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Isaac Kert
WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
New York Times, Sunday, September 24, 1944
62-Across : West Pacific archipelago taken by marines.
Author:
I. Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172 , Blocks: 80 , Avg Word Len: 5.22 , Missing: { F J Q X } , Scrabble score: 625 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 152 , Cheaters: 4 , FITB: 5 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 79
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
I. Kert is an alias for Isaac Kert.
David Steinberg notes:
61-Down clue is "March days." as in the original, but IDES is a single day.
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© 1944, The New York Times No. 137
Across
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Pacific air base, 1,465 mi. from Tokyo. :
SAIPAN 7
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Riviera city taken by Allies. :
CANNES 24
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River in S. E. Russia, 400 mi. to Don. :
SAL 29
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Discoverer of Greenland. :
ERIC 37
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Scene of fierce fighting in Normandy. :
CAEN 42
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Town in Westphalia. :
HORDE 47
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Native of British Indian province. :
BENGALI 62
West Pacific archipelago taken by marines. :
MARIANAS 64
Express gratitude. :
THANK 65
Strong outer defense of Kharkov. :
BELGOROD 66
Theology of Christian unity. :
IRENICS 67
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Victor in numerous air battles. :
ACE 70
Town in S. E. France. :
TARARE 71
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Churchill-Inonu rendezvous. :
ADANA 73
Turkish commanders. :
AGAS 74
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Dull-witted person. :
DUNCE 81
Port of entry, Ontario, Can. :
SARNIA 83
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What Eisenhower was in 1915. :
CADET 86
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___ Day, Utah holiday, July 24. :
PIONEERS 89
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Polish river, 150 mi. to Dniester. :
SERET 94
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Warrant officer's insignia. :
EAGLE 97
Jacob's seventh son. :
GAD 98
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U. S. ship sunk by Japs. :
PANAY 104
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Region in Yugoslavia bordering Adriatic. :
DALMATIA 125
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Leghorn, taken by Fifth Army. :
LIVORNO 132
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Mussolini's former habitat. :
ITALIA 4
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Founder of New York Times, 1851. :
RAYMOND 9
Overpowered by emotion. :
ENRAPT 10
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Pas-de-Calais city. :
LENS 12
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___ Corner, London. :
PYE 41
Sixth longest river in world. :
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U. S. Chief Justice. :
STONE 46
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Airborne commander under Eisenhower. :
BRERERTON 56
___ de Calais, Strait of Dover. :
PAS 57
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Electrical apparatus in fire alarm system. :
LOCALIZER 61
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Fortified city on the Adige. :
TRENT 65
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Result of analysis. :
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Undraped figures. :
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Egyptian Christian. :
COPT 79
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Airman's decoration. :
BAR 88
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Seaport in Don Cossack Republic. :
TAGANROG 90
Seat near altar for clergy. :
SEDILE 92
Beautiful valley on Oahu Island. :
MANOA 93
Invaded German valley. :
SAAR 96
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Former Jap fleet admiral. :
NAGANO 102
Most versatile of Olympian gods. :
APOLLO 103
Small whiskey glasses. :
PONIES 104
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Uncle Toby's creator. :
STERNE 109
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Ecclesiastical head-dress. :
MITRE 112
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River in Sinkiang Province, China. :
TARIM 116
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Answer summary:11 unique to this puzzle , 68 debuted here and reused later , 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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