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Archie S. Kreiling
WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, July 11, 1943
89-Across : Abnegate.
Author:
Archie S. Kreiling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 178 , Blocks: 84 , Avg Word Len: 5.00 , Missing: { Q Z } , Scrabble score: 685 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 147 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 3 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 101
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© 1943, The New York Times No. 74
Across
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Jap-dominated island east of French Indo-China. :
HAINAN 7
Given name of Price Administrator. :
PRENTISS 15
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Recently deceased Japanese admiral. :
YAMAMOTO 24
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Roman Emperor before Galba. :
NERO 30
"Cadenus and ___," poem by Swift. :
VANESSA 33
Adolescent years. :
TEENS 35
Toward the sheltered side. :
ALEE 36
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First wife of Zeus. :
METIS 38
Give name, French Chief of Government. :
PIERRE 40
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Cold vegetable dish :
SALAD 42
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British general (1757-1829). :
BAIRD 55
Former U. S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. :
DAVIES 58
Improver of printing press (1812-1886). :
HOE 59
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Commanding General, Army Air Forces. :
ARNOLD 62
Secretary of State. :
HULL 63
First Russian ruler to take the title "Czar," 1547. :
IVAN 64
Given name of author of "Divina Commedia." :
DANTE 65
Faneuil Hall or "___ of Liberty." :
CRADLE 66
Members of the Folketing. :
DANES 67
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Former Archbishop of Canterbury. :
LANG 69
Raisin cake, in South Africa. :
BANKET 70
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Drink intemperately. :
SOAK 79
Prophet bribed by Balak to curse Israel. :
BALAAM 80
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Assyrian god of military prowess. :
ASHUR 84
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French ecclesiastic's title. :
ABBE 88
French city bombed by RAF. :
POIX 89
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Norse goddess of healing. :
EIR 93
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"King of Lampedusa." :
COHEN 99
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Celtic foot soldiers. :
KERNS 110
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French commune on Garonne River. :
AGEN 114
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Engineer of N. Y. C. subways (1859-1932). :
PARSONS 121
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Executive director of War Manpower Commission. :
APPLEY 126
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Product resulting from lysis. :
LYSATE
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Vice Chief of Naval Operations. :
HORNE 2
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River in Ecuador, 550 miles from Cotopaxi Mt. to Amazon. :
NAPO 5
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Sounds of breathing. :
RALES 9
Australian ratite birds. :
EMUS 10
Keepers of door locks. :
NABS 11
Trench weapon: Abbr. :
TM 12
Island in the Aegean. :
IOS 13
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Site of World War I battle. :
MARNE 16
Nights before events. :
EVES 17
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State in Borneo where Sir James Brooke was "white rajah." :
SARAWAK 19
Old Latin Bible text. :
ITALA 20
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Item of property. :
ASSET 31
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Electrified particle. :
ION 40
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Began a golf game. :
TEED 45
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Where Aswan Dam is. :
NILE 50
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Hercules took her captive. :
IOLE 52
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First Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, 1580. :
DRAKE 56
Where Aconcagua is. :
ANDES 57
Unit of electromotive force. :
VOLT 60
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German commander Von ___, captured in Tunisia. :
ARNIM 62
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Noted Mohawk Indian chief (1742-1807). :
BRANT 70
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Commune, Hainaut Province, Belgium. :
ROUX 73
Landis of the OCD. :
JAMES 74
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Town in Tunisia west of Tunis. :
BEJA 80
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French city, site of German airfield. :
CAEN 87
Division of the Scythians. :
ALANS 89
American Army surgeon (1851-1902). :
REED 90
F. D. R.'s youngest son. :
JOHN 91
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Native of Bombay, India. :
BHOR 94
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Artificial fly for trout fishing. :
WRENTAIL 97
Author of "Faerie Queene." :
SPENSER 98
One not in army or navy: Slang. :
CIT 99
Type of plane: Colloq. :
GIRO 101
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Major Jap base in the Aleutians. :
KISKA 110
New England girl in Hawthorne's "Marble Faun." :
HILDA 111
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Two cents in India. :
ANNA 116
Prince of Afghanistan. :
AMIR 117
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Egyptian sacred bull. :
APIS 120
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Impertinent peeping. :
PRY 128
Answer summary:16 unique to this puzzle , 85 debuted here and reused later , 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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