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Archie S. Kreiling
Archie S. Kreiling

HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES

New York Times, Sunday, April 23, 1944

95-Across : Italian libretto.

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
Archie S. Kreiling has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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 TimesNo. 115
Across
1
Albanian oil field bombed by Mitchells. : BERATI
7
Archipelago southeast of New Guinea. : LOUISIADE
16
Flawless patterns. : IDEALS
22
Red-yellow color. : ALESAN
23
Bell P-39. : AIRACOBRA
24
Cuban Premier. : ZAYDIN
25
U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain. : WINANT
26
Delineation. : PLAN
27
Well-nigh. : NEAR
28
Tributary of the Loire. : VIENNE
29
Superlative ending. : EST
30
Bombed city north of Frankfurt. : KASSEL
32
Symbols of France. : LILIES
34
Individual. : ONE
35
Supped. : ATE
36
Twisted. : CUED
37
Bomb. : EGG
40
Headland. : NESS
41
Repenter. : RUER
42
Told a story. : NARRATED
45
Macaws. : ARARAS
47
Shipshape. : ATAUNT
49
Night birds. : OWLS
50
Shakespearean conspirator. : BRUTUS
51
Ground grain. : GRIST
52
Where Terboven rules. : NORWAY
55
Dark shaley limestone. : CALP
56
Jacob's twin. : ESAU
58
Variety of garnet. : APLOME
62
Fencing swords. : EPEES
63
Doctrine. : TENET
64
Neutralizes. : NULLS
66
Disunite. : SEVER
67
Consolidate. : WELD
68
Passerine birds. : LARKS
69
Clanging sound. : STREPOR
71
Cancel. : DELE
72
Proclaim. : CRY
73
People of eastern Asia. : SERES
74
Yearns: Colloq. : ACHES
75
Wayfarer. : PILGRIM
77
Cooled lava. : AA
78
City south of Lille. : ARRAS
79
First sign of zodiac. : ARIES
80
Reason. : ARGUE
81
Preposition. : TO
82
Secretary of War, 1911-13. : STIMSON
84
First woman to sit in House of Commons. : ASTOR
85
Hair ribbon. : BRAID
86
Military rank: Abbr. : COL
87
First on the ration list. : TIRE
88
Secretary of War under Lincoln. : STANTON
90
Diabolical foe. : FIEND
91
Head: Italian. : CAPO
92
River flowing past Tours. : LOIRE
94
Noumenal. : ONTAL
95
Italian libretto. : TESTO
96
Mystify. : BEFOG
97
Naval officer. : ENSIGN
99
Bristle. : SETA
100
Medicinal plant. : ALOE
101
In painful manner. : SORELY
102
Honduran port west of Trujillo. : CEIBA
104
Pagan tribesman of Nueva Vizcaya, Luzon. : ITALON
106
Greek portico. : STOA
107
Grecian town. : SPARTA
109
Alpine climbers. : ICEMEN
110
Famous since 1887. : SHERLOCK
114
Observe closely. : SCAN
115
Enlarge. : REAM
117
Fascist leader. : RAS
118
Bewilder. : STUN
119
Title: India. : SRI
120
Have a right to. : CAN
121
King of Assyria, B. C. 722-705. : SARGON
123
Springs. : FOUNTS
125
Cough: Med. abbr. : TUS
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Zealous. : ARDENT
128
Shield. : EGIS
130
Lethargy. : COMA
131
Genus of palms. : ELAEIS
133
Lieut. Comdr. of the Waves. : MCAFEE
134
French philosopher (1815-1903). : RENOUVIER
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Refound. : REBASE
137
Hurled at. : PELTED
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Sharpest. : SNAPPIEST
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Marshy valleys. : SWALES
Down
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Dutch island between Borneo and Java. : BAWEAN
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City south of Stalingrad. : ELISTA
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Lessee. : RENTER
4
King of Judah. : ASA
5
General Sherman. : TANK
6
Wholly. : INTACTLY
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Committed a fault. : LAPSED
8
Lubricated. : OILED
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1,400-mile river to Caspian. : URAL
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Gaelic name. : IAN
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Cotton Ed Smith's State: Abbr. : SC
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Electrified particle. : ION
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Biblical shepherd. : ABEL
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Sewers. : DRAINS
15
Former Governor of Pennsylvania. : EARLE
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U. S. S. R. newspaper. : IZVESTIA
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Platform. : DAIS
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Observe with fixed attention. : EYE
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Adjective used substantively. : ADNOUN
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Common finch, so called because it feeds on seeds of flax. : LINNET
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Look of contempt. : SNEER
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Makes legal claim. : SUES
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River flowing through Munich. : ISAR
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Burst forth. : ERUPT
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Channel. : GAT
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General Clark's chief of staff. : GRUENTHER
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First Governor of South Carolina. : RUTLEDGE
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Arranged in tiers. : ROWED
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Milkfishes. : AWAS
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City on the Rhone. : ARLES
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Confirms. : ASSURES
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Vipers. : ASPS
50
Group of seventeen islands, part of New Hebrides. : BANKS
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Swallow eagerly. : GULP
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Australian port on Hunter River. : NEWCASTLE
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Working. : OPERATION
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Depend. : RELY
55
Saturn's daughter. : CERES
57
Malt beverages. : ALES
59
Fini. : OVER
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Strategic city north of Crimean peninsula. : MELITOPOL
61
Science concerned with deserts. : EREMOLOGY
63
Captured Italian port. : TARANTO
65
Lily Pons. : SOPRANO
68
German-captured Dodecanese island. : LEROS
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Descendant. : SCION
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Not pliant. : RIGID
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Elders: Abbr. : SRS
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Worshiper of art. : ARTOLATER
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Legendary king of Britain. : LUD
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War Bond buyer. : AMERICAN
79
Without polarity. : ASTATIC
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Mountain crest. : ARETE
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Messenger of Zeus. : IRIS
84
Poker stake. : ANTE
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Nearly extinct animal. : BISON
86
Estaminet. : CAFE
89
Vase handle. : ANSA
90
Criminal. : FELON
91
Of wax. : CERAL
93
Bavarian river, 193 miles to Elbe. : EGER
95
Memoirs. : TALES
96
Clodhopper. : BOOR
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Combined with an acid. : NITRATED
101
Stretching machines. : STENTERS
103
Pugilist who has been touring Army camps. : BAER
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Wine chalice. : AMA
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Eschew. : SHUN
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Wanting. : SCARCE
108
Shed: India. : PANDAL
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Cymbeline's daughter. : IMOGEN
110
Painter of Washington (1755-1828). : STUART
111
Like bone. : OSTEAL
112
Sail about. : CRUISE
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Collides gently. : KISSES
114
Rogue. : SCAMP
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Maturers. : AGERS
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River in Rumania. : SOMES
121
Cut. : SNEE
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One of Columbus' ships. : NINA
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Liver: French. : FOIE
124
Destroyed. : SLEW
127
Small lizard. : EFT
129
Hush-money. : SOP
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Roman 106. : CVI
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Arabian fabric. : ABA
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Skyward. : UP

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 66 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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

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