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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

GLOBAL REPORTER

New York Times, Sunday, September 30, 1945

9-Down : The broomcorn millet.

Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 67, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 534 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 53
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 97-Down clue, removed colon after "Bonaparte."

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© 1945, The New York TimesNo. 190
Across
1
City to be occupied Oct. 23, 6th Division. : NAGOYA
7
Nipponese prize taken in Germany. : OSHIMA
13
Remnant of Jap fleet. : NAGATO
19
Red member of "super peace council." : MOLOTOV
20
One of the arch war criminals. : KEITEL
21
Imaginary king of East: Var. : AMAMON
22
Moluccan island. : AMBOINA
23
Opposite of unwind. : INROLL
24
Quintus H. Flaccus, golden age poet. : HORACE
25
Creek. : RIA
26
First day of Roman months. : CALENDS
28
Planner of B-29 raids on Tokyo. : LEMAY
30
Me: French. : MOI
31
Guest houses. : INNS
33
Mighty U. S. dreadnought. : IOWA
34
Funeral oration. : ELOGE
36
Mountings for tires. : RIMS
37
Genus of aquatic plants. : NAIAS
39
Newport ___. : NEWS
41
Toward the setting sun. : AWEST
43
Artificial gold or silver of Egypt. : ASEM
44
Tennyson heroine. : ELAINE
46
Bird of ostrich family. : RATITE
48
Foreshank. : SHIN
50
Iloilo is its capital. : PANAY
52
Binary compound. : OXIDE
54
His capital is Tegucigalpa. : ANDINO
58
Capital of 20th Air Force base. : GARAPAN
61
Bogland to a poet. : ERIN
62
Notorious Nazi camp. : MAIDANEK
64
Bodement. : OMEN
65
Railway supervisor. : ROADMASTER
68
Thunder-god of Vedic myth. : INDRA
69
Towser. : DOG
70
Farmer in old Ireland. : CEILE
71
Father of Jacob and Esau. : ISAAC
73
America's Peter Klaus. : RIP
74
Spenser's Emerald Isle. : IRENA
76
Cool. : NONCHALANT
80
Over. : FINI
81
Respect. : VENERATE
83
Chantilly product. : LACE
84
Funeral vehicles. : HEARSES
86
Clement Richard. : ATTLEE
87
Marines call him "Howlin' Mad." : SMITH
89
Heroine in St. George and the Dragon ballads. : SABRA
90
Minced oath: U. S. : SWOW
92
Ideal republic of James Harrington. : OCEANA
94
Lavinia's husband. : AENEAS
98
W. African river. : MONO
101
Indentation. : NOTCH
103
Choice. : RARE
105
Short oar. : SCULL
106
Dispart. : OPEN
107
Speed contests. : RACES
109
Bulrush. : TULE
111
Flat plinth. : ORLO
112
Horse and buggy. : RIG
113
Mountains in Beehive State. : UINTA
115
Coming to an end. : CEASING
118
Notabilia. : ANA
119
GI rifle. : GARAND
121
Sideways. : ASKANT
123
Admiral Halsey's flag secretary. : STASSEN
125
Inharmonious. : ATONAL
126
Haunt of theatrical Broadwayites. : RIALTO
127
Abelard's correspondent. : HELOISE
128
Cuddle up. : NESTLE
129
OWMR director. : SNYDER
130
Red cabs. : ARABAS
Down
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Par. : NOMINAL
2
Old romantic name of Highland region, Scotland. : ALBANIA
3
Sticky substance: Slang. : GOO
4
Auditory. : OTIC
5
Japan's ex-Navy Minister. : YONAI
6
Arthurian abode. : AVALON
7
Future U. S. Pacific base. : OKINAWA
8
Dispatch. : SEND
9
The broomcorn millet. : HIRSE
10
Jap admiral killed in suicide attack at Okinawa. : ITO
11
Ripened. : MELLOWED
12
Declare. : ALLEGE
13
Capital of Ryukyus. : NAHA
14
Port on Taiwan Strait. : AMOY
15
Longnose. : GAR
16
Islands of N Ryukyus. : AMAMIS
17
Futurity. : TOCOME
18
Monism: Rare. : ONEISM
19
One of Gen. Geiger's men. : MARINE
27
Pitcher room. : EWERY
29
Hodgepodge. : MESS
32
New 14,500-ton U. S. carrier. : SAIPAN
35
Romans of Virgil's time. : LATINS
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Boat having three rowers. : RANDAN
38
Scintillate. : SNAP
40
Tempest. : STORM
42
Modern Siam. : THAI
45
Lake in Finland. : ENARE
47
Genus of corn lilies. : IXIA
49
Of the Land of Regrets. : INDIC
51
Moisten. : ANOINT
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Ancient name of Homs, Syria. : EMESA
55
Largest Madagascan lemurs. : INDRIS
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Guernsey flower. : NERINE
57
Giraffe's close relatives. : OKAPIS
58
Coventry's famous bareback rider. : GODIVA
59
Character in Faerie Queene. : AMORET
60
Titular role of Archbishop Damaskinos. : REGENT
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Bevin's predecessor. : EDEN
63
Mediator of Peruvian-Ecuadorian border agreement. : ARANHA
66
Drug plants. : ALOES
67
Mah-jongg piece. : TILE
70
King of Beggars: 1693-1770. : CAREW
72
Nomadic Bedouin tribe. : ATEBA
75
Former WPB chairman. : NELSON
77
Trite phrase. : CLICHE
78
Unlove. : HATE
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Pickled bamboo shoots: India. : ACHAR
80
Tottering dictator. : FRANCO
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Age. : AEON
85
Son of Zeus. : ARES
88
Pit viper. : MOCCASIN
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Former name of Seyhan River, Turkey. : SARUS
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Hackneyed. : WORN
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Swimmer. : NATATOR
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About 20 million square miles. : EURASIA
96
Totality. : ALLNESS
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Author of Napoleon Bonaparte (1850-1928). : SLOANE
98
Founder of New York's E. 36th St. Library. : MORGAN
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Anodyne. : OPIATE
100
Bacolod is its capital. : NEGROS
102
Stalinites in Kazan area. : TATARS
104
Hebrew prophet. : ELISHA
108
Any Norse epicist. : SCALD
110
Journalize. : ENTER
113
Single. : UNAL
114
Otiant. : IDLE
116
Grafted, in heraldry. : ENTE
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Festival. : GALA
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Formicary dweller. : ANT
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King Arthur's foster brother. : KAY
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Convulsive cry. : SOB

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 42 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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