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New York Times, Saturday, January 27, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F H K V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.0
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,568
Across
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Old Norse chieftain : JARL
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Fort Worth campus : TCU
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Geometric line : MEDIAN
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Water Bearer of the sky : AQUARIUS
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Docket : AGENDA
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Claptrap : BUNCOMBE
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Parisian dance : CANCAN
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City in Japan : SASEBO
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Offensively bright : LOUD
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Stopover spot : INN
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Trial : ORDEAL
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Guy line : STAY
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Adjust : ADAPT
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Phoenician goddess : ASTARTE
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City of 1900 gold rush : NOME
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French pronoun : ILS
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Yoked : TEAMED
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Loving : AMATORY
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Dick of "Pinafore" : DEADEYE
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California county : SOLANO
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Encore! : BIS
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Concerning : INRE
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Person of eminence : GRANDEE
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Arab sheikdom : QATAR
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Fokker's foe : SPAD
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"Tosca" playwright : SARDOU
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Tree : ELM
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Chinese dynasty : MING
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Petty : LITTLE
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Harvested : REAPED
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Dwelling in a cave : SPELAEAN
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Jutland, for one : BATTLE
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Handel specialty : ORATORIO
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Advantages : STEADS
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Denial in Nantes : NON
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Algonquians : SACS
Down
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Pokes : JABS
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Greenish blue : AQUA
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Hosiery tragedies : RUNS
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Val or Cluny : LACE
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Island east of Java : TIMOR
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Certain Chicagoan : CUB
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Futile : USELESS
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Stains : MACULATES
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Mild expletive : EGAD
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Scout unit : DEN
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Motive : INCITEMENT
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City in Turkey : ADANA
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Mary Poppins, e.g. : NANNY
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Capek creation : ROBOT
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Word with cake or meal : OAT
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U. S. playwright Augustin : DALY
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Shea, Yankee et al. : STADIA
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Duck genus : ANAS
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Major-___ : DOMO
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Blend : AMALGAMATE
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Noisy firework : PETARD
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U. S. cartoonist : REA
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Cromwell's men : IRONSIDES
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S. A. wildcat : EYRA
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Roe : DEER
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Three ___ match : ONA
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Became extinct : DIED
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French philosopher : BERGSON
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Scouts' Beard : DAN
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Coverlet : QUILT
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Balkan people : SERBS
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Fold : PLEAT
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City in New York : OLEAN
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Declare, in cards : MELD
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N. M. art colony : TAOS
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Buddhist church in Japan : TERA
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Nonprofessional : LAIC
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Pioneer space primate : ENOS
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School org. : PTA
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Palmer or Pepitone : PRO

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