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Louis Jenkins
With Hints from the Headlines
New York Times, Sunday, December 3, 1944
62-Across : Island off Luzon.
Author:
Louis Jenkins
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 87, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 648 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 148, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 61, Grid flow: 23.4
Louis Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 I | 4 P | 5 O | 6 A | 7 L | 8 A | 9 N | 10 D | 11 A | 12 B | 13 B | 14 A | 15 S | 16 M | 17 A | 18 S | 19 T | 20 S |
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21 O | D | D | E | R | 22 P | A | D | U | A | 23 A | R | U | B | A | 24 A | G | I | R | A |
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25 K | O | E | N | I | 26 G | S | B | E | R | G | 27 C | O | R | A | L | 28 N | O | N | I | C |
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29 A | R | A | D | 30 L | A | R | N | E | 31 P | H | O | N | 32 V | 33 A | I | G | A | C | H |
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34 Y | E | S | 35 T | A | R | O | 36 M | 37 I | R | E | D | 38 S | A | I | L | 39 I | E | S |
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40 S | I | D | A | 41 I | B | S | E | N | 42 M | A | D | R | A | 43 S | ||||||||
44 A | 45 B | 46 O | U | T | 47 S | 48 P | R | E | E | S | 49 C | A | T | O | 50 A | 51 R | 52 A | 53 B |
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54 L | I | S | B | O | 55 N | 56 H | E | R | R | 57 P | O | L | A | R | 58 H | O | L | L |
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59 W | A | C | O | 60 O | 61 W | I | N | G | 62 B | A | T | A | N | 63 B | 64 E | A | D | L | E |
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65 A | L | A | R | 66 W | A | D | I | 67 M | A | T | T | Y | 68 J | E | R | R | I | E | S |
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69 Y | A | R | N | 70 S | 71 V | I | C | 72 T | O | R | I | A | 73 T | E | R | R | A | N | E | S |
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74 T | 75 R | E | A | S | O | N | 76 E | G | 77 R | E | T | T | E | |||||||||
78 M | 79 I | 80 S | 81 D | E | A | L | S | 82 L | I | 83 G | N | E | O | U | S | 84 D | 85 E | 86 B | 87 I | 88 T |
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89 I | M | P | E | R | I | L | 90 A | S | S | E | T | 91 S | T | A | 92 G | 93 S | A | N | E |
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94 D | A | U | B | E | D | 95 B | U | T | T | E | 96 S | T | O | M | A | 97 T | I | D | E |
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98 A | G | R | A | 99 L | O | G | O | S | 100 O | P | E | N | 101 B | 102 E | R | L | I | N |
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103 S | E | N | S | 104 O | R | E | Y | 105 S | P | A | R | S | 106 E | 107 M | A | Y | A | S |
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108 E | 109 A | 110 S | I | E | R | 111 S | P | A | N | S | 112 V | 113 I | M | Y | ||||||||
114 B | 115 O | 116 R | 117 B | I | T | S | 118 S | P | A | H | I | 119 H | E | R | A | 120 B | 121 I | 122 B |
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123 O | P | E | 124 R | A | T | E | 125 R | U | H | R | 126 S | 127 C | A | L | A | 128 R | E | N | O |
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129 M | E | M | O | S | 130 R | 131 A | I | S | E | 132 T | H | U | R | I | N | 133 G | I | A | N | S |
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134 B | R | I | D | E | 135 E | D | G | A | R | 136 A | L | D | E | N | 137 O | G | R | E | S |
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138 S | A | T | E | S | 139 R | E | I | N | E | 140 L | Y | S | S | A | 141 P | A | S | S | Y |
© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 147
Across
1
City near Hong Kong. : TAIPO
6
Islands, capital Mariehamn. : ALAND
11
Oriental bishops. : ABBAS
16
Spars. : MASTS
21
Stranger. : ODDER
22
City 25 miles west of Venice. : PADUA
23
Oil island near Curaçao, shelled 1942. : ARUBA
24
Town in Sicily. : AGIRA
25
Key city in East Prussia. : KOENIGSBERG
27
Sea between Queensland and New Hebrides. : CORAL
28
Of the ninth degree. : NONIC
29
City on Mures River, Rumania. : ARAD
30
Seaport in North Ireland. : LARNE
31
Sound: Comb. form. : PHON
32
Russian island in Arctic Ocean. : VAIGACH
34
Assent. : YES
35
Constituent of poi. : TARO
36
Stalled. : MIRED
38
Navigate. : SAIL
39
Hawaiian pines. : IES
40
Cordage-tree. : SIDA
41
Creator of Little Eyolf, 1894. : IBSEN
42
Chief port, east coast of India. : MADRAS
44
On the stir. : ABOUT
47
Carousals. : SPREES
49
Hannibal's adversary. : CATO
