sunday, April 23, 1944
109-Down : Cymbeline's daughter.
Author:
Archie S. Kreiling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 618 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 141, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 78, Grid flow: 36.2
David Steinberg notes:
The 74-Down clue appears to be inaccurate. Its answer means "a person who practices adoration of the host" ... or "a lover of bread."
1 B | 2 E | 3 R | 4 A | 5 T | 6 I | | 7 L | 8 O | 9 U | 10 I | 11 S | 12 I | 13 A | 14 D | 15 E | | 16 I | 17 D | 18 E | 19 A | 20 L | 21 S |
22 A | L | E | S | A | N | | 23 A | I | R | A | C | O | B | R | A | | 24 Z | A | Y | D | I | N |
25 W | I | N | A | N | T | | 26 P | L | A | N | | 27 N | E | A | R | | 28 V | I | E | N | N | E |
29 E | S | T | | 30 K | A | 31 S | S | E | L | | | | 32 L | I | L | 33 I | E | S | | 34 O | N | E |
35 A | T | E | | | 36 C | U | E | D | | 37 E | 38 G | 39 G | | 40 N | E | S | S | | 41 R | U | E | R |
42 N | A | R | 43 R | 44 A | T | E | D | | 45 A | R | A | R | 46 A | S | | 47 A | T | 48 A | U | N | T | |
| | | 49 O | W | L | S | | 50 B | R | U | T | U | S | | 51 G | R | I | S | T | | | |
52 N | 53 O | 54 R | W | A | Y | | 55 C | A | L | P | | 56 E | S | 57 A | U | | 58 A | P | L | 59 O | 60 M | 61 E |
62 E | P | E | E | S | | 63 T | E | N | E | T | | 64 N | U | L | L | 65 S | | 66 S | E | V | E | R |
67 W | E | L | D | | 68 L | A | R | K | S | | 69 S | T | R | E | P | O | 70 R | | 71 D | E | L | E |
72 C | R | Y | | 73 S | E | R | E | S | | 74 A | C | H | E | S | | 75 P | I | 76 L | G | R | I | M |
77 A | A | | 78 A | R | R | A | S | | 79 A | R | I | E | S | | 80 A | R | G | U | E | | 81 T | O |
82 S | T | 83 I | M | S | O | N | | 84 A | S | T | O | R | | 85 B | R | A | I | D | | 86 C | O | L |
87 T | I | R | E | | 88 S | T | 89 A | N | T | O | N | | 90 F | I | E | N | D | | 91 C | A | P | O |
92 L | O | I | R | 93 E | | 94 O | N | T | A | L | | 95 T | E | S | T | O | | 96 B | E | F | O | G |
97 E | N | S | I | G | 98 N | | 99 S | E | T | A | | 100 A | L | O | E | | 101 S | O | R | E | L | Y |
| | | 102 C | E | I | 103 B | A | | 104 I | T | 105 A | L | O | N | | 106 S | T | O | A | | | |
| 107 S | 108 P | A | R | T | A | | 109 I | C | E | M | E | N | | 110 S | H | E | R | L | 111 O | 112 C | 113 K |
114 S | C | A | N | | 115 R | E | 116 A | M | | 117 R | A | S | | 118 S | T | U | N | | | 119 S | R | I |
120 C | A | N | | 121 S | A | R | G | O | 122 N | | | | 123 F | O | U | N | T | 124 S | | 125 T | U | S |
126 A | R | D | 127 E | N | T | | 128 E | G | I | 129 S | | 130 C | O | M | A | | 131 E | L | 132 A | E | I | S |
133 M | C | A | F | E | E | | 134 R | E | N | O | 135 U | V | I | E | R | | 136 R | E | B | A | S | E |
137 P | E | L | T | E | D | | 138 S | N | A | P | P | I | E | S | T | | 139 S | W | A | L | E | S |
© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 115
Across
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Albanian oil field bombed by Mitchells. :
BERATI7
Archipelago southeast of New Guinea. :
LOUISIADE16
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U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain. :
WINANT26
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Tributary of the Loire. :
VIENNE29
Superlative ending. :
EST30
Bombed city north of Frankfurt. :
KASSEL32
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Shakespearean conspirator. :
BRUTUS51
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Where Terboven rules. :
NORWAY55
Dark shaley limestone. :
CALP56
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People of eastern Asia. :
SERES74
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City south of Lille. :
ARRAS79
First sign of zodiac. :
ARIES80
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Secretary of War, 1911–13. :
STIMSON84
First woman to sit in House of Commons. :
ASTOR85
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Military rank: Abbr. :
COL87
First on the ration list. :
TIRE88
Secretary of War under Lincoln. :
STANTON90
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River flowing past Tours. :
LOIRE94
95
Italian libretto. :
TESTO96
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Honduran port west of Trujillo. :
CEIBA104
Pagan tribesman of Nueva Vizcaya, Luzon. :
ITALON106
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109
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114
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118
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120
121
King of Assyria, B. C. 722–705. :
SARGON123
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133
Lieut. Comdr. of the Waves. :
MCAFEE134
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Down
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Dutch island between Borneo and Java. :
BAWEAN2
City south of Stalingrad. :
ELISTA3
4
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1,400-mile river to Caspian. :
URAL10
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Cotton Ed Smith's State: Abbr. :
SC12
Electrified particle. :
ION13
Biblical shepherd. :
ABEL14
15
Former Governor of Pennsylvania. :
EARLE16
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Observe with fixed attention. :
EYE19
Adjective used substantively. :
ADNOUN20
Common finch, so called because it feeds on seeds of flax. :
LINNET21
Look of contempt. :
SNEER31
Makes legal claim. :
SUES33
River flowing through Munich. :
ISAR37
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First Governor of South Carolina. :
RUTLEDGE43
Arranged in tiers. :
ROWED44
45
City on the Rhone. :
ARLES46
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50
Group of seventeen islands, part of New Hebrides. :
BANKS51
52
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Saturn's daughter. :
CERES57
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Strategic city north of Crimean peninsula. :
MELITOPOL61
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German-captured Dodecanese island. :
LEROS69
70
73
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76
Legendary king of Britain. :
LUD78
79
80
83
Messenger of Zeus. :
IRIS84
85
Nearly extinct animal. :
BISON86
89
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Bavarian river, 193 miles to Elbe. :
EGER95
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103
Pugilist who has been touring Army camps. :
BAER105
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108
109
Cymbeline's daughter. :
IMOGEN110
Painter of Washington (1755–1828). :
STUART111
112
113
114
116
118
River in Rumania. :
SOMES121
122
One of Columbus' ships. :
NINA123
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127
129
130
132
135
Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 66 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 4 cheater squares.
The grid
Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 12 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 66 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These words have only appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 59 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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