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New York Times, Tuesday, June 22, 1971

63-Across : Reticule

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 43.2
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,983
Across
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Russian beer : KVAS
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Setting : DECOR
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Bucket ___ : SEAT
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Almost : NIGH
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Pointed arch : OGIVE
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Arm bone : ULNA
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Cooking fat : OLEO
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Miser's forte : GREED
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Sports-page name : METS
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Kind of story : BEDTIME
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Aida's lover : RADAMES
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Babble : PRATE
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___ d'Azur : COTE
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Paderewski work : MINUET
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Protective in a way : MATERNAL
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Dill : ANET
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Czech river to Elbe : ISER
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Fraction, for one : RATIO
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"___ Skylark" : TOA
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Ingenue : ACTRESS
41
Uraeus : ASP
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Matriculate : ENROL
44
Genesis character : ESAU
45
Heraldic band : ORLE
46
Winslow Homer specialty : SEASCAPE
48
Orison : PRAYER
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U. S. agent : TMAN
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Warehouse : DEPOT
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Word ___ : OFHONOR
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Food : ALIMENT
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Armenian river : ARAS
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Greek letter : DELTA
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Reticule : ETUI
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Hindu title : RANI
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Home of Krupp : ESSEN
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Dye shrub : ANIL
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Word for beer : SUDS
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Hinder growth : STUNT
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Better than never : LATE
Down
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Isolated hill : KNOB
2
Odious : VILE
3
Word for some whisky : AGED
4
Field event : SHOTPUT
5
Opinionated : DOGMATIC
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Plume source : EGRET
7
Parisian co. : CIE
8
Surplus : OVER
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Put in printable form : REDACT
10
Indonesian island : SUMATRA
11
Baker Street word : ELEMENTARY
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Before: Lat. : ANTE
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Russian agency : TASS
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Spleen : IRE
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Activists : DOERS
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Rising above a water surface : EMERSED
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Matched pair : MATES
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All ___ piece : INONE
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Imminent : NEARATHAND
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Bailiwick : AREA
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Church area : AISLE
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Horse, at times : LOPER
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Lock ___ : STEP
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Highway of Northwest : ALCAN
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Displace : SUPPLANT
43
Learning by absorption : OSMOSIS
45
Breakfast staple : OATMEAL
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Positive terminals : ANODES
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Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI
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Moth-___ : EATEN
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Scull gear : OARS
54
Berlin housewife : FRAU
55
Breather : REST
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Sicilian landmark : ETNA
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Relative of soir : NUIT
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Roofing : TILE
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Baton Rouge initials : LSU

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