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Alexis P. Boodberg
Alexis P. Boodberg

WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS

New York Times, Sunday, December 27, 1942

104-Down : Cobras.

Author:
Alexis P. Boodberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 81, Avg Word Len: 5.09, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 678 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 148, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 115 Grid has duplicate clues.
Alexis P. Boodberg has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1942, The New York TimesNo. 46
Across
1
German name for capital of Estonia. : REVAL
6
Footless birds. : APODS
11
Black Sea port, near Novorossiisk. : AMAPA
16
Former Navigators Islands in South Pacific. : SAMOA
21
Russian vehicle: var. : AROBA
22
Pétain's successor. : LAVAL
23
Becomes acid. : SOURS
24
Culture media from seaweed. : AGARS
25
U.S.S.R. port on Black Sea. : BATUM
26
Russian naval seaport. : VLADIVOSTOK
28
Large French city on Rhone. : LYONS
29
Consumed. : ATE
30
Medicine bottle. : PHIAL
32
City on Honshu Island. : TOKIO
33
Collection of sayings. : ANA
35
Inlet. : RIA
36
Rock. : TOSS
38
Egyptian god of Necropolis. : ANU
39
High mountains in North Africa. : ATLAS
40
Culture of biblical country. : ARAMAISM
42
Mother of the Buddha. : MAYA
44
Sediments. : DREGS
45
Two fives, in backgammon. : QUINAS
46
Christian natives of Luzon. : TAGALS
49
Port in South Iraq. : BASRA
50
Average. : PAR
51
Capital of Timor residence, Dutch East Indies. : KOPANG
55
Entertain. : AMUSE
56
Large sharks of Australia. : MAKOS
57
Ancient name of Paris. : LUTETIA
59
Skate. : RAY
60
One of Jacob's wives. : LEAH
61
Prince of Darkness. : SATAN
62
Military portable boat. : PONTOON
63
Light leap. : SKIP
64
Finality. : END
65
Tower, in India. : MINAR
66
Mythical being. : CENTAUR
67
Monkeys of Borneo. : KAHAS
68
New Soviet industrial city in Central Siberia. : STALINSK
70
Spongers. : CADGERS
71
Disease. : MALADY
72
Of considerable size. : LARGE
73
Important in salvage program. : CAN
74
Epoch. : ERA
75
Island to be regained by U. S. : LUZON
76
Emaciation. : MACIES
78
Important cargo for armed forces. : LETTERS
80
Great inlet on northeast tip of Norway. : VARANGER
83
Charlemagne defeated them. : AVARS
84
Philippine coasting vessels. : PONTIRS
85
Peninsula on east side of Kerch Strait. : TAMAN
86
Before. : ERE
87
Roman clan. : GENS
88
Garments worn in the Levant: var. : KAFTANS
89
A twenty-fourth part. : CARAT
90
Slender. : SLIM
91
Feminine name. : INA
92
Spanish city, scene of French defeat by Wellington, 1813. : VITORIA
93
Dawns. : MORNS
94
Disputed Aleutian island. : KISKA
95
French seaport on Dover Strait. : CALAIS
97
Indian cymbals. : TAL
98
Capital of Crete. : CANEA
99
Peninsula of Southern Europe. : BALKAN
100
German marshal. : ROMMEL
102
Purchasers on the stock market. : LONGS
103
Fixed quantity. : RATE
104
19th century conqueror. : NAPOLEON
107
West Indian cactus. : DILDO
108
Beat: colloq. : TAN
109
Alaskan cape. : ROME
113
Wing. : ALA
114
Possessive pronoun. : ITS
115
Bombed Italian seaport. : GENOA
116
Region of activity. : ORBIT
118
Local Mussolini, in Italy. : RAS
119
Island chain, population 64 million. : JAPAN
121
Greatest gulf of Australia. : CARPENTARIA
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Scoundrels: slang. : HEELS
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Wine vessel of early Christian church. : AMULA
127
Most conspicuous constellation. : ORION
128
German name of Hungarian city, Eger. : ERLAU
129
Egg-shaped. : OVATE
130
Flatters. : SOAPS
131
He wrote "O God Our Help in Ages Past." : WATTS
132
Inhale an odor. : SMELL
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Fortification. : REDAN
Down
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Capital of Morocco. : RABAT
2
Muse of poetry. : ERATO
3
Has the right of suffrage. : VOTES
4
Father: Arabic. : ABU
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Lighting device. : LAMP
6
Feminine name. : ALVINA
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Capital of Japan's Pacific mandate. : PALAU
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Ellipsoidal. : OVAL
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Father. : DAD
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Slashers. : SLITTERS
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East Indian trees. : ASOKAS
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Disease: suffix. : MOSIS
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Car. : AUTO
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For. : PRO
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African native soldier in European service. : ASKARI
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Strategic base on New Guinea. : SALAMAOA
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Old: rare. : AGY
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New Zealand native. : MAORI
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Bird life of a region. : ORNIS
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Easternmost province of British India. : ASSAM
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Longest river of Europe. : VOLGA
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Postmaster General under Harding. : HAYS
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One of the capitals of China. : NANKIN
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Crush. : SMASH
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Malicious burning. : ARSON
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Golden. : AUREOUS
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Egyptian snake. : ASP
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Beverage. : ALE
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New port for Allied navies. : DAKAR
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Great marshy depression in North Egypt. : QATTARA
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Falsehoods. : TALES
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Catkin. : AMENT
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La Cruz is its chief town. : GUADALCANAL
49
Philippine Negrito tribe. : BATAK
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Football players. : PUNTERS
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U.S.S.R.'s great Arctic seaport. : ARKHANGELSK
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Water nymph. : NAIAD
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Nomad. : GYPSY
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Parsonage. : MANSE
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Yearners. : LONGERS
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High craggy hills. : TOR
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Musical gatherings. : SINGS
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Covered basket. : PED
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Drawing room. : SALON
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Swamps. : MIRES
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Pommel bag: Southwestern U. S. : CANTINA
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Capital of Tatar Republic, U.S.S.R. : KAZAN
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Dens. : LAIRS
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Marsh plant. : CATTAIL
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Marshal under Napoleon. : MURAT
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Basic. : CENTRAL
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Buddhist monks. : LAMAS
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Necromancy. : MAGIC
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Oats. : AVENA
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Norwegian islands. : LOFOTEN
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Being. : ERS
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Bulgarian port on Black Sea. : VARNA
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Daughter of Thomas Mann. : ERIKA
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Reimbue with courage. : REMAN
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Apt. : PAT
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Plants valuable for fodder. : TARES
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Destiny. : KISMET
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Africa's second longest river. : CONGO
90
Wood god. : SILER
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Organ stops. : VIOLINAS
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Colonies granted by League of Nations. : MANDATES
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Arabian shrub, chewed as narcotic. : KAT
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Negro people in Nigeria. : ARO
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Atlantic entrance to Panama Canal. : COLON
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Rumanian coins. : BANI
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Former capital of Russian czars. : MOSCOW
102
Clothes. : LINENS
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Capital of Territory of New Guinea. : RABAUL
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Cobras. : NAJAS
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"Remember the ___." : ALAMO
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New Guinea. : PAPUA
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Station. : DEPOT
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Experiment. : TRIAL
110
Mountain nymph. : OREAD
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British naval base. : MALTA
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Krupps city. : ESSEN
115
Unyielding courage. : GRIT
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Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
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Norse god. : THOR
120
High mountain. : ALP
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Goddess of vengeance. : ARA
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Instrument of warfare. : ARM
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Miss Curie. : EVE

Answer summary:
22 unique to this puzzle, 93 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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