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Bert Storey
FOR GLOBAL STRATEGISTS
New York Times, Sunday, August 1, 1943
133-Across : Sicilian west coast naval and seaplane base.
Author:
Bert Storey
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.35, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 615 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 166, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 83
Bert Storey has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 S | 4 M | 5 A | 6 T | 7 A | 8 A | 9 L | 10 A | 11 B | 12 A | 13 M | 14 A | 15 C | 16 E | 17 L | 18 E | 19 B | 20 E | 21 S |
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22 E | C | U | A | D | O | R | 23 C | A | R | A | V | A | N | 24 A | M | E | R | I | C | A |
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25 S | A | L | E | R | N | O | 26 E | V | E | R | E | S | T | 27 B | I | S | S | E | L | L |
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28 T | U | T | 29 Y | I | M | 30 A | 31 A | C | O | R | 32 I | 33 S | O | L | T | 34 T | O | T |
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35 A | D | A | 36 M | 37 C | A | L | 38 I | B | A | N | 39 P | L | E | B | E | 40 O | L | G | A |
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41 P | A | N | I | 42 C | 43 S | I | O | L | 44 S | 45 T | E | L | E | S | 46 A | L | E | U | T |
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47 O | L | E | R | O | 48 N | 49 B | L | E | 50 B | 51 I | T | E | R | 52 P | R | E | S | E | E |
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53 E | N | A | 54 B | L | E | 55 O | 56 G | L | E | S | 57 S | A | R | I | ||||||||
58 S | 59 I | 60 C | 61 C | O | U | E | 62 R | O | U | E | N | 63 A | T | L | A | N | 64 T | 65 I | 66 C |
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67 I | R | O | 68 N | I | S | T | 69 K | I | T | A | R | 70 D | O | I | L | Y | 71 U | S | A |
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72 B | E | L | A | S | 73 T | 74 A | R | G | E | T | 75 T | E | R | R | A | 76 G | N | A | T |
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77 E | L | O | P | E | 78 R | 79 R | O | O | S | E | 80 V | E | L | T | 81 S | 82 C | R | I | B | E |
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83 R | A | G | E | 84 E | 85 D | G | A | R | 86 M | E | S | I | A | 87 L | 88 R | I | S | E | R |
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89 I | N | N | 90 S | T | O | U | T | 91 M | A | L | T | A | 92 I | 93 N | A | G | I | L | E |
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94 A | D | E | 95 L | A | I | D | E | 96 F | O | L | I | O | 97 P | L | O | T | 98 A | A | R |
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99 A | I | N | O | 100 B | A | R | A | K | 101 E | L | A | T | E | 102 R | ||||||||
103 S | 104 M | 105 Y | R | N | A | 106 H | U | B | S | 107 A | 108 T | T | U | 109 O | R | A | 110 L | 111 E | 112 R |
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113 C | O | U | R | T | 114 C | U | R | L | E | 115 W | 116 A | U | R | 117 A | 118 S | C | E | N | E |
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119 R | A | C | Y | 120 L | I | L | L | E | 121 E | 122 B | R | I | A | T | 123 E | 124 A | T | T | S |
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125 A | B | A | 126 T | I | T | L | E | 127 T | A | L | A | 128 L | A | N | 129 E | 130 T | I | P |
