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New York Times, Tuesday, June 9, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 49, Avg Word Len: 4.51, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 10.0
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,605
Across
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Sage : WISE
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Army group : CORPS
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Scrutinize : SCAN
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Region of Arabia : ADEN
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Prevent : AVERT
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Harness part : HAME
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Vehicle : SLED
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Misrepresent : BELIE
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Explorer : ERIC
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Kind of jacket : PEA
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Soul : ANIMA
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Pigmented liquid : INK
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Mean : SMALL
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Ceylonese city : COLOMBO
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Conceit : EGO
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Familiar sight in Surrey : PUB
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Illusory things : MIRAGES
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Display : PRESENT
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Here, in Guadeloupe : ICI
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Animal offspring : GET
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River in Scotland : AYR
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Chemical suffix : ANE
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Jumps back : RECOILS
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Well educated : LEARNED
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Motoring org. : AAA
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Adjective suffix : TIC
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Balances : OFFSETS
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Paris transport : METRO
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Cuckoo's cousin : ANI
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Legal document : LEASE
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Container : URN
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Solid : FIRM
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Wives of Henry VIII : ANNES
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Of secondary importance : SIDE
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Sub ___ : ROSA
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Certain handbags : TOTES
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Lost : ASEA
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Aware : ONTO
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Adversary : ENEMY
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Saucy : PERT
Down
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Insect : WASP
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Loafs : IDLES
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Touring slogan : SEEAMERICAFIRST
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Scrap : END
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Plot : CABAL
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Baker : OVEN
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Revered object : RELIC
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Carnera : PRIMO
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Very low price: Colloq. : STEAL
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Pronoun : SHE
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Travel poster words : CARIBBEANCRUISE
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Kind of acid : AMINO
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Narrow peninsula : NECK
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Moslem title : AGA
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Roofed galleries : LOGGIAS
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Work : OPERATE
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Metropolitan, for one: Abbr. : MUS
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Russian commune : MIR
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Frozen dessert : ICE
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Fish : EEL
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Main and State: Abbr. : STS
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O'Hara's Joey : PAL
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Grain : RYE
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Compass reading : NNE
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Spread to dry : TED
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Lout : OAF
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Mus. direction : RIT
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Vegetable : ONION
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Make proud : ELATE
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Component of a joint : TENON
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A votre ___ : SANTE
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Soiled : MESSY
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Class : ORDER
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Popular hairdo : AFRO
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Appear : SEEM
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Pure : NEAT
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Oriental name : MAO
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Exhaust : SAP

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1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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