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New York Times, Saturday, November 18, 1967

12-Down : "The joke's ___."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Grid flow: 72.1
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,671
Across
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Photo bath. : HYPO
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Singer. : BASSO
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Navy men, for short. : CPOS
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Sport. : GOLF
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Public disorder. : RIOTS
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French department. : ORNE
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1941 dictum. : THEFOURFREEDOMS
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Native ___. : SON
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Pod beans. : LIMAS
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Laws: Lat. : LEGES
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Vapid. : INANE
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Mend. : DARN
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Colorado ski resort. : ASPEN
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Composer of "The Rosary." : NEVIN
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Fort in California. : ORD
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Store away. : STOW
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One who does an about-face. : REVERSER
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Sheep shelters. : COTES
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Piece of furniture. : COT
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Deed: Law. : TITLE
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Aloft. : OVERHEAD
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Contends. : VIES
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Hosiery size. : TEN
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Mature. : RIPEN
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Followings. : SECTS
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Ball player. : TWIN
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Santa ___. : ANITA
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Of a continent. : ASIAN
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C.P.A. entry. : ASSET
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Prefix with light and night. : TWI
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Presidential speech. : STATEOFTHEUNION
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Legal term. : TORT
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Cheater. : FRAUD
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Barbecue. : COOK
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Beta and gamma. : RAYS
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Now. : TODAY
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One's partner. : ONLY
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Elevations: Abbr. : HGTS
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Hello there! : YOHO
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Diplomat. : PLENIPOTENTIARY
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On the way. : OFF
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Bear. : BRUIN
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Pilots. : AIRMEN
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Davenport. : SOFA
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Certain ships: Abbr. : STRS
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Adjective suffix. : OSE
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Electronic device. : CODER
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Foretoken. : PROGNOSTICATION
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"The joke's ___." : ONME
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Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
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Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
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Bird of the hawk family. : ELANET
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More modern. : NEWER
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6th-cen. date. : DIV
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Tie. : ASCOT
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Heating unit. : STOVE
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Wear away. : ERODE
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Inspect as an expert: Colloq. : VET
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Rent again. : RELET
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Tent of a kind. : DRESS
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Steel worker's item. : RIVET
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Lourdes. : SHRINE
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Outdo. : CAP
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German "one." : EIN
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City on the Merrimack. : NASHUA
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In ___ (in place): Lat. : SITU
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Noted hymn writer. : WATTS
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In poverty. : NEEDY
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Important science: Abbr. : ASTR
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Zeno's portico. : STOA
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Geographical prefix. : AFRO
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Dutch town. : STAD
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Sometime eye covering. : WOOL
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Very dark. : INKY
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Many times: Poet. : OFT
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Army man. : NCO

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