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Alvin Ashby
WORDS FROM THE WAR FRONTS
New York Times, Sunday, July 30, 1944
142-Down : Headland.
Author:
Alvin Ashby
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 178, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.04, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 646 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 131, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 73
Grid has duplicate clues.
Alvin Ashby has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 124-Across clue had "Name"; changed to "name."
1 I | 2 M | 3 P | 4 H | 5 A | 6 L | 7 A | 8 T | 9 T | 10 U | 11 A | 12 S | 13 I | 14 A | 15 R | 16 A | 17 B | 18 A | 19 U | 20 L |
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21 T | U | L | A | G | I | 22 C | H | U | N | 23 G | K | I | N | G | 24 O | D | E | S | S | A |
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25 A | N | O | D | E | S | 26 M | A | N | C | H | U | R | I | A | 27 M | A | T | T | E | D |
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28 L | I | V | E | 29 S | 30 E | E | N | 31 H | E | T | 32 A | S | 33 S | A | M | 34 U | D | O |
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35 I | C | E | 36 I | O | N | S | 37 S | E | T | A | 38 E | 39 P | U | N | 40 T | R | O | G |
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41 C | H | R | 42 I | S | M | S | 43 C | H | E | T | N | I | 44 K | 45 D | I | 46 O | R | A | M | A |
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47 T | E | E | 48 C | A | I | R | O | 49 G | A | 50 S | 51 A | R | U | |||||||||
52 A | 53 C | 54 H | E | R | 55 S | O | P | P | Y | 56 S | E | N | N | 57 A | 58 A | L | 59 E | 60 P | 61 H |
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62 G | H | O | R | 63 M | A | R | T | S | 64 C | A | R | D | I | F | 65 F | 66 Y | S | E | R |
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67 R | E | L | 68 T | A | M | P | A | 69 D | O | L | 70 Y | P | R | E | 71 S | 72 P | R | O |
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73 A | N | L | 74 A | U | T | 75 S | I | 76 B | E | R | I | 77 A | 78 S | E | D | I | 79 T | I | O | N |
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80 N | A | N | T | E | 81 S | 82 N | I | S | S | E | N | 83 S | 84 T | E | R | R | O | R | ||||
85 R | A | N | D | O | L | P | 86 H | 87 S | T | A | N | T | O | 88 N | 89 R | E | I | N | A | 90 S |
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91 H | U | D | 92 R | O | U | E | 93 N | 94 R | I | T | 95 L | O | 96 V | A | T | 97 A | T | E |
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98 E | L | I | 99 S | 100 T | R | A | I | 101 T | O | R | 102 S | O | M | A | L | 103 A | G | E | N |
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104 A | T | A | P | 105 S | 106 S | T | O | R | Y | 107 N | A | V | A | L | 108 L | E | E | D | S |
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109 A | U | 110 K | 111 S | T | Y | 112 C | E | D | E | D | 113 M | U | R | |||||||||
114 M | 115 A | 116 N | I | P | U | 117 R | 118 A | S | 119 S | A | U | L | T | 120 C | O | L | O | 121 M | 122 B | 123 O |
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124 A | L | A | N | 125 R | A | 126 F | 127 T | A | S | T | Y | 128 D | A | R | U | 129 A | E | F |
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130 N | I | P | 131 W | I | E | L | 132 D | 133 L | E | R | 134 L | E | D | O | 135 T | U | R | F |
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136 T | E | L | 137 I | A | L | 138 A | U | 139 S | T | R | A | 140 L | I | A | 141 C | 142 R | A | D | L | E |
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143 U | N | E | D | G | E | 144 G | R | E | E | N | L | A | N | D | 145 C | A | R | L | I | N |
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146 A | S | S | E | S | S | 147 S | A | A | R | 148 S | E | T | S | 149 O | S | T | E | N | D |
© 1944, The New York TimesNo. 129
Across
1
Assam city defended from Japs. : IMPHAL
7
Where Massacre Bay is. : ATTU
11
Theatre of war. : ASIA
15
By-passed New Britain base. : RABAUL
21
Solomon Islands capital. : TULAGI
22
Strategic city on Yangtze. : CHUNGKING
24
Black Sea naval base. : ODESSA
25
Positive poles. : ANODES
26
Part of China overrun by Japs. : MANCHURIA
27
Snarled. : MATTED
28
Vital. : LIVE
29
Descried. : SEEN
31
Hot: Slang. : HET
32
Shillong is its capital. : ASSAM
34
Japanese herb. : UDO
35
Freeze. : ICE
36
Cations or anions. : IONS
37
Bristles. : SETAE
39
Verbal quibble. : PUN
