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New York Times, Thursday, January 8, 1970

39-Across : Kind of race.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,453
Across
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Unfriendly partings. : RIFTS
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Fedoras. : HATS
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Retired. : ABED
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Consummate. : IDEAL
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Soviet river. : URAL
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Czech city. : BRNO
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Comb backward. : TEASE
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Additional. : MORE
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Laundry enclosure. : LIST
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Seasonal creature. : EASTERBUNNY
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Pistachio. : NUT
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Homes on the reservation. : TEPEES
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Small switching engine. : DONKEY
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Star in Cygnus. : SADR
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Exist. : ARE
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Kind of maniac. : EGO
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Wave: Sp. : OLA
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Painting, etc. : ARTS
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Wrinkle. : RUMPLE
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Urban official. : MAYOR
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Kind of race. : RELAY
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Designate. : ASSIGN
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Carving: Abbr. : STAT
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Transgress. : ERR
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Old card game. : LOO
47
Lady of diamonds. : LIL
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Dissimulate. : FAKE
49
Bouts. : JOUSTS
52
Cherubim. : ANGELS
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Urban pad: Abbr. : APT
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Loiter. : STICKAROUND
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Fondles. : PETS
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Cad. : RAKE
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Pianist Claudio. : ARRAU
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Territory. : AREA
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Employer. : USER
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Look here: Fr. : TIENS
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Not any, informally. : NARY
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Relatives of secs. : MINS
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Start. : ONSET
Down
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Liturgy. : RITE
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Concept. : IDEA
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Religious times. : FEASTDAYS
4
Winery employe. : TASTER
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One kind of walker. : SLEEP
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Former Italian king. : HUMBERT
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Provokes. : AROUSES
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Mountain lake. : TARN
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Svelte. : SLENDER
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Noun case: Abbr. : ABL
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Extreme edge. : BRINK
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Follow. : ENSUE
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Eccentric. : DOTTY
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Bring up. : REAR
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Dieter's snack. : YOGURT
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City on Norton Sound. : NOME
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Body, physically. : SOMA
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Expression of grief. : ALAS
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Vernaculars. : ARGOTS
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Delights. : PLEASURES
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Spree. : LARK
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Australian peninsula. : EYRE
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Art works. : OILS
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Panacea. : NOSTRUM
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Grow limp. : SLACKEN
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Messes with. : TINKERS
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Seaweed. : ALGA
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Coin of Europe. : FLORIN
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Eastern land. : JAPAN
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Price's metier. : OPERA
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Complete. : UTTER
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Muse. : ERATO
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Moldavian city. : IASI
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Not one: Dialect. : NANE
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Powder. : DUST
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Pronounce. : SAY

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