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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1940
Page
6
Fragmented entries mix Greek god clues and wordplay across numbers 14 to 52 with stray letters and typos. The list suggests a themed crossword with hints like mountain pass over water and various chemical or linguistic fragments, but readable solutions are not provided.
A North Carolina town named Whynot arose from a meeting’s repeated questions about naming after a hero, ending with the compromise to simply call it Whynot. The piece also mentions a French chateau library floor and Negrito girls in the Philippines wearing perfume in their ears, plus states penalizing misuse of fund withdrawals.
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