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23 pre-Shortz crosswords by Louis Jenkins
with David Steinberg comments

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Lewis Jenkins
Puzzles constructed by Louis Jenkins by year
Sun 10/17/1948 OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
MATSUHUGHESTOSH
CURRANONEILLOPTIC
TARTARSWARDLEWAYLAY
SIRMAHDIREASONELBE
ARABHORTHYVUESMAA
ROYALDAZETOITPEALS
LOWTERBURGBONNET
CHAFFEEROLFEBOOM
RESETTLEDOTSRURALES
ELLSHOTSWETTINSILO
MEALEPACTREACTKNIB
ENNARESORTSIKESENE
RATTLERPUANLEOMINOR
OILSAMBERRUINERS
CHANELSTASSENSTA
RENANWHENLYONENGEL
AMTSOHOTENNERERDA
NAILWARNEROATESOGI
ENGINETIBIALHANOVER
SUDANELATEDEDILES
ASPSRELETSREPEL
Sun 8/8/1948 WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
FRANCCHAMPSPRAGRUMOR
LOGIAEERIECRIMEUTICA
AMISSCANONRIPENTENET
RANCAIROELIZABETHTAA
ENGRAILSGLEBEAPREMONT
EDDYLIONESSIONA
CRIMEALUMPSOPSYIPPED
HERBSSUPPESNAILALAMO
OMARBENESREGIMENENDO
CATARACTSSALNOVEMDEK
OPENERSCUTTLENEVADANS
DIREUSELESSLINA
VINTNERSAVERTEDLENORE
ADOSTIESESSVAULTSKIN
MILTTENPINSDIRGEEAST
POLESSOILSGULCHSUPER
STEPPERELMANLYDESIRE
ELBADELAINECOME
UNLEARNSGAINEBANISTER
SAYSONATINASCABANALE
AMISHALIBIADOBEAMBLE
GENIELADLEYODELTILED
EDGESSTEERSPALLEDENS

Original 83-Down clue had no colon after quotation mark; added one.

Sun 5/16/1948 CURTAIN CALL
FISKECROSSSTOMPSTOCK
UNTILLEVEECELIATARRY
RUINSOMENSADAMSADLER
OREIRWINSIRVITALOWL
RESONANTBINETCOLLAPSE
LOISBLONDESRAIL
HOWARDRAINSRESSNORES
IRENEFERNSGRANTGHOST
RANDBAIRNTAYLORSADKO
ENDHERNEERRSOILEAR
STYLESSTEVENSPLATFORM
ILSETROPEICLURE
SPALDINGSLATTEDDENMAN
TIPETALUNSMELEEARE
OCEANELECTSTENORDUDE
NORMAREVUEPENNYFADED
ENSATENIPSLATYSIRENS
TURFSISTERSPALE
DEMORGANDEARSCHILDREN
ALIASTORAGOWHELMASE
VINALTRUSTTRIEDOMITS
IDEALENSUEISTARRESET
SERRYRATEDCASTEEWERS
Sun 1/18/1948 AUTHORS AND OTHERS
SCOTTDICKENSEMERSON
TAHOEISRAFELFELICIA
ADAMSSHANTEEFALLALS
ERRSPRINTSEGISERST
LEARLAICSTEELE
ALOEHEROINEVADER
MISTITLEMELEESEDINA
ANTININCISORPOLARIS
IDIOTSCOLTSGANYMEDE
MINNARAMISSIREN
SAGSNAGUAMATTIHASH
AGNESPORTALONTO
REBREEDSRADIILAWSON
ALLEGROCELESTABEEVE
PIUTEMARNERETHELRED
SAMSONSOARERHALL
NEWTONAPERSHAW
AHEMWAINMACARTEEAR
REBEAMSEVERETTBLARE
MARRYATROSARIOBYRON
SPOKANESWANSONSENNS
Sun 11/9/1947 OPERA GUIDE
BORIVEILEDVERDIASSAM
ALANALMORAAMIESLAKME
SLITLIPTONRUFFODREAM
SALOMESADKOSTELLAITO
NINASEEPSSADIENOS
ERNESTINESETSTENON
RUESIDESTRAUSSDAMMAR
NEATNAVALAGRADARIOLE
AGROPEIRISEDGARSTROP
NEEDSSNIPPEDEGOSYOHE
INDIANAAPISCROOKSSAL
ELOPEENTERGLINT
AMAMULLERONUSETOILES
REVENESTSPICIERRAISA
PLANTSAUCEDILLBERETS
ABIDERSDIXIFLUTEADAH
DALILAWESTLEYDOLEETE
NANCETEILDENATURES
RINGGALTTAMBOSTOP
ADORESCUECOLTSENRAGE
TERRYTONIOROTUNDOLAF
EAMESOMENSROESELOMIT
SLAPSRESETODDITYTANS

In 125-Across, corrected "O'Neill" to "O'Neil."

