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New York Times, Wednesday, September 27, 1972

11-Down : Alaskan natives

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,446
Across
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Binges : SPREES
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Region of India : PUNJAB
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City on the Delaware : TRENTON
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Small space : AREOLA
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Work on damaged art : RESTORE
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Part of a horse's back : WITHERS
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Signified : INTENDED
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Habituate: Var. : ENURE
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Needlefish : GAR
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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To-do : STIR
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Of the ear : OTIC
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Ladylove, in poetry : DELIA
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Understanding words : ISEE
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___ bleu! : SACRE
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Kind of floss : DENTAL
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Madrid arena figure : ELTORO
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Part of speech : ADVERB
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Tray : SALVER
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Oklahoma community : DEVOL
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Towel word : HERS
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Baseball drive : LINER
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N. Z. pine : RIMU
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French name for Syrian city : ALEP
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Clerical vestrnent : AMICE
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Prosecutors: Abbr. : DAS
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TV showing : MOVIE
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Going into decline : DECADENT
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Watched furtively : SPIEDON
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Golden word : SILENCE
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Getaway : ESCAPE
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Tracy : SPENCER
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Considered : DEEMED
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Hash house : EATERY
Down
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Marked with grooves : STRIGOSE
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Before birth : PRENATAL
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Curb : RESTRICT
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Being, in Spain : ENTE
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Urban district of England : ETON
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Degraded : SORDID
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Manhandle : PAW
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Tell's canton : URI
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Old Greek musical note : NETE
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Shipmate of Jim Hawkins : JOHNSILVER
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Alaskan natives : ALEUTS
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"Quality Street" playwright : BARRIE
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Lacked : NEEDED
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Dried up : SERE
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Printing direction : DELE
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Devil's delight : SIN
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So long! : TATA
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Structural member : CROSSPIECE
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Time period : ERA
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Tack on : ADD
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___ podrida : OLLA
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Trial material : EVIDENCE
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Specialist in amours : ROMANCER
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Like a windy day : BLUSTERY
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Zip : VIM
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Arthurian lady : ENID
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School break : RECESS
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Certain actors : HAMS
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Fled and wed : ELOPED
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Correct : REVISE
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Cook's concern : RECIPE
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Cheese : EDAM
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One of Athena's titles : ALEA
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Hollow : DENT
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Poetic word : OPE
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Man's nickname : NED

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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