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WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
New York Times, Sunday, June 7, 1942
Author:
John L. Mapes
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 164 , Blocks: 83 , Avg Word Len: 5.44 , Missing: { J Q X } , Scrabble score: 647 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 152 , Cheaters: 6 , FITB: 10 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 135
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© 1942, The New York Times No. 17
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Italian poet, author of "Orlando Furioso." :
ARIOSTO 14
South American rubber. :
BALATA 20
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Black: comb. form. :
MELA 42
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Arab who tangled with Foreign Legion. :
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Fuzzy-wuzzy's land. :
SUDAN 48
Quaff completely. :
DRAIN 50
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"I ___ from dreams of thee."—Shelley. :
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Esau by his other name. :
EDOM 57
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Ambassador to Britain. :
WINANT 62
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Burmese military chief. :
BOH 70
"What ___ art thou?"—Julius Caesar. :
TRADE 71
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Strategic Norwegian port. :
NARVIK 74
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Buying on hopes for profit: slang. :
SPEC 78
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Wurttemberg measure, about 5 gallons. :
IMI 84
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Murder story character. :
CORPSE 89
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Thin: comb. form. :
TENUI 92
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How many wonders of the world? :
SEVEN 95
Philippine Negrito. :
ITA 96
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Imitates Robert Bruce. :
TRIES 104
Bump on back of head. :
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One of the joined Antipodean forces. :
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Asian mandate to France: Fr. :
SYRIE 120
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Skin: comb. form. :
DERMO 123
Workers in demand in Washington. :
TYPISTS 125
Periodicals: slang. :
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Arab sailing ships. :
DHOWS 131
Roman divine law, distinguished from jus. :
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Ancient country on Adriatic coast. :
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One of the first users of ether. :
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Native who may see action at Dutch Harbor. :
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Mine ore underground. :
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Flat-bottomed Norwegian boat. :
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New Guinea port in Jap hands. :
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Technocracy chief. :
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Large antelopes of India. :
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Bankbook builder: abbr. :
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Tributary of the Rappahannock. :
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Full-grown pikes. :
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German of our Revolution. :
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"As the swift ___ roll!"—Holmes. :
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"Looked at each other with a wild ___."—Keats. :
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Pertaining to eastern part of Ulster. :
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Sea between Australia and New Guinea. :
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Oasis region in Libya, raided by Free French. :
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Roman matron's robe. :
STOLA 119
Ancient British chariot. :
ESSEDE 121
A giving, in Roman law. :
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Subject of Gustav V. :
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"Bei mir ___ du Schoen." :
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U. S. Admiral, World War I. :
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Where stocks start from. :
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Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle , 129 debuted here and reused later .
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 6 cheater squares.
The grid has normal (rotational) crossword symmetry.
It has 6 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 129 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These 62 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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