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Weil
Weil

New York Times, Wednesday, January 18, 1978

12-Down : ___ Alps

Author:
Weil
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J Q X }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.2
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,385
Across
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Party game : CHARADES
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Face-forward fall : HEADER
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Germane : RELEVANT
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Ruth in 1914 : ORIOLE
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Liqueur : ANISETTE
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Fooled : MISLED
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Coagulate : CLOT
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Strange : EERIE
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Insignia, for short : LOGO
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Rosewall of tennis : KEN
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Suffix with like or same : NESS
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Actor Jannings : EMIL
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Method: Abbr. : SYST
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Lay ___ (flatter) : ITON
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Verb suffix : IZE
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Church part : APSE
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Grow tense : TIGHTEN
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Persevere : ENDURE
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Compendium : DIGEST
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Tailors : SARTORS
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Kid brother, perhaps : PEST
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Flesh: Prefix : CRE
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Yuletide rhyme opener : TWAS
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Enervates : SAPS
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Soviet sea : ARAL
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Burgee : FLAG
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Infant : TOT
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___ duck : LAME
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War of the ___ : ROSES
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Siouan Indian : OTOE
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Resting : ATEASE
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Car part : TAILPIPE
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More pithy : TERSER
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Made beloved : ENDEARED
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Ancient Jewish ascetic : ESSENE
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Pittsburgh eleven : STEELERS
Down
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Fissures : CRACKS
2
Regatta site : HENLEY
3
"Thou wear ___ hide!": "King John" : ALIONS
4
Pause : REST
5
"___ Maria" : AVE
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Romantic outing : DATE
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___ cordiale : ENTENTE
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Music lover's prized possession : STEREO
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Great Lakes acronym : HOMES
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Lincoln's "Cap'n ___" : ERI
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Supermarket division : AISLE
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___ Alps : DOLOMITE
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Laments poetically : ELEGIZES
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Fragrant : REDOLENT
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"It ___ Fair," 1933 song : ISNT
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Not loose or flabby : TAUT
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Elbe tributary : ISER
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Employee at a golf club : PRO
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Doomsday, to Caesar : IDES
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Doughboys of today : GIS
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Alts. : HGTS
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Intensify : ESCALATE
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Details : NARRATES
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Builders of lofty castles : DREAMERS
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Battle site: 1944 : STLO
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Elaborate spectacle : PAGEANT
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Squanders : WASTES
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Armor, to Galahad : ATTIRE
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Party ___ (wet blanket) : POOPER
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Pegasus and Grani : STEEDS
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Type of contract : LEASE
52
Jacques, in a song : FRERE
56
Faction : SIDE
57
Gemstone : OPAL
59
Item to spend in Phnom Penh : SEN
61
Appomattox signer : LEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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