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131 P | I | T | 132 A | R | A | H | 133 T | 134 R | A | P | A | N | 135 I | 136 B | A | S | 137 T | I | C | O |
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138 E | T | A | M | I | N | E | 139 T | O | R | O | N | T | O | 140 A | T | T | A | G | E | N |
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141 R | E | N | E | G | E | R | 142 A | B | A | N | D | O | N | 143 L | E | E | W | A | R | D |
© 1943, The New York TimesNo. 77
Across
1
Jap base on south shore of New Britain. : GASMATA
8
Senator Bankhead's home State. : ALABAMA
15
Macassar is this island's capital. : CELEBES
22
Equatorial republic that gave U.S. Pacific bases. : ECUADOR
23
Desert convoy. : CARAVAN
24
Samuel Francis Smith's famous hymn. : AMERICA
25
Italian province near Naples. : SALERNO
26
World's highest point. : EVEREST
27
Commander of the U.S. Tenth Air Force. : BISSELL
28
Shortened name for famous Egyptian king. : TUT
29
Persian lord of infernal regions. : YIMA
31
Stomachic acidity. : ACOR
32
Tristram's beloved in Tennyson's opera. : ISOLT
34
Small child. : TOT
35
Human frailty. : ADAM
37
Prospero's savage slave. : CALIBAN
39
Lower classman at West Point. : PLEBE
40
Feminine Russian name. : OLGA
41
Economic condition caused by inflation. : PANIC
43
Great Irish clan in Ireland. : SIOL
44
Inscribed Greek pillars. : STELES
46
Native of Dutch Harbor. : ALEUT
47
French isle of maritime law fame. : OLERON
49
Bubble found in glass. : BLEB
51
Roman highway. : ITER
52
View beforehand. : PRESEE
53
Provide with opportunity. : ENABLE
55
Amorous glances. : OGLES
57
Wrap-around garment of Hindu women. : SARI
58
___ transit gloria mundi. : SIC
61
He said, "Every day in every way I grow better and better." : COUE
62
Bomb-blasted town where Joan of Arc died. : ROUEN
63
Route carrying most lend-lease material. : ATLANTIC
67
Person given to sarcasm. : IRONIST
69
Arabian guitar. : KITAR
70
Vase mat. : DOILY
71
Prime Minister Smuts' Dominion: Abbr. : USA
72
Arabian jasmines. : BELAS
73
Objective. : TARGET
75
The earth. : TERRA
76
English mosquito. : GNAT
77
Runaway bride-to-be. : ELOPER
79
Nominee for Vice President, 1920. : ROOSEVELT
81
Journalist. : SCRIBE
83
Spread with destructive effect. : RAGE
84
Name meaning a javelin (or protector) of property. : EDGAR
86
Middle. : MESIAL
88
Upright piece of a step. : RISER
89
Guest house. : INN
90
Physically or materially strong. : STOUT
91
Where Takali field is. : MALTA
92
Not active. : INAGILE
94
South Australian capital. : ADELAIDE
96
A book of the largest kind. : FOLIO
97
Main story. : PLOT
98
South African underground stream. : AAR
99
Light-colored native of Nippon. : AINO
100
Biblical captain who routed the Canaanites. : BARAK
101
Snapping beetle. : ELATER
103
Old name of modern Izmir, Turkey. : SMYRNA
106
Chief centers of important activity. : HUBS
107
U.S. air base near Kiska. : ATTU
109
Word of mouth bettor: racing slang. : ORALER
113
Palace. : COURT
114
Long-legged bird of sandpiper family. : CURLEW
116
Subtle aroma of flowers. : AURA
118
"The world is a vast ___ of strife."—J. M. Mason. : SCENE
119
Fresh and lively. : RACY
120
French city devastated by "block-busters." : LILLE
121
Intoxicated. : EBRIATE
124
Minor Siamese pewter coins. : ATTS
125
Striped camel hair fabric. : ABA
126
Valid reason or ground. : TITLE
127
Timber tree of Argentina. : TALA
128
Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20. : LANE
130
Small ostrich plume. : TIP
131
Palanquin traveler's clothes box: India. : PITARAH
133
