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Agnes Cook
Words from the War Zones
New York Times, Sunday, October 1, 1944
17-Down : Yugoslavia's king.
Author:
Agnes Cook
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 150, Blocks: 73, Avg Word Len: 4.91, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 519 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 126, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 51, Grid flow: 22.4
Agnes Cook has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 L | 3 A | 4 I | 5 R | 6 E | 7 B | 8 O | 9 R | 10 I | 11 S | 12 O | 13 V | 14 S | 15 A | 16 I | 17 P | 18 A | 19 N |
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20 L | A | T | V | I | A | 21 I | V | A | N | O | V | A | 22 A | R | T | E | N | A |
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23 E | N | H | A | T | S | 24 J | A | V | E | L | I | N | 25 S | I | S | T | E | R |
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26 A | D | E | 27 A | T | 28 O | T | E | 29 O | P | E | 30 N | E | D | 31 E | N | D |
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32 V | I | N | 33 A | 34 F | U | E | L | 35 S | 36 A | D | I | B | 37 A | R | T | S |
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38 E | S | S | A | 39 Y | 40 E | R | 41 P | 42 A | R | 43 B | O | 44 I | L | |||||||
45 L | E | N | I | 46 N | 47 T | R | I | A | 48 L | S | 49 R | E | 50 C | 51 A | 52 P |
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53 P | 54 A | 55 M | 56 M | O | T | E | 57 R | I | L | L | E | 58 G | R | E | E | N | E |
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59 A | N | A | 60 C | E | S | 61 W | 62 A | I | T | E | 63 N | 64 O | R | A | 65 L | I | T |
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66 S | A | R | O | N | 67 A | C | U | T | E | 68 L | I | D | A | 69 L | I | M | E |
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70 A | C | I | D | 71 P | L | A | N | E | 72 B | A | N | D | Y | 73 O | M | A | R |
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74 D | R | A | Y | 75 O | A | S | T | 76 T | I | N | G | S | 77 D | I | E | T | S |
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78 E | E | N | 79 B | L | E | T | 80 U | R | G | E | R | 81 B | O | R | N | E | O |
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82 N | O | A | 83 T | A | K | 84 L | 85 A | N | A | O | 86 A | 87 D | A | R | 88 E | R | N |
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89 A | N | S | E | R | 90 D | E | L | I | C | T | 91 D | O | R | I | 92 S | |||||
93 A | R | 94 A | R | 95 B | E | T | 96 M | I | C | H | 97 A | 98 E | 99 L |
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100 S | 101 P | 102 A | R | 103 B | A | 104 T | A | 105 S | 106 P | 107 A | 108 L | E | 109 Y | U | L | E |
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110 O | L | D | 111 M | U | T | I | N | 112 G | 113 A | B | E | 114 C | 115 M | 116 T | A | R |
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117 N | U | M | 118 F | O | R | 119 M | E | A | 120 T | I | E | R | 121 L | A | 122 S | H | I | O |
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123 A | M | I | E | N | S | 124 O | T | R | A | N | T | O | 125 A | N | O | I | N | T |
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126 R | E | T | E | S | T | 127 R | A | Y | L | E | S | S | 128 M | E | L | E | E | S |
© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 138
Across
1
Gen. Chennault. : CLAIRE
7
City NE of Minsk. : BORISOV
14
U. S. victory N of Guam. : SAIPAN
20
Baltic state. : LATVIA
21
Noted Russian woman flier. : IVANOVA
22
City near Via Casilina. : ARTENA
23
Puts a head covering on. : ENHATS
24
Thrusting weapon. : JAVELIN
25
___ Carrie. : SISTER
26
Late American humorist. : ADE
27
Toward. : AT
28
Native of: Suffix. : OTE
29
Began. : OPENED
31
Consequence. : END
32
Indian guitar-like instrument. : VINA
34
Heat producers. : FUELS
36
Fixed star. : ADIB
37
Crafts. : ARTS
38
Endeavorer. : ESSAYER
41
Equality. : PAR
