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New York Times, Saturday, January 18, 1969

23-Across : Sun orbiter.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,098
Across
1
Wild guess. : STAB
5
Proper Bostonian name. : CABOT
10
Mountain. : ALP
13
Gray wolf. : LOBO
14
Subside. : ABATE
15
___ canto. : BEL
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Arab land. : ADEN
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Argentine dictator. : PERON
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Temporary star. : NOVA
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"A" student's reward. : GOLDSTAR
21
Make soundproof. : DEADEN
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Sun orbiter. : COMET
25
Trapshooting. : SKEET
26
Place for sports gear. : LOCKER
30
Hire. : LEASE
32
Fatigued. : ALLIN
33
Equine of a kind. : HOSS
34
Deceive. : DUPE
38
Heston film. : PLANETOFTHEAPES
41
Trolled. : SANG
42
Race of a sort. : ARMS
43
Left, at sea. : APORT
44
Relative of chum. : KIDDO
46
Thirty: Fr. : TRENTE
47
Attack. : SETON
50
Invest with. : ENDUE
52
Eccentrics. : CRANKS
54
Benevolence. : KINDNESS
59
Resounded. : RANG
60
City in New York. : OLEAN
62
Can. province: Abbr. : ALTA
63
Function. : USE
64
Stendhal's name. : BEYLE
65
Munich's river. : ISAR
66
Old Turkish title. : BEY
67
Impudent. : SASSY
68
Frying-pan item. : LARD
Down
1
Dross. : SLAG
2
Foofaraw. : TODO
3
Genesis figure. : ABEL
4
London shoppers' street. : BOND
5
Catcher. : CAPTOR
6
Off a ship's middle. : ABEAM
7
Symbol of fun. : BARRELOFMONKEYS
8
Sioux. : OTO
9
Watch over. : TEND
10
Dwelling. : ABODE
11
Embankment. : LEVEE
12
Place firmly. : PLANT
18
Recent best seller (with "The"). : NAKEDAPE
20
Vista. : SCENE
22
Letter. : ESS
24
Trial runs. : TESTS
26
Times around the track. : LAPS
27
Earthen jar. : OLLA
28
Campbells, for one. : CLAN
29
He climbed the Empire State. : KINGKONG
31
Kind of blonde. : ASH
33
Great throng. : HORDE
35
Atop. : UPON
36
Jaunty. : PERT
37
Punta del ___. : ESTE
39
Wee one. : TAD
40
A type of seal. : EARED
45
Squid's fluid. : INK
46
Dempsey's successor. : TUNNEY
47
Cancel, as a space launch. : SCRUB
48
Clear the blackboard. : ERASE
49
Dred Scott case jurist. : TANEY
51
Computer controls. : DIALS
53
Weeps. : SOBS
55
Brad or spad. : NAIL
56
Girl's name. : ELSA
57
Play the lead. : STAR
58
Chalcedony. : SARD
61
Pasture. : LEA

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