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Art Sylvester
With Hints from the Headlines
New York Times, Sunday, February 18, 1945
107-Down : Strip masts from.
Author:
Art Sylvester
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 150, Blocks: 69, Avg Word Len: 4.96, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 534 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 43, Grid flow: 32.8
Art Sylvester has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 C | 2 R | 3 A | 4 C | 5 O | 6 W | 7 G | 8 A | 9 R | 10 A | 11 P | 12 A | 13 N | 14 F | 15 R | 16 A | 17 N | 18 C | 19 O |
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20 R | A | M | O | N | A | 21 A | M | E | L | I | T | A | 22 L | O | N | E | L | Y |
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23 E | V | I | L | E | R | 24 R | A | M | I | R | E | Z | 25 A | E | N | E | A | S |
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26 R | A | E | 27 S | E | 28 N | A | 29 I | N | N | 30 I | 31 N | K | S | 32 D | I | T |
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33 A | G | N | 34 I | 35 S | E | N | 36 A | T | E | 37 T | R | O | Y | 38 S | E | R | E |
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39 R | E | S | O | 40 W | 41 A | D | D | 42 M | I | S | S | 43 O | L | D | E | R |
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44 T | A | 45 F | T | 46 A | 47 G | 48 R | E | E | 49 Y | 50 U | M | A | ||||||||
51 D | 52 E | 53 R | A | T | E | 54 M | O | U | R | N | 55 S | 56 S | U | M | 57 A | 58 C | 59 S |
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60 O | T | O | 61 T | E | 62 A | 63 S | 64 S | C | U | T | T | 65 L | E | R | 66 T | O | P |
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67 R | I | T | 68 E | S | 69 F | L | 70 A | S | K | 71 S | O | E | R | A | 72 B | A | J | A |
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73 N | E | A | R | 74 S | T | A | L | E | 75 S | I | L | A | S | 76 A | B | U | T |
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77 I | N | T | E | 78 R | C | E | D | E | 79 T | U | N | I | S | 80 C | H | A | R | T |
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81 E | N | E | 82 A | R | R | E | S | 83 T | E | R | 84 D | E | 85 A | L | 86 P | O | E |
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87 R | E | D | 88 U | C | E | 89 S | T | E | A | M | 90 S | 91 R | E | 92 C | O | R | D |
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93 N | E | W | 94 S | 95 A | L | L | A | H | 96 M | E | A | L | ||||||||
97 B | 98 R | 99 A | S | S | 100 A | 101 T | K | A | 102 O | 103 D | A | 104 R | I | 105 G | 106 I | 107 D |
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108 L | I | S | T | 109 R | A | R | E | 110 F | 111 U | R | O | R | 112 S | 113 P | E | R | E |
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114 A | M | T | 115 G | A | R | E | 116 S | A | N | 117 N | I | T | 118 O | 119 N | O | M |
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120 M | I | R | 121 I | A | M | 122 V | 123 A | T | U | T | 124 I | N | 125 O | S | 126 M | E | N | A |
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127 E | N | A | B | L | E | 128 E | B | O | N | I | T | E | 129 S | L | A | V | E | S |
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130 D | I | L | A | T | E | 131 S | E | P | A | L | E | D | 132 H | O | B | A | R | T |
© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 158
Across
1
City taken by Marshal Petrov. : CRACOW
7
Large settlement on Saipan. : GARAPAN
14
Foremost Falangist. : FRANCO
20
Best seller of 1885. : RAMONA
21
Mme. Galli-Curci. : AMELITA
22
Sehnsucht. : LONELY
23
More pernicious. : EVILER
24
Ex-President of Argentina. : RAMIREZ
25
Subject of famous poem. : AENEAS
26
Sail yard: Scot. : RAE
27
Seat of great bridge across Zambesi. : SENA
29
"No room for them in the ___."—Luke. : INN
30
Printer's equipment. : INKS
32
Said: French. : DIT
33
Vedic fire god. : AGNI
35
Where Truman presides. : SENATE
37
City on the Hudson. : TROY
38
Withered. : SERE
39
Plant anew. : RESOW
41
Subjoin. : ADD
42
Teentimer. : MISS
