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W. W. Webster
W. W. Webster

World Wide Words

New York Times, Sunday, November 21, 1943

69-Across : Letters of the alphabet.

Author:
W. W. Webster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 77, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 628 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 148, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 82, Grid flow: 33.8 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
W. W. Webster has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 70-Across clue, added umlaut over "u" in "Atatürk."

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G
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N
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C
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M
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B
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L
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E
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M
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O
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R
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L
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C
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E
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A
L
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B
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M
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I
T
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L
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N
E
M
E
S
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N
O
D
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S
E
R
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U
M
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H
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N
D
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A
C
I
S
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S
A
T
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E
G
I
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S
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S
I
R
E
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S
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N
E
S
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T
L
E
D
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N
O
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E
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S
U
E
T
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S
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E
N
A
C
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T
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M
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G
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A
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G
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N
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R
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E
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E
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R
O
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D
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E
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A
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S
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E
W
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N
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T
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S
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L
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R
N
O
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R
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C
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R
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U
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S
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M
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M
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G
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O
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K
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P
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I
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G
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R
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S
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A
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T
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L
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C
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H
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E
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P
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E
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R
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M
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E
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C
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A
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B
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S
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A
X
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A
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E
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M
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R
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H
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A
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L
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L
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A
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R
A
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T
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S
A
P
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R
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E
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D
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T
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P
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E
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N
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Z
I
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R
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U
S
S
E
T
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S
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S
P
A
W
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N
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R
A
G
S
