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HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
New York Times, Sunday, July 23, 1944
110-Down : Monster: Comb. form.
Author:
Alberta N. Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168 , Blocks: 85 , Avg Word Len: 5.29 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 614 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 166 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 6 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 77
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© 1944, The New York Times No. 128
Across
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Gilbert Island of Marine heroism. :
TARAWA 7
Col. Jiro ___, Japan's ace undercover man. :
SAITO 12
Convulsive action. :
SPASM 17
Egyptian goddess of truth. :
MAAT 21
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Italian paste; macaroni. :
PASTA 24
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Capital city of President-elect San Martin. :
HAVANA 26
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Rocky Mountain sheep. :
ARGAL 32
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Seaport in Granada, Spain. :
ADRA 42
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Indians of Patagonia. :
ONAS 46
Germany's source of coal and iron. :
SAAR 47
Levys on chattels: Eng. law. :
NAAMS 49
Best seller of 1901. :
KIM 50
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Where Innsbruck is. :
TIROL 63
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Gen. de Gaulle's headquarters. :
ALGIERS 68
Founder of European news agency, 1851. :
REUTER 70
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Silver-white metallic element. :
IRON 73
Famous English Egyptologist. :
PETRIE 74
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Marshal under Napoleon. :
NEY 77
South African veranda. :
STOEP 79
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Palace of Queen Esther: Bibl. :
SHUSHAN 87
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West Point freshman. :
PLEBE 97
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Symbol on Soviet flag. :
HAMMER 102
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Recorded proceedings. :
ACTA 105
Pintail duck: Local U. S. :
SMETHE 106
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Foreigners' Quarter in Istanbul. :
PERA 113
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Discoverer of planetary laws (1571-1630). :
KEPLER 117
Smallest liquid measures. :
MINIMS 119
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First prize in Pacific war theatre. :
TOKIO 125
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Town between Algiers and Tunis. :
SETIF 130
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French writer, "Life of Christ." :
RENAN 137
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Columbus' first settlement, Haiti, 1493. :
ISABELA 146
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Capital of Donets area. :
STALIN 151
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West Indies sorcery. :
OBEAH 154
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Large lake in southeast Africa. :
NYASA 157
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Verdi opera, based on Victor Hugo tragedy. :
ERNANI
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Allied strategy was planned here. :
TEHERAN 2
Base of giant flying boat, Mars. :
ALAMEDA 3
Pre-war French vacation coast. :
RIVIERA 4
Muezzin's call to prayer. :
ADAN 5
Large lake in southwest Sweden. :
WENER 6
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Contemporary Spanish pianist-conductor. :
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Historic town in Belgium. :
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Carrier of tons of morale builders. :
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Member of N. Y. ball team. :
GIANT 36
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She married Laurie. :
AMY 43
Sovereigns of Afghanistan. :
AMEERS 45
Mountain range and river in southeast Spain. :
SEGURA 48
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Item of property. :
ASSET 51
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Doolittle target, April 18, 1942. :
KOBE 55
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Unit of Swiss barrier. :
ALP 59
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Morgenthau's domain. :
FISC 64
Grecian gulf, inlet of Ionian Sea. :
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Soot from mercury-extracting furnace. :
STUP 78
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He had an Irish Rose. :
ABIE 86
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Of physicians and their art. :
IATRIC 90
Alchemist's self-feeding furnace. :
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Cowboys' riding breeches: Var. :
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Armed amphibious U. S. landing barge. :
ALLIGATOR 107
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Monster: Comb. form. :
TERAT 114
Japanese family crest. :
MON 116
River and bay in New Jersey. :
RARITAN 118
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African title of respect. :
SIDI 122
Russo-Finnish battle area. :
KARELIA 123
Campaign under Gen. Alexander. :
ITALIAN 124
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Depressions in the skull. :
FOSSAE 131
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Abode of the dead: Bab. myth. :
ARALU 133
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Lake in northeast Finland: Var. :
ENARA 136
"___ the blest."—Milton. :
ARABY 138
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Wild sheep of East Indies. :
SNAS 143
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Answer summary: 11 unique to this puzzle , 66 debuted here and reused later , 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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