50
Breed of horse. : ARAB
54
City on the Tagus. : LISBON
56
Mister. : HERR
57
Pivotal. : POLAR
58
English portrait painter (1845—88). : HOLL
59
Texas town. : WACO
60
Due. : OWING
62
Island off Luzon. : BATAN
63
Mr. Bumble's official position. : BEADLE
65
Wing-shaped. : ALAR
66
River or ravine: North Africa. : WADI
67
Nickname. : MATTY
68
What GI's call the Germans. : JERRIES
69
Tales. : YARNS
71
Capital of British Columbia. : VICTORIA
73
Territories. : TERRANES
74
Capital wartime offense. : TREASON
76
Heron: Var. : EGRETTE
78
Mistakes in bridge. : MISDEALS
82
Woody. : LIGNEOUS
84
Charge. : DEBIT
89
Endanger. : IMPERIL
90
Property. : ASSET
91
Deer. : STAG
93
Lucid. : SANE
94
Smeared. : DAUBED
95
Copper city. : BUTTE
96
Pore. : STOMA
97
Sailor's timetable. : TIDE
98
Site of the Taj Mahal. : AGRA
99
The divine Creative Word. : LOGOS
100
Frank. : OPEN
101
Where the Volkssturm crouches. : BERLIN
103
City on the Yonne. : SENS
104
Containing crude mineral. : OREY
105
Not dense. : SPARSE
107
Early settlers in Yucatan. : MAYAS
108
More indulgent. : EASIER
111
Teams. : SPANS
112
Where Canadians defeated Germans, 1917. : VIMY
114
Assumed name of Polish military hero. : BOR
117
Pieces. : BITS
118
Algerian cavalryman. : SPAHI
119
Queen of the gods. : HERA
120
Drink frequently. : BIB
123
Run. : OPERATE
125
Area northeast of Aachen. : RUHR
126
La ___, Milan. : SCALA
128
City of the Great Divide. : RENO
129
Data. : MEMOS
130
What the Little Steel formula prevents. : RAISE
132
Natives of Weimar, Germany. : THURINGIANS
134
What "Elsa" is in the third act. : BRIDE
135
Mr. Hoover. : EDGAR
136
Shy Puritan. : ALDEN
137
Bugbears. : OGRES
138
Surfeits. : SATES
139
Queen: French. : REINE
140
Hydrophobia. : LYSSA
141
Nobel peace prize winner, 1901. : PASSY
Down
1
Hungarian wine center. : TOKAY
2
Idolize. : ADORE
3
Concepts. : IDEAS
4
Be undecided. : PEND
5
Mouth: Comb. form. : ORI
6
Nymph of Indra's paradise. : APSARAS
7
Ancient name of Leghorn. : LABRO
8
British colony in S. W. Arabia. : ADEN
9
City of Nazi's annual convention. : NUREMBERG
10
Norse god. : DAG
11
Captured German city. : AACHEN
12
Ponder. : BROOD
13
Brook: Scot. : BURN
14
Camel's hair cloth. : ABA
15
Country bounded by Guatemala and Honduras. : SALVADOR
16
Where Yamashita lurks. : MANILA
17
Excited. : AGOG
18
Where Moses received the Commandments. : SINAI
19
Twinkling. : TRICE
20
"Die Meistersinger." : SACHS
26
Joyful. : GLAD
31
Near: French. : PRES
33
Present-day war sphere. : AIR
35
Marshal of Jugoslavia. : TITO
37
River rising in Bohemia. : ISER
38
The Evil One. : SATAN
40
Incite to perjury. : SUBORN
41
Type of theology. : IRENICS
42
Peninsula in Indo-China. : MALAY
43
Plateau in North Africa. : SAHARA
44
Forever: Poet. : ALWAY
45
Town in central Poland. : BIALA
46
Prize statuette. : OSCAR
48
Designer of Parthenon sculptures. : PHIDIAS
49
Type of cheese. : COTTAGE
51
Sculptor of "The Thinker." : RODIN
52
Avenue: French. : ALLEE
53
"___ the man who first invented sleep."?Saxe. : BLESS
55
Instantly. : NOW
57
What Griselda was. : PATIENT
61
Governor General of India. : WAVELL
62
Insigne. : BAR
63
Mr. Lytell. : BERT
64
Blundered. : ERRED
67
Those opposed to dualism. : MONISTS
68
Goods washed ashore. : JETSAM
70
Metric measure. : STERE
72
Author of Resurrection (1828—1910). : TOLSTOY
73
Germans. : TEUTONS
75
Sortie. : RAID
77
Lists. : ROSTERS
78
Bather in the River Pactolus. : MIDAS
79
Totem. : IMAGE
80
Refuse with scorn. : SPURN
81
Lower. : DEBASE
83
Fit. : GEE
85
Unclaimed horse. : ESTRAY
86
Discoverer of lights around the moon. : BAILY
87
Country partly invaded by Japan. : INDIA
88
Adolescence. : TEENS
90
Boring tool. : AUGER
92
Idle talk. : GAB
95
Waves in the Bay of Fundy. : BORES
96
In an Andalusian manner. : SPANISHLY
99
Flaneur. : LOITERER
100
Brilliant fish. : OPAH
102
Heroine of 1816. : EMMA
105
U. S. C. G. girl. : SPAR
106
First novel written by a woman, 1778. : EVELINA
109
Degrades. : ABASES
110
Hold a session. : SIT
111
Province. : SPHERE
113
Where Pahlavi rules. : IRAN
114
Eggs. : BOMBS
115
Goal of most audition aspirants. : OPERA
116
Forgive. : REMIT
118
___ B. Anthony, suffragist. : SUSAN
119
Leverets. : HARES
120
Carries. : BEARS
121
Founder of historical criticism (1798—1874). : INNES
122
Cow. : BOSSY
124
What the "Light Brigade" did. : RODE
125
Swiss mountain, 5,905 feet. : RIGI
127
Chewing material. : CUDS
128
Capital of Latvia. : RIGA
131
Author of "The County Chairman." : ADE
132
Hindu cymbals. : TAL
133
Beaten elephant. : GOP
Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 50 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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