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Bert Storey
GLOBAL REPORTER
New York Times, Sunday, January 14, 1945
65-Down : Island west of Malta.
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
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© 1945, The New York Times No. 153
Across
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Where Gen. Scobie commands. :
ATHENS 21
Jap Ambassador to Berlin. :
OSHIMA 22
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Graveyard of French fleet. :
TOULON 25
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U. S. carrier lost in Philippines. :
PRINCETON 27
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Target of Roer River drive. :
RUHR 31
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Island of British Solomons. :
ISABEL 48
Member of U. S. Supreme Court. :
REED 50
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U. S. Cabinet advisor. :
HULL 54
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Philippine president. :
OSMENA 61
Wild female buffalo. :
ARNI 62
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Empire ruled by Atahualpa. :
INCA 78
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Monster in Messina Strait. :
SCYLLA 90
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Royal Academy member. :
ARTIST 93
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___ de Lisle, composer of "Marseillaise." :
ROUGET 97
Tribe of Syrian gypsies. :
APTAL 98
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Exclamation of vexed surprise. :
SOH 104
Iceland's Foreign Minister. :
THOR 106
Author of "Utopia." :
MORE 108
Emerson, ___ of Concord. :
SAGE 109
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Neutralized Jap base. :
TRUK 112
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Athenian meeting place. :
PNYX 116
The cloistered life. :
VEIL 118
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Queen Wilhelmina's mother. :
EMMA 125
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U. S. Senator from Virginia. :
BYRD 129
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Non-freezing Baltic port. :
MEMEL 135
Greek Democratic Liberation Army. :
EDES 137
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Prime Minister of U. S. A. :
SMUTS 143
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Port on Zuider Zee. :
EDAM 155
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God of Egyptian underworld. :
OSIRIS 162
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Of Frank Walker's department. :
POSTAL 2
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Belgian fortress near Dinant. :
NAMUR 7
Island, capital Nicosia. :
CYPRUS 8
Swiss branch of Rhine. :
AAR 9
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Freed Belgian industrial city. :
GHENT 12
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Vital European waterway. :
DANUBE 15
Mountains in North Africa. :
ATLAS 16
Valiant Samoan warrior. :
TOA 17
Aerial Burma Road. :
HUMP 18
Loftiest Caucasian peak. :
ELBRUS 19
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Cropper of file ends. :
SNAPER 23
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In path of U. S. Third Army. :
SAAR 40
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Inhabitant of sixteenth Soviet Republic. :
ESTH 51
River bordering N. Manchuria. :
AMUR 53
Filipinos living near Lake Moro. :
LANAOS 55
Islands south of Gilberts. :
ELLICE 57
Mother island of the Bonins. :
HAHA 58
Malay apple of Hawaii. :
OHIA 59
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Bedouin's headkerchief cord. :
AGAL 63
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Cyclades island, capital Hermoupolis. :
SYRA 83
Danubain tributary draining Bessarabia. :
PRUT 86
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U. S. invasion ships. :
LSTS 91
Brother of Volund. :
EGIL 94
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Lake near Syracuse, N. Y. :
ONEIDA 97
17.99 in. in Malacca. :
ASTA 99
Empire State Building chief. :
DRUM 101
Product of Fujiyama. :
LAVA 102
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B-29 target near Osaka. :
KOBE 113
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Author of "Brave Men." :
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War Relocation director. :
MYER 126
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Capital of New Guinea Territory. :
MOROBE 133
Secretary of Navy, 1940. :
EDISON 134
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Jap Marianas base nearest Tokyo. :
URACAS 141
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Country of Gustavus V. :
SWEDEN 145
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Two-handed Greek bowl. :
DEPAS 152
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Offspring of Esperanto. :
IDO 163
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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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