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Sun 7/5/1942 WITH CLUES FROM THE RATIONING BOARD
R | U | B | B | E | R | | A | S | P | S | | V | E | G | A | | N | E | L | S | O | N |
O | N | E | I | D | A | | S | P | I | T | F | I | R | E | S | | E | L | A | P | S | E |
M | I | L | T | O | N | | H | U | R | R | I | C | A | N | E | | P | U | M | I | C | E |
P | O | D | | M | A | T | E | R | | A | N | A | S | | A | B | A | S | | R | I | D |
E | L | A | S | | R | I | N | | S | T | E | R | E | S | | O | L | I | V | I | N | E |
R | A | M | E | K | I | N | | S | U | E | R | S | | H | A | T | | V | O | T | E | D |
| | | P | I | A | | B | O | G | G | Y | | C | O | L | O | N | E | L | | | |
K | I | L | T | S | | M | A | L | A | Y | | M | O | D | E | N | A | | E | G | E | R |
I | D | E | | S | E | A | L | E | R | | P | A | L | | R | E | P | S | | A | R | U |
N | O | N | E | | L | I | E | S | | P | A | L | L | E | T | S | | A | M | U | S | E |
G | L | I | M | M | E | R | S | | C | O | P | I | E | R | S | | S | M | A | L | T | S |
| | N | I | E | C | E | | M | A | R | I | N | E | S | | B | O | O | N | E | | |
R | E | G | L | E | T | | C | A | N | T | E | E | N | | H | A | W | A | I | I | A | N |
E | G | R | E | T | | D | A | R | T | E | R | S | | T | O | R | A | | A | T | L | E |
A | M | A | | S | E | E | N | | A | R | S | | V | I | P | E | R | S | | E | O | S |
L | A | D | Y | | T | A | T | A | R | S | | D | A | N | E | S | | A | C | R | E | S |
| | | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | | G | O | R | E | D | | S | P | A | | | |
H | O | M | M | A | | E | C | U | | D | E | M | E | S | | G | E | S | T | A | P | O |
A | M | A | S | S | E | S | | S | C | E | N | I | C | | O | N | E | | S | T | O | P |
Z | E | N | | S | A | T | E | | O | P | E | N | | S | C | U | R | S | | A | L | I |
E | L | I | C | I | T | | M | A | H | A | R | A | J | A | H | | E | T | A | M | I | N |
R | E | L | I | V | E | | I | T | E | R | A | T | I | V | E | | S | E | N | A | T | E |
S | T | A | T | E | R | | R | E | N | T | | E | B | E | R | | S | P | I | N | E | D |
Original 131-Across clue had "602?661" in the parentheses; added an en dash after the question mark.
– puzzle by Charles Kuhls
Sun 7/12/1942 WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
A | R | M | A | D | A | | A | S | I | A | | A | W | A | K | E | | C | O | R | A | L |
L | O | I | T | E | R | | C | O | R | R | E | G | I | D | O | R | | O | R | I | B | I |
A | L | K | A | L | I | | E | L | E | M | E | N | T | A | R | Y | | N | A | V | A | L |
S | L | A | P | | Z | E | R | O | | O | L | A | | M | E | N | D | S | | E | S | T |
K | E | D | | P | O | N | S | | S | U | E | T | S | | A | G | I | T | A | T | E | S |
A | D | O | R | I | N | G | | M | A | R | R | I | E | D | | O | V | A | L | | | |
| | | I | T | A | L | I | A | N | | S | O | W | A | R | | A | N | E | M | I | C |
E | M | P | T | Y | | A | N | G | E | R | | N | A | K | E | R | | T | R | A | N | I |
P | A | R | E | | A | N | T | I | R | E | D | | N | A | B | A | L | | T | R | O | T |
I | D | O | | A | R | D | E | N | | T | A | B | | R | E | V | E | L | | T | R | E |
C | A | P | E | R | S | | R | O | B | I | N | E | T | | L | E | P | O | R | I | D | E |
| G | A | N | G | E | S | | T | A | N | G | R | A | M | | D | E | C | A | N | I | |
P | A | G | E | A | N | T | S | | B | A | L | A | N | C | E | | R | U | S | I | N | E |
I | S | A | | S | A | I | L | S | | S | E | T | | N | A | R | E | S | | Q | A | F |
A | C | N | E | | L | E | E | C | H | | D | E | B | A | S | E | D | | B | U | T | T |
N | A | D | A | B | | S | P | O | O | L | | D | A | M | E | S | | F | R | E | E | S |
O | R | A | T | O | R | | T | O | R | A | S | | D | E | L | I | B | L | E | | | |
| | | E | D | I | T | | P | U | M | P | A | G | E | | D | R | E | D | G | E | S |
T | R | I | N | I | D | A | D | | S | P | I | N | E | | F | E | U | D | | E | V | A |
R | O | D | | L | E | R | O | T | | E | R | I | | H | E | S | S | | S | H | O | W |
E | N | A | T | E | | G | U | E | R | R | I | L | L | A | S | | H | O | U | R | L | Y |
A | C | H | E | S | | E | S | S | E | N | T | I | A | L | S | | E | N | D | I | V | E |
D | O | O | R | S | | T | E | S | T | S | | C | E | T | E | | D | O | D | G | E | R |
100-Across clue was originally "Skin affection."; changed to "Skin affliction."
