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Lester Keene
Lester Keene

WORDS AROUND THE WORLD

New York Times, Sunday, February 6, 1944

4-Down : Province of Nigeria.

Author:
L. K. Peters
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 651 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 154, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 78
Lester Keene has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
L. K. Peters is an alias for Lester Keene.
David Steinberg notes:

In 24-Across clue, deleted colon after "diplomatist."

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© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 104
Across
1
Mitsubishis. : ZEROS
6
French Propaganda Minister. : LAVAL
11
Innocents. : BABES
16
Resident Chinese official in Mongolia. : AMBAN
21
Daisylike flower. : OXEYE
22
Rough. : EROSE
23
Ireland, as personified by Spenser. : IRENA
24
Revolutionary diplomatist (1737-89). : DEANE
25
Black Sea port recaptured by Red Army. : NOVOROSSISK
27
40 miles long, 1 to 4 miles wide. : DARDANELLES
29
Simplified Esperanto. : IDO
30
By-product of bad liquor. : FUSEL
31
Rushlike herb. : SEDGE
33
Paris munitions plant destroyed by USAAF. : RENAULT
34
Cubicle. : CELL
36
Color qualities. : TONES
38
Trails. : SLOTS
40
Flinches. : WINCES
41
Indian of northern Brazil. : UIRINA
43
City in West Poland. : POSEN
45
Plunder: Scot. & Ir. : CREAGH
47
Win. : ATTAIN
49
"___ talk costs lives." : LOOSE
51
Man's name. : ALOIS
53
Where Douglas Hyde is President. : EIRE
56
Mintage. : COINAGE
58
Where Churchill first met Inonu. : ADANA
60
Kicks out of office. : OUSTS
62
"A ___ to Cerberus." : SOP
63
Citizen of Yugoslavia. : CROAT
64
River of Caucasus, 380 miles to Caspian. : TEREK
66
Author of "Lalla Rookh" (1779-1852). : MOORE
68
Muscovy ducks. : PATOS
70
French river, 118 miles to the Rhone. : AIN
71
Soap plant. : AMOLE
73
Alert. : ALARM
75
Yugoslavia's embattled sea-port. : SPALATO
77
Phonograph record. : DISC
79
Plants of arum family. : ARADS
81
Leaning to one side: Naut. : ALIST
83
Pseudonym. : ANONYM
84
Jap-held city in Indo-China. : HANOI
86
Projecting parts of Saturn's rings. : ANSAE
88
Notre Dame's football squad. : IRISH
90
Jap-held base on Timor Island. : KUPANG
93
Candidates for oblivion. : NAZIS
95
Burdened. : LADEN
97
Asseverate. : AVER
101
Native of Teheran. : IRANIAN
103
Malignity. : VENOM
105
Adds a dash of spirits to a beverage. : LACES
107
Captured Jap base on New Guinea. : LAE
108
Betrays one's pals: Police slang. : SINGS
109
Sheeplike. : OVINE
111
One of the Pillars of Hercules. : ABILA
113
Liquidate. : ERASE
115
Siberian river, 500 miles to the Ob. : KET
116
Cases for small articles. : ETUIS
118
Strategic island and lighthouse off Nova Scotia. : SABLE
120
Shows off. : PARADES
122
Herring sauce. : ALEC
124
Suburb of Panama City, Canal Zone. : ANCON
126
A person. : BEING
128
Happen. : BETIDE
129
Somewhat disabled. : LAMISH
131
Range between Europe and Asia. : URALS
133
Russian port on the Don. : ROSTOV
135
Vociferate. : BELLOW
137
Civil War Governor of Illinois (1818-73). : YATES
139
Cubic meter in Italy. : STERO
141
The Jack, in cribbage. : NOBS
144
Iroquoian Indians. : ONEIDAS
146
Voided escutcheons: Her. : ORLES
148
He taught English at University of Tokyo (1850-1904). : HEARN
150
The Aegean. : SEA
151
Australian gulf near Torres Strait. : CARPENTARIA
153
Chief of combined operations, S. E. Asia. : MOUNTBATTEN
156
Constellation. : ARIES
157
Fruits of the sweetsop. : ATTAS
158
Formal avenue or mall. : ALLEE
159
Pearl Harbor's ex-Commandant. : SHORT
160
Stylish. : SMART
161
Servant of man. : BEAST
162
Cigars. : WEEDS
163
Where the Hall of the Nameless Dead is. : TOKYO
Down
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Belt: Rare. : ZONIC
2
Ancient Roman comedy. : EXODE
3
Political upheavals. : REVOLUTIONS
4
Province of Nigeria. : OYO
5
Vassal. : SERF
6
Exercise. : LESSON
7
Ammunition dump. : ARSENAL
8
Dress material. : VOILE
9
Numskull. : ASS
10
Nickels in Albania. : LEKS
11
U. S. Attorney General. : BIDDLE
12
Town north of Agrigento, Sicily. : ARAGONA
13
"Monty's" favorite head-gear. : BERET
14
Land's ___ Cornwall. : END
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Germany's coal-mining valley. : SAAR
