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P. Joseph Lamanna
P. Joseph Lamanna

WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS

New York Times, Sunday, August 19, 1945

109-Down : The first man: Babyl. Myth.

Author:
P. J. Lamanna
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 681 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 159, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 74 Grid has duplicate clues.
P. Joseph Lamanna has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
P. J. Lamanna is an alias for P. Joseph Lamanna.
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© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 184
Across
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Propeller. : THROWER
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Zealot. : FANATIC
15
Signs of rank in Navy. : STRIPES
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Act of drawing. : HAULAGE
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Brazilian tree. : ARAROBA
24
Good post-war business. : TOURISM
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Turns to bat. : INNINGS
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Naval chief in SW Pacific. : KINKAID
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Agreement. : ENTENTE
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Workman in Chile. : ROTO
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Gazed intently. : PORED
31
English court. : ASSIZES
33
Hide. : STOW
34
Pluto. : DIS
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Made cerulean. : BLUED
36
Filling for shells. : TNT
37
Bantu natives. : ZULUS
39
Goddess of harvest. : OPS
40
African antelope. : ELAND
41
Manufacturing city in NW Switzerland. : BASEL
43
Revolutions. : GYRES
45
Scatter. : DISBAND
48
Turret. : MIRADOR
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Living only in presence of oxygen. : AEROBIC
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Acclivity. : ASCENT
55
Allots. : DOLES
56
Plus ___. : FOURS
58
Droop. : LOLL
59
U. S. Attorney General. : CLARK
60
American capitalist (1836-92). : GOULD
61
Drinking vessel. : GOURD
62
Greek letter. : GAMMA
63
Lingo. : CANT
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Resembling Mickey. : MOUSY
65
Assistant Secretary of Navy. : GATES
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Head of 7th Amphibious Force. : BARBEY
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County in Denmark. : AMT
68
Whirs. : BIRRS
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Short ridge. : KAME
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Nova Scotians. : ACADIANS
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Native of Borneo. : DYAK
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Girl's name. : EMELINE
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Project. : IDEA
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Small planet. : ASTEROID
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Chester ___ Arthur. : ALAN
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Knobs. : NODES
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Apis mellifera. : BEE
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Port, NE of Hong Kong, ringed by Chinese forces. : SWATOW
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Sharp barks. : YELPS
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Freighted. : LADEN
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Useful carbonate. : SODA
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Archfiend. : SATAN
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Patron saint of France. : DENIS
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Stop watch. : TIMER
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Hollow. : SINUS
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Mountains in Kirghiz. : ALAI
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River port, NE Manchuria. : KIRIN
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Strait the Nazis couldn't cross. : DOVER
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Volcanic glass. : PUMICE
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European falcons. : MERLINS
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Unit for measuring noise. : DECIBEL
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Carted. : WAGONED
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Genus of grasses. : STIPA
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Black buck. : SASIN
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Galileo was one. : PISAN
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Pointed tool. : AWL
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City on W coast of Hokkaido. : OTARU
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Invasion ship. : LST
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$5 in Iraq. : DINAR
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Political elephant. : GOP
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Jap assembly. : DIET
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Roll along. : TRUNDLE
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Bound with strips. : TAPED
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City in W Nevada. : RENO
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Points in orbits of planets. : APHELIA
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Port on Formosa Strait, regained by Chinese. : FOOCHOW
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Makes fast. : SECURES
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Reverberating. : PEALING
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Unprofitable. : INUTILE
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Mystical meaning of words. : ANAGOGE
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Determine. : ARRANGE
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Pendent ornaments. : TASSELS
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Elongated island of Philippines. : PALAWAN
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Patton's army. : THIRD
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Capital of French Indo-China. : HANOI
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Stunted animals. : RUNTS
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Hodgepodge. : OLIO
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Sickly. : WAN
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Herb allied to potato. : EGGPLANT
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Echo. : RESOUND
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Coiled rope in loops: Naut. : FAKED
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Uninteresting. : ARID
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___ Ling mountains in S China. : NAN
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The "Wonder State." : ARKANSAS
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Drank to. : TOASTED
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Wading bird. : IBIS
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Seaport in SW Spain. : CADIZ
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Balance for weighing objects. : STEELYARD
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Shaves head of. : TONSURES
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Groove. : RUT
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Makes wroth. : IRES
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Piebald horse. : PINTO
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Plug up. : ESTOP
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Mergansers. : SMEWS
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1,200-mile river, to Mississippi. : RED
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Swiss canton. : ZUG
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Fruitless. : BLANK
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Marked deduction of weight of. : TARED
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Weight of India. : SER
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President of Germany, 1919-25. : EBERT
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Bludgeon. : BILLY
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Islands off NW Norway. : LOFOTEN
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Places for sun baths. : SOLARIA
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City of Bengal. : DACCA
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Faith of the Arab League. : ISLAM
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Limit in amount. : SCANT
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Frozen dessert. : MOUSSE
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Rake. : ROUE
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Sobriquet of Ferdinand II (1810-59). : BOMBA
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Lake in Leningrad area. : ILMEN
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Earthy materials. : CLAYS
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Sour in aspect. : DOUR
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___ Major. : URSA
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Republic in U.S.S.R. : GORKI
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Street arab. : GAMIN
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Codfishes. : GADES
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Catty cry. : MIAOW
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Celebrations. : GALAS
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German State, its capital Karlsruhe. : BADEN
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He wrote "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." : BYRON
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Seaweeds. : KELPS
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Dilute alcoholic drink. : CIDER
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Military bodies. : DETAILS
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Belgian city. : MALINES
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Smooth paint. : ENAMEL
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Where Ledo is. : ASSAM
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Piece of meadow. : SWALE
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Republic in U.S.S.R. : TATAR
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Stainer. : DYER
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German river. : ODER
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Jap islands near Iwo. : BONIN
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Evolve. : EDUCE
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Mitigated. : EASED
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City in N Oklahoma. : ENID
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Rouse: Colloq. : LIVEN
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Father of Judas. : SIMON
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Belittle. : DISPARAGE
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Book of Apocrypha. : TOBIT
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Rationed product. : SUGAR
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Work of needle-wielder. : KNITTING
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Analyzes. : DISSECTS
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City in SW California. : PASADENA
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Jap statesman (1841-1909). : ITO
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Unfeeling. : CALLOUS
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Winter apple. : WINESAP
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Islands off New Guinea. : ARU
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Hero of "Great Expectations." : PIP
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The first man: Babyl. Myth. : ADAPA
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Towel. : WIPER
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"Merry Widow" composer. : LEHAR
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Disqualify. : UNFIT
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Vice President, 1925-29. : DAWES
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Leader of U. S. 15th Army. : GEROW
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Lake in NW Russia. : ONEGA
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City in W Poland. : POSEN
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Tissue: Anat. : TELA
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Portuguese lady. : DONA
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Impost. : TOLL
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Plica. : RUGA
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Basswood. : LIN
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Go with dispatch. : HIE
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Sobriquet of a President. : CAL

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4 unique to this puzzle, 70 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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