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W. W. Webster
GLOBAL GLEANINGS
New York Times, Sunday, November 18, 1945
26-Across : Formal.
Author:
W. W. Webster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170 , Blocks: 78 , Avg Word Len: 5.31 , Missing: { J Q X } , Scrabble score: 695 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 153 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 4 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 64
David Steinberg notes:
In clue for 43-Down, changed "slang" to "Slang."
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© 1945, The New York Times No. 197
Across
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Foreign Minister of Japan. :
YOSHIDA 8
Plant with white or pink flowers. :
MIMOSA 14
Port-au-Prince is their capital. :
HAITIANS 22
Under-Secretary of State. :
ACHESON 23
Division of Lower Burma, its capital Akyab. :
ARAKAN 24
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English actor-manager (1853-1917). :
TREE 36
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Conqueror of Mexico, 1519-21. :
CORTEZ 39
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City on the Adige. :
TRENT 43
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Stereotyped; lacking originality. :
MACHINE 48
Alabama Senator, Democratic whip. :
HILL 49
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Summer capital of Govt. of India. :
SIMLA 61
Painter of Sir Galahad (1817-1904). :
WATTS 63
Stiff military headdress. :
SHAKO 64
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Country occupied by U. S. in south, Russia in north. :
KOREA 68
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Micawber exposed him. :
HEEP 71
St. ___, near Calais. :
OMER 72
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Author of "The Outcasts of Poker Flat." :
HARTE 78
Soprano Patti (1843-1919). :
ADELINA 81
Ladies beautiful but dumb. :
DOLLS 82
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2,325-mile river. :
VOLGA 89
Ancient kingdom in central England. :
MERCIA 91
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Morning reception. :
LEVEE 94
U. S. Ambassador to Brazil. :
BERLE 95
Branch, as of a nerve. :
RAMUS 97
Noted suffragette. :
CATT 98
What Brig. Gen. Vaughan is to Pres. Truman. :
AIDE 99
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Gudrun's spouse and victim. :
ATLI 106
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Examinations of accounts. :
AUDITS 110
Uneven as if worn away. :
EROSE 111
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Lindbergh's nickname. :
SLIM 116
They lived along upper Mississippi. :
SACS 120
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With hand on hip, elbow outward. :
AKIMBO 125
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Island surrendered to China by Japan. :
FORMOSA 133
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Margins for action: Colloq. :
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Element, its atomic number 26. :
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About 2¾ lbs. in Egypt. :
OKE 12
It enters the Meuse at Namur. :
SAMBRE 13
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Financial wizard (1763-1848). :
ASTOR 20
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Where Prime Minister Gerhardsen works. :
OSLO 40
Members of hardy breed of cattle. :
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Tiresome persons: Slang. :
PILLS 44
Sacred creatures of anc. Egypt. :
ASPS 45
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Subtle emanations. :
AURAE 47
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American artist (1836-1910). :
HOMER 50
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General in Army Air Forces. :
EAKER 53
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Sidney Howard's first play. :
SWORDS 60
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Aphrodite's consort. :
ARES 63
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E. Indian trees; flowers yield dye. :
TOONS 67
Australian marsupial. :
KOALA 68
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Dull red Belgian marble. :
RANCE 75
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Barbs of feather for artificial flies. :
HERLS 78
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Australian Minister of External Affairs. :
EVATT 81
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Composer of "Il Trovatore." :
VERDI 84
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Opus for practice. :
ETUDE 86
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Ancient literature of Hindus. :
VEDA 89
European blackbirds. :
MERLS 90
City famous for tapestry. :
ARRAS 93
"Elaine, the ___ maid of Astolat." :
LILY 94
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Genus including yellow fever mosquitos. :
AEDES 98
Countryman of Dr. Karl Renner. :
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Tract of waste land. :
HEATH 112
Capital of Gold Coast. :
ACCRA 113
Senator from Illinois on Pearl Harbor committee. :
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E. Minnesota city on Mississippi. :
ANOKA 118
He failed Mudville. :
CASEY 119
Surveyor's nails used as airmarkers. :
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Answer summary:3 unique to this puzzle , 61 debuted here and reused later , 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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