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Alberta N. Burton
TIPS FROM THE TELETYPE
New York Times, Sunday, February 24, 1946
3-Down : Club.
Author:
Alberta N. Burton
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166 , Blocks: 76 , Avg Word Len: 5.46 , Missing: { J Q W X Z } , Scrabble score: 650 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 165 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 3 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 66
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© 1946, The New York Times No. 211
Across
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Natural abode of fauna and flora. :
HABITAT 8
Dodecanese island near Rhodes. :
SIMI 12
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Granite city in Vermont. :
BARRE 21
Naval base, northern tip of Honshu. :
OMINATO 22
Ring which condenses lamp flame. :
CRIC 23
Kruman of Liberia. :
KROO 24
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Thin, soft muslin. :
MULL 30
Solitary bees which build mud and sand nests. :
MASONS 32
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County, NW North Carolina. :
ASHE 35
Connected with: Suffix. :
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King Haakon's capital. :
OSLO 54
Domain of a nobleman. :
BARONY 55
Priam was king here. :
TROY 56
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Azerbaijan is here. :
IRAN 64
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Fruit of the blackthorn. :
SLOE 72
Substance from a scale insect. :
LAC 74
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She sank, or helped sink, six Jap ships in 27 minutes. :
BOISE 76
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Chinese Communist leader. :
MAO 79
Famous newspaper publisher (1858-1935). :
OCHS 81
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Honshu Naval Base. :
KURE 89
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Author of "Book of Nonsense." :
LEAR 99
___ Saunders, Franklin's pseudonym. :
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Illinois city founded by Mormons. :
NAUVOO 122
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English gold coins issued by Edward IV. :
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Pearl Harbor is here. :
OAHU 133
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Balkis, Queen of ___. :
SHEBA 135
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He ordered the Bataan death march. :
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Strip of steel for making tubes. :
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Indonesian nationalist leader in Java. :
SOEKARNO 16
Noted editor (1863-1930). :
BOK 17
The Taj Mahal is here. :
AGRA 18
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Ancient city of Sicily. :
ALAESA 36
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Gen McAuliffe's classic reply. :
NUTS 38
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General appointed head of U. S. Military Intelligence, June, 1942. :
STRONG 41
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Soldiers, collectively. :
TROOPS 44
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Grant of land: Hindu law. :
ENAM 46
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Physiological individual. :
BION 48
Change to a sol: Chem. :
SOLATE 51
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Teuton demigoddess. :
NORN 55
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Air transport auxiliaries. :
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Fisherman's hut: Shetland Is. :
SKEO 63
One terminus of Stilwell Road is here. :
INDIA 64
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Simple Simon's vis-a-vis. :
PIEMAN 88
Composer of "Show Boat." :
KERN 90
Muezzin's call to prayer: Var. :
ADAN 91
Symbol of hospitality. :
SALT 93
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Dutch island E of Celebes. :
TERNATE 105
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Largest of the Samoa Islands. :
SAVAII 111
Japanese heavy industry. :
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Province in China. :
SHENG 117
Stockings: Archaic. :
HOSEN 118
Colorado National Park. :
ESTES 120
Offensive person: Slang. :
SLOB 122
Daughter of Laban. :
LEAH 123
Mountain between Lakes Lucerne and Zug. :
RIGI 125
Belgian watering place. :
SPA 127
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Answer summary:17 unique to this puzzle , 49 debuted here and reused later , 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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