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G. O. Butler
WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS
New York Times, Sunday, May 14, 1944
42-Down : Tramp's identifying sign.
Author:
G. O. Butler
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174 , Blocks: 82 , Avg Word Len: 5.14 , Missing: { F J Q X } , Scrabble score: 667 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 154 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 4 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 81
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© 1944, The New York Times No. 118
Across
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Much-bombed New Guinea base. :
WEWAK 12
U. S. Fifth Army general. :
CLARK 17
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Famous Middlesex school. :
HARROW 22
New Britain peninsula. :
ARAWE 23
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Uttered through nose. :
NASAL 27
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Peer Gynt's mother. :
ASE 33
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Proselyte to Judaism. :
GER 35
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Genus of the mulberry. :
MORUS 43
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Other: Comb. form. :
ALLO 46
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East African hartebeests. :
TORAS 48
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Meteor radiant from near Taurus. :
ERIDANID 53
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Island reoccupied by Fighting French. :
CORSICA 62
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Native of Naga Hills, Burma. :
KONYAK 65
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Lake between Russian and Finland. :
LADOGA 69
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Admiral in command of Pacific strategy. :
NIMITZ 73
Town near White Russian border. :
NEVEL 74
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Seaport on "Rocket Coast." :
CALAIS 89
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Pronounce imperfectly. :
LISP 106
Supreme Court justice. :
STONE 107
Pertaining to South American quail. :
TINAMINE 108
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U. S. flier under Chennault. :
TIGER 112
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American author (1877-1932). :
MACY 116
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Oil-yielding Philippine tree. :
BETIS 119
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Island near Mindanao. :
BOHOL 124
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Ingredient of soap. :
ROSIN 140
Toward forearm's inner bone. :
ULNAD 141
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High school years. :
TEENS 145
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Persian ruler's title. :
SHAH 2
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Dutch scholar (1466-1536). :
ERASMUS 9
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Where Maidstone is. :
KENT 17
Matters professed: Rhetoric. :
APORIAS 18
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Cloud form: Comb. form. :
STRATO 28
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Island returned to Italian civil control. :
SARDINIA 38
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Tramp's identifying sign. :
MONIKER 43
Pas-de-Calais town. :
LENS 44
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Pass in the Carpathians. :
TATAR 48
City in Irish Free State. :
CORK 50
Equip with new troops. :
REMAN 52
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North Algerian department. :
ALGER 58
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Longest river of Denmark. :
GUDEN 75
Seaport near Novorossiisk. :
ANAPA 76
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Recreation ground: Fr. :
PARC 79
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Jewish Socialist Labor party, ___ Zion. :
POALE 86
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French pharmacist (1857-1926). :
COUE 88
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Marshal Brozovich. :
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English microscopist (1828-1906). :
BEALE 124
Genus of pore fungi. :
PORIA 126
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Inheritable factor. :
GENE 132
Leader of House of Commons. :
EDEN 134
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ODS
Answer summary:11 unique to this puzzle , 70 debuted here and reused later , 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 11 words unique to this puzzle:
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Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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