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Jonathan Cross
Jonathan Cross

Communique

New York Times, Sunday, June 25, 1944

11-Down : Impedes.

Author:
Jonathan Cross
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 629 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 146, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 71, Grid flow: 34.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Jonathan Cross has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 124
Across
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United Nations. : ALLIES
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Entered hostilely. : INVADED
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Namesake of Agenor's daughter. : EUROPE
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Deadly acid. : PRUSSIC
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Native simplicity. : NAIVETE
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Lively: Music. : ANIMATO
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State of decline. : EBBTIDE
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Reel winder. : SPOOLER
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Creaked. : GROANED
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"Sighted ___, sank same." : SUB
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French upper house. : SENAT
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Perjuror. : LIAR
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Imperial standard of Ottoman empire. : ALEM
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Employ. : USE
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Truk isle near Dublon. : ETEN
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Immerse again. : REDIP
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Foot-pounds. : DYNAMES
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Blue flag. : IRIS
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City on the Po. : TURIN
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Markets. : SELLS
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Storage bin. : SILO
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Friendly Islands. : TONGAS
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Begrime. : ASSOIL
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Take soundings. : PLUMB
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Faint color. : TINT
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Part of an opera. : SCENA
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Explosion. : BLAST
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Where Singapore is. : MALAYA
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Chief. : ARCH
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Seraphic. : ANGELIC
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Symbol of tyranny. : HEROD
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Commune near Frankfurt. : SORAU
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___ de Açúcar, 1,270-foot rock in Rio de Janiero Bay. : PAO
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Conjunction. : NOR
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___ Flow, where Germans scuttled fleet, 1919. : SCAPA
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Ripped. : TORE
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United States general in Burma. : STILWELL
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Idúmea. : EDOM
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Thick slices. : SLABS
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Piece of turf. : DIVOT
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Ran swiftly. : DARTED
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Bluebonnet. : LUPIN
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Isles south of Formosa. : PHILIPPINES
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Bask again. : RESUN
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"___ Adventures in Wonderland." : ALICES
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Coral reef with central lagoon. : ATOLL
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Ravelings. : LINTS
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Man's nickname. : NATE
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Allied soldier first in Rome. : CANADIAN
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Talk too much. : BLAT
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Heritable tribal lands. : ODALS
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Wrong: Prefix. : MIS
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Unit of work. : ERG
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Arctic island, U.S.S.R. : DOLGI
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Shattered German city. : ESSEN
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Cassavas. : MANIOCS
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Prong. : TINE
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Native of Akyab. : BURMAN
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Pussyfooted around. : SPIED
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Mild French cussword. : SACRE
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Where airborne troops landed, on D-day. : CAEN
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___ Shaw. : ARTIE
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Norwegian town near Lofoten I. : NARVIK
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Sea voyage. : CRUISE
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Hands: Colloq. : PAWS
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Oily: Obs. : SEBIC
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Bougainville harbor. : KIETA
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Danish counties. : AMTS
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New Britain base. : GASMATA
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French author. : RENAN
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Anon: Var. : ANAN
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Relative: Abbr. : REL
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Wheat belt on the Seine. : BRIE
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Lemur of India. : LORI
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Break one's word. : RENIG
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Railroads on stilts. : ELS
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Made possible. : ENABLED
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Rumanian oil center. : PLOESTI
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Asiatic hydrangea. : DEUTZIA
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Artiste. : DISEUSE
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Finery. : REGALIA
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Soaring too high for safety. : ICARIAN
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Evaluate. : ASSESS
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Pert. to ancient Urfa, in Iraq. : EDESSAN
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Degrade. : DEMEAN
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Massachusetts State flower. : ARBUTUS
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Unskilled seamen. : LUBBERS
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Landing ship tank. : LST
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Egyptian goddess. : ISIS
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Downy duck. : EIDER
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Tableaux. : SCENES
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Infuse with. : INSTILL
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Snooze. : NAP
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Bass ___. : VIOL
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Sidestep. : AVOID
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Impedes. : DELAYS
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Forever. : ETERNITY
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"Right in ___ Fuehrer's face!" : DER
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American airman. : EAGLE
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Disquiet. : UNREST
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French trial town. : RIOM
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Medical suffix. : OMA
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Rogue in Rabelais. : PANURGE
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Periodical wind. : ETESIAN
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Nineteen cents in Spain. : PESETA
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Liberated Black Sea port. : ODESSA
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Expert. : ADEPT
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Theban god. : AMON
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Grecian mother of twelve. : NIOBE
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Pen: French. : PLUME
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Assumed name. : ALIAS
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The Big ___. : INCH
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Is unwilling. : NILLS
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Clever. : SMART
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Of a kiss. : OSCULAR
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Laymen. : LAICS
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Symbol of life. : BLOODPLASMA
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Caustic. : TART
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Overcharge for tickets. : SCALP
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Leaky. : ADRIP
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Bombing sortie. : RAID
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Medieval dagger. : ANELACE
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Having lumps. : NODULAR
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Feeling blindly. : GROPING
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Customary act. : HABIT
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Belgian seaport. : OSTEND
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German-held Finnish port. : PETSAMO
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Of an island chain. : ALEUTIC
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Antiquity. : OLDNESS
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Largest Malay State. : PAHANG
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Wicked. : EVIL
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British service woman. : WREN
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Isinglass. : MICA
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Palooka. : SLOB
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Vegetable. : ONION
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Donkeys. : NEDDIES
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River meetiong Danube near Ulm. : ILLER
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War ___. : STAMP
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Site of Jerusalem. : SION
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Killed. : SLAIN
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___ Templeton. : ALEC
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Emperors. : TSARS
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Furtive thief. : SNEAK
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Piece of structural steel. : IBEAM
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Come in. : ENTER
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Town north of Trieste. : IDRIA
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___ Speaker. : TRIS
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Not protected by parapets. : UNWALLED
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Invasion river. : SEINE
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Timorous. : SCARED
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Turkey's neighbor. : ARMENIA
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Pirate sword. : CUTLASS
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Part of a basilica. : APSE
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Spanish. : IBERIAN
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Italian city. : VENEZIA
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Romance tongue. : ITALIAN
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Native of Topeka. : KANSAN
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Barnum's way out. : EGRESS
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Comedian's foil. : STOOGE
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Honest. : CANDID
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Staff officers. : AIDES
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Sectors. : AREAS
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Female relative. : NIECE
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Third circle of target. : BLUE
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Islands: Abbr. : ISLS
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U. S. Marianas base held by Japs. : GUAM
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Egyptian god. : BES
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Before: Prefix. : PRE
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___ Juana. : TIA
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Town: Cornish. : TRE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 65 debuted here and reused later, 15 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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