This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Louis Jenkins
Louis Jenkins

WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES

New York Times, Sunday, December 3, 1944

74-Across : Capital wartime offense.

Author:
Louis Jenkins
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 87, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 648 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 148, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 61
Louis Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
T
2
A
3
I
4
P
5
O
6
A
7
L
8
A
9
N
10
D
11
A
12
B
13
B
14
A
15
S
16
M
17
A
18
S
19
T
20
S
21
O
D
D
E
R
22
P
A
D
U
A
23
A
R
U
B
A
24
A
G
I
R
A
25
K
O
E
N
I
26
G
S
B
E
R
G
27
C
O
R
A
L
28
N
O
N
I
C
29
A
R
A
D
30
L
A
R
N
E
31
P
H
O
N
32
V
33
A
I
G
A
C
H
34
Y
E
S
35
T
A
R
O
36
M
37
I
R
E
D
38
S
A
I
L
39
I
E
S
40
S
I
D
A
41
I
B
S
E
N
42
M
A
D
R
A
43
S
44
A
45
B
46
O
U
T
47
S
48
P
R
E
E
S
49
C
A
T
O
50
A
51
R
52
A
53
B
54
L
I
S
B
O
55
N
56
H
E
R
R
57
P
O
L
A
R
58
H
O
L
L
59
W
A
C
O
60
O
61
W
I
N
G
62
B
A
T
A
N
63
B
64
E
A
D
L
E
65
A
L
A
R
66
W
A
D
I
67
M
A
T
T
Y
68
J
E
R
R
I
E
S
69
Y
A
R
N
70
S
71
V
I
C
72
T
O
R
I
A
73
T
E
R
R
A
N
E
S
74
T
75
R
E
A
S
O
N
76
E
G
77
R
E
T
T
E
78
M
79
I
80
S
81
D
E
A
L
S
82
L
I
83
G
N
E
O
U
S
84
D
85
E
86
B
87
I
88
T
89
I
M
P
E
R
I
L
90
A
S
S
E
T
91
S
T
A
92
G
93
S
A
N
E
94
D
A
U
B
E
D
95
B
U
T
T
E
96
S
T
O
M
A
97
T
I
D
E
98
A
G
R
A
99
L
O
G
O
S
100
O
P
E
N
101
B
102
E
R
L
I
N
103
S
E
N
S
104
O
R
E
Y
105
S
P
A
R
S
106
E
107
M
A
Y
A
S
108
E
109
A
110
S
I
E
R
111
S
P
A
N
S
112
V
113
I
M
Y
114
B
115
O
116
R
117
B
I
T
S
118
S
P
A
H
I
119
H
E
R
A
120
B
121
I
122
B
123
O
P
E
124
R
A
T
E
125
R
U
H
R
126
S
127
C
A
L
A
128
R
E
N
O
129
M
E
M
O
S
130
R
131
A
I
S
E
132
T
H
U
R
I
N
133
G
I
A
N
S
134
B
R
I
D
E
135
E
D
G
A
R
136
A
L
D
E
N
137
O
G
R
E
S
138
S
A
T
E
S
139
R
E
I
N
E
140
L
Y
S
S
A
141
P
A
S
S
Y
© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 147
Across
1
City near Hong Kong. : TAIPO
6
Islands, capital Mariehamn. : ALAND
11
Oriental bishops. : ABBAS
16
Spars. : MASTS
21
Stranger. : ODDER
22
City 25 miles west of Venice. : PADUA
23
Oil island near Curaçao, shelled 1942. : ARUBA
24
Town in Sicily. : AGIRA
25
Key city in East Prussia. : KOENIGSBERG
27
Sea between Queensland and New Hebrides. : CORAL
28
Of the ninth degree. : NONIC
29
City on Mures River, Rumania. : ARAD
30
Seaport in North Ireland. : LARNE
31
Sound: Comb. form. : PHON
32
Russian island in Arctic Ocean. : VAIGACH
34
Assent. : YES
35
Constituent of poi. : TARO
36
Stalled. : MIRED
38
Navigate. : SAIL
39
Hawaiian pines. : IES
40
Cordage-tree. : SIDA
41
Creator of Little Eyolf, 1894. : IBSEN
42
Chief port, east coast of India. : MADRAS
44
On the stir. : ABOUT
47
Carousals. : SPREES
49
Hannibal's adversary. : CATO
50
Breed of horse. : ARAB
54
City on the Tagus. : LISBON
56
Mister. : HERR
57
Pivotal. : POLAR
58
English portrait painter (1845-88). : HOLL
59
Texas town. : WACO
60
Due. : OWING
62
Island off Luzon. : BATAN
63
Mr. Bumble's official position. : BEADLE
65
Wing-shaped. : ALAR
66
River or ravine: North Africa. : WADI
67
Nickname. : MATTY
68
What GI's call the Germans. : JERRIES
69
Tales. : YARNS
71
Capital of British Columbia. : VICTORIA
73
Territories. : TERRANES
74
Capital wartime offense. : TREASON
76
Heron: Var. : EGRETTE
78
Mistakes in bridge. : MISDEALS
82
Woody. : LIGNEOUS
84
Charge. : DEBIT
89
Endanger. : IMPERIL
90
Property. : ASSET
91
Deer. : STAG
93
Lucid. : SANE
94
Smeared. : DAUBED
95
Copper city. : BUTTE
96
Pore. : STOMA
97
Sailor's timetable. : TIDE
98
Site of the Taj Mahal. : AGRA
99
The divine Creative Word. : LOGOS
100
Frank. : OPEN
101
Where the Volkssturm crouches. : BERLIN
103
