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New York Times, Friday, June 2, 1972

68-Across : Room to swing ___

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.76)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 25.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,329
Across
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Ruthenian : SLAV
5
Show-biz award : OSCAR
10
Dry run : TEST
14
Experience : HAVE
15
Austronesian language : MAORI
16
Animal neckpiece : YOKE
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Tauromachy sounds : OLES
18
Bit of gossip : ONDIT
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Weather word : RAIN
20
Riches : WORTH
22
Musical groups : JAZZBANDS
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Sedan : AUTO
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Longing : YEN
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___ e sempre : ORA
30
Restrain : LEASH
33
Chemical compounds : ENOLS
37
Mehitabel's creator : DONMARQUIS
40
Crystal-gazer's phrase : ISEE
41
Keenness : EDGE
42
Large-scale shake-up : PURGE
43
Israel : ZION
44
Adolescent : TEEN
45
Tourists : SIGHTSEERS
47
Old Italian coin : SOLDO
49
Under, to poets : NEATH
50
Scottish explorer : RAE
51
Classifieds : ADS
53
Pecan or filbert, in France : NOIX
55
Like some tales : TWICETOLD
60
Needle mishap : PRICK
64
___ Rud river : HARI
65
Russian range : URALS
67
On the deep : ASEA
68
Room to swing ___ : ACAT
69
Prefer : FAVOR
70
Story : YARN
71
Show-biz award : TONY
72
Defects : FLAWS
73
Pakistan river : SWAT
Down
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Spectacle : SHOW
2
French composer : LALO
3
Declare : AVER
4
Wooden match : VESTA
5
Shoulder: Prefix : OMO
6
River of Calif. : SANJOAQUIN
7
Musical section : CODA
8
Neighbor of Nev. : ARIZ
9
Posh : RITZY
10
Play the dictator : TYRANNIZE
11
Of the dawn : EOAN
12
Slip and slide : SKID
13
Sawbucks : TENS
21
Wahine dance : HULA
23
Buzzer : BEE
25
Maryland's eleven : TERPS
27
U.S. playwright : ODETS
28
Rising, roping, etc. : RODEO
29
A.L. player : ANGEL
31
Swell : SURGE
32
Everywhere : HIGHANDLOW
34
Willow : OSIER
35
Girl's name : LEORA
36
Have a feeling : SENSE
38
Lying : MENDACITY
39
Begin in earnest : SETTO
46
Craft : SHIP
48
Literary work : ODE
52
Work on pillows : STUFF
54
Certain pictures : XRAYS
55
"___ is to say" : THAT
56
City on the Brazos : WACO
57
Neighbor of Afghanistan : IRAN
58
Viva-voce : ORAL
59
Pompeian nemesis : LAVA
61
What vidi means : ISAW
62
Spanish wax : CERA
63
German philosopher : KANT
66
Older ones: Abbr. : SRS

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