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P. Joseph Lamanna
CURRENT EVENTS
New York Times, Sunday, April 20, 1947
25-Across : Roomier.
Author:
P. J. Lamanna
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 178 , Blocks: 85 , Avg Word Len: 4.99 , Missing: { J Q Z } , Scrabble score: 666 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 122 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 4 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 64
P. J. Lamanna is an alias for P. Joseph Lamanna.
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© 1947, The New York Times No. 271
Across
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River between Manchuria and Korea. :
YALU 15
Greek Prince; they say he'll marry Princess Elizabeth. :
PHILIP 21
English biologist, Director General of UNESCO. :
HUXLEY 22
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City in SW Russia. :
OREL 24
French dramatist (1639-99). :
RACINE 25
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Imaginary quadruped with legs on one side longer than on the other, enabling it to walk around steep hillsides. :
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New member of U. N. :
SIAM 32
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Head of Federal Council of Churches. :
TAFT 35
U. N. refugee body. :
IRO 36
Crown Prince of Norway. :
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Indonesians of Mindanao. :
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Denial of right of existence of entire human groups. :
GENOCIDE 66
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Deep orange-red chalcedony. :
SARD 68
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Asaf ___, India's Ambassador to U. S. :
ALI 70
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Senator from Minnesota. :
THYE 73
American patriot (1725-83). :
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Cape ___ Islands. :
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Mongoloid of SE Asia. :
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Forms into dross. :
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Farthest from windward: Naut. :
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Takes photo for rogues' gallery. :
MUGS 127
Chinese money of account. :
TAEL 128
Matter concerning special subject. :
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French patois in Louisiana. :
CREOLE 143
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TITO 145
Austrian Foreign Minister. :
GRUBER 146
Senator from New Jersey. :
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Chairman of House Appropriations Committee. :
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One of the Gilbert Islands. :
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Senator from New Mexico. :
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River flowing into the Bug. :
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Chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee. :
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American editor (1863-1930). :
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City in Paraguay, near Asunción. :
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Answer summary:6 unique to this puzzle , 58 debuted here and reused later , 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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