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Harriot T. Cooke
Global Gleanings
New York Times, Sunday, July 16, 1944
98-Down : College grounds.
Author:
Harriot T. Cooke
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 83, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 603 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 168, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 83, Grid flow: 6.7
1 C | 2 O | 3 W | 4 E | 5 S | | 6 A | 7 S | 8 S | 9 E | 10 S | | 11 R | 12 I | 13 E | 14 S | 15 A | | | 16 S | 17 T | 18 A | 19 G |
20 O | R | O | N | O | | 21 S | U | N | U | P | | 22 O | M | A | H | A | | 23 C | H | I | N | A |
24 P | I | N | T | O | 25 S | | 26 B | A | R | I | | 27 M | A | S | U | | 28 O | L | I | V | E | R |
29 P | A | D | I | N | A | 30 S | | 31 P | I | L | 32 L | A | G | E | | 33 P | R | E | N | O | M | S |
34 E | N | E | R | G | I | E | 35 S | | 36 P | L | A | N | E | | 37 B | A | D | O | G | L | I | O |
38 R | A | R | E | | 39 L | A | T | 40 V | I | A | N | S | | 41 K | A | T | E | | 42 S | I | A | N |
| | | | 43 P | O | R | R | I | D | G | E | | 44 A | N | K | A | R | 45 A | | | | |
46 S | 47 H | 48 A | 49 P | E | R | | 50 A | L | E | E | | 51 F | L | E | E | S | | 52 V | 53 O | 54 D | 55 K | 56 A |
57 P | A | P | U | A | | 58 A | L | L | A | | 59 S | U | P | E | R | | 60 L | E | V | I | E | D |
61 A | L | I | T | | 62 N | I | S | A | N | | 63 E | R | I | S | | 64 G | A | R | O | N | N | E |
65 T | E | A | | 66 R | E | D | U | N | | 67 E | T | O | N | | 68 G | A | R | R | I | S | O | N |
| | | 69 E | U | G | E | N | I | 70 C | S | | 71 R | E | 72 S | U | R | G | E | D | | | |
73 G | 74 A | 75 L | L | I | A | R | D | | 76 O | T | 77 O | E | | 78 T | I | N | E | D | | 79 L | 80 E | 81 A |
82 A | N | O | I | N | T | S | | 83 C | R | E | W | | 84 C | O | T | E | R | | 85 N | E | W | S |
86 G | O | A | T | E | E | | 87 S | H | O | R | E | | 88 O | M | A | R | | 89 T | E | N | E | T |
90 S | A | N | E | R | | 91 S | P | A | N | S | | 92 A | G | A | R | | 93 S | I | B | A | R | I |
| | | | 94 S | 95 A | K | A | T | A | | 96 I | N | I | T | I | 97 A | T | E | | | | |
98 C | 99 E | 100 P | 101 A | | 102 L | O | I | S | | 103 F | A | N | T | A | S | I | A | | 104 W | 105 E | 106 T | 107 S |
108 A | L | E | U | 109 T | I | A | N | | 110 G | E | N | O | A | | 111 T | E | R | 112 R | A | P | I | N |
113 M | A | R | S | H | A | L | | 114 M | U | L | A | T | T | 115 O | | 116 S | E | A | L | A | C | E |
117 P | I | U | T | E | S | | 118 M | A | L | O | | 119 A | I | R | 120 E | | 121 D | I | L | U | T | E |
122 U | N | S | E | E | | 123 E | A | T | E | N | | 124 T | O | A | D | 125 S | | 126 D | O | L | O | R |
127 S | E | E | R | | | 128 D | R | E | S | S | | 129 E | N | D | E | D | | 130 S | P | E | C | S |
© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 127
Across
1
Shipbuildiing center, Isle of Wight. :
COWES6
"The bridge of ___."—Euclid. :
ASSES11
City on the Elbe. :
RIESA16
20
Paper city in Maine. :
ORONO21
22
City on the Missouri. :
OMAHA23
Country visited by Wallace. :
CHINA24
26
Air base on Adriatic. :
BARI27
28
29
31
33
34
36
Modern implement of war. :
PLANE37
38
39
41
42
Capital of Shensi Province. :
SIAN43
44
Where Ambassador Steinhardt is stationed. :
ANKARA46
50
51
52
57
58
59
Top-notch: Slang. :
SUPER60
61
62
63
She threw the apple of discord. :
ERIS64
River from Pyrenees to Bay of Biscay. :
GARONNE65
66
Ask payment again. :
REDUN67
"Waterloo was won on the playing fields of ___"—Wellington. :
ETON68
Famous Abolitionist (1805–79). :
GARRISON69
71
73
76
78
79
82
83
Personnel of a bomber. :
CREW84
Quote a price on the Bourse. :
COTER85
86
Beard worn by Napoleon III. :
GOATEE87
88
"Doughboy general's" given name. :
OMAR89
90
91
92
93
City on Gulf of Taranto. :
SIBARI94
City on Honshu Island. :
SAKATA96
98
102
103
104
Voters against 18th Amendment. :
WETS108
110
111
113
114
116
117
118
St. ___, walled city in invasion area. :
MALO119
City in Pas-de-Calais area. :
AIRE121
122
123
124
126
127
128
129
130
Down
1
Essential war material. :
COPPER2
3
4
5
Madame Chiang's maiden name. :
SOONG6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Chinese dry measures. :
SHINGS17
18
Lack of red corpuscles. :
ANEMIA19
23
25
28
30
32
33
Two-edged swords. :
PATAS35
37
Wilson's Secretary of War. :
BAKER40
Italian historian (1275–1348). :
VILLANI41
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
51
53
54
Repeats tiresomely. :
DINS55
56
Port in S. W. Arabia. :
ADEN58
59
60
62
64
Former Vice President. :
GARNER66
67
68
69
Crack Nazi regiment. :
ELITE70
72
73
74
75
77
79
Siberian river with 300 tributaries. :
LENA80
81
83
84
85
87
89
91
92
93
95
96
97
98
99
John Barrymore's fourth wife. :
ELAINE100
101
103
104
Powerful blow: Slang. :
WALLOP105
106
Sound of a clock: Var. :
TICTOC107
109
110
Heraldic markings. :
GULES112
114
115
118
120
123
125
Gov. Sharpe's State: Abbr. :
SD
Answer summary:
15 unique to this puzzle, 68 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 2 cheater squares.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 15 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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