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Bert Storey
Bert Storey

GLOBAL REPORTER

New York Times, Sunday, January 14, 1945

107-Down : Looker-on.

Author:
Bert Storey
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 182, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 4.91, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 665 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 72
Bert Storey has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 153
Across
1
Conqueror of Metz. : PATTON
7
Chinese coins. : CASH
11
Not unhappy. : GLAD
15
Where Gen. Scobie commands. : ATHENS
21
Jap Ambassador to Berlin. : OSHIMA
22
Jap commander on Philippines. : YAMASHITA
24
Graveyard of French fleet. : TOULON
25
Water course. : STREAM
26
U. S. carrier lost in Philippines. : PRINCETON
27
Greek letter. : LAMBDA
28
Chinese pagoda. : TAA
29
Target of Roer River drive. : RUHR
31
Rent. : TORN
32
Japanese village. : MURA
34
Airplane part. : PROP
35
Alms box. : ARCA
37
Defendant: Law. : REUS
39
Suffrage. : VOTE
41
Tiptop. : BEST
43
Purpose or object. : USE
44
Parasite. : LEECH
46
Island of British Solomons. : ISABEL
48
Member of U. S. Supreme Court. : REED
50
Scraper. : RASER
52
U. S. Cabinet advisor. : HULL
54
Vacuous. : AIRLESS
56
Humbug. : SHAM
58
Philippine president. : OSMENA
61
Wild female buffalo. : ARNI
62
Native of Riga. : LETT
64
Throbbing. : APULSE
68
Hawk parrot. : HIA
69
Close-fitting. : SNUG
71
Son of Erin. : GAEL
73
Hittite ancestor. : HETH
75
Pro ___. : RATA
76
Empire ruled by Atahualpa. : INCA
78
Genus of ducks. : ANAS
80
River nymph. : NAIS
82
Spring. : LEAP
84
Bride's title. : MRS
85
Tyrant of Syracuse (B. C. 361?-289). : AGATHOCLES
88
Monster in Messina Strait. : SCYLLA
90
Compensate. : REPAY
92
Royal Academy member. : ARTIST
93
British news agency. : REUTERS
95
___ de Lisle, composer of "Marseillaise." : ROUGET
97
Tribe of Syrian gypsies. : APTAL
98
Make mental plans. : IDEATE
100
The Pleiades. : ATLANTIDES
103
Exclamation of vexed surprise. : SOH
104
Iceland's Foreign Minister. : THOR
106
Author of "Utopia." : MORE
108
Emerson, ___ of Concord. : SAGE
109
Small Swiss sled. : LUGE
110
Neutralized Jap base. : TRUK
112
Obligation. : ONUS
114
Athenian meeting place. : PNYX
116
The cloistered life. : VEIL
118
Pose. : SIT
119
Daughter of Minos. : AEROPE
121
Murger heroine. : MIMI
123
Queen Wilhelmina's mother. : EMMA
125
Withdraw. : DETACH
127
U. S. Senator from Virginia. : BYRD
129
Thoroughfare. : ROADWAY
131
False friend. : IAGO
132
Non-freezing Baltic port. : MEMEL
135
Greek Democratic Liberation Army. : EDES
137
Rebels. : RISERS
139
Prime Minister of U. S. A. : SMUTS
143
Harem chamber. : ODA
144
Pitcher. : EWER
146
Young oyster. : SPAT
148
Learned. : READ
150
Forehead. : BROW
151
___ Lardner. : RING
153
Port on Zuider Zee. : EDAM
155
Russian hemp. : RINE
157
Algonquin. : CREE
159
English festival. : ALE
160
God of Egyptian underworld. : OSIRIS
162
Female gremlin. : FIFINELLA
165
Ran second. : PLACED
167
Exploding meteor. : BOLIDE
168
Shopkeepers. : TRADESMEN
169
Fret. : ABRADE
170
Captivate. : ENAMOR
171
Fill. : SATE
172
Classify. : SORT
173
Judge of Israel. : SAMSON
Down
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Of Frank Walker's department. : POSTAL
2
Goggle-eyed. : ASTARE
3
Balkan region. : THRACE
4
Stand-off. : TIE
5
A famous Bradley. : OMAR
6
Belgian fortress near Dinant. : NAMUR
7
Island, capital Nicosia. : CYPRUS
8
Swiss branch of Rhine. : AAR
9
Enamored. : SMIT
10
Hitlerite of purest Teutonic strain. : HANOVERIAN
11
Freed Belgian industrial city. : GHENT
12
Ignited. : LIT
13
Particle. : ATOM
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Vital European waterway. : DANUBE
15
Mountains in North Africa. : ATLAS
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Valiant Samoan warrior. : TOA
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Aerial Burma Road. : HUMP
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Loftiest Caucasian peak. : ELBRUS
19
Knotty. : NODOSE
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Cropper of file ends. : SNAPER
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Ribbonlike streamer. : SCROLL
30
Symbol of terror. : HEIL
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Stalinites. : REDS
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Continued pain. : ACHE
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In path of U. S. Third Army. : SAAR
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Scottish Gaelic. : ERSE
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Pitfall. : TRAP