Sicilian west coast naval and seaplane base. : TRAPANI
136
General blamed by Il Duce for Italian disaster in Africa. : BASTICO
138
Light cotton dress fabric. : ETAMINE
139
Canadian capital city. : TORONTO
140
The Pallas' sand grouse. : ATTAGEN
141
Person revoking. : RENEGER
142
Forsake. : ABANDON
143
Islands southeast of Puerto Rico. : LEEWARD
Down
1
Himmler's infamous henchmen. : GESTAPO
2
Tailless. : ACAUDAL
3
Turkish-style gown worn about 1700. : SULTANE
4
She gave her name to a life preserver. : MAE
5
Thirsty. : ADRY
6
Medicinal "bracer." : TONIC
7
Agreeable odors. : AROMAS
8
Outstander. : ACE
9
Capable of being washed. : LAVABLE
10
Genus of tropical palms. : ARECA
11
Noblemen. : BARONS
12
Affirm with confidence. : AVER
13
Italian torpedo boat. : MAS
14
Twin West Indies island groups. : ANTILLES
15
Oriental skewer-roasted meat. : CABOBS
16
___ Zola. : EMILE
17
For fear that. : LEST
18
The bitter vetch. : ERS
19
Deerskin jackets used by Apache women. : BIETLES
20
Bucolic poem. : ECLOGUE
21
Undergo sudden change. : SALTATE
30
Nourishing. : ALIBLE
33
Nostradamus. : SEER
36
Entangle. : MIRE
38
Girl won by Hercules in an archery contest. : IOLE
39
Indian of a Guatemalan tribe. : PETEN
40
The liquid part of fat. : OLEIN
42
Laconic. : CONCISE
45
Kiln for drying roofing plates. : TILER
46
An orderly collection. : ARRAY
48
Old Greek temple. : NAOS
50
Constellation containing Arcturus. : BOOTES
52
Giant slain by Athena. : PALLAS
54
Rifle stock. : BUTT
56
President Ubico's country. : GUATEMALA
57
Public disturbance. : STIR
58
Where Omsk is. : SIBERIA
59
Country of which Douglas Hyde is President. : IRELAND
60
Blasted birthplace of Nazi submarine parts. : COLOGNE
62
Austerity. : RIGOR
63
Great arterial trunk. : AORTA
64
"Springboard" of Allied invaders. : TUNISIA
65
Dominican port settled by Columbus. : ISABELA
66
Steward. : CATERER
68
Scruff. : NAPE
69
Native of Sava River area: Var. : KROAT
70
Shepherdess in Vergil's "Eclogues." : DELIA
74
Expostulate. : ARGUE
75
Libretto: Music. : TESTO
76
Small person or creature. : GRIG
78
Sensitive ocular membrane. : RETINA
80
___ Kikinda, part of Yugoslavia. : VELIKA
82
Shell holes. : CRATERS
85
Person simple-mindedly unaware of new ideas: Colloq. : DODO
87
Feminine name. : LILA
90
Man of God. : SAINT
91
Layer of first submarine cable, 1851. : MORSE
93
Sicilian commune near Syracuse. : NOTO
95
Boy's nickname. : LARRY
96
Apologue. : FABLE
97
More than one. : PLURAL
100
Farcical play set to music. : BURLETTA
101
Vanity case. : ETUI
102
Biblical term meaning "fool." : RACA
103
Apparatus used in leveling airfields. : SCRAPER
104
Ancient dweller east of the Dead Sea. : MOABITE
105
Central American peninsula. : YUCATAN
106
U.S. Cabinet member. : HULL
108
Naval base near Grottaglie airdrome. : TARANTO
110
Italian stretcher or litter. : LETTIGA
111
Decoy or allurement. : ENTICER
112
Answer. : RESPOND
114
Greek lyre-like instrument. : CITHER
115
Implement of war. : WEAPON
117
Moorish kettledrum. : ATABAL
120
Climbing plant. : LIANE
122
Suave. : BLAND
123
Maternal relative. : ENATE
126
In good condition. : TRIG
127
Ancient capital of Irish monarchs. : TARA
129
Princely house of Italy. : ESTE
132
Prehistoric shaping core. : AME
134
Syrup made by boiling ripe fruit juice. : ROB
135
Son of Apollo and Creusa. : ION
137
Game at marbles. : TAW
Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 72 debuted here and reused later, 6 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.