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New York Times, Monday, February 28, 1966

11-Down : Army acronym.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Grid flow: 27.2
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,043
Across
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Top. : ACME
5
Popular ball team. : METS
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Supporter of: Suffix. : CRAT
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Day time. : NOON
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Medicinal plant. : ALOE
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Cut. : HEWED
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Fire hazard of a sort. : TINDERBOX
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Dodge. : AVOID
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Certain wire. : ANTENNA
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Emotional reactions. : THRILLS
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Tennis term. : ACE
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English hotel servant. : BOOTS
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Shivery. : SCARY
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Legal document. : CONTRACT
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See 5 Across. : PROS
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Where to shop in Moscow. : GUM
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Current novelist. : BELLOW
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About: Abbr. : CIR
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Works in a dilettante way. : DABBLES
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Of all: Scot. : AVA
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Backward. : ASTERN
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Govt. group. : AID
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Long tramp. : TREK
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Third part of "The Divine Comedy." : PARADISE
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Pronoun. : THESE
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Promoter. : AGENT
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Baked dish. : PIE
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Spouse. : CONSORT
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Clothes tree. : HATRACK
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Aversion. : ODIUM
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Site of temples being rescued. : ABUSIMBEL
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Kind. : GENRE
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Pieces of machinery. : CAMS
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Spanish pot. : OLLA
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Observed. : SEEN
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People generally. : THEY
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Connery. : SEAN
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Square column, in architecture. : ANTA
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Mint. : COIN
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State: Abbr. : MONT
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Makes precious. : ENDEARS
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Seine tributary. : MARNE
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Island off Tuscany. : ELBA
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Overly. : TOO
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Church official. : SEXTON
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City of Beauce. : CHARTRES
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Correction. : REVISAL
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Army acronym. : AWOL
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Linden tree. : TEIL
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Degree. : DDS
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Ref. book. : ENCY
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Breeding place for trouble. : HOTBED
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Turgid language. : BOMBAST
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Society founded in 1866. : SPCA
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Bracing. : CRISP
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Main artery. : AORTA
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Member of a ball team. : CUB
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Cambridge college. : CLARE
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Jabberwocky word. : TOVES
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North American airport. : GANDER
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Pacific island. : WAKE
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Near East guides. : DRAGOMEN
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Be situated. : LIE
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Obliteration. : ERASURE
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Picnic basket item. : THERMOS
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Whole. : INTACT
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Monkey. : TITI
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Part of Paris. : PASSY
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Type of wheel. : COG
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"Golden Treasury" entries. : ODES
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Card. : NINE
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Actor Cronyn. : HUME
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Efficient. : ABLE
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That: Fr. : CELA
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Kluxers. : KLAN
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Nonsense! : BAH

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