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Charles Kuhls
WITH CLUES FROM THE RATIONING BOARD
New York Times, Sunday, July 5, 1942
123-Down : Ferruginous clay.
Author:
Charles Kuhls
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176 , Blocks: 80 , Avg Word Len: 5.10 , Missing: { Q X } , Scrabble score: 653 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 137 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 11 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 130
David Steinberg notes:
Original 131-Across clue had "602?661" in the parentheses; added an en dash after the question mark.
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© 1942, The New York Times No. 21
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Author of Areopagitica. :
MILTON 26
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"To mend it or be ___ on 't."—Macbeth. :
RID 35
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"Man and nature scorn the shocking ___."—Holmes. :
HAT 47
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East Indian starch-root. :
PIA 49
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War zone peninsula. :
MALAY 56
Cathedral city of Italy. :
MODENA 57
Tributary of the Elbe. :
EGER 61
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Inspector of weights and measures. :
SEALER 64
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Islands near New Guinea. :
ARU 68
"___ of us liveth to himself."—Romans, xiv, 7. :
NONE 70
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They're "semper fidelis." :
MARINES 81
American colonizer. :
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"___ longa, vita brevis." :
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"And rail'd on ___ fortune in good terms."—As You Like It. :
LADY 101
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A captive people. :
DANES 104
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Country named after an Italian navigator. :
AMERICA 108
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MacArthur's former antagonist. :
HOMMA 113
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Attican townships. :
DEMES 115
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"We don't give bread ___ fishball."—Lane. :
ONE 124
Graduated set of organ pipes. :
STOP 125
Buddhist sect in Japan. :
ZEN 126
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"___ covenants of peace."—Wilson. :
OPEN 129
Portions of horn tissue. :
SCURS 131
"The Lion of God." (602?-661). :
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Literally, an assembly of old men. :
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Frozen item in our budget. :
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Ancestor of the Hebrews. :
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Commanding officer: abbr. :
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Country of the Gurkhas. :
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"And stab my ___ broad awake."—Stevenson. :
SPIRIT 19
Relating to the singing birds. :
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"All are ___ by each one."—Emerson. :
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Vital war material. :
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Knots at the end of Spanish lariats. :
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Ancient Irish clan. :
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"The sure, sweet cement, glue and lime of love."—Herrick. :
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Malta has had 2,300 of these. :
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Prime Minister of Canada. :
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Where Pago Pago is. :
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Cavalryman of India. :
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Humorous contraction of enigma. :
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Having oblique surfaces. :
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Cherished a desire. :
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Edible tuberous roots. :
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Classical pin to fasten the hair. :
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City captured by Nipponese. :
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"Ere thou from hence ___."—Milton. :
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Ox-headed antelope. :
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Surname indicating descent from Aaron. :
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Ferruginous clay. :
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"___ for victory." :
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Misshapen hag in "Faerie Queene." :
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Answer summary:6 unique to this puzzle , 124 debuted here and reused later , 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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