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Charles Cross
Global Gleanings
New York Times, Sunday, October 21, 1945
Author:
Charles Cross
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 665 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 133, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 66, Grid flow: 26.0
| 1 A | 2 T | 3 H | 4 O | 5 S | | 6 T | 7 O | 8 J | 9 O | | 10 B | 11 A | 12 B | 13 A | | 14 W | 15 E | 16 S | 17 T | | |
18 G | R | O | O | V | E | | 19 A | N | O | L | | 20 E | L | A | N | | 21 A | C | H | E | 22 S | |
23 A | T | O | M | I | C | | 24 R | E | Y | K | 25 J | A | V | I | K | | 26 S | H | I | N | T | 27 O |
28 P | A | L | M | E | R | 29 S | | 30 S | C | H | E | M | A | T | I | 31 C | | 32 O | P | T | I | C |
| | | 33 A | D | E | P | 34 T | | 35 E | O | R | L | | 36 S | N | U | 37 G | | 38 S | A | M | E |
39 P | 40 P | 41 C | | 42 O | T | A | R | 43 U | | 44 N | E | I | 45 L | | 46 G | E | E | 47 S | | 48 C | S | A |
49 L | E | A | 50 P | | 51 S | I | E | N | 52 A | | 53 Z | N | A | 54 K | | 55 S | I | M | 56 P | L | O | N |
57 U | R | N | E | 58 D | | 59 N | A | I | L | 60 S | | 61 G | R | I | 62 M | | 63 S | I | R | E | N | S |
64 S | A | C | R | E | 65 D | | 66 S | O | L | E | 67 S | | 68 B | R | I | 69 S | T | L | E | | | |
| | 70 A | I | L | E | 71 R | O | N | | 72 G | A | 73 V | O | T | T | E | | 74 E | S | 75 S | 76 E | 77 N |
78 H | 79 E | N | L | O | P | E | N | | 80 R | E | P | E | A | L | E | R | 81 S | | 82 S | L | O | E |
83 E | R | I | | 84 S | E | C | | 85 R | E | S | P | I | R | E | | 86 V | I | 87 A | | 88 E | N | S |
89 R | I | N | 90 G | | 91 W | I | 92 T | H | S | T | A | N | D | | 93 S | I | L | L | 94 I | E | S | T |
95 A | N | G | U | 96 S | | 97 P | R | E | P | A | R | E | | 98 S | C | A | L | L | O | P | | |
| | | 99 R | E | 100 L | E | A | S | E | | 101 E | R | 102 A | T | O | | 103 S | E | N | I | 104 O | 105 R |
106 B | 107 E | 108 A | T | T | Y | | 109 P | U | C | 110 K | | 111 S | C | O | R | 112 E | | 113 N | I | E | C | E |
114 A | U | T | H | O | R | 115 S | | 116 S | T | E | 117 P | | 118 T | O | N | I | 119 O | | 120 A | S | T | I |
121 U | G | H | | 122 N | I | P | 123 S | | 124 S | N | A | 125 G | | 126 P | E | D | R | 127 O | | 128 T | O | D |
129 S | E | E | 130 D | | 131 C | A | T | 132 S | | 133 T | U | R | 134 F | | 135 R | E | I | C | 136 H | | | |
137 O | N | I | O | 138 N | | 139 S | I | N | 140 G | U | L | A | R | 141 S | | 142 R | O | T | A | 143 T | 144 O | 145 R |
146 N | I | S | N | A | 147 S | | 148 C | A | U | C | A | S | I | A | 149 N | | 150 L | A | V | E | T | A |
| 151 E | T | A | P | E | | 152 K | I | N | K | | 153 S | E | R | E | | 154 E | V | E | L | I | N |
| | 155 S | U | E | T | | 156 S | L | A | Y | | 157 E | D | D | Y | | 158 S | E | L | L | S | |
© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 193
Across
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Holy mountain of modern Greeks. :
ATHOS6
No. 1 Jap war criminal. :
TOJO10
The devil's grandmother: Slav. Myth. :
BABA14
18
19
Phenol derivative. :
ANOL20
21
23
