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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: 667 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 133 , Cheaters: 8 , FITB: 3 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 67
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© 1945, The New York Times No. 193
Across
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Holy mountain of modern Greeks. :
ATHOS 6
No. 1 Jap war criminal. :
TOJO 10
The devil's grandmother: Slav. Myth. :
BABA 14
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Phenol derivative. :
ANOL 20
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___ theory, in chemistry. :
ATOMIC 24
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William Taylor Adams. :
OPTIC 33
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Anglo-Saxon nobleman. :
EORL 36
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Letters written on a farewell card. :
PPC 42
Fishing port, W. Hokkaido. :
OTARU 44
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Letters on Stonewall Jackson's uniform collar. :
CSA 49
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Famous Tuscan city. :
SIENA 53
Russian doctors' badge. :
ZNAK 55
Swiss tunnel, 12 m. long. :
SIMPLON 57
Placed in a receptacle. :
URNED 59
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Plane's auxiliary wing-tip. :
AILERON 72
Dance resembling the minuet. :
GAVOTTE 74
City N. E. of Dusseldorf. :
ESSEN 78
Cape on E. coast of Delaware. :
HENLOPEN 80
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Fruit used in making gin. :
SLOE 83
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Naval officer: Abbr. :
ENS 89
Blanche of the Gay '90s. :
RING 91
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One of the thanes in "Macbeth." :
ANGUS 97
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Noted English economist (1790–1864). :
SENIOR 106
Popular woman radio commentator. :
BEATTY 109
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Rosalind's relationship to Duke Frederick. :
NIECE 114
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The clown in "Pagliacci." :
TONIO 120
Where Alfieri was born. :
ASTI 121
Expression of disgust. :
UGH 122
What "Sairey Gamp" took on the sly. :
NIPS 124
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Last Emperor of Brazil. :
PEDRO 128
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Kilkenny scrappers. :
CATS 133
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Bulbous-rooted plant. :
ONION 139
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African guenon monkey. :
NISNAS 148
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Peak in Colorado, 11,654 ft. :
LAVETA 151
Shelter for Siberian convicts. :
ETAPE 152
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English diarist: Var. :
EVELIN 155
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Popular light-opera singer. :
EDDY 158
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Gulf, inlet of Ionian Sea. :
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Japanese war criminal. :
HOMMA 4
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Product of wood distillation. :
TAR 7
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Island in Lake Baikal, Siberia. :
OLKHON 10
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Tyrannical Spanish Duke (1508–1582). :
ALVA 12
Artificial flies. :
BAITS 13
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Oread who talked incessantly. :
ECHO 16
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Wine district in Spain. :
JEREZ 27
Unlimited quantities. :
OCEANS 29
Where Armour is Ambassador. :
SPAIN 31
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What Ezra Pound is accused of. :
TREASON 37
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European quarter of Istanbul. :
PERA 41
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What Lincoln preserved. :
UNION 45
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One of the Cyclades. :
DELOS 60
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Noted Senator from New York (1834–1928). :
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Where World War I started. :
SERVIA 71
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Gouges used in wood-carving. :
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Long spaces of time. :
EONS 77
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Queen of the gods. :
HERA 79
Its emblem is the harp. :
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Author of "Anthony Adverse." :
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Where the temples of Diana and Apollo were. :
IONIA 96
Founder of Sisters of Charity. :
SETON 98
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Eight: Comb. form. :
OCTO 105
American journalist. :
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Town in Alpes-Maritimes. :
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What the Viennese call their river. :
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American master mariner, George ___. :
FRIED 136
River at Potsdam. :
HAVEL 138
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Mountain in Abyssinia, 14,000 ft. :
GUNA 141
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Lawyer patriot (1725–83). :
OTIS 145
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Greer Garson's married name. :
NEY
Answer summary: 18 unique to this puzzle , 49 debuted here and reused later , 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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