40
Bargain: Scot. : TROG
41
Baptismal oils. : CHRISMS
43
Follower of Mikailovitch. : CHETNIK
45
Scenic effect. : DIORAMA
47
Exact point. : TEE
48
Egyptian headquarters. : CAIRO
49
High octane ___. : GAS
51
Bombed islands near New Guinea. : ARU
52
Sufferer. : ACHER
55
Very wet. : SOPPY
56
Cassia leaflets. : SENNA
58
Hebrew letter. : ALEPH
62
Valley of Dead Sea. : GHOR
63
Emporiums. : MARTS
64
Welsh seaport. : CARDIFF
66
River of France and Belgium. : YSER
67
Electrical unit. : REL
68
Florida city. : TAMPA
69
Diminutive of Dorothy. : DOL
70
"Wipers." : YPRES
72
For. : PRO
73
Initial sound: Phonetics. : ANLAUT
75
Where Omsk is. : SIBERIA
78
What Liz Dilling is on trial for. : SEDITION
80
City on the Loire. : NANTES
82
Quonset huts. : NISSENS
84
Gestapo weapon. : TERROR
85
Texas flying field. : RANDOLPH
87
Lincoln's secretary of war. : STANTON
89
Rockfishes. : REINAS
91
Hull: Dial. Eng. : HUD
92
City on the Seine. : ROUEN
94
Slower: Mus. abbr. : RIT
95
Russian river, 320 miles to Lake Ilmen. : LOVAT
97
Consumed. : ATE
98
Ancient country in Greece. : ELIS
100
Quisling. : TRAITOR
102
Physical. : SOMAL
103
City on the Garonne. : AGEN
104
Nipa palms: Malay. : ATAPS
106
Yarn. : STORY
107
Of warships. : NAVAL
108
Yorkshire city. : LEEDS
109
Sea bird. : AUK
111
Pen. : STY
112
Surrendered. : CEDED
113
Austrian river. : MUR
114
Imphal is its capital. : MANIPUR
118
Attack. : ASSAULT
120
Capital of Ceylon. : COLOMBO
124
Man's name. : ALAN
125
Destroyer of robot bombs. : RAF
127
Savory. : TASTY
128
Papuan port. : DARU
129
Receivers of V-mail. : AEF
130
Jap. : NIP
131
Handle. : WIELD
133
Irish sea god. : LER
134
New road to China. : LEDO
135
Slab of peat. : TURF
136
Of a spore fruit. : TELIAL
138
Island saved from Japs. : AUSTRALIA
141
Shipbuilder's framework. : CRADLE
143
Make dull. : UNEDGE
144
Where Godhavn is. : GREENLAND
145
Former coin of Sicily. : CARLIN
146
Tax. : ASSESS
147
___ Basin. : SAAR
148
Groups. : SETS
149
Flanders port. : OSTEND
Down
1
Of a Latin people. : ITALIC
2
Capital of Bavaria. : MUNICH
3
Shore bird. : PLOVER
4
Deviate from vertical: Geol. : HADE
5
Generation. : AGE
6
Supple. : LISSOME
7
Culminations. : ACMES
8
Conjunction. : THAN
9
Wine cask. : TUN
10
Not gay. : UNCHEERY
11
Aleutian isle, active volcano. : AKUTAN
12
Title. : SIR
13
Porpoise. : INIA
14
Panting. : AGASP
15
Where Brasov is. : ROMANIA
16
Lilith's husband. : ADAM
17
Wager. : BET
18
Town S. E. of Rome. : ASTURA
19
Island off Prussian coast. : USEDOM
20
Lake in Russia and Finland. : LADOGA
23
Jewish quarter. : GHETTO
30
Entity. : ENS
33
South: Fr. : SUD
36
Tributary of Elbe. : ISER
37
Forrestal's job. : SHIPS
38
High Alp. : EIGER
40
Sincerely. : TRULY
42
Roman road. : ITER
43
Wearer of four ½ in. gold stripes. : CAPTAIN
44
Mountbatten's headquarters. : KANDY
46
Pray: Latin. : ORA
48
Marine. : CORPS
50
Small pieces. : SNIPS
52
Where Taj Mahal is. : AGRA
53
U. S. general in China. : CHENNAULT
54
Captured New Guinea base. : HOLLANDIA
55
Noted uncle. : SAM
56
Prominent. : SALIENT
57
Agitated. : AFRET
59
FBI's bailiwick. : ESPIONAGE
60
Harangued. : PERORATED
61
Czech river. : HRON
63
Sailor: Fr. : MATELOT
64
U. S. scout bomber. : CORSAIR
65
Of a league. : FEDERAL
68
Instruct. : TUTOR
69
Blot out. : DESTROY
71
River joining Danube near Galatz. : SIRET
74
Conjunction. : AND
76
Encore. : BIS
77
Winged insect. : ANT
79
Three: Prefix. : TRI
81
Mountain ridges. : SPURS
83
White Sea island, USSR. : SOLOVET
85
Ostrich. : RHEA
86
Preliminary races. : HEATS
88
Wanderer. : NOMAD
90
City S E of Paris. : SENS
93
East Indian tree. : NIOTA
96
French lace: Colloq. : VAL
99
Where Ambassador Hayes is. : SPAIN
101
Meeting. : TRYST
102
Miserably. : SADLY
103
Aircraft. : AERO
105
Drink. : SUP
107
The Swiss. : NEUTRALS
108
Girl's name. : LULU
110
Isles S of Kamchatka. : KURILES
112
Barrack. : CASERN
113
Where Tetuan is. : MOROCCO
114
City north of the Po. : MANTUA
115
Foreigners. : ALIENS
116
Where Poletti rebuilds. : NAPLES
117
Scottish explorer. : RAE
119
Preserver of meat. : SALTER
120
Bounder. : CAD
121
Render tearful. : MAUDLE
122
Rubble city. : BERLIN
123
Displease. : OFFEND
126
Standards. : FLAGS
128
Letters in D. L. O. : DEADS
131
K-9 members. : WAGS
132
Town in Palestine. : DURA
134
Cotton fiber. : LINT
135
Sharp. : TART
137
Food fish. : IDE
139
___ of Okhotsk. : SEA
140
New Guinea base. : LAE
142
Headland. : RAS
Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 63 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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