Sun 5/11/1947 HALL OF FAME
CHOATESTUARTFOSTER
SHERMANMONROEEMERGE
CARTIERESTATELANIER
RIBELAACIDTHORERE
ASEMSPORALMEANASIA
PERILTHENBURNOCTAD
ESTRAYODIOUSKITTENS
ADAMSNASTSOHO
PROGENYSITTERLENGTH
HOWEKENTSERENERROE
OBESEREEDRENISHAWN
BINBESTIRSRASHONER
ENSLEYSNEAKSSAINTLY
ARESMANNTERZO
REPULSEEDDIESTARSUS
EVADERETSGRAYRIANT
VERSDIAZCHARONALTI
ILKTAFTSOTSWACTUN
LIMARIENABLELOAFING
ENATESROAREREMPIRES
SANITYSTRAYSDIETED
Sun 3/30/1947 WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
GRANIMAPLEFABREALMS
RASESARROWALOOFMEETS
OCTETTRIPESERIFBENET
VIRSCRIMSACRILEGETEA
ENIDHAVOCCITSCORRALS
REDEPOSELIONSBTUELMS
PARSPADREPRIMALAE
ACCORDHURONSLAVFLYNN
CLARKBABELSPADEMAN
HARTCONSTANTINEUNEASE
ERAHOODTORTENTASMAN
SIMMONSWARIESTFULSOME
OCEANATIMERSPEASRUM
NELSONUNESSENTIALMIRI
ORTOLANSMEANTVENAE
SCONEVANSPAWNSPATOIS
HALEDENTNINESARIA
APERARESENNSSPELLMAN
PEASANTOPIETAUPESARA
IHNGARIBALDICRESSURN
RADIIEDITSCLARAARMET
ORELLALTHOEARERGEESE
TREETYSANDRAYSODETS
Sun 11/10/1946 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
ABANAEAMESRAISAELGAR
MURALGRANEOSCARNORMA
IRONSMENDELSSOHNSNOBS
SROALONEDEMNIOBEFEE
SONATINAREHANBLIMBERS
LINTCIDARISDOBE
BALLADPADRICEDSLAVIC
ODEONVOLGANEVINERICA
RIOTHARVESTRIVETDOIT
DONSERGEPOPLATINLEE
ASCUTNEYCHORALSTENORS
ALANSPRALINEBARON
REVERESAILINGFINANCES
ODAKRUPPTNTTUNICELT
OWLSYSAYEGERUNDACLIO
TILTSERRORRENDSCOLDS
SNORESKULINBISTHROES
AMOSSIBILUSPROP
SHAMBLESCAGESTHURSTON
HUMREALSLEGOAREDITO
AMATISOUNDLESSLYAMATO
LOGICOPPERNYLONLARES
TRASHNEEDYDRONESTARE

Original 38-Across clue had "1860"; corrected to "1859." In 139-Down clue, SYR is clued as "Beirut is its capital: Abbr.," but Lebanon was a separate nation by 1946 (gaining its independence in 1943), so Beirut was no longer in Syria.

