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Louis Baron
OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
New York Times, Sunday, November 11, 1945
85-Across : Land of Shaw and Joyce.
Author:
Louis Baron
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170 , Blocks: 74 , Avg Word Len: 5.35 , Missing: { Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 661 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 160 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 3 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 70
Louis Baron has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
The 40-Down clue is erroneous: "The Sheik" was written by Edith Maud HULL, not Ethel May DELL.
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© 1945, The New York Times No. 196
Across
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Scene of famous flag-raising epic. :
IWOJIMA 15
Missiles that battered London. :
ROBOMBS 22
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Member of Council of Foreign Ministers. :
MOLOTOV 24
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President of Chile. :
RIOS 32
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Panoramic representations. :
SCENICS 39
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Upper tones of old Greek music. :
NETES 43
Long-tailed apes of India. :
KRAS 44
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Oil-yielding Central American trees. :
EBOS 51
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Give forth feeling. :
EMOTE 63
F. D. R.'s loyal friend. :
FALA 64
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The gums: Comb. form. :
ULO 71
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Vulcan's workshop. :
ETNA 78
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Oriental theocratic bodies. :
ULEMAS 81
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"Oom Paul," President of So. Africa (1825-1904). :
KRUGER 84
Choral composition. :
MOTET 85
Land of Shaw and Joyce. :
EIRE 86
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Famous World War I French river. :
LYS 95
Short piece of pipe. :
TEE 96
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Republic since 1912. :
CHINA 99
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Seaport on West Hokkaido. :
SUTTSU 115
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City under four-power rule. :
BERLIN 118
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Polynesian canoes. :
PAHIS 121
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"A ___ of feathers, and a heart of lead."—Dunciad. :
BRAIN 129
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Instrumental twosomes. :
DUOS 132
River in South Russia. :
SAL 133
Typical sight in Turkey's skyline. :
MINARET 135
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Territory disputed by Tito and Italy. :
TRIESTE 140
Cartoonize cinematically. :
ANIMATE 141
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Strategic Pacific islands. :
KURILES 3
Dye-yielding prunelike tropical fruits. :
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Scottish eisteddfod. :
MOD 14
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Hot-air chambers. :
OVENS 17
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Three Norse sub-deities. :
ASEN 36
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"The Sheik" authoress. :
DELL 42
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Huge bird of Persian myth. :
SIMURG 52
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Chief of occupation forces in Rumania. :
TOLBUKHIN 57
Ukrainian Legislature. :
RADA 58
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Les ___, town in Eure, France. :
ANDELYS 66
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German Egyptologist (1837-98). :
EBERS 71
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One of the Kuriles. :
URUP 74
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Sail of a windmill. :
AWE 77
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Closure of an anatomical channel. :
ATRESIA 82
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Okinawa battleground. :
SHURI 93
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New Zealand timber trees. :
RATAS 101
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Coasting vessel of Bombay. :
PATAMAR 106
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Black-fin snapper. :
SESI 110
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German industrialist who financed Hitler. :
THYSSEN 113
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Italian statesman. :
CROCE 125
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Army fort in Oklahoma. :
SILL 134
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Small coin of India. :
PIE 137
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Answer summary:10 unique to this puzzle , 60 debuted here and reused later , 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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