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Alvin Ashby
Headlines from Far-Away Places
New York Times, Sunday, April 26, 1942
26-Across : Japanese objective.
Author:
A. A. Webster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 178, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.04, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 658 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 129, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 150, Grid flow: 37.9
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Alvin Ashby has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
A. A. Webster is an alias for Alvin Ashby.
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21 M | A | N | I | L | A | 22 E | Q | U | I | 23 P | O | I | S | E | 24 O | R | N | A | T | E |
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25 U | L | S | T | E | R | 26 A | U | S | T | R | A | L | I | A | 27 L | A | S | S | I | E |
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28 S | A | T | 29 B | A | 30 N | K | A | 31 T | O | P | 32 A | R | 33 M | O | R | 34 L | O | D |
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35 E | Y | A | 36 S | 37 K | E | Y | 38 H | E | N | R | 39 Y | 40 L | A | M | 41 P | I | S | E |
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42 S | A | R | A | 43 W | A | K | 44 R | A | N | G | O | O | 45 N | 46 D | O | 47 N | A | T | E | D |
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48 M | A | N | 49 T | A | I | 50 S | O | R | E | 51 X | 52 N | O | R | |||||||||
53 T | 54 I | 55 M | O | R | 56 V | I | S | T | 57 A | 58 T | E | P | E | 59 E | 60 G | I | 61 M | 62 P | 63 S |
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64 E | L | I | A | 65 F | O | R | E | I | G | 66 N | 67 S | O | R | A | 68 S | 69 S | A | L | E |
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70 A | L | L | 71 E | E | L | E | D | 72 N | E | 73 P | 74 T | U | T | T | 75 I | 76 C | U | R |
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77 R | E | W | 78 A | R | D | E | D | 79 P | A | G | O | 80 D | A | S | 81 E | N | 82 G | A | R | B |
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83 G | A | R | R | E | T | 84 C | I | T | A | D | E | L | 85 M | A | D | U | R | A | ||||
86 S | A | U | C | E | R | 87 C | A | P | I | T | A | N | 88 B | E | L | I | T | T | L | 89 E |
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90 I | L | K | 91 D | A | 92 R | E | R | 93 C | O | L | 94 T | A | R | E | A | 95 H | I | T |
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96 G | L | E | 97 E | 98 L | E | R | O | 99 T | 100 R | I | 101 G | H | T | E | R | 102 G | U | S | T |
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103 H | Y | E | N | 104 A | 105 D | A | T | E | 106 R | 107 C | L | O | T | S | 108 B | U | R | M | A |
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109 E | F | 110 T | 111 M | I | N | E | 112 S | 113 A | L | Y | 114 G | E | S | |||||||||
115 S | 116 U | 117 M | A | T | R | 118 A | 119 D | E | L | A | 120 P | S | E | 121 F | I | G | H | 122 T | 123 E | 124 R |
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125 U | S | E | S | 126 A | N | 127 D | 128 T | U | L | E | S | 129 U | L | L | 130 Y | A | L | E |
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131 B | U | N | 132 A | N | T | E | 133 S | 134 C | A | B | 135 A | R | U | B | 136 A | 137 M | A | B |
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138 U | R | A | 139 N | I | C | 140 P | A | 141 L | E | M | B | 142 A | N | G | 143 E | R | 144 R | A | T | A |
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145 R | E | D | U | C | E | 146 T | R | A | N | S | L | A | T | E | 147 R | E | E | L | E | R |
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148 B | R | O | T | H | S | 149 H | I | N | T | 150 E | R | I | S | 151 T | A | P | E | R | S |
© 1942, The New York TimesNo. 11
Across
1
Surrounded by. : AMIDST
7
Merry adventure. : LARK
11
Sharp retort. : SNAP
15
Japanese base in French Indochina. : SAIGON
21
Captured Pacific capital. : MANILA
22
Famous race horse. : EQUIPOISE
24
Embellished. : ORNATE
25
Location of an A. E. F. unit. : ULSTER
26
Japanese objective. : AUSTRALIA
27
Young girl. : LASSIE
28
Posed. : SAT
29
Island off Sumatra having tin mines. : BANKA
31
Crowning tuft. : TOP
32
Steel plating on ships. : ARMOR
34
Danish weight. : LOD
35
Nestling. : EYAS
37
Lever on a piano. : KEY
38
He said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" : HENRY
40
Lower lever of a loom. : LAM
41
Claylike building material. : PISE
42
British protectorate taken by Japanese. : SARAWAK
44
Anchor point of Burma Road. : RANGOON
46
Bestowed. : DONATED
48
Fortify. : MAN
49
Shan tribesman. : TAI
50
Genus of shrews. : SOREX
