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WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, September 26, 1943
Author:
Lester Keene
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174 , Blocks: 80 , Avg Word Len: 5.16 , Missing: { J X } , Scrabble score: 659 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 152 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 6 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 82
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© 1943, The New York Times No. 85
Across
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Scene of Jap retreat. :
KISKA 6
Tunisian natives. :
ARABS 11
Site of bombed Renault plant. :
PARIS 16
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Remove plant from container. :
UNPOT 22
Take-off point from Brazil. :
NATAL 23
___ McMahon, screen star. :
ALINE 24
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Commune in southern Spain. :
UBEDA 32
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Noose to catch an animal. :
SPRINGE 35
Religious recluses. :
NUNS 37
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City 98 miles from Paris. :
REIMS 46
Lafcadio ___, naturalized Japanese (1850–1904). :
HEARN 48
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Il Duce's captured son-in-law. :
CIANO 52
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Allied base in Greenland. :
ETAH 57
Irish critic (1843–1913). :
DOWDEN 58
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Russian river, 670 miles to the Don. :
DONETS 61
Jap-held seaport in Indo-China. :
HUE 62
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English stylist (1839–1894). :
PATER 65
French city in the Loire Valley. :
TOURS 67
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Ground sesame pulp. :
TAHIN 70
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Wood-cutting tool. :
ADZE 75
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Base in Lower Burma. :
AKYAB 83
Free Dutch broadcasting service. :
ORANGE 84
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Bombed city near Duesseldorf. :
ESSEN 89
It flows through Florence. :
ARNO 92
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Strategic city in western Crete. :
CANEA 97
Northeastern Tunisian cape. :
BON 98
He rode an eagle: Bab. Myth. :
ETANA 99
Bulgarian Black Sea port. :
VARNA 100
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He wrote "The Manxman" (1853–1931). :
CAINE 108
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Our Russian allies. :
REDS 111
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Strategic Greek island. :
CRETE 117
French town on the Oise. :
GUISE 118
He headed second Mission to Moscow. :
DAVIES 121
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A son of Zophah: 1 Chr. 7-36. :
SHUAL 125
Babylonian teachers. :
RABS 129
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Members of Il Duce's party. :
FASCI 133
Young conger eel. :
ELVER 135
The ___ countries, invaded May, 1940. :
LOW 136
Where the Italian fleet surrendered. :
MALTA 137
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"Fortunes of ___" by Scott. :
NIGEL 143
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Austrian psychiatrist. :
ADLER 145
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She caused the Trojan War. :
HELEN 148
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Radio detecting and locating device. :
RADAR
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River on which Krasnodar is. :
KUBAN 2
President of Turkey. :
INONU 3
Europe's jittery neutral. :
SPAIN 4
Dodecanese island off Turkey. :
KOS 5
Most westerly of the Aleutians. :
ATTU 6
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Deposed German admiral. :
RAEDER 8
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Expression of disgust. :
BAH 10
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Tunisian river near Pont du Fahs. :
MILIANE 18
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German State, capital Karlsruhe. :
BADEN 34
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First inhabitant of Kiska. :
ALEUT 45
White House secretary. :
EARLY 47
German dam destroyed by RAF, May, 1943. :
EDER 48
Saint, for whom Edinburgh perhaps was named. :
EDANA 49
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First to fight Japan. :
CHINA 52
Choral composition. :
MOTET 54
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Frequently bombed German State. :
HESSE 58
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"Internationalized" European river. :
DANUBE 60
Dutch painter: 1626–1679. :
STEEN 63
Dinah ___, sings for soldiers. :
SHORE 64
Double-ended canoe. :
PROA 66
Strategic lake in North Russia. :
ONEGA 69
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Hitler's "master race." :
ARYAN 72
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Bombed German naval base. :
EMDEN 76
People of South and Central America. :
LATINS 78
Women of the British Royal Navy. :
WRENS 80
Indians of southern Arizona. :
PIMAS 82
Jap admiral, succeeded Yamamoto. :
KOGA 83
Kansas river, 500 miles to the Missouri. :
OSAGE 84
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West African native. :
SERER 88
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Assault of an army. :
ONSET 93
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The cormorant: Scot. :
SCART 96
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Front openings in helmets. :
VUES 101
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Large troop transport. :
LINER 106
The fourth estate. :
PRESS 107
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River flowing into Caspian Sea at Astrakhan. :
VOLGA 122
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Islands between Finland and Sweden. :
ALAND 127
River in Yugoslavia, tributary of Sava. :
BOSNA 128
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Short for M. I. T. :
TECH 132
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German valley, bombed and flooded. :
RUHR 138
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Famous mount in Crete. :
IDA 141
New Zealand parrot. :
KEA
Answer summary: 11 unique to this puzzle , 71 debuted here and reused later , 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 0 cheater squares.
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It has 11 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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