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New York Times, Saturday, July 1, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 20.5
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,358
Across
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Hydrate : SLAKE
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Medics : DOCS
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___-American : AFRO
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Place of investiture of Charles : WALES
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Card game : SKAT
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Part of a pencil : LEAD
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Helm direction : APORT
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Rider of Southwest : CABALLERO
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Indians of Midwest : MIAMIS
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Guiding principle : POLESTAR
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Pledge of Allegiance word : INDIVISIBLE
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Hill of Ireland : TARA
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Stupid : DENSE
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Least bit : RAP
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Foreign posts : LEGATESHIPS
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Corn lily : IXIA
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Hot beverage : NEGUS
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Easy job : SNAP
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Certain drugs : DEPRESSANTS
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At all : ANY
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Early chariot : ESSED
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River areas : AITS
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Divisive workers : SCHISMATICS
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Subdued : MASTERED
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French scholar : ERUDIT
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Kissed : OSCULATED
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Thing found : TROVE
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Brand : SEAR
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Put in a certain place : TEED
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Small land body : ISLET
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Went down : SANK
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Former, of old : ERST
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Cartoonist and others : NASTS
Down
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Hindu pundit : SWAMI
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Rabbit fur : LAPIN
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"Get ___ of this!" : ALOAD
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A Roosevelt : KERMIT
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Of the summer : ESTIVAL
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Military award: Abbr. : DSC
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Relative of the giraffe : OKAPI
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Skewered meat: Var. : CABOB
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Choir seat : STALL
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Word in Shakespeare title : ALLS
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Pedicels : FEET
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Infrequent: Lat. : RARA
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Repute : ODOR
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City in West Riding : LEEDS
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Sultry ones : SIRENS
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Profound philosophers : SAGES
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Sounds of querying : EHS
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Historic ship : NINA
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Pair of horses : SPAN
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Sight : ESPY
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Enjoy a carrousel : RIDE
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Chops : AXES
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Card spots : PIPS
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Turkish title : AGA
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Albacores : TUNAS
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Former Haitian President : ESTIME
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Metric measure : ARE
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Defunct car : EDSEL
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Begin : STARTIN
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Czech sculptor : STURSA
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Rickety auto : CRATE
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Other: Prefix : HETER
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French notions : IDEES
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Objects of worship : IDOLS
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African cat : CIVET
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Notations on proofs : STETS
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Kind of back : MOSS
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On the deep : ASEA
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Look over : SCAN
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Horse related to the Arab : TURK
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Insecticide : DDT

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