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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

GLOBAL GLEANINGS

New York Times, Sunday, December 17, 1944

129-Across : Unlooked-for stratagem.

Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 689 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 154, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 76
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 149
Across
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Line of Allied attack. : SIEGFRIED
10
Vital Pacific target. : MANILA
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Blitzed Aix-la-Chapelle. : AACHEN
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Croatia's notorious Quisling. : PAVELITCH
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Footless animal. : APODAN
24
Chemical washings. : ELUATE
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S. V. Benet's works. : AMERICANA
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Nautical rope. : SHROUD
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Native tongue of G. B. S.'s homeland. : GAELIC
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Wheelsman's direction: Abbr. : WBN
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___ Martius, Toulon's old name. : TELO
30
Allied. : AKIN
31
Semi-diameters. : RADII
33
Witty saying. : MOT
34
Marshal of France (1802-1869). : NIEL
36
Vandalized. : DAMAGED
38
Landmarks. : MERES
39
Campaigner with F. D. R. : FALA
40
Get out: Slang. : SCRAM
42
East Indian grass. : USAR
43
Lasso. : RIATA
44
The lacquer tree. : BIHAR
45
Jefferson's successor. : MADISON
48
Engine throb. : PANT
49
Mythical son of Baldar. : FORSETI
51
Jap-held island below Mindanao. : CELEBES
54
___ Norris. : KATHLEEN
57
German name for Moravia. : MAHREN
58
Objective of Arnhem attack. : RUHR
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Plateau. : MESA
61
Barbarous. : WILD
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Quits. : EVEN
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Fruit drink. : ADE
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National god of Tahiti. : ORO
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African village. : DORP
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Symbolic flower. : LILY
68
Legendary kingdom of Menelaus. : SPARTA
70
Pigskin Bowl in Texas. : COTTON
72
Native of Sultan Taimur's domain. : OMANI
74
Inventor of Cherokee alphabet. : GUESS
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Grater. : RASP
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Capsizal. : UPSET
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Guileless. : TRANSPARENT
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Mindanao lake and province. : LANAO
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Visible. : SEEN
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Embattled suburb of Warsaw. : PRAGA
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___ National Park, Oklahoma. : PLATT
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Epicist. : VERGIL
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Mislead. : DELUDE
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Subtle. : WILY
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First dynasty of Chinese history. : HSIA
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Chester Bowles' job. : OPA
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Great Sea island: Abbr. : SAR
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Similar. : LIKE
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Capital of Yemen. : SANA
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Fuel. : PEAT
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Algerian naval base. : ORAN
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Medicinal shrub of Brazil. : IPECAC
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Poniard-like weapon. : STILETTO
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Ryti's country. : FINLAND
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Of one's relatives. : NEPOTAL
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Dollar bills. : ONES
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Hero of Molière's "Le Misanthrope." : ALCESTE
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Fabulous guardian of mines. : GNOME
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Fished for congers. : EELED
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Battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor. : UTAH
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Horse: Comb. form. : HIPPO
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Old Roman handle. : ANSA
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Sharp bargainer. : SCREW
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Two-toed bird. : OSTRICH
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Found fault with. : CHID
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Greek letters. : PIS
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Biblical region rich in gold: I Kings x, 11. : OPHIR
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Various : MANY
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Unlooked-for stratagem. : COUP
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Brewer's product. : ALE
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Lake near Syracuse, N. Y. : ONEIDA
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Bag. : VALISE
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Mildness. : BALMINESS
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Rouse repeatedly. : RESTIR
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Extremely minute. : ATOMIC
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Island group S. of New Zealand. : ANTIPODES
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Jewish cenobite. : ESSENE
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Somewhat recent. : NEWISH
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Verdi heroine. : DESDEMONA
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Deposits eggs. : SPAWNS
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Satirical poem. : IAMBIC
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Doubletree. : EVENER
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A proselyte to Judaism. : GER
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Dart along. : FLIT
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Pressed through a vegetable squeezer. : RICED
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Another name for Vulgate. : ITALA
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Famous Sicilian hill near Licata. : ECNOMUS
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Rangoon length unit. : DHA
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Disguised person. : MASKER
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Plant insect. : APHID
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Teutonic demigoddess of fate. : NORN
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Simplified Esperanto. : IDO
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Distinguished poet. : LAUREATE
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Greek guerrilla. : ANDART
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Shield. : AEGIS
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Mountains in Kirghiz region. : ALAI
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Hair-do. : CUE
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U. S.-held "Spice Island." : HALMAHERA
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Whitened, as plants. : ETIOLATED
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The color peach. : NECTARINE
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Capital of largest Marianas islands. : AGANA
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Heedless. : DEAF
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More infirm. : LAMER
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King of Magadha, India (B. C. 272-232). : ASOKA
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Planted explosives. : MINED
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Isolationist defeated by Bennet. : FISH
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Oberon's mate. : MAB
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Gathering. : RALLY
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Goose. : BRANT
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Zealous person. : DEMON
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River passing Munich. : ISER
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Where Ormoc is. : PHILIPPINES
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Hebrew sheaves. : OMERS
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Flower. : CROCUS
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Mars' playground. : EUROPE
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S. peak of Mt. Everest. : LHOTSE
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Matches. : TWINS
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Potion of forgetfulness. : NEPENTHE
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Scattered islands in the Aegean. : SPORADES
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Mighty. : VAST
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Morse code symbol. : DOT
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Flannel. : LANA
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Component of mincemeat. : SUET
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Moroccan tree. : ARAR
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Conduce. : TEND
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Wizard. : MAGE
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Discoverer of Columbia River, 1792. : GRAY
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Saracoglu's capital. : ANGORA
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B-29 base. : SAIPAN
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Arciszewski's country. : POLAND
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By-passed Caroline island. : TRUK
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Syro-Arabian goddess. : ALLAT
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Field. : LEA
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Folded part. : PLICA
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Grapevines. : VITIS
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Not downcast. : ELATE
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Striped. : WALED
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Trustworthy. : SAFE
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Base raided by B-29's. : SINGAPORE
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Source of Tiber and Arno Rivers. : APENNINES
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Take back. : REPOSSESS
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Tendon. : SINEW
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Arctic. : POLAR
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Derived from oil: Chem. : OLEIC
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Stupor. : COMA
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Suffer. : TOLERATE
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Window screen in India. : TATTY
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Indefinitely large or little. : NTH
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Bavarian tributary of Danube. : LECH
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Sharp practice. : CHICANE
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Armenian capital. : ERIVAN
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Father of Irish hero Noise. : USNECH
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Dialogue by Plato. : PHAEDO
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Bombed site of Skoda works. : PILSEN
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Black Sea port taken by Malinovsky. : ODESSA
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Duplicate part. : SPARE
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Fertile Saharan area. : OASIS
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Young animals. : COLTS
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Vaporous. : HUMID
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King of Men. : ODIN
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Puccini heroine. : MIMI
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Big Inch. : PIPE
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Bolivian Indian: Var. : ITE
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Foundress of Girl Scouts, 1912. : LOW
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Faulty. : BAD
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___ de guerre. : NOM

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7 unique to this puzzle, 69 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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