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WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, December 6, 1942
Author:
F. C. Jaschob
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 180 , Blocks: 81 , Avg Word Len: 4.98 , Missing: { F J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 621 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 116 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 4 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 110
David Steinberg notes:
Original 130-Across clue had "pecularities"; changed to "peculiarities."
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© 1942, The New York Times No. 43
Across
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Former Japanese stronghold in New Britain. :
RABAUL 7
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Autonomous area in Gorki region of Russia. :
MARI 15
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The "temporary expedient." :
DARLAN 25
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Venezuelan group of islands in West Indies. :
AVES 39
Person of brilliant qualities. :
STAR 40
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Personification of an enemy nation. :
GERMANIA 50
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Mark for omission. :
DELE 55
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City of Black Earth area. :
OREL 60
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"A good mouth filling ___."—Henry IV. :
OATH 64
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Strategic base in Africa. :
DAKAR 68
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African country used as U. S. base. :
LIBERIA 73
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Manufacturing city near Moscow. :
TULA 76
Capital of Morocco, occupied by U. S. :
RABAT 77
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The Great Divide city. :
RENO 80
Yugoslav Commune. :
PIROT 81
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Course of action in diplomacy. :
DEMARCHE 89
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"To mend it, or be ___ on't."—Macbeth. :
RID 92
Swedish river, 250 miles to Gulf of Bothnia. :
UME 93
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Italian city, target of R. A. F. :
TURIN 111
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Philippine island group. :
CUYO 113
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Long-handled prong for catching fish. :
PEW 121
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Arm of the Rhine in Netherlands. :
LEK 123
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Mohammedan judges. :
CADIS 127
Eskimo woman's knife. :
ULU 128
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Pertaining to peculiarities of speech. :
IDIOMATIC 133
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Country under the Axis. :
GREECE 138
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Down
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Korean seaport terminus of Manchurian railway. :
RASHIN 2
South American rodent. :
AGOUTI 3
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"The inglorious ___ of peace." :
ARTS 13
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Actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea. :
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Seaport in New Guinea, north-west of Kokoda. :
SALAMAUA 36
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Man called, but not yet chosen. :
SELECTEE 45
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Genus of cetaceans. :
INIA 48
An abrupt flexure, in anatomy. :
GENU 49
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Radio messages giving scientific data. :
URSIGRAMS 52
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Drum roll for reveille. :
DIAN 56
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King Haakon's capital. :
OSLO 66
Overflow with moisture. :
DRIP 67
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Irritations caused by pressure. :
BEDSORES 83
Wedge-shaped piece of stone. :
SHIM 84
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Member of British Cabinet. :
EDEN 87
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Tentmaker apostle. :
PAUL 93
Strategic Arabian gulf. :
ADEN 95
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French department. :
ORNES 99
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Sound of a blow: colloq. :
POW 105
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Strategic bay in Santa Isabel Islands. :
REKATA 112
Puerto Rican municipality. :
COAMO 114
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Island group near Gilbert Islands. :
ELLICE 116
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Answer summary: 8 unique to this puzzle , 102 debuted here and reused later , 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 0 cheater squares.
The grid has normal (rotational) crossword symmetry.
It has 8 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 102 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These words have only appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 50 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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