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Lester Keene
WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, May 13, 1945
14-Down : Prayers.
Author:
L. K. Webster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 144, Blocks: 67, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J W X }, Scrabble score: 545 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 66
Grid has duplicate clues.
Lester Keene has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
L. K. Webster is an alias for Lester Keene.
David Steinberg notes:
In the original PDF, this puzzle's 55-Across clue erroneously listed the year as 1923.
1 K | 2 R | 3 A | 4 U | 5 T | 6 O | 7 B | 8 E | 9 L | 10 I | 11 S | 12 K | 13 R | 14 A | 15 Y | 16 A | 17 S | ||||
18 B | O | U | R | S | E | 19 B | A | V | A | R | I | A | 20 E | V | E | N | E | 21 R |
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22 E | L | S | T | E | R | 23 E | R | A | S | E | R | S | 24 V | E | N | I | C | E |
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25 A | S | S | 26 R | E | 27 P | R | I | N | T | 28 I | S | 29 S | U | S | 30 T | R | Y |
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31 N | U | I | 32 T | 33 K | I | L | N | S | 34 Q | U | A | K | E | 35 T | R | E | E |
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36 S | N | A | R | 37 K | 38 P | I | G | 39 B | U | S | B | Y | 40 B | O | A | T | S |
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41 O | L | 42 D | E | N | 43 A | L | I | 44 A | E | 45 S | O | P | ||||||||
46 S | 47 L | 48 I | M | I | E | R | 49 C | U | I | T | 50 S | 51 S | I | N | A | 52 T | 53 R | 54 A |
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55 N | A | N | S | E | N | 56 C | O | N | T | O | U | 57 R | 58 K | A | Z | O | O | S |
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59 I | N | C | O | G | 60 G | R | A | T | Z | 61 T | I | 62 B | E | R | 63 R | I | P |
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64 F | O | R | E | 65 H | A | I | L | S | 66 M | U | S | E | S | 67 R | O | L | E |
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68 F | L | U | 69 P | A | R | E | E | 70 A | I | R | E | D | 71 T | O | N | I | C |
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72 L | I | S | 73 T | E | R | 74 D | R | 75 E | S | S | E | R | 76 S | E | S | T | E | T |
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77 E | N | T | I | C | E | 78 S | 79 S | L | I | T | S | 80 C | E | N | S | O | R | S |
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81 N | A | M | U | 82 R | 83 L | A | Y | 84 L | A | N | D | I | ||||||||
85 S | 86 H | 87 E | E | N | 88 R | O | 89 D | I | N | 90 F | O | R | 91 S | N | 92 O | 93 B | 94 S |
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95 H | O | L | D | 96 B | A | B | A | S | 97 C | R | U | E | 98 T | 99 I | S | L | E |
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100 O | D | E | 101 O | U | T | E | R | 102 B | L | A | N | D | E | 103 R | 104 C | A | L |
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105 E | G | G | 106 I | N | G | 107 R | I | 108 F | L | I | N | G | 109 R | E | 110 M | A | I | L |
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111 S | E | I | D | E | L | 112 T | E | R | E | N | C | E | 113 C | A | I | R | N | S |
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114 S | T | A | R | E | 115 S | N | O | U | T | E | R | 116 E | L | I | S | E |
© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 170
Across
1
GI's name for German soldier. : KRAUT
6
Cleopatra's needle. : OBELISK
13
E. I. broadbill birds. : RAYAS
18
Paris stock exchange. : BOURSE
19
Section of Germany suggested for U. S. supervision. : BAVARIA
20
Smoother. : EVENER
22
Tributary of the Saale, C. Germany. : ELSTER
23
Articles never used by solvers. : ERASERS
24
City N E of Ferrara. : VENICE
25
Blockhead. : ASS
26
Second edition. : REPRINT
28
Scene of Darius' defeat by Alexander. : ISSUS
30
Torment. : TRY
31
Night: French. : NUIT
33
Oasts. : KILNS
34
Shiver. : QUAKE
35
Famous English actor. : TREE
36
Boojum. : SNARK
38
Scottish hot-water bottle. : PIG
39
Hussar's cap. : BUSBY
40
What Henry Kaiser turned out. : BOATS
41
Ancient. : OLDEN
43
___ Rajpur, Indian state. : ALI
44