Sun 9/1/1946 GLOBAL GLEANINGS
ADMIRECOMICSJACKSON
URANIAALARUMINERTIA
BYRNESPELITEBIDAULT
ADOLEOPOLDTHULEDIT
DENSSUEDSTAATSPINE
ENATETRUKANNIELOGS
IRKSCARMANMAA
ALEMANSTROPAVERTERS
ROUSSEAUONASINGENUE
ARGOERRANDPANDADIN
TIENSMANDARINSSHUNS
HENAGATECANTORARIA
ENISLEDWAHNINHERENT
STEELMANPECKSEMERGE
AYEAPOSIASAIL
TAFTLAMARDRATTICKS
ERASEWELTSALASPIET
MERDALLEPEIPINGGEO
PORTERERNESTNIRVANA
ELAINESORITEEPAULET
RARESTSNARESREFEEDS
Sun 6/9/1946 ABOUT THE GLOBE
BAGHDADELGARSENEGAL
INREADYNEHRUORINOCO
SKEWTONLLOYDNIAGARA
CATABACAYSDATERLON
ARESESAUTAIRAERASE
YALTATYRENEIGHUSSR
ADDSELMIRAEBB
ABATERPLEATSPIELERS
DOMINICAGNATUNLEVEL
IRONBALTICOCTETITE
PLUGSPARTHENONSACRE
SANCAPRAUNEVENSTAP
OSTIOLEPARAEYEPIECE
NESTLERSGIBESLANDER
ADAIDEALSALLE
SELLKLEINEPICLASSA
PLOYSOVATEOTHONETS
LARCOWESABUSERSSAP
EPISODETIMESSALVAGE
ESCAPESEROSEOLEAMEN
NEARESTRANTSNEWNESS
Sun 3/17/1946 OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
DANUBEBOLIVARBUFFED
ATONEDUNITIVEARRIVE
REMOVESTEELEDSNYDER
ALIINDIAMENDELSERI
PINONINROSGENEFLED
TEESSTEINPERIPOISE
IRETONSOCCERDESPOTS
ICONSLASSARIP
SINATRAAEDHCONSISTS
ARAETNASSWORDSSHAW
BIZETSLIPAMIDSHORE
LAINPETAINIDEALVEE
ENSHRINENASTSLOWEST
AILRHEINATTAR
GLANCESARLISSANITRA
REICHOTTOPIPERSHOT
ABLEADITBENETSTRUT
CAMALAMEDACREEPONE
KNEELSBRASSESBRANDS
LONATORAPTUREBASALT
ENTRAPESSENESSTALES
Sun 2/3/1946 QUESTIONNAIRE
STAMPTHAISCEARACABS
TIBERHAITIARRASOWLET
ABATEINDONESIANSMEADE
YESPARKAAMEERITALIAN
STEWARDSATESARGOERNS
IRKSBURRSTENORS
BOWLESMANAGERMOLASSES
ACIDSSILTENAMOREDELK
LENEBULLSNOREDDATIVE
FATKENTSECRETEDRANEE
ENEMIESAHEYRELICNEST
ROTTERDAMFIRSTRATE
ARGOSTERNPUPSMUSETTA
SORRYSPITFIREHAZEORT
SLEEPSLAURELHARERIAL
ALEREMANNEDFOYSTOSCA
MONTEREYGAGGERSBESETS
ASIDESKOELNRANI
SLAMEIDERONTFELANDER
TEMPESTWAISEBEVINETE
OVOIDABINTESTATETAPES
PERCETINGEEAKEREVERT
ETONEDGERELUDEDAWNS

Original 2-Down clue had " . . . City?"; changed to " . . . City"?

Sun 12/16/1945 OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
AESOPBLUMERABBEWING
CRANEROPERCUPELRADAR
ROGERAUSTRALASIAELITE
IDESHIDEHARAERICLOTE
DESPOILTETARDUNLISTED
UNCLERUBINSTEIN
PARTAKERSMANIANAGANO
AGENTSSOYSEEMINGENOW
NUGAEAKRONTSUBATRIBE
DERMTRIANONTEAMWOMEN
ASEBEANSMEMELANIMALS
SALINERIPERSLATED
CASTILEDECAYGLASSVAN
OMITSIDOLLENIENTMEMO
WOOLSDATERRAZEDCOROT
ERNECARAVELYETCONTRE
SASEBOGASANHEDONISTS
EGOCENTRICDEPTS
CASANOVATODDLEGROMYKO
ARIDNICEREGISTRAREER
PERONDIFFERENTIATAMED
ENUREACTORTIENDELENE
TAPEDEASYSCREEDINER

Original 95-Across clue had "Postoffice"; changed to "Post office."

