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New York Times, Monday, November 19, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 39.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,864
Across
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Watery sound : PLASH
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Deepest lake in U. S. : CRATER
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Trumpet call : CLARION
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Sympathetic : HUMANE
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Inspired gift : CHARISMA
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Barricade : ABATIS
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Resented : HATED
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Common Market member : ITALY
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Generation : AGE
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"Boola Boola" singers : ELIS
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Chatter : CLACK
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Weapons, to Caesar : ARMA
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Wet land : FEN
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Irish river : BOYNE
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Hemp fiber : SISAL
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State of apathy : STUPOR
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Kind of blazer : TRAIL
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Garden plant : SMILAX
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Old rowing vessel : BIREME
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Pickets : PALES
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Put two and two together : DEDUCE
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Takes earth samples : CORES
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Nostrils : NARES
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Peak : TOR
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Tree genus : ACER
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Breakwaters : MOLES
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Place for forage : SILO
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___ up (accelerate) : REV
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___ eclipse : LUNAR
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City in Spain : PALOS
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Hill near Jerusalem : OLIVET
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Relative of library paste : MUCILAGE
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Illinois city : MOLINE
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Silliness : INANITY
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Mounts : STEEDS
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Time's continuum partner : SPACE
Down
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Jean Harlow shade : PLATINUM
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Roman gods : LARES
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Uninteresting : ARID
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Family member : SIS
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Sermon : HOMILY
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Pool-parlor need : CHALK
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Keeler : RUBY
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Candlenut tree : AMA
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Early Mongolians : TATARS
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Churchill word for Russia : ENIGMA
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Close again : RESEAL
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Swiss sights : CHALETS
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Floating : NATANT
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Crêpe-suzette experts : CHEFS
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Harsh : ACERB
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Pink color : CORAL
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Troubled : AILED
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Ball-and-rope missiles : BOLAS
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Counterparts of dams : SIRES
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Pay the ___ : PIPER
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Assistants : AIDES
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Gaseous element : XENON
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Cripple : MUTILATE
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Environment study : ECOLOGY
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Sandwich fare : SALAMI
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Irregular : EROSE
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Bounces off : CAROMS
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Cat : OCELOT
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Berate : REVILE
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Second showings : RERUNS
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Tones down : MUTES
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Germanic law code : SALIC
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Impart : LEND
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Sheer cloth : PINA
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Struggle : VIE
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___ the climax : CAP

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