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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

REVIEW OF THE WAR NEWS

New York Times, Sunday, March 25, 1945

61-Across : Personal enemy.

Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 180, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 4.99, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 662 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 142, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 51
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 163
Across
1
Japan's "Pittsburgh" hit by B-29's. : YAWATA
7
New U. S. cargo plane. : CONESTOGA
16
Home of the Muscovites. : RUSSIA
22
Planet. : URANUS
23
Athenian known as "The Just." : ARISTIDES
24
Inter. : INHUME
25
Liberated Riviera resort. : CANNES
26
Cleric's office. : RECTORATE
27
Marianas air base. : SAIPAN
28
Impersonate. : ACT
29
Wrinkle. : SEAM
31
Ashes of seaweed. : KELP
32
River in Argonne region. : AIRE
34
"___ Goriot," novel by Balzac, 1834. : PERE
35
Rarefied. : THIN
37
Weight allowance. : TRET
39
Play based on Maugham story. : RAIN
41
Ferdinand in Spain. : TORO
43
Turmeric. : REA
44
Kingdom in Indo-China. : ANNAM
46
Cheerful. : GLAD
48
Target for B-29 bombs. : TOKYO
50
Things woven. : WEFTS
52
Philippine dwarf. : NEGRITO
54
Portugal's Prime Minister. : SALAZAR
57
Premier of Japan. : KOISO
59
Teetotaler. : DRY
60
Ancient two-wheeled chariot. : ESSED
61
Personal enemy. : HATER
63
Prune. : TRIM
66
And so forth: Abbr. : ETC
69
Aphrodite's sweetheart. : ARES
71
Devastated Ruhr rail center. : HAMM
73
Native of Belgrade. : SERB
74
Catania's Mount. : ETNA
75
National Socialist. : NAZI
77
Seaport, N. Holland. : EDAM
79
Holy city of the Ukraine. : KIEV
81
Captive capital. : OSLO
83
Outfit. : RIG
84
Girl's name. : FREDA
86
Nimitz's base. : GUAM
88
Cathedral city E. of Paris. : REIMS
90
Abyssinian banana. : ENSETE
92
Madden. : INCENSE
94
Where Padang. : SUMATRA
96
Useful tool. : UTENSIL
97
Indian of commercial caste. : LOHANA
98
Myself: Scot. : MASEL
99
Greek faction. : ELAS
101
Blushing. : ROSAL
102
Highest Philippine mountain. : APO
103
Continent. : ASIA
105
Young oysters. : SETS
107
River E. of Berlin. : ODER
109
Greek numeral, 2. : BETA
110
Potion. : DOSE
112
King of Sweden, 1560-68. : ERIC
114
Non-flying airman. : KIWI
116
Stulm. : ADIT
118
Late President of China. : SEN
119
___ Wheeler Wilcox. : ELLA
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Native hut in Guiana. : BENAB
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Mediterranean air chief. : EAKER
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Royal ___, torpedoed British warship. : OAK
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Red river in Black Earth area. : OSKOL
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Author of "War and Peace." : TOLSTOY
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Worker AWOL. : STRIKER
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Smoke screen. : COVER
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Make up for. : ATONE
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___ egg. : NEST
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Succinct. : TERSE
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Bureau headed by Chester Bowles. : OPA
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River flowing through City of Lilies. : ARNO
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He wrote "Two Years Before the Mast." : DANA
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Foreshank. : SHIN
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Baltic republican. : LETT
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Statue in the Louvre. : NIKE
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Important Ruhr river. : EDER
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Humid. : DANK
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Lake east of Caspian Sea. : ARAL
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Antithesis of against. : FOR
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Furnished with track. : RAILED
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Dissolved Third International of Moscow. : COMINTERN
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Genus of pinks. : SILENE
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Kettledrum. : ATABAL
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Backbone of Italy. : APENNINES
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Flier lost July 2, 1937. : AMELIA
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Tenfold. : DENARY
170
Famous U. S. naval air training center. : PENSACOLA
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Mesopotamian capital. : BAGDAD
Down
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Peninsular Mexican State. : YUCATAN
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Athena changed her into a spider. : ARACHNE
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Deficient. : WANTING
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"Mazie" Sothern. : ANN
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Election day: Abbr. : TUES
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Resource. : ASSET
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Famed Palestinian mount. : CARMEL
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Vital smelting material. : ORE
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Critical moment. : NICK
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Chemical compound. : ESTER
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Garment of Roman matrons. : STOLA
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Sunken German warship. : TIRPITZ
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Harem chamber. : ODA
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Jap wooden shoes. : GETA
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Self-derived existence. : ASEITY
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Insurrectionist. : RISER
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Bride of Red Cross Knight. : UNA
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Transport. : SHIP
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B-29's. : SUPERFORTRESSES
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Turkish hospice. : IMARET
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Wooer of Dido. : AENEAS
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Ship of Golden Fleece hunters. : ARGO
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Cheaters. : ROOKERS
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Fragrant ointment. : NARD
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Source of Russian news. : TASS
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Ancestor of all mankind. : NOAH
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Elmer Davis' agency. : OWI
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Variable star. : MIRA
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Sudden onset. : DASH
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Himalayan goat. : KRAS
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Princely house of Italy. : ESTE
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Capital of ancient Phoenicia. : TYRE
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Ooze. : LEAK
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Islands N. of Bismarck Archipelago. : ADMIRALTIES
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Small sphere. : ORBLET
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Elder son of Isaac and Rebekah. : ESAU
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Ionian birthplace of Anacreon. : TEOS
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Begin. : INITIATE
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South American strait. : MAGELLAN
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Rake with gunfire. : ENFILADE
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Polish city en route to Lwow. : TARNOPOL
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Native of Central Europe. : CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
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Governor of the Garden State. : EDGE
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Sporting assemblage. : MEET
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Opinion. : IDEA
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Cornmeal in Southwest. : MASA
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Feathered arrow for crossbows. : VIRE
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Unique thing: Slang. : ONER
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Coin of India. : ANNA
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Rumple. : MUSS
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St. ___, port of Brittany. : MALO
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High-hat. : SNOB
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Kyushu base raided by B-29's. : SASEBO
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Humble. : MEEK
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Second-hand. : USED
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Frankfort on the ___. : MAIN
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Hebrew month. : ADAR
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Innisfail. : IRELAND
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Hit hard. : SWAT
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Brawl. : RIOT
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Naturalness. : EASE
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Roman patriot, The Censor. : CATO
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Portrait statue. : IKON
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Pielet. : TART
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Security. : BOND
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Looks over. : EYES
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German naval base. : KIEL
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Isthmus on Malay Peninsula. : KRA
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Antenna wires. : LEADINS
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Movement : STIR
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City near Duesseldorf. : KREFELD
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Where Narva is. : ESTONIA
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Popular tire. : RETREAD
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Author of "Under Western Eyes." : CONRAD
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Anodyne. : OPIATE
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Shoe-tip covering. : TOECAP
139
Peruvian shrub yielding dye. : SHANSA
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In lurid manner. : REDLY
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Mythical wife of Balder. : NANNA
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Merry-andrew. : ANTIC
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Legal kinship among Mohammedans. : NASAB
151
Island between Corsica and Italy. : ELBA
153
Hemp. : ROPE
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Form of lotto. : KENO
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City of the Kings. : LIMA
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Favorable attention. : EAR
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Brothers. : MEN
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Unit of magnetic resistance. : REL
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Support. : LEG

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8 unique to this puzzle, 43 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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