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Willard N. Jordan
GLOBAL GLEANINGS
New York Times, Sunday, December 17, 1944
9-Down : Rangoon length unit.
Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172 , Blocks: 76 , Avg Word Len: 5.27 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 689 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 154 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 4 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 76
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© 1944, The New York Times No. 149
Across
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Vital Pacific target. :
MANILA 16
Blitzed Aix-la-Chapelle. :
AACHEN 22
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Native tongue of G. B. S.'s homeland. :
GAELIC 28
Wheelsman's direction: Abbr. :
WBN 29
___ Martius, Toulon's old name. :
TELO 30
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Marshal of France (1802-1869). :
NIEL 36
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Campaigner with F. D. R. :
FALA 40
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East Indian grass. :
USAR 43
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The lacquer tree. :
BIHAR 45
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Jap-held island below Mindanao. :
CELEBES 54
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German name for Moravia. :
MAHREN 58
Objective of Arnhem attack. :
RUHR 59
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National god of Tahiti. :
ORO 66
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Legendary kingdom of Menelaus. :
SPARTA 70
Pigskin Bowl in Texas. :
COTTON 72
Native of Sultan Taimur's domain. :
OMANI 74
Inventor of Cherokee alphabet. :
GUESS 75
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Mindanao lake and province. :
LANAO 83
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Embattled suburb of Warsaw. :
PRAGA 85
___ National Park, Oklahoma. :
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First dynasty of Chinese history. :
HSIA 92
Chester Bowles' job. :
OPA 93
Great Sea island: Abbr. :
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Algerian naval base. :
ORAN 100
Medicinal shrub of Brazil. :
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Hero of Molière's "Le Misanthrope." :
ALCESTE 112
Fabulous guardian of mines. :
GNOME 113
Fished for congers. :
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Battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor. :
UTAH 116
Horse: Comb. form. :
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Biblical region rich in gold: I Kings x, 11. :
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Unlooked-for stratagem. :
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Lake near Syracuse, N. Y. :
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A proselyte to Judaism. :
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Pressed through a vegetable squeezer. :
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Another name for Vulgate. :
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Famous Sicilian hill near Licata. :
ECNOMUS 9
Rangoon length unit. :
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Teutonic demigoddess of fate. :
NORN 13
Simplified Esperanto. :
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Mountains in Kirghiz region. :
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Capital of largest Marianas islands. :
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King of Magadha, India (B. C. 272-232). :
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Planted explosives. :
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Isolationist defeated by Bennet. :
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River passing Munich. :
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S. peak of Mt. Everest. :
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Component of mincemeat. :
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Discoverer of Columbia River, 1792. :
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Arciszewski's country. :
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By-passed Caroline island. :
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Syro-Arabian goddess. :
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Derived from oil: Chem. :
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Window screen in India. :
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Indefinitely large or little. :
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Bavarian tributary of Danube. :
LECH 111
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Father of Irish hero Noise. :
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Bombed site of Skoda works. :
PILSEN 119
Black Sea port taken by Malinovsky. :
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Fertile Saharan area. :
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Bolivian Indian: Var. :
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Foundress of Girl Scouts, 1912. :
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Answer summary:7 unique to this puzzle , 69 debuted here and reused later , 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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