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New York Times, Saturday, April 14, 1973

39-Across : Common abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,645
Across
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Tattle : BLAB
5
Weather adage, with 20 and 47 Across : ASTHE
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Farm animal : CALF
14
Hot-dog holder : ROLL
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Second showing : RERUN
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Bradley : OMAR
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Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Stain : TAINT
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___ of exchange : RATE
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See 5 Across : DAYSLENGTHENTHE
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Cigarette makers' concern : TARS
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Employ : USE
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"The ___ lingers on" : MELODY
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Red light, for one : DISTRICT
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Five Norwegian kings : OLAFS
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Sieved food : PUREE
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French marshal : NEY
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Stray : WAIF
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Fast : RAPID
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Stamp : SEAL
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Common abbr. : ETC
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Heads, in Paris : TETES
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Pocketbook : PURSE
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Abandoned : DESERTED
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Skiing season : WINTER
45
Wreath : LEI
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___ souci : SANS
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See 5 Across : COLDSTRENGTHENS
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Migrant worker : OKIE
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Cicero's tongue : LATIN
57
Song : ARIA
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Time periods : ERAS
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Eat away : ERODE
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Noises : DINS
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Move suddenly : DART
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More normal : SANER
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Genesis name : ENOS
Down
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Raised : BRED
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Miss Montez : LOLA
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Unite : ALLY
4
Cape Kennedy caper : BLASTOFF
5
Main stream : ARTERY
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O'Casey and others : SEANS
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Math branch : TRIG
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Search : HUNT
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Showed lively interest : ENTHUSED
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Put in an awkward spot : CORNER
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He loves: Lat. : AMAT
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Thin strip of wood : LATH
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Like an Annie Oakley : FREE
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Boys : LADS
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City in N. E. Italy : ESTE
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Cut down : MOWED
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Make happy : ELATE
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Secular people : LAICS
28
Fooled : DUPED
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Spring flower : IRIS
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Like some gases : INERT
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Stop : CEASE
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Tippecanoe's partner : TYLER
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___ de foie gras : PATE
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Renames : RETITLES
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Parasol : SUNSHADE
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Two cups : PINT
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Senior one : ELDEST
44
Richard or Robert : WAGNER
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Nasty : SNIDE
47
Campus figure : COED
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Vegetable : OKRA
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Iago, for one : LIAR
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___ avis : RARA
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Kind of jacket : ETON
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Hibernia : ERIN
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Boy, in Mexico : NINO
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Impudence : SASS

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