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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

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New York Times, Sunday, December 12, 1943

111-Down : Seed covering.

Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 75, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 669 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 164, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 92
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1943, The New York TimesNo. 96
Across
1
Sept. 8, 1943. : SALERNO
8
Important Javanese city. : BATAVIA
15
River north of Dakar. : SENEGAL
22
Peninsula where Americans are fighting. : ITALIAN
23
Oraefa is its highest mountain. : ICELAND
24
River on which Ciudad Bolivar is. : ORINOCO
25
President of the "Pearl of the Antilles." : BATISTA
26
Former capital of Lower Volga region. : SARATOV
27
Allied pledge to enslaved peoples. : LIBERTY
28
Character in 1851 best seller. : EVA
29
Crane-like bird of New Caledonia. : KAGU
31
Aerial football maneuver. : PASS
32
Islands: Sp. : ISLAS
34
Varying Tripolitan length measure. : DRA
35
Wedding band. : RING
37
Town east of Stalingrad. : LENINSK
39
Tremulous. : ASPEN
40
Bomb-blasted Nazi U-boat base. : KIEL
41
Worshiper of the cow-headed goddess. : ISIAC
43
Dutch East Indies island. : ROTI
44
Battle dress. : ARMOUR
46
Monster. : BEAST
47
King of Waters. : AMAZON
49
Fleshy pome fruit. : PEAR
51
Get laboriously. : EARN
52
Tonsilitis. : QUINSY
53
Football team. : ELEVEN
55
Each and all. : EVERY
57
Potential Allied fighter. : TURK
58
Highest trump in Napoleon-like game. : PAM
61
Allied Great Sea naval base. : ORAN
62
Armament works located at Pilsen. : SKODA
63
Tiresome. : BROMIDIC
67
Mixture of different things. : AMALGAM
69
Footwear, non-rationed. : SPATS
70
Chief harbor on coast of Bougainville. : KIETA
71
Feminine suffix in names. : INA
72
Waxy chemical extract of cork. : CERIN
73
The Procurator of Judea. : PILATE
75
Aesthetic quality. : TASTE
76
Georgian port on Black Sea. : POTI
77
Rainbows. : IRIDES
79
Antitoxins. : SERA
80
Roman famous as "The Censor." : CATO
81
Dome-shaped fruit squeezer. : REAMER
83
Stabilizers. : FINS
84
Nazi fighters since Sept. 1939. : POLES
86
Wife of Alexander the Great. : ROXANA
88
The color nutria. : GREGE
89
Water cooler. : ICE
90
Rumanian river flowing into Danube. : SIRET
91
Government. : POWER
92
Increase the width of. : BROADEN
94
Rhythm-making shell. : CASTANET
96
Strait forming north arm of Japan Sea. : TATAR
97
Jogging pace. : TROT
98
Rather than. : ERE
99
1,400-mile river emptying into Caspian. : URAL
100
Querulous weakling. : PULER
101
The Chevalier d'Herblay. : ARAMIS
103
Small thread. : FIBRIL
106
Small stream. : RILL
107
Answer in the negative. : DENY
109
Social class or rank. : ESTATE
113
Slit apart. : UNRIP
114
Old Roman earthenware cask. : DOLIUM
116
Something very small. : SNIP
118
Non-freezing Lithuanian port on Baltic Sea. : MEMEL
119
Diplomat at Moscow conferences. : EDEN
120
Shrilly barking: Poet. : AYELP
121
A secret and marvelous remedy. : ARCANUM
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Person practicing black art. : MAGE
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Hebrew liquid measure. : HIN
126
Island chain including Sumatra and Java. : SUNDA
127
Military field of operations. : AREA
128
English mosquito. : GNAT
130
Hard struggle. : TUG
131
Genus of water scorpions. : RANATRA
133
Organization of new Nazi Minister of Interior. : GESTAPO
136
Arcadian priestess in Plato's "Symposium." : DIOTIMA
138
Those opposing our democractic ideals. : ENEMIES
139
Coaxed. : ENTICED
140
Interlaced. : INWOVEN
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Dish of melted cheese on toast. : RAREBIT
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Scanty. : STINTED
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Purposive. : TENDENT
Down
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Region between Amur and Irtish rivers. : SIBERIA
2
Reversion to a more primitive type. : ATAVISM
3
Genus of fan-leaved palms. : LATANIA
4
Israelite who trained Samuel. : ELI
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Hazard. : RISK
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Brazilian port. : NATAL
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Sling-like military catapult. : ONAGER
8
Twice: Latin. : BIS
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Decrease of carbon dioxide in the blood: Med. : ACAPNIA
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Buddhist monasteries in Japan. : TERAS
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Where Ernest H. Gruening is Governor. : ALASKA
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Ore tubs. : VATS
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Second wife of King Athamas: Gr. Myth. : INO
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Prudent. : ADVISORY
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Mine platform in England: Dial. : SOLLER
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Of a Great Lake. : ERIAN
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Personage: Slang. : NIBS
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Steerman's direction. : ENE
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Famous knot Alexander cut. : GORDIAN
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Profession of Katharine Cornell. : ACTRESS