– puzzle by Alvin Ashby
Sun 7/19/1942 WITH CLEWS FROM THE NEWS
A | L | E | U | T | I | A | N | | R | O | M | M | E | L | | C | O | L | L | I | N | S |
N | A | N | N | E | T | T | E | | O | R | O | I | D | E | | O | C | E | A | N | I | A |
D | O | V | E | L | E | T | S | | N | E | L | L | E | S | | N | E | A | R | E | S | T |
A | D | E | | A | M | A | S | S | | L | E | T | | S | I | V | A | N | | R | A | Y |
M | I | N | T | | S | C | L | A | V | | S | O | L | O | M | O | N | | I | T | E | R |
A | C | O | R | N | | H | E | R | O | N | | N | A | N | A | Y | | T | R | I | A | S |
N | E | M | E | A | N | | R | O | T | A | S | | M | E | M | | A | R | I | A | N | |
| | | T | R | I | P | | S | E | C | E | D | E | D | | A | G | A | S | | | |
E | B | B | | E | L | I | S | | R | E | T | A | R | | S | T | U | M | | C | A | R |
N | A | R | D | | E | T | T | A | | L | E | G | | L | O | K | I | | M | A | M | A |
F | R | Y | E | R | | H | A | R | T | L | E | | S | E | V | A | S | T | O | P | O | L |
A | B | A | T | E | D | | T | A | R | E | | H | O | P | I | | H | I | D | E | R | S |
C | A | N | T | E | R | B | U | R | Y | | T | A | L | I | E | N | | M | E | R | I | T |
E | R | S | E | | E | A | R | S | | B | A | B | | S | T | E | P | | L | E | T | O |
D | A | K | | G | A | L | E | | T | A | P | I | R | | S | A | L | A | | D | E | N |
| | | B | I | R | D | | T | R | A | I | T | E | S | | T | O | R | S | | | |
| D | A | I | L | Y | | T | W | O | | S | A | L | A | D | | P | A | L | M | A | R |
M | A | L | T | A | | Q | U | I | L | L | | T | I | M | O | R | | B | O | O | Z | E |
A | L | I | T | | C | U | R | D | L | E | S | | C | O | R | A | L | | E | L | U | L |
N | U | E | | W | E | I | R | D | | A | H | I | | A | N | Z | A | C | | O | R | E |
G | E | N | E | R | A | L | | L | I | D | I | C | E | | I | Z | V | E | S | T | I | A |
E | G | O | T | I | S | T | | E | V | E | N | E | R | | E | L | A | T | I | O | N | S |
R | E | R | A | T | E | S | | D | A | R | E | R | S | | R | E | S | E | R | V | E | E |
Sun 7/26/1942 WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES
A | M | E | N | D | | D | E | L | O | S | | L | A | V | A | L | | R | A | B | A | T |
V | A | L | O | R | | O | P | E | R | A | | E | R | A | S | E | | A | R | A | L | U |
E | N | E | M | Y | | M | O | U | N | T | B | A | T | T | E | N | | V | O | T | A | L |
R | O | M | | D | I | E | S | | A | R | A | S | | | A | I | D | A | | E | N | S |
T | R | I | P | O | L | I | | S | M | A | R | T | E | D | | N | I | G | E | R | I | A |
| | | A | C | E | | P | E | E | P | S | | M | O | S | | P | E | A | | | |
T | R | A | C | K | | P | E | N | N | Y | | D | E | L | T | A | | S | T | O | A | T |
R | O | U | T | | B | E | G | O | T | | R | E | U | T | E | R | S | | S | U | L | U |
E | M | S | | F | I | L | A | R | | P | A | C | | S | A | G | A | S | | T | O | R |
N | E | T | | U | T | E | S | | T | A | B | O | G | | M | U | R | M | A | N | S | K |
T | O | R | A | N | | G | U | E | R | R | I | L | L | A | | S | T | A | T | U | E | S |
| | A | M | I | S | | S | T | O | A | | L | E | N | D | | S | L | I | M | | |
S | O | L | A | C | E | S | | C | O | M | M | A | N | D | O | S | | L | A | B | O | R |
Q | U | I | S | L | I | N | G | | P | O | U | T | S | | N | A | M | E | | E | V | E |
U | T | A | | E | N | A | R | E | | U | S | E | | S | E | V | E | R | | R | I | N |
A | R | N | O | | E | P | I | C | E | N | E | | D | A | G | O | N | | M | E | N | D |
B | E | S | E | T | | S | M | O | L | T | | D | E | L | A | Y | | S | I | D | E | S |
| | | S | O | L | | E | L | I | | T | I | C | A | L | | D | O | N | | | |
D | N | I | E | P | E | R | | E | S | C | A | P | E | D | | M | O | L | O | T | O | V |
E | O | N | | P | O | E | T | | | H | E | L | M | | I | A | G | O | | I | R | A |
I | R | E | N | E | | M | I | H | A | I | L | O | V | I | C | H | | M | A | M | A | S |
F | I | R | E | R | | U | R | I | E | L | | M | I | N | E | D | | O | K | O | T | E |
Y | A | T | E | S | | S | E | N | S | E | | A | R | A | R | I | | N | A | R | E | S |
51-Across clue originally had "1-12"; changed to "1/12." 107-Across clue originally had "1-10"; changed to "1/10."
– puzzle by S. A. Kay