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New York Times, Monday, August 13, 1973

67-Across : Drench

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,766
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"___ Wanted" : HELP
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Fast car : RACER
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Office paper : MEMO
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Armadillo : APAR
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Call up : EVOKE
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Land south of the Caspian : IRAN
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Relinquish : GIVE
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Chopped : HEWED
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Ibis's home : NILE
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Kind of brain : SCATTER
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Raises : ERECTS
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Oolong : TEA
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Moslem prince : AMEER
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Golfer Gary : PLAYER
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Stormed about : RAMPAGED
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Contents of a well : OIL
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Rulers : TSARS
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Rinse : LAVE
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Open tract : LEA
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Nonconformist : HERETIC
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Rifle range: Fr. : TIR
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Indian tourist spot : AGRA
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Billiard stroke : MASSE
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Tree : ELM
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Maine or Alamo word : REMEMBER
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"Potemkin" port : ODESSA
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Marsh growths : REEDS
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Youngster : LAD
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Coarsely cracked wheat : GROATS
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Subject of Coleridge rime : MARINER
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Catalogue : LIST
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Computer word : INPUT
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Item for Fido : BONE
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Church area : APSE
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Drench : DOUSE
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___ a hand : LEND
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___ heat : DEAD
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Declined : EBBED
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Witches : HAGS
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Majestic : EPIC
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Pompeii's ruin : LAVA
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Sitting ___ : PRETTY
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Prepare for opening night : REHEARSE
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Claim : AVER
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Overawe : COW
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Make do, with "out" : EKE
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Convert coupons : REDEEM
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Guessing-game subject : MINERAL
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Norse name : ERIC
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Brewer's material : MALT
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On ___ own : ONES
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Molars : TEETH
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Fabric : REP
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Overdue debts : ARREARS
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Topgallants : MASTS
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Pivotal : POLAR
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Belgian city : LIEGE
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Morning sound : ALARM
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Barriers : GATES
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Satanic doings : EVILS
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Skin : DERMA
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Prepared : ARMED
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Alone : ISOLATED
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Fragrant wood : CEDAR
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Made bubbly : AERATED
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N. L. player : MET
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Near : BESIDE
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Nonpoisonous : EDIBLE
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Flower, for short : GLAD
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Ready for picking : RIPE
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Greek mountain : OSSA
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One of Zeus's nine : MUSE
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Carol : NOEL
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River of Austria : ENNS
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Counsel, old style : REDE
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S. F. hill : NOB
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Ale place : PUB

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