John Gay's Greek prototype. : AESOP
46
More disgustingly mean. : SLIMIER
49
Ankles, in Scotland. : CUITS
51
The Voice. : SINATRA
55
Peace Prize winner, 1922. : NANSEN
56
Outline. : CONTOUR
58
Toy musical instruments. : KAZOOS
59
How royalty often travels. : INCOG
60
Capital of Styria Province, Austria. : GRATZ
61
River into which La Tosca sprang. : TIBER
63
Joseph Jefferson's best role. : RIP
64
Leading place. : FORE
65
Greets. : HAILS
66
Nine goddesses. : MUSES
67
Part. : ROLE
68
Nature of epidemic of 1918. : FLU
69
Gay city according to popular songs. : PAREE
70
Made public. : AIRED
71
Spring fever antidote. : TONIC
72
Introducer of antiseptic surgery (1827-1912). : LISTER
74
Composer of "On the Banks of the Wabash." : DRESSER
76
Last six lines of a sonnet. : SESTET
77
Lures. : ENTICES
79
Narrow openings. : SLITS
80
Letter-openers. : CENSORS
81
Belgian city taken by First Army. : NAMUR
83
Not professional. : LAY
84
Miss Elissa ___, of the movies. : LANDI
85
Glistening brightness. : SHEEN
88
Sculptor of "Kiss" (1840-1917). : RODIN
90
Popular attitude on Dumbarton Oaks. : FOR
91
Would-be swells. : SNOBS
95
Place for cargo. : HOLD
96
French plumcakes. : BABAS
97
Vial for vinegar. : CRUET
99
"This sceptered ___." : ISLE
100
Poem. : ODE
101
Furthest from the center. : OUTER
102
Smoother. : BLANDER
104
His first name was John. : CAL
105
Urging. : EGGING
107
Spiral grooves in bore of a gun. : RIFLING
109
Post again. : REMAIL
111
Beer glass. : SEIDEL
112
Roman comic poet. : TERENCE
113
Memorials made of heaps of stones. : CAIRNS
114
Gape. : STARE
115
Shears used to prevent a hog's rooting. : SNOUTER
116
Girl's name. : ELISE
Down
1
Indian wild dog. : KOLSUN
2
Bear who eats Werewolves. : RUSSIA
3
"It's pretty, but is it ___?"—Kipling. : ART
4
Consumer. : USER
5
River, 380 mi. to Caspian. : TEREK
6
Founder of the first infant schools. : OBERLIN
7
Sabine ___ Gould, author of "Onward Christian Soldiers." : BARING
8
"Fighting Bob" of the U. S. N. (1846-1912). : EVANS
9
What "Uncas" was of the Mohicans. : LAST
10
Anger. : IRE
11
Brightest star. : SIRIUS
12
Villayet, W. Turkey. : KASSABA
13
Variety show. : REVUE
14
Prayers. : AVES
15
50c in Tokio. : YEN
16
One of Peer Gynt's ladyfriends. : ANITRA
17
Covert. : SECRET
18
Part of Capt. Jinks' horse's diet. : BEANS
21
President of Colombia, 1904-09. : REYES
27
Pibroch player. : PIPER
29
Shaggy-haired little dogs. : SKYES
32
City of N. Norway: Var. : TROMSOE
34
Capital of Ecuador. : QUITO
35
Jewel given to heroine by Capt. Morgan in "Forever Amber." : TOPAZ
37
Type of light used in Hollywood. : KLIEG
39
Sudden attack. : BLITZ
40
Andrew ___ Law. : BONAR
42
Lair. : DEN
43
Female relatives. : AUNTS
45
Lover of Nancy in "Oliver Twist." : SIKES
46
Sign of a cold. : SNIFFLE
47
Valuable skin lotion. : LANOLIN
48
Apply mosaic. : INCRUST
49
Fuel ships. : COALERS
50
Sews together. : SUTURES
52
Lake Ontario port. : TORONTO
53
More turbid. : ROILIER
54
Phases. : ASPECTS
56
Hawked. : CRIED
57
Vertical part of a step. : RISER
60
Organization of Civil War veterans. : GAR
62
Stratum. : BED
65
For Ladies Only. : HAREM
66
How Californians describe a rainy day. : MISTY
67
Composer of "William Tell." : ROSSINI
69
Nut. : PECAN
70
Oriental. : ASIAN
71
Conduces. : TENDS
73
Pronged. : TINED
75
Island 1 mi. off the Battery. : ELLIS
76
Jap half cent. : SEN
78
First British settlement in India, 1612. : SURAT
80
Was concerned. : CARED
82
Associate Justice of Supreme Court. : ROBERTS
84
Idler. : LOUNGER
85
Tire casings. : SHOES
86
Chief of our First Army. : HODGES
87
Sheriff's writ of execution. : ELEGIT
89
Gulf, bight of the Caribbean Sea. : DARIEN
90
Bidault's country. : FRANCE
92
Hollywood prizes. : OSCARS
93
Candidate whom "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" defeated. : BLAINE
94
Vends. : SELLS
96
GI's favorite musical instrument. : BUGLE
97
Flinty rock: Scot. : CLINT
98
Third of a butt. : TERCE
101
Effort requiring no repeating: Slang. : ONER
102
"L'Oiseau ___." Maeterlinck. : BLEU
103
10c in Caracas. : REAL
106
Mrs. McKinley. : IDA
108
Away from. : FRO
110
1002. : MII
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 59 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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