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Hugh P. Evans
Hugh P. Evans

WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS

New York Times, Sunday, April 25, 1943

7-Down : Adroit escape.

Author:
Hugh P. Evans
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 178, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.02, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 642 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 98 Grid has duplicate clues.
Hugh P. Evans has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1943, The New York TimesNo. 63
Across
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Strategic French port in Africa. : DAKAR
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Troublesome insects. : PESTS
11
Throw out. : EGEST
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Pepper species. : BETEL
21
He met Churchill at Adana. : INONU
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Glyceryl trioleate. : OLEIN
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Point of the compass: Sp. : NORTE
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Official decree. : UKASE
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Extreme west cape of Africa. : VERDE
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Where Lunga Bay is. : GUADALCANAL
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Famous Australian healer. : KENNY
29
Mindanao native. : ATA
30
Indian timber trees. : DARS
32
Assam silkworms. : ERIAS
33
Theme: Music. : TEMA
35
Good-for-nothing person: Scot. : KET
36
Mens ___ in corpore sano. : SANA
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European dormouse. : LOIR
40
Issuing address of fateful telegram, 1870. : EMS
41
French essayist and novelist. : GIDE
42
South African fox. : ASSE
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Small antelope of the Caucasus. : CHAMOIS
46
Head man in Algiers. : PEYROUTON
49
Metallic element discovered in 1902. : RADIUM
52
"Haves and have-___." : NOTS
54
Sound of distress. : MOAN
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Teutonic knight. : RITTER
59
Piles up. : AMASSES
61
Monastic life. : MONKERY
63
French seventeenth-century dramatist. : MOLIERE
64
Man: Latin. : VIR
65
Fodder pit. : SILO
67
Feminine name. : DIANE
68
European wild garlic. : MOLY
69
Moral Rearmament: abbr. : MRA
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Objects. : ENDS
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Russian river from Lake Ladoga to Gulf of Finland. : NEVA
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Silence! : PST
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Mexican dollar. : PESO
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Footless creature. : APOD
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Below. : NEATH
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U. S. Under-Secretary of State. : WELLES
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Field Commander of British Eighth Army. : MONTGOMERY
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Stingy. : NEAR
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Colonel in the Tunisian campaign. : ROOSEVELT
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Vegetables. : YAMS
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Came to pass. : EVENTUATED
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Sell. : RETAIL
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Noisome. : FETID
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Essential in brewing. : MALT
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Wire measures. : MILS
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Pronoun. : HIS
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Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1912. : ROOT
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Former character of Teutonic alphabet. : RUNE
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English cloth measure. : ELL
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Sinewy. : WIRY
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Famous Italian (1265-1321). : DANTE
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Fragrant ointment. : NARD
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Cereal. : OAT
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Feminine name. : EVELINE
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Hot weather drink. : LIMEADE
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Lot. : FORTUNE
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Color of the mignonette. : RESEDA
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Limit. : TERM
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"Closed ___ hurt no one, speaking may."—Cato. : LIPS
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Marine paymaster. : PURSER
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Respected. : VENERATED
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Afternoon recess in Britain. : TEATIME
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Most important of the Vedic gods. : AGNI
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Trip. : TREK
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___ cord. : RIP
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___ go bragh. : ERIN
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Jap-held island, 1,200 miles north of New Guinea. : TRUK
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Express displeasure vocally. : BOO
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One-tenth of a Chinese foot. : TSUN
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Musical tone, half step below A. : AFLAT
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___ Scott Case, 1848. : DRED
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Camel's-hair garment. : ABA
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Shelled island off Venezuela. : ARUBA
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Italian island between Sicily and Tunisia. : PANTELLERIA
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Large thrush. : ROBIN
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Town in battle area in Tunisia. : SENED
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Vital parts of jeeps. : TIRES
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African antelope. : ELAND
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Feeble. : ANILE
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Commands. : HESTS
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Bevel. : SLANT
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Hindu queen. : RANEE
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Obscure. : BEDIM
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Singers. : DIVAS
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Belgian news agency. : ANETA
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Mohammedan scriptures. : KORAN
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An added particular: colloq. : AND
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Tried to be free of. : RUED
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Organized massacre. : POGROM
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Adroit escape. : ELUSION
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Bismarck ___. : SEA
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Carry through. : TIDE
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Trap. : SNARE
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Covering. : ENCASEMENT
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Gazelles of Tibet. : GOAS
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Sea eagle. : ERN
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Battle ___. : STATION
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Badger-like mammal of Java. : TELEDU
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Japanese air-base in the Solomons. : BUKA
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Make do. : EKE
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Machines of war. : TANKS
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Anglo-Saxon serfs. : ESNES
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One of the Philippines. : LEYTE
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Flabby. : LIMP
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Battleground in North Africa. : ALAMEIN
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Science of measurement. : METROLOGY
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Youth beloved by Galatea. : ACIS
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Site of trial of French patriots. : RIOM
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___ Ladies. : GRAY
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One opposed. : ANTI
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Bohemian reformer, burned as a heretic, 1415. : HUSS
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Danish glottal stop. : STOD
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Former time. : YORE
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Unctuous. : OILY
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Devour prey. : RAVEN
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Ammonia compound. : AMINE
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Strategic straits. : DARDANELLES
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Shoots from cover. : SNIPES
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Stormy. : TEMPESTUOUS
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Mistake. : ERROR
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Quick. : READY
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Large number: Colloq. : SLEW
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Strategic pass in Tunisia. : KASSERINE
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In greatest degree. : MOST
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Publicly. : OVERTLY
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Refer to. : MENTION
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Tax. : STENT
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South African lilies. : ALOES
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Arctic or Antarctic. : POLAR
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European yellowhammer. : AMMER
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Medicine ___, city in Alberta, Canada. : HAT
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Danish weight, about 225 grams. : LOD
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Equaled. : MET
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Changeling. : OAF
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Cud-chewing animals. : RUMINANTS
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Roman priestess. : VESTAL
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Arabian commander. : EMEER
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Current regulator. : VALVE
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River in Yorkshire, 70 miles to the Ouse. : AIRE
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Take it easy. : LOAF
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Foolish. : INANE
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Discourage. : DETER
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Most northerly town in Europe. : HAMMERFEST
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Poisonous crystalline base. : TROPINE
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Roomy. : WIDE
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Earth. : DIRT
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Revise for publication. : EDIT
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Commander of U. S. Eastern Defense Command. : DRUM
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Son of Jacob. : LEVI
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Become public. : LEAK
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Fencing sword. : EPEE
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Allowance for waste. : TRET
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Wooden spike used in ship-building. : TRENAIL
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Pilchard. : SARDINE
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Breaks out. : ERUPTS
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Pickle. : DILL
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Angry discourse. : TIRADE
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Humiliate. : ABASH
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Island near Dakar; first capital of French West Africa. : GOREE
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Parts of speech. : NOUNS
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Less ruddy. : PALER
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Mad. : RABID
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Japanese base in New Britain. : UBILI
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State in French Equatorial Africa. : KANEM
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Children. : TADS
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Sun's disk. : ATEN
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Anatomical tissue. : TELA
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Olive ___. : DRAB
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Thing to wager on. : BET
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Remember the Blue Eagle? : NRA
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Stood for office. : RAN
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Single. : ONE

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7 unique to this puzzle, 91 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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