Sun 7/8/1945 WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
NAZISPAHIAPER
WAVESGOERINGBENES
AREASSURRENDERYEDDO
GIRLYINTESTINESLIER
ENTOELSEALMSEVER
SESTINADIJONACADEMY
ROSSNEGATION
CHEWTIGERUNLOAD
SPOONEUROPEANDAGOBA
MILNESPATSENSENEAR
ALOEMAINGEARANTI
SAGSAUDITMILLSMITE
HUNTERICELANESPETAL
EYALETTITARLODZ
MONYFEETSLOT
CURFEWSOLDERAUSTRIA
ORELEARLEDITRAMS
DATUMTIDEMETERDUMPS
ENATEEPILOGUESIMBUE
SIRESENSIGNSSALTS
ADDSGASSEKNEE
Sun 4/29/1945 WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
SCOTTTEHERANPALOS
CLAIREAMERICAALEUTE
CHAPLINREMOTERTANTARA
ARCSETTRADEWATTSSOP
LOKISHINGLETHROEPSIS
EMENDSKEESTRAINNIECE
BERLINESNEHELLDONNAS
ANOASCROOGECUR
CHEYENNEYALTACOSSACKS
HENDANCESEHDILETTANT
ERRSGALATEACASTALTAR
SCOUSEAVERSIONSADARCE
TUBALPIEDTOOTINGSAKE
ELEVATORSMENENUREKET
REDENIESBORISGLOATERS
DEMPULSATELAMA
REPPEDCARLNAMENEIGHS
USHERCANNASLULLSTOAT
STIRBANGSTILLMANSORE
KOLFINALCARIAPARSPA
SPIRANTOPULENTSTORIED
SPONGESYRINGEEASIER
STEERSETNESSSLAMS
Sun 3/11/1945 GLOBAL REPORTER
PATCHPATTONDEVERS
BUREAUAURORAIMITATE
CATNAPSTRIBESSPOTTERS
AUTOSSATANISTPILATION
SMILESRELETISEREANTA
HEEDTWIRLSENUREGIBER
ASSHERESYMIENSSALOME
POMELOSISSENMASKED
PHELPSNAPLESSIOS
GOURMETSLINNPANTHERS
RONDELHEINEMARNEMETA
ILTISTOWNEPORGYRENEW
MEETMAMIERODEOGARDEN
DRAGOMANHALESWAGGERS
ROEGRAVESTEDGERS
DISCARDSEVESROUGED
UNLACECHARDDAWNEDSUD
STERECAUSEDIVESTTITO
TODDJUTESRIVENSPAATZ
ENDICOTTUNIVERSEAIMEE
REENABLEROVERSMAULERS
DRAPIEREMERSEUNLESS
SLEETSSETTERSTARE
Sun 12/3/1944 WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
TAIPOALANDABBASMASTS
ODDERPADUAARUBAAGIRA
KOENIGSBERGCORALNONIC
ARADLARNEPHONVAIGACH
YESTAROMIREDSAILIES
SIDAIBSENMADRAS
ABOUTSPREESCATOARAB
LISBONHERRPOLARHOLL
WACOOWINGBATANBEADLE
ALARWADIMATTYJERRIES
YARNSVICTORIATERRANES
TREASONEGRETTE
MISDEALSLIGNEOUSDEBIT
IMPERILASSETSTAGSANE
DAUBEDBUTTESTOMATIDE
AGRALOGOSOPENBERLIN
SENSOREYSPARSEMAYAS
EASIERSPANSVIMY
BORBITSSPAHIHERABIB
OPERATERUHRSCALARENO
MEMOSRAISETHURINGIANS
BRIDEEDGARALDENOGRES
SATESREINELYSSAPASSY
Sun 11/28/1943 ARMS AND THE MAN
LOBEAKERFIELDCLARK
PUNOPRADOROMEOLABOR
PICTSIMMIGRATIONOSAGE
ASIATICETUIARNOLDNET
CHARONGREECEIRASATE
INSTEADHARTSNAP
AMBOTOEDPETAINDRAMAS
MALCANSMULETEERKAURI
IDEALLYDESIREGETTRAM
CANCELBATHESLANEZERO
EMDENMILIEUHOTELSSUN
SCROLLEDBADOGLIO
STAHITLERGALORETUNIS
KINGDIESPOSERSBARUCH
INCAEFTREVIVECORSAIR
LEONASEDATELYWOOSDEE
LANDONDEVERSDIMSPARD
HSIABERNSINATRA
ASTICUESOLACEEUROPE
LARPESTLERUNTFRITTER
EVADESHAKESPEARENITER
RECUREELERESTEREDEN
TRYONEROSESTEINDAR
Sun 9/19/1943 WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
GIRAUDROSTOCKAFRICA
COLOGNEEPERNAYSEARING
HOLBEINVIEERRCAYENNE
EDESTIPENDSOILERSDAN
EMITAZURELATEENSMETE
SASHRENTPANELEDKIROV
ENTICINGFUNNELSMIASMA
SEASCONDOLEGERM
MARTINBARNEYSPREMISES
ATOLLFINGERSGRATEALE
LAKEMUTTERSCRAVESLET
ABEPASTORSTOOTERSEAT
BALALTERSLIMPERSARNE
APLLAIRSLOPPERSMINOR
ROENTGENCENTERSFURORS
YEARMANGOESBONI
TATARSHOSTLERHOMINESS
AMISSSANTEESCODEGNAT
PECABINTANGPOSENSTIR
ELKDONGANSORRENTOOLE
RINSINGGEBMITSERENOS
STOICALUTILIZEERASERS
ARTERYESTATESESTERS

Inserted slash in 15-Down clue to indicate line break in quote.

