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New York Times, Friday, July 14, 1972

17-Across : Where the 1789 trouble started

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { C Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 26.9
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,371
Across
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Bastille month, 1789 : JULY
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"Forever ___" : AMBER
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Unstimulating : TAME
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Nautical word : ALEE
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Furlough : LEAVE
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Indigo : ANIL
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Where the 1789 trouble started : VERSAILLES
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Article : ITEM
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Viper : ASP
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Sense : FEEL
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Claws : TALONS
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Penalize : FINE
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Asian capital : HANOI
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Ascot transactions : WAGERS
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Kind of ancestor : PATERNAL
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Harden : INURE
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Grass bract : PALET
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Period : ERA
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Kind of game : SKIN
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Said and Arthur : PORTS
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To-do : STIR
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Annex : ELL
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Drinking places : OASES
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Banqueted : FETED
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Softened : RELENTED
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Staves off : REPELS
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Of a grain : OATEN
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Shock : JOLT
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Do sentry duty : PATROL
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Night sound : HOOT
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Owns : HAS
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Shamrock country : ERIN
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Ill-fated monarch of 1789 : LOUISSEIZE
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Ends, guards, etc. : LINE
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Regarding : ANENT
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Shah country : IRAN
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Escaped : FLED
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Enjoys a recess : RESTS
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Lease : RENT
Down
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Coffee bean : JAVA
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Rubber trees : ULES
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Eucalyptus juice : LERP
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Certainly : YES
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Strangers : ALIENS
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Scuffle : MELEE
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Dance : BALL
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"All About ___" : EVE
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Repeats an assertion : RESTATES
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Adapt : TAILOR
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Name in 1789 annals : ANTOINETTE
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Expression : MIEN
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Trees : ELMS
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Burning : AFIRE
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Dill seed : ANET
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House plant : FERN
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Stops : HALTS
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More astute : WISER
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Malleolus area : ANKLE
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Dread device of 1700's : GUILLOTINE
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Diminished : PARED
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Jerusalem : ARIEL
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Cooking greases : LARDS
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Polish city : POSEN
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Of the knee : PATELLAR
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Clan : SEPT
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Hep : ONTO
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Millinery materials : FELTS
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Merited : EARNED
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Fowl lodgings : ROOSTS
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Dive : JOINT
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Riches : PELF
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Colors : HUES
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Charter : HIRE
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Islamic call to prayer : AZAN
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Forwarded : SENT
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Individual : ONE
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Norse goddess : EIR

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