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New York Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 30.6
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,627
Across
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Ostentatious display : SPLASH
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Kind of demonstration : PROTEST
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Muse of astronomy : URANIA
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Resplendent : AUREATE
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___ up (make spruce) : SMARTEN
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Scoffed : SNEERED
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Knightly gear : LANCE
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___ pot : GOTO
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Luge : SLED
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Do art work : ETCH
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City near L. A. : POMONA
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___ Royale : ILE
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Before : ERE
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Hesitate : WAVER
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Cornered : TREED
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Roofing material : TARPAPER
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Hide away : HOARD
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Winglike : ALAR
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Bevel : CANT
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Kind of fry : SMALL
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Directing principle : POLESTAR
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Abundance : STORE
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___ down (moderated) : TONED
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Inlet : RIA
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Ecru : TAN
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Stylish : DRESSY
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Welsh or Breton : CELT
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Being, in Spain : ENTE
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Prefix for macassar : ANTI
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Give a bum rap to : FRAME
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Unyielding : ADAMANT
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Misled : DELUDED
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Family-tree concern : LINEAGE
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Kinetoscope developer : EDISON
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Tangled : SNARLED
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"___ at leisure" : REPENT
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Neighbor of Java : SUMATRA
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One of Santa's reindeer : PRANCER
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Tree of the pine family : LARCH
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Fee of a sort : ANTE
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You, in Dresden : SIE
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Tippler's reward : HANGOVER
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Clergyman : PASTOR
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Continue : RUNON
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Pay dirt : ORE
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Pipe joints : TEES
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Some time before : EARLIER
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Filled with resolution : STEELED
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Worked with hay : TEDDED
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Winter road hazard : SLEET
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Hebrew measure : OMER
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Style of cross : PAPAL
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Made up for : ATONED
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Like the Kremlin : WALLED
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Darn it! : RATS
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Jack of TV : PAAR
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Tin Man in Oz film : HALEY
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Regard : CONSIDER
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Film-studio drudge : STANDIN
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Treasure state : MONTANA
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Put up, as bond : POST
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"Don't ___ me" : TREADON
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Uneasiness : AILMENT
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Deserved : RATED
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Great bargains : STEALS
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Made camp : TENTED
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Gamut : RANGE
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Small jar : CRUSE
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Cuchulainn's wife : EMER
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Wilson : FLIP
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Indian mulberry : AAL
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Nigerian town : EDE

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