City on the Yonne. : SENS
104
Containing crude mineral. : OREY
105
Not dense. : SPARSE
107
Early settlers in Yucatan. : MAYAS
108
More indulgent. : EASIER
111
Teams. : SPANS
112
Where Canadians defeated Germans, 1917. : VIMY
114
Assumed name of Polish military hero. : BOR
117
Pieces. : BITS
118
Algerian cavalryman. : SPAHI
119
Queen of the gods. : HERA
120
Drink frequently. : BIB
123
Run. : OPERATE
125
Area northeast of Aachen. : RUHR
126
La ___, Milan. : SCALA
128
City of the Great Divide. : RENO
129
Data. : MEMOS
130
What the Little Steel formula prevents. : RAISE
132
Natives of Weimar, Germany. : THURINGIANS
134
What "Elsa" is in the third act. : BRIDE
135
Mr. Hoover. : EDGAR
136
Shy Puritan. : ALDEN
137
Bugbears. : OGRES
138
Surfeits. : SATES
139
Queen: French. : REINE
140
Hydrophobia. : LYSSA
141
Nobel peace prize winner, 1901. : PASSY
Down
1
Hungarian wine center. : TOKAY
2
Idolize. : ADORE
3
Concepts. : IDEAS
4
Be undecided. : PEND
5
Mouth: Comb. form. : ORI
6
Nymph of Indra's paradise. : APSARAS
7
Ancient name of Leghorn. : LABRO
8
British colony in S. W. Arabia. : ADEN
9
City of Nazi's annual convention. : NUREMBERG
10
Norse god. : DAG
11
Captured German city. : AACHEN
12
Ponder. : BROOD
13
Brook: Scot. : BURN
14
Camel's hair cloth. : ABA
15
Country bounded by Guatemala and Honduras. : SALVADOR
16
Where Yamashita lurks. : MANILA
17
Excited. : AGOG
18
Where Moses received the Commandments. : SINAI
19
Twinkling. : TRICE
20
"Die Meistersinger." : SACHS
26
Joyful. : GLAD
31
Near: French. : PRES
33
Present-day war sphere. : AIR
35
Marshal of Jugoslavia. : TITO
37
River rising in Bohemia. : ISER
38
The Evil One. : SATAN
40
Incite to prejury. : SUBORN
41
Type of theology. : IRENICS
42
Peninsula in Indo-China. : MALAY
43
Plateau in North Africa. : SAHARA
44
Forever: Poet. : ALWAY
45
Town in central Poland. : BIALA
46
Prize statuette. : OSCAR
48
Designer of Parthenon sculptures. : PHIDIAS
49
Type of cheese. : COTTAGE
51
Sculptor of "The Thinker." : RODIN
52
Avenue: French. : ALLEE
53
"___ the man who first invented sleep."—Saxe. : BLESS
55
Instantly. : NOW
57
What Griselda was. : PATIENT
61
Governor General of India. : WAVELL
62
Insigne. : BAR
63
Mr. Lytell. : BERT
64
Blundered. : ERRED
67
Those opposed to dualism. : MONISTS
68
Goods washed ashore. : JETSAM
70
Metric measure. : STERE
72
Author of Resurrection (1828-1910). : TOLSTOY
73
Germans. : TEUTONS
75
Sortie. : RAID
77
Lists. : ROSTERS
78
Bather in the River Pactolus. : MIDAS
79
Totem. : IMAGE
80
Refuse with scorn. : SPURN
81
Lower. : DEBASE
83
Fit. : GEE
85
Unclaimed horse. : ESTRAY
86
Discoverer of lights around the moon. : BAILY
87
Country partly invaded by Japan. : INDIA
88
Adolescence. : TEENS
90
Boring tool. : AUGER
92
Idle talk. : GAB
95
Waves in the Bay of Fundy. : BORES
96
In an Andalusian manner. : SPANISHLY
99
Flaneur. : LOITERER
100
Brilliant fish. : OPAH
102
Heroine of 1816. : EMMA
105
U. S. C. G. girl. : SPAR
106
First novel written by a woman, 1778. : EVELINA
109
Degrades. : ABASES
110
Hold a session. : SIT
111
Province. : SPHERE
113
Where Pahlavi rules. : IRAN
114
Eggs. : BOMBS
115
Goal of most audition aspirants. : OPERA
116
Forgive. : REMIT
118
___ B. Anthony, suffragist. : SUSAN
119
Leverets. : HARES
120
Carries. : BEARS
121
Founder of historical criticism (1798-1874). : INNES
122
Cow. : BOSSY
124
What the "Light Brigade" did. : RODE
125
Swiss mountain, 5,905 feet. : RIGI
127
Chewing material. : CUDS
128
Capital of Latvia. : RIGA
131
Author of "The County Chairman." : ADE
132
Hindu cymbals. : TAL
133
Beaten elephant. : GOP

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 50 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
48 ms