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Lester Keene
Lester Keene

With Hints from the Headlines

New York Times, Sunday, September 3, 1944

Author:
Lester Keene
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.45, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 515 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 69, Grid flow: 31.2
Lester Keene has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 134
Across
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Algerian soldier of France. : SPAHI
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U. S. fighter-bomber. : HAVOC
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French Channel port. : HAVRE
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He wrote "I have a rendezvous with death." : SEEGER
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City in California. : SALINAS
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City 81 miles north of Paris. : AMIENS
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Italian city south of Livorno. : CECINA
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Vibrant effect on the tambourine. : TRAVALE
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Feminine name. : MARGOT
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Speak. : UTTER
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Fry. : SAUTE
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George ___. : ADE
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Lofty volcanic mountain, Teneriffe. : TEIDE
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___ Islands, MacArthur's great objective. : PHILIPPINE
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Relatively small. : FRACTIONAL
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½ cent in Tokyo. : SEN
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Mrs. Charlie Chaplin. : OONA
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Stupor. : TRANCE
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London beer. : ALE
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Defective bombs. : DUDS
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Mythical founder of Troy. : TROS
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Unit of work. : ERG
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14-mile island in Puget Sound. : CAMANO
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Where Vargas is President. : BRAZIL
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Relish. : GUSTO
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Total amount of water in soil. : HOLARD
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Plum full of wrinkles. : PRUNE
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Designating motion toward: Gram. case. : ALLATIVE
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Lake southwest of Petsamo. : ENARE
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Overalls. : JEANS
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Specific gravity meter. : AREOMETER
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Town in toe of Italian boot. : ACRI
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Strategic Chinese town southwest of Shanghai. : SUNGKIANGFU
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70-mile river southwest of Nice. : VARO
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Staying. : REMAINING
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Doctrine. : TENET
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Headland, west side of Red Sea. : BENAS
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Italian-speaking portion of Tyrol. : TRENTINO
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Arabian guitar. : KITAR
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Infirm. : SENILE
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Hobo. : TRAMP
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Silk voiles. : NINONS
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Catholic prayer book. : MISSAL
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Over: Poet. : OER
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500-mile river, Southeast Kenya, to Indian Ocean. : TANA
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Covered wagons. : VANS
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English letter. : ESS
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Will ___. : ROGERS
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Caroled. : SANG
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Opportune. : PAT
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U. S. transport planes. : SKYMASTERS
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Normandy town near Carteret. : BARNEVILLE
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Stories. : TALES
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Collection of sayings. : ANA
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Islands between Celebes and Timor. : BANDA
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Angry. : IRATE
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Gaseous hydrocarbon, source of alcohol. : ETHANE
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Where Sherman's march started. : ATLANTA
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Keep 'em flying. : PLANES
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Sown. : SEEDED
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Apprentice. : LEARNER
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Notch. : INDENT
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Typist. : STENO
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Stupid. : DENSE
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Italian port north of Naples. : GAETA
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Boil. : SEETHE
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Jelly ingredient. : PECTIN
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Astral spirit of Saturn: Astrol. : AGIEL
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___ Petain. : HENRI
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Air Chief Eaker. : IRA
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Jap battleship attacked by Capt. Colin Kelly. : HARUNA
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Winged. : ALATE
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Long live! : VIVE
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Indian of Tierra del Fuego. : ONA
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Capital of Muntenia, Rumania. : CALARASI
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___ Fish. : HAM
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Cremona's first citizen. : AMATI
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Green and yellow bird. : VIREO
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Capital of Saskatchewan. : REGINA
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Without nodes. : ENODAL
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Porgies. : SCUPS
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Spots. : STAINS
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French battlefield, 1870, 1918, 1940. : SEDAN
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Pillarlike monument. : STELE
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Ashes: Comb. form. : SPODO
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Behold: Latin. : ECCE
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American poet, cited for treason. : POUND
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Congealed. : FROZE
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Highest mountain, Julian Alps. : TERGLOU
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Changes. : TRANSITIONS
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Peregrine White and Virginia ___. : DARE
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Luggage case. : TRUNK
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Agana is its capital. : GUAM
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Musicale. : CONCERT
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Alert sounder. : ALARMER
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Lady in "Measure for Measure." : MARIANA
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Fort in North Carolina. : BRAGG
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More capacious. : LARGER
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World's largest hotel. : STEVENS
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Wife of Oberon. : TITANIA
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Outer garment. : OVERALL
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Core. : HEART
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Triangular battle flag. : PENNON
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Liberal party. : LEFT
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Eroded. : EROSE
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Fighting French general. : JUIN
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Ha'pennies in Bombay. : ANNAS
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Detached riflemen. : SNIPERS
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Volcano in northeast Sicily: Lat. : AETNA
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The betel pepper. : ITMO
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Good Queen ___. : BESS
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Knots in wood. : KNARS
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Burn. : SINGE
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Repeated. : ITERATED
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Heavenly food. : MANNA
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Marianas island. : ROTA
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Strategic river, Yugoslavia. : VARDAR
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National park, Colorado. : ESTES
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Ice gliders. : SKATES
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City in southwest Assam. : SYLHET
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Pertaining to side of the head: Zool. : GENAL
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South Carolina river. : SANTEE
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The Earth. : PLANET
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Town in Westphalia, Prussia. : ALTENA
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Tinner's small anvil. : TEEST
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Victor at Gettysburg. : MEADE
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Large lake in south Sweden. : ASNEN
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Bethrothal publication. : BANNS
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Taken by the Reds, July 13, 1944. : VILNA
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Sultan's decree. : IRADE
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Farm building. : BARN
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Former name of Tokyo. : EDO
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Captured New Guinea stronghold. : LAE
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Porcine. : PIG

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 58 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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