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Christine R. Valence
Christine R. Valence

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New York Times, Sunday, November 26, 1972

72-Across : Bunting

Author:
Christine Valence
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.48, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 546 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 113, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Christine R. Valence has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Christine Valence is an alias for Christine R. Valence.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,506
Across
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Belshazzar event : FEAST
6
Sun circles : HALOS
11
Kind of dragon : SNAP
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Add water : DILUTE
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Division of time : EPOCH
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Wall plug : OUTLET
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Girlish makeup : SUGARANDSPICE
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Discomfort : UNEASE
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Network : WEB
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Chemical sugar : ALDOSE
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Suffix for reg and pop : ULAR
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"Oliver Twist" villain : SIKES
29
Collections of quotes : ANAS
31
Sayings of Jesus : LOGIA
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Commoners : PLEBS
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Queen of Carthage : DIDO
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Selling places : MARTS
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Close : NEARBY
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Weather condition : RAIN
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Kind of pie : MUD
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Pre-election concerns : ISSUES
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Loop, in anatomy : ANSA
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Good ship et al. : LOLLIPOPS
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Gem workers : FACERS
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Opposite of taboo : NOA
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Places : LOCI
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McHenry and Raleigh, e.g. : OLDFORTS
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N. Z. natives : MAORIS
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Of the blood : HEMAL
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"___ than a barrel of ... " : MOREFUN
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Submit, as a bill : SENDIN
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Mexican onyx : TECALI
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Committed perjury : LIED
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Fare for Gov. Egan : BAKEDALASKA
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Outside: Prefix : ECTO
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Plowed fields: Sp. : ARADAS
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Badly placed : ILLSET
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Bunting : ORTOLAN
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Virile one : HEMAN
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Inches along : CREEPS
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Hoaxers : SPOOFERS
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Arabian tambourine : TAAR
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Engine part: Abbr. : CYL
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Countrified : RUSTIC
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Delicacy : SWEETMEAT
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Adored one : IDOL
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Go after a mosquito : SLAPAT
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Contract abbr. : ORL
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Restore : HEAL
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Certain suit sizes : STOUTS
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Use the rink : SKATE
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Ruin : DOIN
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___ Hawley Act of 1930 : SMOOT
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Candied : GLACE
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Chemical compound : ENOL
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Indian timber tree : ANJAN
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French relative : PERE
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Goose variety : CANADA
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Cloth measure : ELL
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Cake, in France : GATEAU
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Child's treat, rug's nemesis : BREADANDJELLY
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Actor Omar : SHARIF
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Harden : INURE
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Head pieces : TIARAS
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Type of cake : LOAF
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Booty of a certain knave : TARTS
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Male and female : SEXES
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Cookies : FIGBARS
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High note : ELA
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Emanation : AURA
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Kill the clock : STALL
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Sinew : TENDON
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Mercenaries : HESSIANS
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Seems : APPEARS
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Law: Fr. : LOI
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Take over : OCCUPY
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Regatta sight : SHELL
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Sweets : SOURBALLS
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Type of buoy : NUN
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Sweetsop : ATES
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Scotsman's choice : PLAID
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Spanish landladies : DUENAS
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Nanook, e.g. : ESKIMO
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Ready to drive : TEEDUP
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Hindu teacher : SWAMI
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Turns down a leaf : DOGEARS
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Flying prefix : AERO
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Puts in a lawn : SODS
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Overfed escort : STUFFEDDATE
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Grain container : SILO
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___ Galilee : SEAOF
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Fountain order : BANANASPLIT
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Suitable place : NICHE
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Cancels, as a space shot : SCRUBS
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Cattle catcher : LARIAT
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Easy sort of job : PIECEOFCAKE
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Heating vessel : ETNA
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Lots : OODLES
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Indian court staff : OMLAH
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River of France : LOIRE
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Create air castles : DREAM
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Jumble : MEDLEY
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Elected ones : INS
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Twin crystal : MACLE
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Ara of the sky : ALTAR
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African game : LIONS
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Choose : SELECT
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Seers' cards : TAROTS
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Stronghold of Moab : KIR
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Hills in South Africa : KOPS
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Semitic goddess of war : ANATH
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Works : TOILS
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Namby-pamby one : CREAMPUFF
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Raisin : SULTANA
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Ed or Nancy : AMES
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Vocal flourishes : ROULADES
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Drink mix : SODA
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Maligns : WRONGS
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Biblical prophet : ELIJAH
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Lily plant : ALOE
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Sporty carriage : DOGCART
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Brown sugars : PANELAS
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Pacific sights : ATOLLS
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Idiot box, in England : TELLY
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Breastbones : STERNA
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Short-changes : SCANTS
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Port of Brazil : NATAL
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Jupiter's path : ORBIT
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Bracken : EDDIE
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Roman emperor : NERO
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Runner-up to Achilles : AJAX
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Building planners' org. : AIA
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Continent: Abbr. : EUR
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Before : ERE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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