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Willard N. Jordan
GLOBAL REPORTER
New York Times, Sunday, September 30, 1945
80-Across : Over.
Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142 , Blocks: 67 , Avg Word Len: 5.27 , Missing: { J Q Z } , Scrabble score: 534 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 120 , Cheaters: 4 , FITB: 1 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 53
David Steinberg notes:
In 97-Down clue, removed colon after "Bonaparte."
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© 1945, The New York Times No. 190
Across
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City to be occupied Oct. 23, 6th Division. :
NAGOYA 7
Nipponese prize taken in Germany. :
OSHIMA 13
Remnant of Jap fleet. :
NAGATO 19
Red member of "super peace council." :
MOLOTOV 20
One of the arch war criminals. :
KEITEL 21
Imaginary king of East: Var. :
AMAMON 22
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Quintus H. Flaccus, golden age poet. :
HORACE 25
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First day of Roman months. :
CALENDS 28
Planner of B-29 raids on Tokyo. :
LEMAY 30
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Mighty U. S. dreadnought. :
IOWA 34
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Mountings for tires. :
RIMS 37
Genus of aquatic plants. :
NAIAS 39
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Toward the setting sun. :
AWEST 43
Artificial gold or silver of Egypt. :
ASEM 44
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Bird of ostrich family. :
RATITE 48
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Iloilo is its capital. :
PANAY 52
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His capital is Tegucigalpa. :
ANDINO 58
Capital of 20th Air Force base. :
GARAPAN 61
Bogland to a poet. :
ERIN 62
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Thunder-god of Vedic myth. :
INDRA 69
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Farmer in old Ireland. :
CEILE 71
Father of Jacob and Esau. :
ISAAC 73
America's Peter Klaus. :
RIP 74
Spenser's Emerald Isle. :
IRENA 76
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Chantilly product. :
LACE 84
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Marines call him "Howlin' Mad." :
SMITH 89
Heroine in St. George and the Dragon ballads. :
SABRA 90
Minced oath: U. S. :
SWOW 92
Ideal republic of James Harrington. :
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Mountains in Beehive State. :
UINTA 115
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Admiral Halsey's flag secretary. :
STASSEN 125
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Haunt of theatrical Broadwayites. :
RIALTO 127
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Old romantic name of Highland region, Scotland. :
ALBANIA 3
Sticky substance: Slang. :
GOO 4
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Japan's ex-Navy Minister. :
YONAI 6
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Future U. S. Pacific base. :
OKINAWA 8
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The broomcorn millet. :
HIRSE 10
Jap admiral killed in suicide attack at Okinawa. :
ITO 11
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Capital of Ryukyus. :
NAHA 14
Port on Taiwan Strait. :
AMOY 15
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Islands of N Ryukyus. :
AMAMIS 17
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One of Gen. Geiger's men. :
MARINE 27
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New 14,500-ton U. S. carrier. :
SAIPAN 35
Romans of Virgil's time. :
LATINS 36
Boat having three rowers. :
RANDAN 38
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Genus of corn lilies. :
IXIA 49
Of the Land of Regrets. :
INDIC 51
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Ancient name of Homs, Syria. :
EMESA 55
Largest Madagascan lemurs. :
INDRIS 56
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Giraffe's close relatives. :
OKAPIS 58
Coventry's famous bareback rider. :
GODIVA 59
Character in Faerie Queene. :
AMORET 60
Titular role of Archbishop Damaskinos. :
REGENT 61
Bevin's predecessor. :
EDEN 63
Mediator of Peruvian-Ecuadorian border agreement. :
ARANHA 66
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King of Beggars: 1693-1770. :
CAREW 72
Nomadic Bedouin tribe. :
ATEBA 75
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Pickled bamboo shoots: India. :
ACHAR 80
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Former name of Seyhan River, Turkey. :
SARUS 91
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About 20 million square miles. :
EURASIA 96
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Author of Napoleon Bonaparte (1850-1928). :
SLOANE 98
Founder of New York's E. 36th St. Library. :
MORGAN 99
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Bacolod is its capital. :
NEGROS 102
Stalinites in Kazan area. :
TATARS 104
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Any Norse epicist. :
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Grafted, in heraldry. :
ENTE 117
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King Arthur's foster brother. :
KAY 124
Answer summary:11 unique to this puzzle , 42 debuted here and reused later , 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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