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Greene
Greene

New York Times, Thursday, February 10, 1983

Author:
Greene
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Grid flow: 42.2 Grid has mirror symmetry.
Greene has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,147
Across
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Home of almost 4 million Americans : ALABAMA
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Drub : BELABOR
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Sulphurlike : SELENIC
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Pornography : EROTICA
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Adage for a librarian : SILENCEISGOLDEN
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Partake of : USE
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Not flippant : EARNEST
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Hammarskjöld : DAG
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Wrinkle : RUGA
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Historical period : AGE
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A source of tar : PINE
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Upright : ERECT
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Part of the U.S.A.F. : TAC
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Rose of Picardy : FLEUR
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Get away : ESCAPE
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Plague : HARASS
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"___ sum?" (Cato's "Where am I?") : UBI
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Thus : SIC
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Nice homes : MAISONS
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Members of a religious sect : SHAKERS
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Near the center : INNER
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Add up : TOT
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Make merry : REVEL
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Single-pip cards : ACES
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S.A. herb : ANU
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Mexican Indian : TECA
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N.Y.S.E. abbr. : SHR
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Recidivate : RELAPSE
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Fled : RAN
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Maxim for Mrs. Dionne : MOTHERKNOWSBEST
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Daughter of Minos : ARIADNE
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Certain bigots : RACISTS
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Polishing tool : SANDER
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Wheat varieties : SPELTS
Down
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Give confidence to : ASSURE
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Time to play : LEISURE
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Declares without proof : ALLEGES
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Neighborly gathering : BEE
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Daughter of James II : ANNE
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Isinglass : MICA
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Needle-shaped : ACERATE
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Supplicate : BESEECH
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Energy units : ERGS
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Sack : LOOT
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Expanse west of Eur. : ATL
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Hens : BIDDIES
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God of the sea before Poseidon : OCEANUS
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Forest warden : RANGER
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Actress Swenson : INGA
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Inculpates : ACCUSES
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Skirt slit : PLACKET
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Little drum : TABOR
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Augustinian, e.g. : FRIAR
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Ring victory : PIN
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Drab color : ASH
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Unwholesome atmosphere : MIASMA
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"___ Aweigh" : ANCHORS
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Tendency toward torpor : INERTIA
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Stealthy pursuer : STALKER
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Lethargic states : STUPORS
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Hillary's conquest : EVEREST
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Changes the form of : RECASTS
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Points of view : SLANTS
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Foxx from St. Louis : REDD
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Flesh-eating eagle : ERNE
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Barter : SWAP
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Suffix for an inchoative verb : ESCE
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Chinese dynasty : HAN
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Puppeteer Baird : BIL

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