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Krauts of 1917. : HUNS
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Hope's pal. : BING
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Inhabitant of sixteenth Soviet Republic. : ESTH
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River bordering N. Manchuria. : AMUR
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Filipinos living near Lake Moro. : LANAOS
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Islands south of Gilberts. : ELLICE
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Mother island of the Bonins. : HAHA
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Malay apple of Hawaii. : OHIA
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Jap-held target of B-29's. : SINGAPORE
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Tokyo-bound general. : MACARTHUR
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Bedouin's headkerchief cord. : AGAL
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Legendary archer. : TELL
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Island west of Malta. : LAMPEDUSA
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Of military importance. : STRATEGIC
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Careless. : EASY
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Benign influence. : UNCTION
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An Oriental. : EASTERN
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Allowance for ripping. : TEARAGE
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The sweetsop. : ATTA
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Dried. : SERE
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Cyclades island, capital Hermoupolis. : SYRA
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Danubain tributary draining Bessarabia. : PRUT
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Pick handle. : HILT
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Coal bed. : SEAM
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U. S. invasion ships. : LSTS
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Brother of Volund. : EGIL
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GI idea of U. S. : UTOPIA
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Lake near Syracuse, N. Y. : ONEIDA
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17.99 in. in Malacca. : ASTA
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Empire State Building chief. : DRUM
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Product of Fujiyama. : LAVA
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Son of Adam. : SETH
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Weeder. : HOER
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Looker-on. : EYEWITNESS
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B-29 target near Osaka. : KOBE
113
Noted person. : SIRE
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Yuletide. : XMAS
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Drumsticks. : LEGS
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Author of "Brave Men." : PYLE
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___ Hart. : MOSS
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War Relocation director. : MYER
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Mausoleum. : TOMB
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Act. : DEED
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Missel thrush. : DRAINE
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Munich's river. : ISAR
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Capital of New Guinea Territory. : MOROBE
133
Secretary of Navy, 1940. : EDISON
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City on Pasig River. : MANILA
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Select for service. : DRAFTS
138
Disavow. : RECANT
140
Jap Marianas base nearest Tokyo. : URACAS
141
City on the Tagus. : TOLEDO
142
Country of Gustavus V. : SWEDEN
145
Bremen's river. : WESER
147
The flower. : PRIDE
149
Two-handed Greek bowl. : DEPAS
152
Ruthless. : GRIM
154
Star in Cetus. : MIRA
156
Sailor's saint. : ELMO
158
Tuscany isle. : ELBA
161
Offspring of Esperanto. : IDO
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Stout. : FAT
164
Celtic Neptune. : LER
166
Combatant army branch. : ARM

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 62 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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