43
Senior. : OLDER
44
Charles P. ___, Stettinius aide. : TAFT
46
Coincide. : AGREE
49
Arizona marriage mart. : YUMA
51
Reduce the charges on. : DERATE
54
Grieves. : MOURNS
56
Squawbushes. : SUMACS
60
Siouan Indian. : OTO
61
Social gatherings. : TEAS
64
Sinker of ships. : SCUTTLER
66
Pinnacle. : TOP
67
Ceremonies. : RITES
69
Canteen. : FLASK
71
Japan's southernmost naval base: Dutch sp. : SOERABAJA
73
Close by. : NEAR
74
Commonplace. : STALE
75
Weaver of Raveloe. : SILAS
76
Border on. : ABUT
77
Arbitrate. : INTERCEDE
79
Seaport north of Sfax. : TUNIS
80
Survey. : CHART
81
Compass point. : ENE
82
Detainer. : ARRESTER
84
Seaport near Dover. : DEAL
86
West Point cadet of 1830. : POE
87
Minimize. : REDUCE
89
Cooks by autoclave. : STEAMS
91
Chronicle. : RECORD
93
Kent Cooper's topic. : NEWS
95
Mohammedans' god. : ALLAH
96
Portion of food. : MEAL
97
___ hat. : BRASS
100
Largest Andreanof island. : ATKA
102
Room in a harem. : ODA
104
Unbending. : RIGID
108
German general. : LIST
109
Uncommon. : RARE
110
Crazes. : FURORS
113
___ Grandet, Balzac character. : PERE
114
County. : AMT
115
Station: French. : GARE
116
Przemysl is on this river. : SAN
117
Climbing fern. : NITO
119
Name: French. : NOM
120
Sister of Moses. : MIRIAM
122
Captor of Kiev and Kharkov. : VATUTIN
125
Philippine President. : OSMENA
127
Render efficient. : ENABLE
128
Vulcanite. : EBONITE
129
Worker-saboteurs in Silesia. : SLAVES
130
Extend in size. : DILATE
131
Having leaves. : SEPALED
132
Vice President, 1897–99. : HOBART
Down
1
Commander of 1st Canadian Army. : CRERAR
2
Despoil. : RAVAGE
3
City E. of Dieppe. : AMIENS
4
Mountain pass. : COL
5
Units. : ONES
6
PX items. : WARES
7
GI Joe's pal. : GARAND
8
Ancient wine chalice. : AMA
9
Pardon. : REMIT
10
Form in a row. : ALINE
11
Bobbin. : PIRN
12
Duessa's companion in "Faerie Queene." : ATE
13
Indian court officials. : NAZIRS
14
Consisting of small loose masses. : FLAKY
15
Spawns of fishes. : ROES
16
Cape N. E. of Boston. : ANN
17
Wanted. : NEEDED
18
General Chennault. : CLAIRE
19
___ Bay, home of T. R. : OYSTER
28
Adroit. : NEAT
31
Old ___, the Duke of Wellington. : NOSY
34
Small quantity. : IOTA
36
Orlando's retainer. : ADAM
37
Port on Pei-ho river. : TIENTSIN
38
Heavy blow. : SLAM
40
Hymnist (1674–1748). : WATTS
42
Mount W. of Kilimanjaro, Africa. : MERU
43
Jap city, B-29 target. : OMURA
45
Payment. : FEE
47
Author of "Father and Son" (1849–1928). : GOSSE
48
The undistinguished multitude. : RUCK
50
Employers. : USERS
51
German "Flying Pencil." : DORNIER
52
Bay on coast of Attu. : ETIENNE
53
Revolved. : ROTATED
55
Impassive. : STOLID
57
River in Venezuela, 140 mi. to Orinoco. : ATABAPO
58
Compurgator. : COJUROR
59
Wearing low gaiters. : SPATTED
62
Behind. : AFTER
63
Soles of plows. : SLADES
65
Contract. : LEASE
68
Before. : ERE
70
Taphouse signpost. : ALESTAKE
72
Exclamation of contempt. : BAH
74
Small packet of tobacco. : SCREW
75
560 mi. river in Assam, main branch of Barak. : SURMA
78
Scurries. : RACES
79
River duck. : TEAL
80
Cape off S. coast of Ireland. : CLEAR
83
Anatomical tissue. : TELA
85
Land measure. : ARE
88
Northernmost of British islands. : UNST
90
Turkish salt lake. : SHOR
92
It slips into the Garand. : CLIP
94
River joining Moselle near Trier. : SAAR
96
Husband: Fr. : MARI
97
Brought reproach upon. : BLAMED
98
Gateway to Po Valley. : RIMINI
99
Starlike. : ASTRAL
101
City on the Moselle near Saar River's junction. : TREVES
103
Invested one's self with. : DONNED
105
Famous conference of 1927. : GENEVA
106
Presser. : IRONER
107
Strip masts from. : DEMAST
109
Louise de la ___, novelist Ouida. : RAMEE
110
Roman goddess, "Bona Dea." : FAUNA
111
During the whole time before. : UNTIL
112
Pomace. : STOSH
115
Name of second Mrs. Wilson. : GALT
116
Desist. : STOP
118
___ Fjord, arm of Skagerrak. : OSLO
121
5,264 ft. mountain in Luzon. : IBA
123
Lincoln. : ABE
124
Inhabitant of: Suffix. : ITE
126
Queen ___, Shelley poem. : MAB
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 38 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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