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A
B
O
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B
E
R
N
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O
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A
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N
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S
T
O
A
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T
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M
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S
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D
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O
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R
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M
A
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S
P
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L
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T
O
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R
U
I
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N
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E
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A
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K
E
L
O
N
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E
L
Y
S
I
U
M
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T
R
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E
M
E
N
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R
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© 1943, The New York TimesNo. 93
Across
1
Slaves of the Nazis. : GERMANS
8
Perish. : CRUMBLE
15
State of mental strength. : MORALE
21
Vast. : OCEANIC
22
Withdrawer. : RETIRER
23
Useless. : INUTILE
25
Battleship launched Feb. 16, 1942. : ALABAMA
26
Native of Massico Ridge. : ITALIAN
27
Avenging agencies. : NEMESES
28
One-third of a sleepy trio. : NOD
29
Antitoxin. : SERUM
31
Sailor on deck. : HAND
32
Youth beloved by Galatea. : ACIS
33
Conferred. : SAT
34
Shield of protection. : EGIS
36
Kings. : SIRES
38
Snuggled in. : NESTLED
40
Nobody. : NONE
41
Meat fats. : SUETS
43
Represent. : ENACT
45
Pittsburgh's ceiling zero. : SMOG
46
Father of Europa. : AGENOR
48
Spooky atmosphere. : EERINESS
50
16½ feet. : ROD
52
Epochs. : ERAS
54
Water vessels. : EWERS
55
Machine-gun hideout. : NEST
56
Where the U.S.S. Savannah defied bombs. : SALERNO
58
Love. : EROS
60
Native of largest Grecian isle. : CRETAN
63
City in Sicily. : RAGUSA
64
Political mud pack. : SMEAR
66
Allied occupying government. : AMG
69
Letters of the alphabet. : OES
70
The late Atatürk. : KEMAL
72
Cut off. : SNIP
74
Fancier. : IMAGINER
76
One of the Tubuai islands, Oceania. : RAPA
78
Coin of ancient Rome. : SEMIS
80
Bitter drug. : ALOES
82
The Barber of Seville. : FIGARO
83
Gets back into shape: Colloq. : SLIMS
85
Bearing, manner: Fr. : TENUE
87
Dispatches. : SENDS
89
Merry caper. : ANTIC
90
Listed. : ITEMED
92
Icy pinnacle in a glacier. : SERAC
94
Country of ancient Troy. : TROAD
96
Heroine of "Last Days of Pompeii." : IONE
97
Crown a king. : CORONATE
99
Turkish title. : AGHA
101
Pertaining to Nehru's land. : INDIC
103
Lord: Dialect. : LOR
104
Art: Latin. : ARS
105
Elevate. : HOIST
107
Subject of poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay. : LIDICE
109
Worthless: Slang. : CHEESY
111
Sham attitude. : POSE
112
Irish church steward. : ERENACH
114
Hold a conference. : MEET
115
Beam tossed in a game. : CABER
118
___-Coburg. : SAXE
120
Tarzan's colleague. : APE
121
Allied supreme war chief. : MARSHALL
125
Noah's landing field. : ARARAT
127
Trenches. : SAPS
129
Situated amid branches. : TREED
131
Redskin abode. : TEPEE
132
Europe's oppressor. : NAZI
133
Winter apples. : RUSSETS
136
Breed. : SPAWN
138
Cinderella's original costume. : RAGS
139
Port of Turku, Finland's second city. : ABO
140
City on the Aar River. : BERN
141
Division of Algeria. : ORAN
143
Brown ermine. : STOAT
145
Feast day: Comb. form. : MAS
146
Scenic presentation. : DIORAMA
148
Yugoslav seaport. : SPALATO
150
Demolish. : RUINATE
152
Sword of St. George. : ASKELON
153
The fields of Paradise. : ELYSIUM
154
Foresters. : TREEMEN
155
Animals allied to the horse. : TAPIRS
156
Takes umbrage. : RESENTS
157
Outdo. : SURPASS
Down
1
Pertaining to Portuguese India. : GOANESE
2
Bucolic poem. : ECLOGUE
3
Better prepared. : READIER
4
"In shape no bigger than an agate-stone." : MAB
5
Duck genus. : ANAS
6
Historic town in south of France. : NIMES
7
Most jittery. : SCARIEST
8
Russia's "Florida." : CRIMEA
9
Soak flax. : RET
10
Herbert B. Maw is its Governor. : UTAH
11
Bombed city in northern Italy. : MILAN
12
Pickling solutions. : BRINES
13
Sailors who take soundings. : LEADSMEN
14
Sea eagle. : ERN
15
Talk with affected nicety. : MINCE
16
New York lake. : ONEIDA
17
West Indies liquors. : RUMS
18
Gobbled up. : ATE
19
Commune near Milan. : LISSONE
20
A voyager to the Antipodes. : ELEANOR
24
Ethereal salts. : ESTERS
30
Shapely vessels. : URNS
32
Seaweed. : ALGA
35
Treat stingily. : STINT
37
Scrawny animal. : SCRAG
39
Spanish bulls. : TOROS
40
Man bites dog. : NEWS
42
Jap style of attack. : SNEAK
44
Cough syrup balsams. : TOLUS
47
Birthplace of Stalin. : GEORGIA
49
Anglo-Saxon slaves. : ESNES
51
550-mile tributary of the Dnieper. : DESNA
53
Appear. : SEEM
56
Salty. : SALINE
57
Communication lines. : RAILS
59
Australia's air fighters. : RAAF
60
Island French and Italians seized from Nazis. : CORSICA
61
Florida business man. : REALTOR
62
Spotters. : ESPIERS
63
Egyptian dynasty. : RAMESES
65
Badly accomplished. : MISDONE
66
First name of "Penguin Island" author (1844–1924). : ANATOLE
67
Sheep. : MERINOS
68
Most vital store. : GROCERY
71
Convened. : MET
73
Verse-maker. : POET
75
Fire: comb.form. : IGNI
77
Ammunition: Soldier's slang. : AMMO
79
Koran chapter. : SURA
81
Fortify with vitamins. : ENRICH
84
Brazilian lady. : SENHORA
86
American flier. : EAGLE
88
Doleful. : SAD
91
Large Philippine trees for fruit, cordage. : DAOS
93
Signer of Moscow Declarations. : CHINA
95
Bone-roller. : DICER
98
Cravats. : TIES
100
Fit by change. : ADAPT
102
Treasury. : CHEST
106
Coke R. Stevenson is its Governor. : TEXAS
108
Refrigerants. : ICERS
110
Hypothetical medium. : ETHER
111
Persian fairy. : PERI
113
Restock. : REPEOPLE
114
Mustard cresses. : MADWORTS
115
A patroller of the North Atlantic. : CANADA
116
Orientalist. : ARABIST
117
U. S. Army's two-man anti-tank gun. : BAZOOKA
119
League: Abbr. : ASSN
121
Kernel. : MEAT
122
Shattered Gilbert island. : APAMAMA
123
Ambassadors. : LEGATES
124
Slackens. : LESSENS
126
Quake. : TREMOR
128
Wandering dogies. : STRAYS
130
Medicinal salts. : EPSOMS
134
Indians of Bolivia. : URANS
135
Mud volcano. : SALSE
137
Bombed isle near the Gilberts. : NAURU
140
Famous isle next to Java. : BALI
142
Own: Scot. : NAIN
144
Row of seats. : TIER
147
Name: Slang. : REP
148
Italian title. : SER
149
Come, come! : TUT
151
Russia's new economic policy. : NEP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 78 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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