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New York Times, Thursday, December 6, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 26.0
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,881
Across
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Verona's river : ADIGE
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A-one : TOPS
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Map : PLAT
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Kind of year : LUNAR
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City on the Jumna : AGRA
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City on the Dvina : RIGA
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Lizard : AGAMA
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Subsides : BLOWSOVER
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Actor Paul : MUNI
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Enemies : FOES
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Winged: Suffix : PTERA
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Kind of policy : OPENDOOR
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Bill's partner : COO
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Cape Verde island : SAL
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Kind of bridge bid : FORCING
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Tractor, for short : CAT
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Succeed in trickery : SLIPONEOVER
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Etats-___ : UNIS
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Mountain nymph : OREAD
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Jacob's son : LEVI
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Second-stringer : BENCHWARMER
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Missile : SAM
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Tried : ESSAYED
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Place for hay : MOW
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Showed the way : LED
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Voters' directives : MANDATES
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Kind of candle : ROMAN
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Agglomerate : MASS
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Vehemence : HEAT
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Free riders : STOWAWAYS
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Depend : HINGE
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Zorina : VERA
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Last word of a palindrome : ELBA
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Map within a map : INSET
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Twinge : PANG
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Judge : DEEM
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Gazes : PEERS
Down
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Where Crockett was killed : ALAMO
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Unearthed : DUGUP
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Silly : INANE
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Urchins : GAMINS
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Time period : ERA
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Prohibition : TABOO
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Leering one : OGLER
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Golf V.I.P.'s : PROS
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Kind of horse : SAW
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High-level etiquette : PROTOCOL
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Kind of show : LIVE
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___ publicus (public lands) : AGER
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Old Irish capital : TARA
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Germ cell : SPORE
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Understood : FOLLOWED
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Prosecutors: Abbr. : DAS
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Damns : CONDEMNS
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Kind of rubber : FOAM
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Famous folk singer : IVES
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Leningrad's river : NEVA
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Ominous : GRIM
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Kind of steak : CUBE
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Chemical endings : ANES
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Solders : TINS
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Enoch's son : IRAD
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By : PER
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Rascal : SCALAWAG
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Thick-necked animal : HYENA
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Divining device : ROD
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Woman, in Oahu : WAHINE
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Conditional word : MAYBE
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Indian state : ASSAM
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Verb form : TENSE
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Itchy : EAGER
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Cancels a correction : STETS
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Invitation addendum : RSVP
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Great Barrier Island : OTEA
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Poetic time : MORN
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Maldive Islands' capital : MALE
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Join : WED
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Word before hooray : HIP

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