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Louis Jenkins
WITH CLUES FROM THE FAR EAST
New York Times, Sunday, May 17, 1942
Author:
Louis Jenkins
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 178 , Blocks: 84 , Avg Word Len: 5.00 , Missing: { J Q W X } , Scrabble score: 695 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 157 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 7 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 141
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© 1942, The New York Times No. 14
Across
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Dutch-Portuguese Island. :
TIMOR 6
City near Bombay. :
POONA 11
Genus of bog-herbs. :
ABAMA 16
Seaport of Palestine. :
HAIFA 21
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Part of Germany ceded to Belgium by Versailles Treaty. :
EUPEN 23
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Farther from the center. :
OUTER 25
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Heroine of Chateaubriand novel. :
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Rectangular garment. :
PLAID 32
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Large marine fish. :
LING 45
Form of polite address. :
MADAM 46
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Modern substitute for rubber. :
BUTYL 57
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Article of virtu. :
CURIO 61
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Japanese general. :
HOMMA 65
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Genus of crustaceans. :
HIPPA 69
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Nickname for the Little Corporal. :
BONEY 75
A fighting people. :
DUTCH 76
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Timber pine of Asia. :
MATSU 85
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Indispensable woman. :
NURSE 87
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East Indian soldier. :
SEPOY 104
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Large city in Germany. :
HALLE 110
Enemies of the United Nations. :
NAZIS 111
Cradle of the human race. :
ASIA 112
Almost extinct American. :
CARIB 113
Gymnastic apparatus. :
HORSE 114
British labor leader. :
BEVIN 115
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Author of "Adam Bede." :
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Intervening: Law. :
MESNE 122
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Suspicious: slang. :
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Province of S. W. Panay. :
ILOILO 3
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Favorite of Charles II. :
NELL 10
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Union of mercury with another metal. :
AMALGAM 12
Place of outstanding American heroism. :
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F. D. R.'s first assistant. :
HOPKINS 17
Ceremonies observed at the Sorbonne. :
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"The inglorious ___ of peace!"—Marvell. :
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Malaysian double-ended sailing canoes. :
PROAS 32
Fragment of china. :
SHARD 34
One of our allies. :
CHINA 35
"The old ___ changeth."—Tennyson. :
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Site of a famous dam. :
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River in Colombia. :
PATIA 48
"The coast was ___."—Drayton. :
CLEAR 49
Finale of a shampoo. :
RINSE 50
Wind instruments. :
OBOES 51
Requisite for victory gardens. :
SEEDS 52
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Grifter's helper: slang. :
SHILL 55
Austrian winner of Nobel Peace Prize, 1911. :
FRIED 56
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Diplomatic mailmag. :
POUCH 59
Once the City of Night. :
PARIS 60
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Number of things sent at one time. :
BATCH 63
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One of 230,000,000 in India. :
HINDU 65
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Wilson's adviser. :
HOUSE 69
Leopard-like animal. :
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Seaport of Lower Burma. :
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Wearer of old-fashioned corset. :
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Guardian spirits of Teutonic myth. :
NORNS 88
Recent gifts to Japan. :
BOMBS 89
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Strategic Pacific island. :
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Glutinous material used in fabrics. :
SIZING 99
Member of Salvation Army. :
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Hindu women's garments. :
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River in south of France. :
AUDE 113
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"He missed the ___." :
BUS 115
Answer summary:5 unique to this puzzle , 136 debuted here and reused later .
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