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James E. Kisner
With Clues from the News
New York Times, Sunday, October 31, 1943
22-Across : Goal of Jap southwest expansion.
Author:
James E. Kisner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 620 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 162, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 91, Grid flow: 15.9
1 S | 2 T | 3 O | 4 C | 5 K | 6 H | 7 O | 8 L | 9 M | | 10 A | 11 L | 12 O | 13 O | 14 F | | 15 B | 16 R | 17 I | 18 D | 19 G | 20 E | 21 S |
22 A | U | S | T | R | A | L | I | A | | 23 M | A | N | S | E | | 24 R | A | D | I | A | T | E |
25 U | N | I | | 26 A | L | G | E | R | | 27 I | N | T | E | R | | 28 E | P | O | P | T | I | C |
29 S | I | R | 30 S | | 31 F | A | D | S | | 32 E | G | O | | 33 G | 34 O | M | E | L | | 35 H | E | R |
36 A | S | I | A | 37 N | | | | 38 H | 39 O | N | E | | 40 D | U | D | E | S | | 41 R | E | N | E |
42 G | I | S | L | A | | 43 C | 44 L | A | W | S | | 45 R | O | S | I | N | | 46 B | U | R | N | T |
47 E | A | M | E | S | | 48 H | U | L | L | | 49 D | E | M | O | N | | 50 S | E | N | S | E | S |
| | | 51 S | H | 52 R | I | L | L | | 53 Q | U | E | E | N | | 54 T | I | N | E | | | |
55 A | 56 M | 57 I | | | 58 A | L | L | | 59 D | U | E | L | S | | 60 P | E | T | E | R | 61 S | 62 O | 63 N |
64 R | U | S | 65 S | 66 E | L | L | | 67 G | R | O | S | | | 68 P | I | N | E | S | | 69 A | V | E |
70 C | R | O | U | S | E | | 71 T | R | I | A | S | | 72 A | R | L | E | S | | 73 S | L | U | E |
74 T | I | R | E | S | | 75 T | H | U | N | D | E | 76 R | B | O | L | T | | 77 F | I | E | L | D |
78 I | L | U | S | | 79 S | W | A | N | K | | 80 L | I | E | N | S | | 81 S | A | C | R | A | L |
82 A | L | K | | 83 P | O | I | N | T | | | 84 D | A | N | E | | 85 E | N | T | E | N | T | E |
86 N | O | U | 87 V | E | L | L | E | | 88 F | 89 R | O | N | D | | 90 T | R | Y | | | 91 O | E | S |
| | | 92 O | R | E | L | | 93 A | L | E | R | T | | 94 K | A | N | S | 95 A | 96 S | | | |
97 S | 98 T | 99 A | I | R | S | | 100 G | R | I | E | F | | 101 P | I | L | E | | 102 N | E | 103 F | 104 A | 105 S |
106 C | A | N | D | Y | | 107 C | A | R | E | D | | 108 B | A | N | K | S | | 109 T | R | O | P | E |
110 R | U | N | S | | 111 C | A | N | E | S | | 112 R | U | N | G | | | | 113 S | A | L | P | A |
114 A | T | A | | 115 B | U | N | G | S | | 116 P | I | T | | 117 B | 118 O | 119 N | 120 G | | 121 B | L | A | S |
122 P | E | T | 123 L | U | R | A | | 124 T | 125 R | I | L | L | | 126 I | L | I | A | 127 D | | 128 E | R | I |
129 E | S | T | O | N | I | A | | 130 E | A | G | L | E | | 131 R | E | N | O | V | 132 A | T | E | D |
133 S | T | O | U | T | E | N | | 134 R | I | S | E | R | | 135 D | O | O | L | I | T | T | L | E |
© 1943, The New York TimesNo. 90
Across
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10
15
22
23
Ecclesiastic's residence. :
MANSE24
25
26
Author of over 100 books, died 1899. :
ALGER27
28
29
31
32
Self-preserving tendency. :
EGO33
Recaptured city in White Russia. :