43
Simmer. : BOIL
45
Founder of "Comintern." : LENIN
47
Riom was the scene of these. : TRIALS
49
Recrown. : RECAP
53
Card game. : PAM
56
Speck. : MOTE
57
Valley on the moon. : RILLE
58
Winner at Eutaw Springs, 1781. : GREENE
59
The Dioscuri. : ANACES
61
U. S. Chief Justice, 1874–88. : WAITE
63
Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
65
Illuminated. : LIT
66
Javanese xylophone. : SARON
67
Sharp-witted. : ACUTE
68
Polish commune W of Russian Minsk. : LIDA
69
Calcium oxide. : LIME
70
Acrimonious. : ACID
71
Smoothing tool. : PLANE
72
Striped. : BANDY
73
General Bradley. : OMAR
74
Two-wheeled cart. : DRAY
75
Hop-drying kiln. : OAST
76
High pitched sounds. : TINGS
77
Eats sparingly. : DIETS
78
Even: Contr. : EEN
79
Fruit decay. : BLET
80
Inciter. : URGER
81
Large Malay island. : BORNEO
82
Alaskan river, 290 mi. to Kotzebue Sound. : NOATAK
84
Lake on Mindanao. : LANAO
86
Hebrew month. : ADAR
88
Sea eagle. : ERN
89
Genus of graylag goose. : ANSER
90
Offense: Law. : DELICT
91
Daughter of Oceanus. : DORIS
93
Sandarac tree. : ARAR
95
Wager. : BET
96
King of Rumania. : MICHAEL
100
Coast Guard member. : SPAR
103
Seaport of Spanish Guinea in Rio Muni. : BATA
105
Ship's temporary cross timber. : SPALE
109
Christmastide. : YULE
110
Senescent. : OLD
111
Silencing. : MUTING
113
The Rail Splitter. : ABE
114
Two fifths of an inch. : CM
116
Road surface. : TAR
117
Captured air base, Netherlands New Guinea. : NUMFOR
119
More substantial. : MEATIER
121
Rail terminus in Upper Burma. : LASHIO
123
City on the Somme. : AMIENS
124
Strait at Italian heel. : OTRANTO
125
Consecrate. : ANOINT
126
Make a new experiment. : RETEST
127
Without beams. : RAYLESS
128
Brawls. : MELEES
Down
1
Cut through. : CLEAVE
2
Baseball czar. : LANDIS
3
Piraeus is its port. : ATHENS
4
Herb eve. : IVA
5
Miss Hayworth. : RITA
6
Chennault's area of operations. : EAST
7
Trinket. : BIJOU
8
Egg-shaped. : OVATE
9
French composer. : RAVEL
10
Saxon king. : INE
11
Unaccompanied. : SOLO
12
Producing eggs. : OVIPARAL
13
Having Weathercocks. : VANED
14
Jap city blasted by B-29's. : SASEBO
15
Waterless. : ARID
16
Pronoun. : ITS
17
Yugoslavia's king. : PETER
18
In respect to. : ANENT
19
Ointments. : NARDS
30
Pen points. : NIBS
33
Indian mulberry. : AAL
34
Fuse partly. : FRIT
35
Goblin. : SPRITE
37
To the sheltered side. : ALEE
39
Sana is its capital. : YEMEN
40
Son of Seth. : ENOS
42
Winged, as birds: Her. : AILE
44
Babylonian god of war. : IRRA
46
Australian port north of Sydney. : NEWCASTLE
47
Threadbare. : TRITE
48
Famous Russian victory. : LENINGRAD
50
Coquette in "Le Misanthrope." : CELIMENE
51
Vivifier. : ANIMATER
52
GI Joe's Inspector General. : PETERSON
53
Seat of Rose Bowl. : PASADENA
54
Greek poet. : ANACREON
55
Saipan is in this group. : MARIANAS
58
Discoverer of Columbia River (1755–1806). : GRAY
60
Buffalo Bill. : CODY
62
"Charley's ___." : AUNT
64
Unequal conditions. : ODDS
67
Wings. : ALAE
68
Secretary of Interior, 1913–20. : LANE
69
French river, 185 mi. to Sarthe. : LOIR
71
"Dark horse" of 1844. : POLK
72
Prejudiced person. : BIGOT
76
Regions. : TRACTS
77
Uncouth. : DORIC
79
Deputy Chief, U. S. Armored Forces. : BARR
80
Italian island w. of Lussino. : UNIE
81
Port above Italian heel. : BARI
83
Disrupt. : TEAR
85
Mount ___, Allied victory near Cassino. : ALBANETA
87
Cupola. : DOME
90
Mild oath. : DRAT
92
Unobtrusive. : SHY
94
Exploding. : ABURST
97
City w. of Caen. : AUTHIE
98
John Barrymore's widow. : ELAINE
99
European dormice. : LEROTS
100
Hindu goldsmith. : SONAR
101
Pen: French. : PLUME
102
Acknowledge. : ADMIT
104
Strategic Malay island. : TIMOR
106
He wrote "Age of Reason." : PAINE
107
Seconds. : ABETS
108
Bombed Aegean island. : LEROS
111
Belgian city. : MONS
112
Mr. Cooper. : GARY
114
Quahog. : CLAM
115
Hair. : MANE
118
Payment. : FEE
120
Palmyra palm. : TAL
122
The sun. : SOL
Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 42 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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