52
Likewise not. : NOR
53
Dutch and Portuguese island. : TIMOR
56
Prospect. : VISTA
58
Conical tent. : TEPEE
60
Narrow fabrics for trimming. : GIMPS
64
"Essays of ___." : ELIA
65
The ___ Legion. : FOREIGN
67
Short-billed rails. : SORAS
69
Public disposal of goods. : SALE
70
Each one of. : ALL
71
Angled for certain fish. : EELED
72
Fiber knot in wool staple. : NEP
74
For all voices. : TUTTI
76
Mongrel. : CUR
77
Recompensed. : REWARDED
79
Chinese towerlike temples. : PAGODAS
81
Clothe. : ENGARB
83
Upper story. : GARRET
84
Fortress. : CITADEL
85
Island off Java, bombed by Japanese. : MADURA
86
Dish. : SAUCER
87
Spanish Army officer. : CAPITAN
88
Disparage. : BELITTLE
90
Family. : ILK
91
Defier. : DARER
93
Pass between mountain peaks. : COL
94
Cuban measure. : TAREA
95
Means of getting to first base. : HIT
96
Mirth. : GLEE
98
European dormouse. : LEROT
100
One who does justice. : RIGHTER
102
Squall. : GUST
103
Carnivorous animal. : HYENA
105
Postmaster's implement. : DATER
107
Masses. : CLOTS
108
Where the Irrawaddy flows. : BURMA
109
Newt. : EFT
111
Explosive charges. : MINES
113
Like beer. : ALY
114
Tapuyan. : GES
115
Island in Pacific war zone. : SUMATRA
119
Slip down. : DELAPSE
121
Pursuit plane. : FIGHTER
125
Avails oneself of. : USES
126
As well as. : AND
128
Bulrushes. : TULES
129
One of the Aesir in Norse Myth. : ULL
130
Eastern university. : YALE
131
Bread. : BUN
132
Stakes. : ANTES
134
Conveyance. : CAB
135
Shelled oil island. : ARUBA
137
Feminine name. : MAB
138
Astronomical. : URANIC
140
Captured capital of Sumatra. : PALEMBANG
143
Writing mistakes. : ERRATA
145
Bring to terms. : REDUCE
146
Change completely. : TRANSLATE
147
Yarn winder. : REELER
148
Thin soups. : BROTHS
149
Remote allusion. : HINT
150
Goddess of discord. : ERIS
151
Diminishes. : TAPERS
Down
1
Entertains. : AMUSES
2
Taking of this led to capture of Singapore. : MALAYA
3
Adorn with shining figures. : INSTAR
4
Commonly called. : DIT
5
Nomadic Arabian. : SLEB
6
Island off Borneo where Dutch destroyed oil wells. : TARAKAN
7
Exuding water. : LEAKY
8
Public fountain: Roman Antiq. : AQUA
9
Russia. : RUS
10
Young animal. : KITTEN
11
The sand lily. : SOAPROOT
12
Nihil. : NIL
13
Theatre of war. : ASIA
14
Harbor to be long remembered. : PEARL
15
Islands occupied by Japan in January. : SOLOMON
16
Sandarac tree. : ARAR
17
Those holding office. : INS
18
Illuminated by a combustible aerifluid. : GASLIT
19
Unemployed. : OTIOSE
20
Lacked. : NEEDED
23
Points of an antler. : PRONGS
30
Saddle of land in So. Africa. : NEK
33
In ill temper. : MAD
36
U. S. naval base. : SAMOA
38
Island of West Indies. : HAITI
39
Times long past. : YORES
41
City bombed by R. A. F. : PARIS
43
"Coin is the sinews of ___."—Rabelais. : WAR
44
Destroyed. : RASED
45
Like a relative. : NEPOTAL
47
Wooden peg. : NOG
49
Weary. : TIRED
51
African ground squirrel. : XERUS
53
"Ay, ___ her tattered ensign down."—Holmes. : TEAR
54
Unlawfully. : ILLEGALLY
55
U. S. cruiser. : MILWAUKEE
56
Flowing veil of Middle Ages. : VOLET
57
Related through males. : AGNATIC
59
Devour. : EAT
61
He's a four-starred headliner. : MACARTHUR
62
The holding by one person of two or more offices at once. : PLURALISM
63
Balkan native. : SERB
65
Pertaining to a national government. : FEDERAL
66
Denier. : NEGATOR
68
Thief. : STEALER
71
Sinned. : ERRED
73
Pertaining to the feet. : PODALIC
75
A key theatre of the war. : INDIA
78
Rainbow. : ARC
79
Hero of "Great Expectations." : PIP
80
Room in a house. : DEN
82
Damage by fire. : GUT
84
Neck artery. : CAROTID
85
Lakes. : MERES
86
Lament. : SIGH
87
Dutch island taken by Japan. : CERAM
88
Insane: slang. : BATTY
89
Feminine name. : ETTA
92
"The ___ laugh of war."—Noyes. : RED
94
Peg or pin. : THOLE
97
Masculine name. : ENEAS
99
Any opinion held to. : TENET
101
Veteran Senator. : GLASS
102
Sentimental. : GUSHY
104
Abaft. : AFT
106
Shining. : RELUCENT
108
Beseech. : BEG
110
Stupors. : TRANCES
112
Moslem salutations. : SALAMS
114
Jap island base raided by U. S. Navy. : GILBERT
115
Outlying part of city. : SUBURB
116
Moneylender. : USURER
117
Seaport of Celebes captured by Japan. : MENADO
118
Emmet. : ANT
120
Rock crystal. : PEBBLE
121
Disease: Colloq. : FLU
122
Mexican dish. : TAMALE
123
Exalter. : ELATER
124
Changes position of lines in music. : REBARS
127
___ bombs. : DEPTH
129
Presses on. : URGES
132
Yellow alloy of copper, zinc, and iron. : AICH
133
Principal garment of Hindu women. : SARI
135
Opposed: colloq. : ANTI
136
Expanse. : AREA
139
Cashew. : NUT
141
Chinese weight. : LAN
142
Tributary of Rhine. : AAR
144
Corded fabric. : REP
Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 139 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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