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Elizabeth Patterson
GLOBAL GLEANINGS
New York Times, Sunday, July 15, 1945
136-Down : Peer Gynt's mother.
Author:
Elizabeth Patterson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168 , Blocks: 75 , Avg Word Len: 5.40 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 646 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 162 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 6 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 71
David Steinberg notes:
In original 96-Down clue, period was outside parentheses; moved it inside.
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© 1945, The New York Times No. 179
Across
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Province, its capital Nanchang. :
KIANGSI 15
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County in Pennsylvania. :
SNYDER 39
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Westerner's rope. :
RIATA 42
Region of the Tuaregs. :
SAHARA 45
Heroes of Terhune's stories. :
DOGS 46
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Geometrical point of curve. :
ACNODE 49
51
Duke of Windsor's former capital. :
NASSAU 52
Comic-strip character. :
MUTT 54
Of wearers of the caduceus. :
MEDICAL 55
First name of "Good Gray Poet." :
WALT 56
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Former Asiatic kingdom: Var. :
COREA 61
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Jehoshaphat's father. :
ASA 73
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Brother of John and Ethel. :
LIONEL 82
Important cargo ship. :
TANKER 83
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Walled town S. of Lake Chad. :
DIKOA 89
"Wha ___ base as be a slave?"—Burns. :
SAE 90
Russian battle city. :
OREL 91
City N. E. of Calcutta. :
DACCA 93
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Kentucky blue grass. :
POA 99
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"Alice in Wonderland" creature. :
DODO 102
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The Egyptian sycamore. :
DAROO 117
Island off Jutland. :
FANO 118
"Vision of Sir Launfal" author. :
LOWELL 120
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Summer home of Mark Twain. :
ELMIRA 124
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President's nickname. :
ABE 128
Where Hue is: Var. :
ANAM 129
Lake formed by Boulder Dam. :
MEAD 132
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Italian port N.W. of Brindisi. :
BARI 134
Aegean island near Dardanelles. :
TENEDOS 136
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Birthplace of James Hogg. :
ETTRICK 141
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Chief island of Seychelles, Indian Ocean. :
MAHE 5
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Warlike Saxon king. :
INE 10
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McAuliffe's reply at Bastogne. :
NUTS 12
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Asiatic region, including Sinkiang. :
SERINDIA 14
Citizen of: Suffix. :
ITE 15
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Units of light energy. :
RADS 18
Tarzan's foster mother. :
APE 19
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Republic between France and Spain. :
ANDORRA 21
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New Jersey's Governor. :
EDGE 35
Irvin Cobb's Kentucky home. :
PADUCAH 36
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Queen of spades in solo. :
BASTA 41
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Capital of Majorca. :
PALMA 48
Thames river town. :
ETON 50
Easily-split variety of rock. :
SCHIST 51
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Channel across Sandy Hook. :
AMBROSE 57
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Six-pointed heraldic star. :
ESTOILE 63
China's "Southern Capital." :
NANKING 64
Island invaded by Australians. :
TARAKAN 65
Famous Bishop of Seville. :
ISIDORE 66
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Vergil's epic: Var. :
ENEID 70
Novel by Chateaubriand, 1801. :
ATALA 75
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Last Spanish Queen. :
ENA 78
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Mop for sweeping ovens. :
SCOVEL 88
Papers containing detailed information. :
DOSSIER 90
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Famous Nile city. :
CAIRO 94
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Novel by Dostoevski. (With
The .) :
IDIOT 97
Albanian river, to Adriatic. :
DRINI 99
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London area, famed in song. :
LAMBETH 109
Region claimed by Peru and Ecuador. :
ORIENTE 110
City near Dortmund. :
HAMM 111
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Biblical patriarch. :
ENOCH 123
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Peer Gynt's mother. :
ASE 137
Chinese statesman, Wellington ___. :
KOO 139
Italian town, S. of Turin. :
BRA
Answer summary:12 unique to this puzzle , 59 debuted here and reused later , 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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