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WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, October 31, 1943
2-Down : Scene of Allied victory.
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
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© 1943, The New York Times No. 90
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Ecclesiastic's residence. :
MANSE 24
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Author of over 100 books, died 1899. :
ALGER 27
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Self-preserving tendency. :
EGO 33
Recaptured city in White Russia. :
GOMEL 35
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Ultrafashionable men. :
DUDES 41
___ of Anjou, titular king of Sicily (1409-80). :
RENE 42
Rice weight of Zanzibar, 360 lbs. :
GISLA 43
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Violinist's necessity. :
ROSIN 46
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American operatic soprano. :
EAMES 48
Former Senator from Tennessee. :
HULL 49
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___ Anne's War, in America, 1702-13. :
QUEEN 54
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Combats between two. :
DUELS 60
Inspector General of U. S. Army. :
PETERSON 64
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Coniferous trees. :
PINES 69
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Political union of old German Empire. :
TRIAS 72
City on the Rhone. :
ARLES 73
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Pneumatic necessities. :
TIRES 75
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Chicago newspaper publisher. :
FIELD 78
Son of Tros, founder of Troy. :
ILUS 79
Behave pompously: Colloq. :
SWANK 80
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Designed for use in religious rites. :
SACRAL 82
Resin of Chian turpentine. :
ALK 83
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Agreement between nations. :
ENTENTE 86
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Violent whirlwinds. :
OES 92
Scene of Russian victory. :
OREL 93
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Geographical center of U. S. :
KANSAS 97
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Group of 17 islands, part of New Hebrides. :
BANKS 109
Figure of speech-irony. :
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Oceanic tunicate. :
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Gil ___ by Le Sage, 1735. :
BLAS 122
Ukrainian patriot assassinated in 1926. :
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Epic poem written by Homer. :
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Republic on Gulf of Finland. :
ESTONIA 130
Seal of the U. S. A. :
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Commander of Strategic Bombing, Northwest Africa. :
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Narrowest isthmus of Malay Peninsula. :
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Vice President of U. S., 1913-21. :
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Norwegian diplomat, 1921 Nobel Peace Prize winner. :
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Nonhydrolyzable sugar. :
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Site of Focke-Wulf plane factories. :
BREMEN 16
Pomace of grapes. :
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Bay on coast of Attu Island. :
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New Zealand Minister. :
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Curtis Wright observation plane. :
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Bard among the Goths. :
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Czech President in exile. :
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Germany's third inland port continually bombed. :
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Sound of breathing. :
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Spanish painter (1617-82). :
MURILLO 57
Given name of Yamamoto, deceased Jap Fleet Admiral. :
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Where the Fifth Army landed. :
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Containing immature seeds. :
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Far Eastern correspondent. :
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___ Bradley, Inspector General of U. S. Army Air Forces. :
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Land of Promise of the Israelites. :
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Establisher and president of famous university. :
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Discoverer of radium. :
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Valley on the moon. :
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Kind of margarine. :
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Tree yielding red dye. :
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"Iron Man" of baseball. :
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Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle , 85 debuted here and reused later , 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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