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W. W. Webster
WORLD WIDE WORDS
New York Times, Sunday, November 21, 1943
95-Down : Bone-roller.
Author:
W. W. Webster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172 , Blocks: 77 , Avg Word Len: 5.26 , Missing: { J Q V } , Scrabble score: 628 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 148 , Cheaters: 2 , FITB: 1 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 82
David Steinberg notes:
In 70-Across clue, added umlaut over "u" in "Atatürk."
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© 1943, The New York Times No. 93
Across
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State of mental strength. :
MORALE 21
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Battleship launched Feb. 16, 1942. :
ALABAMA 26
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One-third of a sleepy trio. :
NOD 29
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Youth beloved by Galatea. :
ACIS 33
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Shield of protection. :
EGIS 36
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Pittsburgh's ceiling zero. :
SMOG 46
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Machine-gun hideout. :
NEST 56
Where the U.S.S. Savannah defied bombs. :
SALERNO 58
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Native of largest Grecian isle. :
CRETAN 63
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Political mud pack. :
SMEAR 66
Allied occupying government. :
AMG 69
Letters of the alphabet. :
OES 70
The late Atatürk. :
KEMAL 72
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One of the Tubuai islands, Oceania. :
RAPA 78
Coin of ancient Rome. :
SEMIS 80
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The Barber of Seville. :
FIGARO 83
Gets back into shape: Colloq. :
SLIMS 85
Bearing, manner: Fr. :
TENUE 87
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Icy pinnacle in a glacier. :
SERAC 94
Country of ancient Troy. :
TROAD 96
Heroine of "Last Days of Pompeii." :
IONE 97
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Pertaining to Nehru's land. :
INDIC 103
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Subject of poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay. :
LIDICE 109
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Hold a conference. :
MEET 115
Beam tossed in a game. :
CABER 118
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Tarzan's colleague. :
APE 121
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Noah's landing field. :
ARARAT 127
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Situated amid branches. :
TREED 131
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Europe's oppressor. :
NAZI 133
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Cinderella's original costume. :
RAGS 139
Port of Turku, Finland's second city. :
ABO 140
City on the Aar River. :
BERN 141
Division of Algeria. :
ORAN 143
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Feast day: Comb. form. :
MAS 146
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Animals allied to the horse. :
TAPIRS 156
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"In shape no bigger than an agate-stone." :
MAB 5
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Historic town in south of France. :
NIMES 7
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Herbert B. Maw is its Governor. :
UTAH 11
Bombed city in northern Italy. :
MILAN 12
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Talk with affected nicety. :
MINCE 16
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West Indies liquors. :
RUMS 18
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A voyager to the Antipodes. :
ELEANOR 24
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Jap style of attack. :
SNEAK 44
Cough syrup balsams. :
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Anglo-Saxon slaves. :
ESNES 51
550-mile tributary of the Dnieper. :
DESNA 53
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Communication lines. :
RAILS 59
Australia's air fighters. :
RAAF 60
Island French and Italians seized from Nazis. :
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First name of "Penguin Island" author (1844-1924). :
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Ammunition: Soldier's slang. :
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Fortify with vitamins. :
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Large Philippine trees for fruit, cordage. :
DAOS 93
Signer of Moscow Declarations. :
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Coke R. Stevenson is its Governor. :
TEXAS 108
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Hypothetical medium. :
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A patroller of the North Atlantic. :
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U. S. Army's two-man anti-tank gun. :
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Shattered Gilbert island. :
APAMAMA 123
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Indians of Bolivia. :
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Bombed isle near the Gilberts. :
NAURU 140
Famous isle next to Java. :
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Russia's new economic policy. :
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Answer summary:4 unique to this puzzle , 78 debuted here and reused later , 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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