___ theory, in chemistry. :
ATOMIC24
26
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William Taylor Adams. :
OPTIC33
35
Anglo-Saxon nobleman. :
EORL36
38
39
Letters written on a farewell card. :
PPC42
Fishing port, W. Hokkaido. :
OTARU44
46
48
Letters on Stonewall Jackson's uniform collar. :
CSA49
51
Famous Tuscan city. :
SIENA53
Russian doctors' badge. :
ZNAK55
Swiss tunnel, 12 m. long. :
SIMPLON57
Placed in a receptacle. :
URNED59
61
63
64
66
68
70
Plane's auxiliary wing-tip. :
AILERON72
Dance resembling the minuet. :
GAVOTTE74
City N. E. of Dusseldorf. :
ESSEN78
Cape on E. coast of Delaware. :
HENLOPEN80
82
Fruit used in making gin. :
SLOE83
84
85
86
88
Naval officer: Abbr. :
ENS89
Blanche of the Gay '90s. :
RING91
93
95
One of the thanes in "Macbeth." :
ANGUS97
98
99
101
103
Noted English economist (1790–1864). :
SENIOR106
Popular woman radio commentator. :
BEATTY109
111
113
Rosalind's relationship to Duke Frederick. :
NIECE114
116
118
The clown in "Pagliacci." :
TONIO120
Where Alfieri was born. :
ASTI121
Expression of disgust. :
UGH122
What "Sairey Gamp" took on the sly. :
NIPS124
126
Last Emperor of Brazil. :
PEDRO128
129
131
Kilkenny scrappers. :
CATS133
135
137
Bulbous-rooted plant. :
ONION139
142
146
African guenon monkey. :
NISNAS148
150
Peak in Colorado, 11,654 ft. :
LAVETA151
Shelter for Siberian convicts. :
ETAPE152
153
154
English diarist: Var. :
EVELIN155
156
157
Popular light-opera singer. :
EDDY158
Down
1
Gulf, inlet of Ionian Sea. :
ARTA2
3
Japanese war criminal. :
HOMMA4
5
6
Product of wood distillation. :
TAR7
8
9
Island in Lake Baikal, Siberia. :
OLKHON10
11
Tyrannical Spanish Duke (1508–1582). :
ALVA12
Artificial flies. :
BAITS13
14
15
Oread who talked incessantly. :
ECHO16
17
18
22
25
Wine district in Spain. :
JEREZ27
Unlimited quantities. :
OCEANS29
Where Armour is Ambassador. :
SPAIN31
34
What Ezra Pound is accused of. :
TREASON37
39
40
European quarter of Istanbul. :
PERA41
43
What Lincoln preserved. :
UNION45
47
50
52
54
56
58
One of the Cyclades. :
DELOS60
62
65
Noted Senator from New York (1834–1928). :
DEPEW67
69
Where World War I started. :
SERVIA71
73
Gouges used in wood-carving. :
VEINERS75
76
Long spaces of time. :
EONS77
78
Queen of the gods. :
HERA79
Its emblem is the harp. :
ERIN80
81
85
87
Author of "Anthony Adverse." :
ALLEN90
92
93
94
Where the temples of Diana and Apollo were. :
IONIA96
Founder of Sisters of Charity. :
SETON98
100
102
104
Eight: Comb. form. :
OCTO105
American journalist. :
REID106
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108
110
112
115
117
119
123
125
Town in Alpes-Maritimes. :
GRASSE127
130
What the Viennese call their river. :
DONAU132
134
American master mariner, George ___. :
FRIED136
River at Potsdam. :
HAVEL138
140
Mountain in Abyssinia, 14,000 ft. :
GUNA141
143
144
Lawyer patriot (1725–83). :
OTIS145
147
149
Greer Garson's married name. :
NEY
Answer summary:
18 unique to this puzzle, 48 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 18 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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