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WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
New York Times, Sunday, January 10, 1943
Author:
Louis Jenkins
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 180 , Blocks: 87 , Avg Word Len: 4.91 , Missing: { J Q W X } , Scrabble score: 668 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 120 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 3 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 119
David Steinberg notes:
Original 57-Down clue had periods after "painter" and "1666"; deleted both and put period after parentheses.
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© 1943, The New York Times No. 48
Across
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The man without a country. :
NOLAN 6
Carried out a command. :
ACTED 11
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Walled city near Damascus. :
HAMAH 21
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Seventh Greek vowel. :
OMEGA 25
Director of the OWI. :
DAVIS 26
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Point in Africa 1,800 miles from America. :
DAKAR 29
Class of Japanese outcasts. :
ETA 30
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Hassock: Prov. Eng. :
PESS 35
Mr. Carson, dime novel hero. :
KIT 36
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God: Latin accusative. :
DEUM 41
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Akin to the rose family. :
ROSAL 45
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Resembling an astringent. :
ALUMISH 58
Region where barometric pressure is below normal. :
MEIOBAR 60
City captured by the Japanese: var. :
MANILLA 61
Philippine forest tree. :
TUA 62
Hawaiian instruments played with the nose. :
PUAS 64
Where the "white cliffs" lie. :
DOVER 65
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Given name of baseball star. :
LOU 82
Portuguese masculine name. :
LUIZ 84
Word in Prince of Wale's motto. :
DIEN 85
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Contemporary of Shakespeare. :
BACON 88
Malay island seized by the Japanese. :
BORNEO 90
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Country administered by Pahlevi. :
IRAN 96
Where some stock prices are quoted. :
CURB 97
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Principal export of island of Banca. :
TIN 103
Battlefield of World War I. :
MONS 104
Reduces in weight: slang. :
SLIMS 106
Finished with a ferrule. :
SHOD 108
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Title of ruler slain in 1917. :
TSARINA 111
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Maiden name of General Grant's wife. :
DENT 117
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European stock exchange. :
BOURSE 120
One of the President's cabinet. :
PERKINS 122
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Mooring-place of ferryboat. :
SLIP 136
Given name of a noted movie actress. :
GRETA 137
Conqueror of Astrakhan. :
IVAN 139
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Recently deceased son of the Kaiser. :
EITEL 142
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Birthstone for May: ancient. :
AGATE 147
Very enthusiastic. :
AFIRE 148
Babylonian hero who tried to reach heaven on an eagle. :
ETANA 149
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Measured by steps. :
PACED 152
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Polishing powder. :
EMERY
Down
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Hitler's friend in France. :
LAVAL 4
Foster-brother of Fatima. :
ALI 5
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Turkish unit of money. :
ASPER 7
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Lace-making city in France. :
CLUNY 12
Successes: colloq. :
HITS 13
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Battle point in Tunisia. :
MATEUR 16
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Capital of Hejaz, Arabia. :
MEKKA 19
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Author of "Luck of Roaring Camp." :
HARTE 27
One of the President's cabinet. :
HULL 31
Where the seven sleepers slept. :
EPHESUS 34
Composer of "The Bartered Bride." :
SMETANA 37
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Insigne of a general. :
STAR 46
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Amount assessable. :
RATAL 48
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Plant of the ebony family. :
EBENAD 53
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Scotch landowner. :
LAIRD 57
Famous Dutch painter (1581?–1666). :
HALS 59
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River on which Frankfurt lies. :
MAIN 63
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Given name of the Secretary of Labor. :
FRANCES 68
Illinois river made known by free verse. :
SPOON 70
Book publisher's statement. :
BLURB 72
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Hero of "If Winter Comes." :
SABRE 75
Insignia on the Japanese flag. :
SUN 77
Tatar dynasty of eleventh century. :
KIN 79
Abbreviation for Maria. :
RIA 80
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Windlass supports. :
BITTS 87
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Point in the Battle of New Guinea. :
BUNA 89
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Seaport of British East Africa. :
MOMBASA 103
"The plans of ___ and men." :
MICE 104
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Point in the Battle of New Guinea. :
SANANANDA 107
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Cloth remnant, in England. :
FENT 112
Grounds for a conclusion. :
DATA 114
Section of Russian front. :
LUKI 116
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Seaport of Palestine. :
HAIFA 126
"___ Hay," by Aldous Huxley. :
ANTIC 128
Where the Germans were defeated April 14, 1917. :
ARRAS 129
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First Mayor of New York City. :
DUANE 132
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Point in the Battle of New Guinea. :
GONA 138
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Paid announcements: colloq. :
ADS 146
Answer summary: 10 unique to this puzzle , 109 debuted here and reused later , 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 0 cheater squares.
The grid has normal (rotational) crossword symmetry.
It has 10 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 109 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 55 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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