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Archie S. Kreiling
HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
New York Times, Sunday, April 23, 1944
117-Across : Fascist leader.
Author:
Archie S. Kreiling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174 , Blocks: 84 , Avg Word Len: 5.11 , Missing: { J Q X } , Scrabble score: 618 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 141 , Cheaters: 4 , FITB: 0 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 78
David Steinberg notes:
The 74-Down clue appears to be inaccurate. Its answer means "a person who practices adoration of the host" ... or "a lover of bread."
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© 1944, The New York Times No. 115
Across
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Albanian oil field bombed by Mitchells. :
BERATI 7
Archipelago southeast of New Guinea. :
LOUISIADE 16
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U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain. :
WINANT 26
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Tributary of the Loire. :
VIENNE 29
Superlative ending. :
EST 30
Bombed city north of Frankfurt. :
KASSEL 32
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Shakespearean conspirator. :
BRUTUS 51
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Where Terboven rules. :
NORWAY 55
Dark shaley limestone. :
CALP 56
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People of eastern Asia. :
SERES 74
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City south of Lille. :
ARRAS 79
First sign of zodiac. :
ARIES 80
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Secretary of War, 1911-13. :
STIMSON 84
First woman to sit in House of Commons. :
ASTOR 85
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Military rank: Abbr. :
COL 87
First on the ration list. :
TIRE 88
Secretary of War under Lincoln. :
STANTON 90
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River flowing past Tours. :
LOIRE 94
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Italian libretto. :
TESTO 96
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Honduran port west of Trujillo. :
CEIBA 104
Pagan tribesman of Nueva Vizcaya, Luzon. :
ITALON 106
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King of Assyria, B. C. 722-705. :
SARGON 123
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Lieut. Comdr. of the Waves. :
MCAFEE 134
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Dutch island between Borneo and Java. :
BAWEAN 2
City south of Stalingrad. :
ELISTA 3
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1,400-mile river to Caspian. :
URAL 10
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Cotton Ed Smith's State: Abbr. :
SC 12
Electrified particle. :
ION 13
Biblical shepherd. :
ABEL 14
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Former Governor of Pennsylvania. :
EARLE 16
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Observe with fixed attention. :
EYE 19
Adjective used substantively. :
ADNOUN 20
Common finch, so called because it feeds on seeds of flax. :
LINNET 21
Look of contempt. :
SNEER 31
Makes legal claim. :
SUES 33
River flowing through Munich. :
ISAR 37
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First Governor of South Carolina. :
RUTLEDGE 43
Arranged in tiers. :
ROWED 44
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City on the Rhone. :
ARLES 46
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Group of seventeen islands, part of New Hebrides. :
BANKS 51
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Saturn's daughter. :
CERES 57
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Strategic city north of Crimean peninsula. :
MELITOPOL 61
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German-captured Dodecanese island. :
LEROS 69
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Legendary king of Britain. :
LUD 78
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Messenger of Zeus. :
IRIS 84
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Nearly extinct animal. :
BISON 86
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Bavarian river, 193 miles to Elbe. :
EGER 95
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Pugilist who has been touring Army camps. :
BAER 105
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Cymbeline's daughter. :
IMOGEN 110
Painter of Washington (1755-1828). :
STUART 111
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River in Rumania. :
SOMES 121
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One of Columbus' ships. :
NINA 123
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Answer summary:12 unique to this puzzle , 66 debuted here and reused later , 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 12 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 66 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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