16
Glandular swelling. : ADENIA
17
Mixture. : MELANGE
18
British dependency between India and Iran. : BALUCHISTAN
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Anoint. : ANELE
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Isolated ore deposits. : NESTS
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Picnic. : OUTING
28
Most recent. : NEWEST
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Home of bombed out Krupp works. : ESSEN
35
Woody climbing plant. : LIANA
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Fine English pottery. : SPODE
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Rake with hostile fire. : SCOUR
42
Lariat. : RIATA
44
Japanese seaport, bombed April, 1942. : OSAKA
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Springs. : RISES
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Ancient Babylonian city. : ACCAD
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Jap Shinto temple gate. : TORII
50
Propelled. : OARED
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Comes into view. : LOOMS
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Full of underground branches. : ROOTY
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Scene of the British Derby. : EPSOM
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Largest of the Kuril islands. : ETORO
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Minor court official of India. : AMALA
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Stretches across. : SPANS
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Feminine name. : ELAIN
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Large bay window. : ORIEL
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Hail and farewell in Hawaii. : ALOHA
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Mexican poncho. : MANGA
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Cattle catcher. : LASSO
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He wrote "Age of Reason" (1737-1809). : PAINE
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Ten feet in China. : CHANG
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Almost two yards in Poland. : SAZEN
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Pertaining to ebb and flow. : TIDAL
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Egyptian herb. : ANISE
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Contenders in the World Series. : NINES
89
Cover again. : RECAP
90
Island where Japanese lost 29 warships. : KISKA
91
John Milton's angel. : URIEL
92
First Italian island to surrender. : PANTELLERIA
94
Spanish dispatch boat. : AVISO
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Incongruous. : ALIEN
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It "points a dagger at Japan." : VLADIVOSTOK
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Ameliorated. : EASED
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American poetess (1856-1935). : REESE
102
Names. : NOUNS
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Girl's name. : MABEL
106
Polish river, 150 miles to the Dniester. : SERET
110
Town of 25,000 in France. : VICHY
112
Delegate to Peace Conference, 1919. : BLISS
114
Colorado mountains. : RATON
117
Former name of Formosa. : TAIWAN
119
Humiliate. : ABASE
121
Imbibe. : ABSORB
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Measuring device. : CALIPER
125
Coypus. : NUTRIAS
127
Camouflaged. : GREENED
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Unassuming. : MODEST
132
Put a shoe on the finishing form. : RELAST
134
Makes speeches. : ORATES
135
___ del Toro, W. Panama seaport. : BOCAS
136
Prepare for battle. : ENARM
138
Main artery. : AORTA
140
Eskimo village near Cape York, Greenland. : THULE
142
Wallace ___, the "old Sarge." : BEERY
143
___ Domingo. : SANTO
145
Knife. : STAB
147
Small: Dial. : SMAW
149
American caricaturist (1840-1902). : NAST
152
Corroded. : ATE
154
___ Olsen, of "Hellzapoppin." : OLE
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North Tonkin native. : THO

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 71 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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