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Clara Rushe
WORDS THE WORLD OVER
New York Times, Sunday, November 12, 1944
102-Across : Sand blowers.
Author:
Clara Rushe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174 , Blocks: 87 , Avg Word Len: 5.08 , Missing: { Q X } , Scrabble score: 661 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 148 , Cheaters: 4 , FITB: 5 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 63
Clara Rushe has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1944, The New York Times No. 144
Across
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Secretary of State under Fillmore. :
EVERETT 16
President of Norwegian Parliament. :
HAMBRO 22
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Japan's "Pittsburgh," B-29 target. :
YAWATA 28
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Daughter of Saturn and Ops. :
CERES 33
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Arms center 90 mi. N. of Frankfort. :
MASSEL 43
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City in Donets coal basin. :
STALIN 50
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Spanish griddle cake. :
AREPA 53
Where Italy's fleet surrendered. :
MALTA 54
The Navy's fighting builders. :
SEABEES 58
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Oil center on W coast of Caspian. :
BAKU 68
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French town on the Oise. :
HIRSON 71
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Father: Arabic name. :
ABU 83
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Goethe drama, 1832. :
FAUST 87
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Island N. W. of Rhodes. :
SIMI 102
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Ex-head of Martinique. :
ROBERT 109
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King whose capital is Belgrade. :
PETER 114
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Port W. of Formosa. :
AMOY 117
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Old pot metal: French. :
POTIN 125
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Gateway to Petrified Forest, national monument. :
ADAMANA 140
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Stringed instrument of Middle Ages. :
ROCTA 4
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Town N. E. of Tarquinia, Italy. :
TUSCANIA 15
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U. S. Ambassador to Spain. :
HAYES 17
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It borders Venezuela. :
BRAZIL 20
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Japan Island N. W. of Kyushu. :
IMI 36
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New Zealand's Premier, 1930-35. :
FORBES 40
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Slavic native of Saxony. :
SORB 42
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Early German silver coin. :
TALER 45
Give attention to. :
HEAR 46
Army Chief of Staff, 1918-21. :
MARCH 47
Italian town near Salerno. :
EBOLI 48
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City taken by British Eighth Army. :
PERUGIA 54
Polish town on Bug River. :
SOKAL 55
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Allied base in Greenland. :
ETAH 57
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___ Juan Hill, battle of 1898. :
SAN 64
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American patriot (1725-83). :
OTIS 67
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Flower part sought by bee. :
NECTARY 72
Chief culture hero of Polynesia. :
MAUI 73
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Appears to give promise. :
DAWNS 78
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Lake N. E. of Kyoto, Japan. :
BIWA 84
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Strategic island N. W. of Darwin. :
TIMOR 89
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Mark of omission. :
CARET 94
Allied-held Aegean island. :
LEROS 97
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Native of Isle of Pines. :
CUBAN 100
Sunk Italian battleship. :
ROMA 103
Seaplane active in bombing of Wake. :
CORONADO 105
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Rabaul airdrome bombed by AAF. :
TOBERA 114
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First wife of Zeus. :
METIS 122
Mohammedan decree. :
IRADE 124
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Chine silk of Sumatra. :
IKAT 127
Island N. W. of Honshu. :
SADO 128
Interpreted: Archaic. :
ARED 129
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Band leader Callaway. :
CAB 137
Answer summary:17 unique to this puzzle , 46 debuted here and reused later , 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 17 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 46 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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