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Charles Merz
Charles Merz
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Arthur Hays Sulzberger

UNITED NATIONS

New York Times, Sunday, June 14, 1942

Author:
Charles Merz and Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 175, Blocks: 95, Avg Word Len: 4.96, Missing: { J Y Z }, Scrabble score: 602 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 137 Grid has mirror symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Charles Merz and Arthur Hays Sulzberger have 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

This is the first Times crossword with mirror symmetry.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger was the publisher of the New York Times, and Charles Merz was an editor. You can read more about this puzzle here.

David Steinberg notes:

122-Across clue originally had "strategem"; changed to "stratagem."

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© 1942, The New York TimesNo. 18
Across
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United Nation. : INDIA
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United Nation. : SOUTHAFRICA
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United Nation. : HAITI
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Female relative. : NIECE
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One who values. : APPRECIATOR
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Embellish. : ADORN
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United Nation. : DOMINICA
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Place of worship. : ALTAR
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United Nation. : SALVADOR
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Kind of sorcery used in the West Indies. : OBI
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Ruminant quadruped. : ELK
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Pronoun. : HIM
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Cardinal number. : TEN
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Bombed town of New Guinea. : LAE
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Open: poetical. : OPE
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Uniform. : EQUAL
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Enthusiast. : FAN
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Hind. : ROE
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Fabulous inhabitant of the inner parts of the earth. : GNOME
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Whom Gott is mit. : UNS
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Entirely. : ALL
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Takes: Scot. : TAS
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Personification of truth in Spenser's "Faerie Queene." : UNA
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Compass point. : SSE
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Bird's cry. : CAW
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United Nation. : NETHERLANDS
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Sail. : NAVIGATE
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Anoint. : ANEAL
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Having the same molecular weight: chem. : ISOMERIC
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Abatement of symptoms. : ANESIS
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United Nation. : COSTARICA
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Untamed. : FERINE
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Cut off. : PARED
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Genus of moths. : TINEA
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Bites: Scotch. : GNAPS
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Style of necktie. : ASCOT
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State: abbr. : SD
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Next to last. : PENULT
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Mythical King of Athens. : AEGEUS
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Pelopium: chem. symbol. : PE
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Fishing with rod and line. : ANGLINGS
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Hostelry. : INN
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Setting upright. : ERECTIVE
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Raises. : ERECTS
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Avoid by dexterity. : EVADE
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Famous English author (1713-1768). : STERNE
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Russian measures of about 7 feet. : SAGENES
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Inhabitants of Brittany. : BRETONS
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Subdued laugh. : SNIGGER
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Herons. : EGRETS
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Saint: Span. : SAN
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Pagoda. : TAA
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Slightly tapering. : TERETE
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Fragment. : PIECE
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Quivering. : TREMULOUS
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Hub of wheel: Prov. Eng. : NATHE
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Express agreement. : ASSENT
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United Nation. : US
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Biblical name (1 Chron. IV). : IRU
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Chinese measure. : LI
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Khedive of Egypt (1863-79). : ISMAIL
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Army officers: abbr. : LTS
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Even: Poetical. : EEN
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Entrap by stratagem. : NET
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Wine vessel. : AMA
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Cough: Span. : TOS
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Combination of interests. : MERGER
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Having a large membranaceous bract: bot. : SPATHED
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Upper side of the foot. : INSTEP
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Situated on the median plane. : MESAL
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Masculine name. : OSCAR
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Elevate. : EXALT
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Fertile spot. : OASIS
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Printer's measure. : EN
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Rejected upon oath. : FORSWORE
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Large West Indian fishes. : RUVETTOS
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Exclamation. : AH
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First name of a well-known biographer born in Vienna. : STEFAN
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United Nation. : AUSTRALIA
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Make accordant. : ATTUNE
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Restores something deleted. : STETS
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Introduced with formality. : PRESENTED
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Those who use. : USERS
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Pertaining to India. : INDO
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Daughter of Tantalus. : NIOBE
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A sixteenth note. : DEMIQUAVER
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Here: French. : ICI
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Trojan hero. : AENEAS
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Pillage. : SACK
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Anti-inflation agency. : OPA
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Preposition. : UP
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Drill. : TRAIN
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Rudder-bar. : HELM
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Move. : ACT
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Decree. : FIAT
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Scarcer. : RARER
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Pronoun. : IT
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Kind of lettuce. : COS
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Asian sea. : ARAL
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Shelters. : HAVENS
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Feminine name. : ADA
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Pertaining to the process of determining iodin volumetrically. : IODOMETRIC
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Figurative use of a word. : TROPE
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In the matter of. : INRE
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Badly. : ILL
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Loiter. : LAG
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Limp. : HALT
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Substantive. : NOUN
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Foolish. : UNWISE
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Shearings. : FLEECINGS
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Decorates with a repetitive pattern. : ENDIAPERS
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Willows. : OSIERS
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Insect. : ANT
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Empirical. : TENTATIVE
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Plane surface. : AREA
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Becoming gradually slower: music. : SLARGANDO
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Domestic animal. : ASS
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United Nation. : CANADA
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Bushy shrub: var. : HASEL
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Adjust to a line. : ALINE
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Capital of the ancient country of Pontus. : SINOPE
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Sleeps. : NAPS
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Sheep disease. : GID
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Similar to. : AS
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Belonging to. : OF
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Latin pronoun. : MEA
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Order of mammals including whales. : CETE
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Burden. : ONUS
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Confine. : CAGE
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Pavilions. : TENTS
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Fatty tissues. : SUETS
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Indian copper coins. : PICES
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Aroma. : SCENT
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Females of a black race. : NEGRESSES
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United Nation. : GREECE
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Pre-Easter. : LENTEN
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Man's nickname. : NAT
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One-third of the aureus. : TRIENS
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Masculine name. : INGRAM
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Has a mere existence. : VEGETATES
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Sea bird. : ERNE
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Within: comb. form. : ENTO
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Part of a flower. : SEPAL
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Burdens laid against the land. : AGISTMENTS
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Obstructs. : BARS
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A King of Israel. : SAUL
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Beneficiaries of the United Nations. : ETHIOPIANS
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Dances. : REELS
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Bewilder. : STUN
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Continent. : ASIA
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Lofty turrets. : MINARETS
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Chemical suffix, same as -id. : URET
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Member of a certain religious faith. : LUTHERAN
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Burmese umbrella. : TEE
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Masculine name. : IAN
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God of love. : EROS
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Baseball equipment. : MITT
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Triangular sail, used on the Great Lakes. : RAFFE
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Exhibit evil pleasure. : GLOAT
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Rub hard. : SCOUR
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Resolve a sentence. : PARSE
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Rejoice. : EXULT
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Man's nickname. : DAVIE
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Black substances, essentially of carbon. : SOOTS
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Nice perception. : TASTE
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French pronoun. : MES
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Trade. : SWAP
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Guide. : LEAD
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Pronoun. : SHE
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Registered nurses: abbr. : RNS
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Greek letter. : TAU
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Diminutive suffix. : ET
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Musical note. : RE
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Abraham's home. : UR

Answer summary:
24 unique to this puzzle, 113 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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