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New York Times, Saturday, February 13, 1965

22-Across : Lake in Africa.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,676
Across
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Blows the whistle. : TOOTS
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Premiere of Japan. : SATO
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Projecting part of a cornice. : DRIP
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Right: Prefix. : ORTHO
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Defense statement. : PLEA
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York's river. : OUSE
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Wedding party member. : USHER
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Vertex. : APEX
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Adjective suffix. : ULAR
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Birds. : ROOSTERS
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Lake in Africa. : ALBERT
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Curl. : KINK
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Adjective suffix. : ICAL
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Governor of Nevada. : SAWYER
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Deserving censure. : BLAMEFUL
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Sponsorship. : EGIS
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Uttered. : ORAL
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Lively dance tune. : POLKA
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Throb. : PANT
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Brightened. : LITUP
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Color. : ROAN
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Close: Colloq. : TIGHT
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Manila coin. : PESO
44
Scent. : NOSE
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Put among. : INSERTED
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Night noises. : SNORES
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City of NW Spain. : LEON
50
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : DEUT
51
Challenger. : DEFIER
54
Italian title. : MARCHESA
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Minute amount. : ATOM
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Moslem title. : IMAM
61
Screens. : HIDES
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White House dweller. : LUCI
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Consequently. : ERGO
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Aconcagua's range. : ANDES
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Leave. : EXIT
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Outermost layer. : SKIN
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Where Luxor is. : EGYPT
Down
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Excursion. : TOUR
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A dozen ___. : ORSO
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German king. : OTHO
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Gambling expression. : THESKYSTHELIMIT
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Sally of troops. : SORTIE
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Beau. : SPARK
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Location of Brenner Pass. : ALPS
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Area near a fairway. : TEE
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State in Mexico. : OAXACA
10
Gambling expression. : DOUBLEORNOTHING
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Canon. : RULE
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Munich's river. : ISAR
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Saucy. : PERT
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Record. : ENROL
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Bridge ___. : LAMP
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Means of explanation: Abbr. : ILLUS
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Numerical prefix. : SEPTI
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On the other hand. : AGAIN
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Flying insignia: Colloq. : WINGS
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Reduced. : BATED
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Story. : FLOOR
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Official decree. : UKASE
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Alleys. : LANES
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Mellow. : RIPEN
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Artist's model. : POSER
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Apricot or apple. : TREE
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Members of a political party. : TORIES
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Napes: Anat. : NUCHAE
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Friend of Pythias. : DAMON
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Valley. : DALE
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And wife: Lat. abbr. : ETUX
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Meeting points of reflected rays. : FOCI
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Christmas trio. : MAGI
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Contrary air current. : EDDY
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Pass through porous substance. : SEEP
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Adjutant: Abbr. : ASST
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Nikita's nickname. : MRK

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