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Alberta N. Burton
Tips from the Teletype
New York Times, Sunday, February 24, 1946
Author:
Alberta N. Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 650 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 165, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 66, Grid flow: 48.9
1 H | 2 A | 3 B | 4 I | 5 T | 6 A | 7 T | | 8 S | 9 I | 10 M | 11 I | | 12 S | 13 O | 14 T | 15 S | | 16 B | 17 A | 18 R | 19 R | 20 E |
21 O | M | I | N | A | T | O | | 22 C | R | I | C | | 23 K | R | O | O | | 24 O | G | E | E | S |
25 M | O | L | O | T | O | V | | 26 R | E | T | I | 27 C | E | N | C | E | | 28 K | R | I | S | S |
29 M | U | L | L | | 30 M | A | 31 S | O | N | S | | 32 A | L | A | S | K | 33 A | | 34 A | S | H | E |
35 A | R | Y | | 36 C | I | R | C | L | E | | 37 N | U | P | T | I | A | L | 38 S | | 39 S | I | N |
| | | 40 S | O | C | I | A | L | | 41 B | U | S | | 42 E | N | R | A | P | 43 T | U | R | E |
44 R | 45 E | 46 S | T | R | I | C | T | | 47 B | U | T | T | 48 S | | 49 S | N | E | E | R | E | R | S |
50 U | N | T | R | U | T | H | | 51 F | I | S | S | I | O | 52 N | | 53 O | S | L | O | | | |
54 B | A | R | O | N | Y | | 55 T | R | O | Y | | 56 C | L | O | 57 G | | 58 A | L | O | 59 H | 60 A | 61 S |
62 E | M | E | N | D | | 63 I | R | A | N | | 64 S | N | A | R | L | 65 S | | 66 S | P | A | N | K |
| | 67 I | G | U | 68 A | N | A | S | | 69 C | H | E | T | N | I | K | 70 S | | 71 S | L | O | E |
72 L | 73 A | C | | 74 M | I | D | I | | 75 B | O | I | S | E | | 76 D | A | H | 77 S | | 78 M | A | O |
79 O | C | H | 80 S | | 81 L | I | N | 82 H | A | R | E | S | | 83 C | E | T | A | C | 84 E | A | | |
85 S | H | E | E | 86 P | | 87 A | E | O | L | U | S | | 88 K | U | R | E | | 89 H | A | H | 90 A | 91 S |
92 S | E | R | A | I | 93 S | | 94 E | A | T | S | | 95 S | E | R | S | | 96 R | E | S | E | D | A |
| | | 97 L | E | A | 98 R | | 99 R | I | C | 100 H | A | R | D | | 101 F | E | D | E | R | A | L |
102 A | 103 R | 104 T | E | M | I | A | 105 S | | 106 C | A | I | R | N | | 107 S | A | T | U | R | A | N | T |
108 T | H | E | R | A | P | I | E | 109 S | | 110 T | E | D | | 111 M | O | R | E | L | S | | | |
112 T | E | R | | 113 N | A | S | C | A | 114 P | I | S | | 115 P | I | L | I | N | E | | 116 S | 117 H | 118 E |
119 I | N | N | 120 S | | 121 N | A | U | V | O | O | | 122 L | A | T | E | N | T | | 123 R | H | O | S |
124 R | I | A | L | 125 S | | 126 B | R | A | I | N | 127 L | E | S | S | | 128 O | I | 129 L | I | E | S | T |
130 E | S | T | O | P | | 131 L | E | I | S | | 132 O | A | H | U | | 133 S | O | I | G | N | E | E |
134 S | H | E | B | A | | 135 E | R | I | E | | 136 T | H | A | I | | 137 E | N | S | I | G | N | S |
© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 211
Across
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Natural abode of fauna and flora. :
HABITAT8
Dodecanese island near Rhodes. :
SIMI12
16
Granite city in Vermont. :
BARRE21
Naval base, northern tip of Honshu. :
OMINATO22
Ring which condenses lamp flame. :
CRIC23
Kruman of Liberia. :
KROO24
25
26
28
29
Thin, soft muslin. :
MULL30
Solitary bees which build mud and sand nests. :
MASONS32
34
County, NW North Carolina. :
ASHE35
Connected with: Suffix. :
ARY36
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40
41
42
44
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50
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53
King Haakon's capital. :
OSLO54
Domain of a nobleman. :
BARONY55
Priam was king here. :
TROY56
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Azerbaijan is here. :
IRAN64
66
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Fruit of the blackthorn. :
SLOE72
Substance from a scale insect. :
LAC74
75
She sank, or helped sink, six Jap ships in 27 minutes. :
BOISE76
78
Chinese Communist leader. :
MAO79
Famous newspaper publisher (1858–1935). :
OCHS81
83
85
87
88
Honshu Naval Base. :
KURE89
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95
96
97
Author of "Book of Nonsense." :
LEAR99
___ Saunders, Franklin's pseudonym. :
RICHARD101
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106
107
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110
111
112
113
115
116
119
121
Illinois city founded by Mormons. :
NAUVOO122
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124
English gold coins issued by Edward IV. :
RIALS126
128
130
131
132
Pearl Harbor is here. :
OAHU133
134
Balkis, Queen of ___. :
SHEBA135
136
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Down
1
He ordered the Bataan death march. :
HOMMA2
3
4
5
6
7
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9
10
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12
Strip of steel for making tubes. :
SKELP13
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15
Indonesian nationalist leader in Java. :
SOEKARNO16
Noted editor (1863–1930). :
BOK17
The Taj Mahal is here. :
AGRA18
19
20
27
31
33
Ancient city of Sicily. :
ALAESA36
37
Gen McAuliffe's classic reply. :
NUTS38
40
General appointed head of U. S. Military Intelligence, June, 1942. :
STRONG41
43
Soldiers, collectively. :
TROOPS44
45
Grant of land: Hindu law. :
ENAM46
47
Physiological individual. :
BION48
Change to a sol: Chem. :
SOLATE51
52
Teuton demigoddess. :
NORN55
57
Air transport auxiliaries. :
GLIDERS59
60
61
Fisherman's hut: Shetland Is. :
SKEO63
One terminus of Stilwell Road is here. :
INDIA64
65
68
69
70
72
73
75
77
80
82
83
84
86
Simple Simon's vis-a-vis. :
PIEMAN88
Composer of "Show Boat." :
KERN90
Muezzin's call to prayer: Var. :
ADAN91
Symbol of hospitality. :
SALT93
95
96
98
100
101
102
103
104
Dutch island E of Celebes. :
TERNATE105
107
109
Largest of the Samoa Islands. :
SAVAII111
Japanese heavy industry. :
MITSUI114
115
116
Province in China. :
SHENG117
Stockings: Archaic. :
HOSEN118
Colorado National Park. :
ESTES120
Offensive person: Slang. :
SLOB122
Daughter of Laban. :
LEAH123
Mountain between Lakes Lucerne and Zug. :
RIGI125
Belgian watering place. :
SPA127
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Answer summary:
17 unique to this puzzle, 49 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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