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Alberta N. Burton
WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, July 22, 1945
82-Across : Roderick ___.
Author:
Alberta N. Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172 , Blocks: 81 , Avg Word Len: 5.21 , Missing: { J Q X } , Scrabble score: 655 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 148 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 7 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 66
David Steinberg notes:
Original 123-Across entry should have been SUZETTE, not SUSETTE; could not change this.
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© 1945, The New York Times No. 180
Across
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Between Pfc. and Sgt. :
CORP 5
European bone of contention. :
POLAND 11
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Exiled king has returned to this capital. :
OSLO 21
Vladivostok's province. :
AMUR 22
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Capital of Okinawa. :
NAHA 26
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Producer of "The Miracle." :
GEST 29
Scene of juncture of U. S. and Russian Armies. :
TORGAU 31
Lin ___, author of "Vigil of a Nation." :
YUTANG 33
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Range between Europe and Asia. :
URAL 37
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Oil port island off N. E. coast of Borneo. :
TARAKAN 39
River boundary of Tiergarten. :
SPREE 42
Diminutive suffix. :
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Bobby-soxers' Pied Piper. :
SINATRA 54
Part of the intestine: Comb. form. :
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Ravel's Spanish dance. :
BOLERO 67
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Condition of Wehrmacht. :
KAPUT 70
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1/10 bushel in Japan. :
RIN 73
Apparent ends of Saturn's rings. :
ANSAE 74
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Search thoroughly. :
SCOUR 77
Largest man-made lake. :
MEAD 78
Former Nazi Labor leader. :
LEY 80
Short Book of Old Testament. :
AMOS 81
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Miss Winsor's heroine. :
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Sea between Europe and Asia. :
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Arctic and Antarctic. :
OCEANS 104
Strait between Sweden and Jutland. :
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Wild buffalo of India: Var. :
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Bronze half-cent of India. :
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German province in American zone. :
HESSE 123
Crêpes ___, French pancakes. :
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Woman adviser to a statesman. :
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Author of famous elegy, 1750. :
GRAY 144
Prussian university city. :
BONN 145
Jap envoy in Washington, Dec. 7, 1941. :
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East Indies sheep. :
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Inspires with reverence. :
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U. S. General, accepted Goering's surrender. :
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Von Ribbentrop was captured here. :
HAMBURG 36
Designer of Versailles gardens (1613-1700). :
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Elongated depression of ear. :
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Pacific diet item. :
TARO 45
Fasten immovably. :
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Continued fever: Med. :
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Important London street. :
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Designer of Lincoln Memorial. :
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Capital of Malabar, where calico originated. :
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Kentucky college. :
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Island off Siberia shelled by U. S. ships. :
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Mts. between Mongolia and Siberia. :
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City of Dan: Josh. xix, 43. :
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Under-Secretary of State. :
GREW 136
Potent cause of war. :
HATE 137
Ropes to hoist yards: Naut. :
TYES 140
Bay on Honshu Island. :
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Answer summary:13 unique to this puzzle , 53 debuted here and reused later , 15 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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