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New York Times, Monday, October 9, 1972

63-Across : Insect

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.3
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,458
Across
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Go together : MESH
5
Fops : DUDES
10
Journey : TREK
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___ fixe : IDEE
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Endure : ABIDE
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Russian hemp : RINE
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Good-bye : TATA
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Too nice : GOODYGOODY
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Broadway show : MARYMARY
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Cathedral sections : APSES
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Preliminary race : HEAT
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Greek letter : PSI
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Look : APPEAR
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Menu item from Africa : COUSCOUS
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Shell ridges : LIRAS
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Kind of lace : CLUNY
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Hindu title : SRI
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Roman way : ITER
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Map : CHART
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Uncle Remus word : BRER
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Had a bite : ATE
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Arkin et al. : ALANS
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"As ___ goes, so goes ... " : MAINE
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Lockup on the Hudson : SINGSING
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Moulin Rouge specialty : CANCAN
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Indian of West : OTO
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Throe : PANG
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Mess up : SMEAR
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Madhouse : LOONYBIN
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Whitman College site : WALLAWALLA
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Saroyan boy : ARAM
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Et ___ : ALII
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Psychiatrist Alfred : ADLER
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Mother's words : NONO
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Cheese, in Münster : KASE
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Sobbing : TEARY
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Insect : GNAT
Down
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Mass. campus : MIT
2
Dutch town : EDAM
3
Bristle : SETA
4
Vocal applause : HEARHEAR
5
TV name : DAGMAR
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Sub : UBOAT
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Man of fashion : DIOR
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Whirlpool : EDDY
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Beef cut in Scotland : SEY
10
Latitude line : TROPIC
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Spanish streams : RIOS
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Conclusion, in Cologne : ENDE
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Skeleton items : KEYS
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Inflated : GASSY
21
Cheer words : YEAS
24
Football play : PUNT
25
Name for some : ALIAS
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Florentine gallery : PITTI
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Dress up : PREEN
28
Bell sound : CLANG
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Possessive : OURS
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Courtier in "Hamlet" : OSRIC
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Genus of herbs : URENA
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Theda Bara portrayal : SIREN
34
Movie sleuth : CHAN
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Muse : CLIO
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Posse sounds : BANGBANG
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"Ad ___ per ... " : ASTRA
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Numerous : MANY
43
Hockey player : GOALIE
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Yellow : CANARY
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Boatman : POLER
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Loving letters on an envelope : SWAK
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Legal wrongs : MALA
49
Yalemen : ELIS
50
Put on cargo : LADE
51
Spanish jar : OLLA
52
Blood ingredient : IRON
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Demimondaine of fiction : NANA
55
Cambodian temple : WAT
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Witticism : MOT

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