GOMEL35
36
38
40
Ultrafashionable men. :
DUDES41
___ of Anjou, titular king of Sicily (1409–80). :
RENE42
Rice weight of Zanzibar, 360 lbs. :
GISLA43
45
Violinist's necessity. :
ROSIN46
47
American operatic soprano. :
EAMES48
Former Senator from Tennessee. :
HULL49
50
51
53
___ Anne's War, in America, 1702–13. :
QUEEN54
55
58
59
Combats between two. :
DUELS60
Inspector General of U. S. Army. :
PETERSON64
67
68
Coniferous trees. :
PINES69
70
71
Political union of old German Empire. :
TRIAS72
City on the Rhone. :
ARLES73
74
Pneumatic necessities. :
TIRES75
77
Chicago newspaper publisher. :
FIELD78
Son of Tros, founder of Troy. :
ILUS79
Behave pompously: Colloq. :
SWANK80
81
Designed for use in religious rites. :
SACRAL82
Resin of Chian turpentine. :
ALK83
84
85
Agreement between nations. :
ENTENTE86
88
90
91
Violent whirlwinds. :
OES92
Scene of Russian victory. :
OREL93
94
Geographical center of U. S. :
KANSAS97
100
101
102
106
107
108
Group of 17 islands, part of New Hebrides. :
BANKS109
Figure of speech-irony. :
TROPE110
111
112
113
Oceanic tunicate. :
SALPA114
115
116
117
121
Gil ___ by Le Sage, 1735. :
BLAS122
Ukrainian patriot assassinated in 1926. :
PETLURA124
126
Epic poem written by Homer. :
ILIAD128
129
Republic on Gulf of Finland. :
ESTONIA130
Seal of the U. S. A. :
EAGLE131
133
134
135
Commander of Strategic Bombing, Northwest Africa. :
DOOLITTLE
Down
1
2
3
4
New England State: Abbr. :
CT5
Narrowest isthmus of Malay Peninsula. :
KRA6
7
8
9
Vice President of U. S., 1913–21. :
MARSHALL10
11
Norwegian diplomat, 1921 Nobel Peace Prize winner. :
LANGE12
13
Nonhydrolyzable sugar. :
OSE14
15
Site of Focke-Wulf plane factories. :
BREMEN16
Pomace of grapes. :
RAPES17
18
19
20
Bay on coast of Attu Island. :
ETIENNE21
30
34
37
New Zealand Minister. :
NASH39
Curtis Wright observation plane. :
OWL40
41
Bard among the Goths. :
RUNER43
44
45
46
Czech President in exile. :
BENES49
Germany's third inland port continually bombed. :
DUESSELDORF50
52
Sound of breathing. :
RALE53
54
55
56
Spanish painter (1617–82). :
MURILLO57
Given name of Yamamoto, deceased Jap Fleet Admiral. :
ISORUKU59
60
61
Where the Fifth Army landed. :
SALERNO62
Containing immature seeds. :
OVULATE63
65
66
67
Deep guttural sound. :
GRUNT68
71
Anglo-Saxon freeman. :
THANE72
Far Eastern correspondent. :
ABEND73
Number six on a die. :
SICE75
76
77
79
81
83
Protagonist of open door for Japan, 1852. :
PERRY85
87
88
89
Foe of yellow fever. :
REED90
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
103
___ Bradley, Inspector General of U. S. Army Air Forces. :
FOLLETT104
105
107
Land of Promise of the Israelites. :
CANAAN108
Establisher and president of famous university. :
BUTLER111
Discoverer of radium. :
CURIE112
Valley on the moon. :
RILLE115
116
118
Kind of margarine. :
OLEO119
Tree yielding red dye. :
NINO120
123
"Iron Man" of baseball. :
LOU125
127
132
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 85 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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