Sun 1/10/1943 WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
NOLANACTEDCHARMHAMAH
ORALESLAVELINEAOMEGA
DAVISPARACHUTISTDAKAR
ETATEEMNOUNSPESSKIT
SELFPROPERLYDEUMSANE
OCHROSALSECRETE
REGALESECTETATTIMBAL
ALUMISHMEIOBARMANILLA
TUAPUASDOVERFANEOGI
ADDSSLABNINARIASCAR
LEAPSSILKDARLANBAKED
LOULUIZDIENEBB
BACONBORNEOARCHDRUGS
IRANCURBAMITEAMESNE
TINMONSSLIMSSHODTAN
TSARINAFOOTPADAMULETS
SELECTDENTUNARBOURSE
PERKINSIRATEASK
CHASOASTACINACESIDES
HANSLIPGRETAIVANUSE
EITELSUBORDINATEAGATE
AFIREETANAEDDERMANED
PACEDRENASSASSYEMERY

Original 57-Down clue had periods after "painter" and "1666"; deleted both and put period after parentheses.

Sun 8/30/1942 WITH CLUES FROM THE WORLD'S NEWS
PEPPERHALEGIANTKERCH
EXHALEALEXANDRIAAFIRE
SPANISMADAGASCARISSUE
TINAHIESCARSTOPSEND
ERAEONSATTLEATHEISTS
REREDOSFISHERSSERB
RATTLERARRISWISEST
BESOMAIDERSERACNEVER
LIESUTTERERDELHINAVE
ASPSNEERTOKSEALSNAY
SETUPSRATIONSSOLELESS
NORIASLINSEEDSUREST
SHRIEVALBUTENESMOSCOW
TOIDELESEELSTREWEPI
AWOLDANESRETIRESANON
MESASDENIMDORICTITLE
PRESTOSODOMWEARIED
TURFRENAMEDUNNESTS
PROSPERSSOLARKISSPIE
OARILANORINBITEMANN
IMBEDCONTAGIOUSCROAKS
SPIKEAUCHINLECKTURTLE
ESTERSTEELARKASEIZES
Sun 5/17/1942 WITH CLUES FROM THE FAR EAST
TIMORPOONAABAMAHAIFA
ELOGEEUPENMAGOGOUTER
HOPEDITALYATALAPLEAT
RIPESPILLPLAIDSKIRTS
ALECHINSORGANCHIC
NOTCHINGGROANTRANSFER
LINGMADAMPOURSIRA
CROONSSITESBAKEDSNAG
LIBYAFEMURBUTYLPHASE
ENOSPREENCURIOBOILED
ASEMAIDSHOMMAHAUL
RESTORESHIPPAOUTCLASS
RAIDBONEYDUTCHLET
ASPENSLAUDSCINCHFANE
KHANSMATSUPORCHNURSE
YARDBOCHETANTEROMMEL
ARECORESDARNSSORE
BESSEMERNEHRUSTANDLEY
ALBSSEPOYPIRNSADE
SMITESHALLENAZISASIA
CARIBHORSEBEVINOUSTS
ATONEELIOTUSINGIDIOT
BANGSMESNESTAGSLEERY
Sun 2/22/1942 IN AND OUT OF THE NEWS
BURMAUNPINTASSOTUBAS
ANEARNEEDYADOLFENOCH
LIBYASTALEGRIEFDEIRA
ITABATTLESGILDSESSEN
NEROSALESALASPOSSESS
PASTEDADENBRUCE
REFUGEESBIDSPRISONERS
IRELANDSODAGRANTTREE
SORESTTHUSWRINGDIANA
EDENSPOUTDREADTEASER
NESTSAPTCREAMCURLEWS
PAREBRUNTCOBB
CAMORRASLAMSSOUYAHOO
ARABIATHINSTEMPOGARD
BURSTCHASEZONEBAGDAD
ABLESLUMSHERSSECRETE
LASSITUDEPOSTFASTENER
SNUBSTROTREMISS
ASSIGNSTHATPETITSUPE
MANORTAHOEDEPLOYSPAD
PLANEEBERTIDIOTTEPID
ALIASRUSPOPENCEARENA
CELLSSTEERSEEKSBARES

In 89-Across clue, added accent over "i" in "Nîmes."

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