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French islands near New Caledonia. : LOYALTY
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Closed : UNOPEN
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Twisted into thread. : SPUN
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Continued look of attention. : GAZE
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Bolivian tribesman. : ITEN
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Iraqi town on Tigris River. : AMARA
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Korean province of which Seoul is capital. : KEIKI
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Industrial target of Allied blockbusters. : COLOGNE
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Marsh grasses. : REEDS
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Lord Mountbatten's current objective. : BURMA
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Tributary of Tiber River. : NERA
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Jap seaplane base on Isabel Island. : REKATA
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Excerptor. : QUOTER
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Upper part of shoes. : VAMP
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Collective opinion. : VOTE
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Commercial weight allowance. : TRET
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Battle arena south of Aleutians. : PACIFIC
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Source of unlimited war material. : AMERICA
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Quantico grads. : MARINES
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Coast Guard "pinch-hitters." : SPARS
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Quarry of Buffalo Bill. : BISON
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Two Bering Strait isles separated by date line. : DIOMEDE
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A whole number. : INTEGER
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Resident of Egypt's capital. : CAIRENE
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Covers. : LIDS
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Icy shower. : SLEET
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Short dagger in India. : KATAR
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English safety zone for pedestrians. : ISLET
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Levier of governmental income. : TAXER
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East mouth of King of Waters. : PARA
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Of the backbone. : SPINAL
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British playwright. : COWARD
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Self-praise. : EGOTISM
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Key railroad city Russians regained. : OREL
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Memorizing through repetition. : ROTE
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Canyon mouth: Southwest U.S. : ABRA
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Moro priest in Philippines. : SARIP
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Biblical son of Reuben. : PALLU
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5th Army's objective. : ROME
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Nazi-held Italian industrial city. : TURIN
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World's Fair flower. : TULIP
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Vexatious. : TRYING
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Takes as booty. : PILLAGES
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2 cents in India. : ANNA
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Check. : STEM
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Alias of Tojo's partner. : FUEHRER
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State governed by H. F. Schricker. : INDIANA
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Strategic pass under Allied bombardment. : BRENNER
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Full of fresh eggs. : ROED
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Person who got away. : ESCAPEE
110
Affectionate. : AMATIVE
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Seed covering. : TEGUMEN
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Richly ornamental. : ELEGANT
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Governor or prince. : DYNAST
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Governor of Pennsylvania. : MARTIN
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Learned man in India. : PUNDIT
120
Gold coins of Roman Empire. : AUREI
122
Respond to stimulus. : REACT
123
Where Sumner Sewall is Governor. : MAINE
126
The dunlin or sandpiper: Local U.S. : STIB
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Italian commune near Tanaro River. : ASTI
129
Municipality. : TOWN
132
Prehistoric shaping core. : AME
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Chief of U. S. Ninth Air Force Bomber Command. : ENT
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Unmatched. : ODD
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Fox: England. : TOD

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 82 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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