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Louis Baron
Louis Baron

WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS

New York Times, Sunday, January 20, 1946

67-Down : Unusually tense.

Author:
Louis Baron
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 128, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.55, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 532 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 136, Cheaters: 28, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 57
Louis Baron has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 206
Across
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Japanese political leader. : SHIMOMURA
10
David's rebellious son. : ABSALOM
17
Pathological reaction to light. : PHOTOMANIA
18
Pertaining to double vision. : DIPLOPIC
20
Hitler's favorite science. : GEOPOLITICS
21
Place of torment or martyrdom. : GOLGOTHA
23
Chang's twin. : ENG
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Eaglestone. : ETITE
25
Cyclades island. : NIO
26
Mr. Weller. : SAM
27
Seaport of Honshu. : TSU
28
Biblical mountain. Var. : SINA
29
Hard. : STEELY
32
Swiss canton, capital Altdorf. : URI
33
More civilized in behavior. : SANER
36
Traveling cases. : SATCHELS
38
Raised to the third power. : CUBED
40
Strike and rebound. : CAROM
42
Splay-footed person. : LEIOPUS
43
The California sardine. : SADINA
44
Where Sans Souci is. : POTSDAM
46
Salt: French. : SEL
47
Large areas of natural resources. : FORESTS
48
Not aweather. : ALEE
49
Order of web-footed birds. : NATANTES
53
Wilfred, son of Cedric. : IVANHOE
54
Once existed. : WAS
55
Ancient cylindrical manuscript cases. : SCRINIA
56
Thus. : SIC
57
Nooks. : INS
58
General Marshall's host. : CHIANGKAISHEK
62
Pervading influence. : AIR
65
Spread. : RUN
66
Eighth parts of circles. : OCTANTS
67
Embattled U. S. Government agency. : OPA
70
Natural height. : STATURE
72
Made unnecessary. : OBVIATED
74
Exceeding. : OVER
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Egyptian god worshiped in Greece and Rome. : SERAPIS
76
An Indo-Chinese of Burma. : TAI
77
Threatens to collapse. : TOTTERS
79
Portion of the iris bordering the pupil. : AREOLA
80
Predisposed. : PARTIAL
84
Civilized race of New Zealand. : MAORI
85
Clergyman's residence. : MANSE
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Thin stream. : TRICKLET
88
Not neat. : MESSY
90
Summer: Fr. : ETE
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Droop awkwardly. : SLOUCH
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The ___, Thames Riv. estuary. : NORE
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Notwithstanding. : THO
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Girl: Colloq. : SIS
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Cymbals used by Hindu dancers. : TAL
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Small sailboat of P. I. : SAPIT
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Horse and vehicle. : RIG
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Enclose in a globular form. : ENSPHERE
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Ex-Premier of Japan. : HIGASHIKUNI
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Jumping cry of U. S. paratroopers. : GERONIMO
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Catching up to. : OVERTAKING
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Equivalent expression. : SYNONYM
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Pre-Victory hobby of many Americans. : GARDENING
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Feudal Japanese military offices. : SHOGUNATES
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Airplane flight. : HOP
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Drafter of Japan's Constitution (1841-1909). : ITO
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Burrowing insectivores. : MOLES
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Inflammation of the shoulder. : OMITIS
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Of the morning. : MATINAL
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Arithmetical remainder after division. : UNITATE
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Staple crop of Orient. : RICE
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Geological ridge. : AAS
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Product-promoting notice. : AD
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Immensity. : BIGNESS
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Ruin. : SPOIL
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Modify by mixture. : ALLOY
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Ship's record. : LOG
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Juice: Comb. form. : OPO
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War-mongering industrial clique in Japan. : MITSUBISHI
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Navy and air training base in Florida. : PENSACOLA
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___-le-Pont, suburb of Paris. : CHARENTON
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Secures. : GETS
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Enzymes which free ammonia from acid amides. : AMIDASES
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Composer of "Leningrad Symphony." : SHOSTAKOVITCH
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Indian shelter. : TEPEE
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Jewish months. : ELULS
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Scottish Gaelic. : ERSE
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Divining wand. : ROD
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101. : CI
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Galleons. : CARACKS
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Netherlands commune. : UDEN
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Unsettled territory between China and U.S.S.R. : MANCHURIA
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U.S.S.R. collectively. : SOVIETDOM
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Animal's foot. : PAW
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Branch of U. S. service since 1775. : MARINES
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Seine. : FISHNET
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___ Juana, Mexico. : TIA
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Cape near Gloucester, Mass. : ANN
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To dress stone. : NIG
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Conscientious morality. : SCRUPLE
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Seaport in eastern Sicily. : ACI
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Eskimo. : ITA
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Roosted. : SAT
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Native of Shillong. : ASSAMESE
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Repeating. : ITERATING
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Superior excellences. : RARENESSES
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Unusually tense. : OVERSTRUNG
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Becoming extinct. : PERISHING
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Land measures. : ARS
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Village in New Mexico. : TAOS
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City on west coast of Hokkaido. : OTARU
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Of atmospheric pressure. : BARIC
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Amerind. : OTOE
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Hero of Burns' poem, 1788. : TAM
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Cleopatra's dynasty. : PTOLEMY
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River in Orenburg gov't, U.S.S.R. : IK
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Old English cloth inspector. : ALNAGER
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It bears the Ethiopian's fingerprints. : LEOPARD
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Sad: French. : TRISTE
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Oriental ascetic. : YOGI
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Little: Comb. form. : STENO
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Hook-shaped wire money of Arabia and Persia. : LARIN
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Man's name, meaning strength. : ETHAN
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Brahma, Vishnu and ___. : SIVA
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Snoop. : PRY
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Title of Senators, Mayors, etc. (Abbr.) : HON
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Greedy fellow. : HOG
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Island N. W. of Kyushu. : IKI
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Related. : KIN
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Solemn Hindu mantra. : OM

Answer summary:
24 unique to this puzzle, 33 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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