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New York Times, Monday, September 11, 1972

12-Down : Nixon adviser

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.8
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,430
Across
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Sentry's call : HALT
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Causes pain : AILS
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Drudge : PLOD
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From ___ : AFAR
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"___ but you" : NOONE
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Meander : ROVE
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Like some sails : TRIANGULAR
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Equable : EVEN
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Party : SOCIAL
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Quarrel : ARGUMENT
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U.S. physicist : NIER
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Mitigate : EASE
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Trouser features : CREASES
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British air marshal : TEDDER
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Fragment : SHARD
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Sarcasms : GIBES
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Focal line: Prefix : AXO
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Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : PERS
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Unmasks : BARES
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Pluck : GRIT
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Common verb : ARE
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Type of truck : PANEL
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Coffee or whisky : IRISH
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Indian military leader : SIRDAR
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Patois : DIALECT
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Israeli port : ACRE
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One of five : ERIE
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Magic : BLACKART
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U.N. segment : NATION
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Expel : OUST
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Treasonous act in Vichy : CRIMEDETAT
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High-flown : ARTY
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Serbian dances : KOLOS
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Hebrew letter : RESH
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Linden : TEIL
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Certain Popes : LEOS
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Mat. days : SATS
Down
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Certain ring occupants : HATS
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Prefix for a continent : AFRO
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Secular : LAIC
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Athletes' helpers : TRAINERS
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Fishes : ANGLES
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Chit : IOU
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She gets what she wants : LOLA
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Misleading attraction : SNARE
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College program, for short : PREMED
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Colorado's Governor : LOVE
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Heated compartment : OVEN
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Nixon adviser : DENT
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Worker ants : ERGATES
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Nymph : NAIAD
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Purposes : USES
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Shakespearean princess : REGAN
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Darling, in Paris : CHERI
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More undercooked : RARER
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Begot : SIRED
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Old Persian coin : DARIC
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Occur : EXIST
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Novelist Philip : ROTH
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Resorts : SPAS
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Misrepresent : BELIE
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Lodge, as troops : BARRACK
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Hosts, initially : GREETERS
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Canned quantity : PACK
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Epic poem : ILIAD
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Metrical foot : DACTYL
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Dillon portrayer : ARNESS
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Flynn : ERROL
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Gravy dish : BOAT
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Decoy : LURE
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Piedmontese city : ASTI
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Building material : TILE
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Willow : ITEA
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Kiln : OAST
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Certain degrees : NTHS
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Low : MOO

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4 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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