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New York Times, Tuesday, April 27, 1965

14-Across : Pentateuch.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,749
Across
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Eastern VIP. : SHAH
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Play tricks. : JAPE
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British dandies. : TOFFS
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Pentateuch. : TORA
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Equal: Fr. : EGAL
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Soap plant. : AMOLE
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Squared up. : EVEN
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Current. : TIDE
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___ circle. : POLAR
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Eight quarts. : PECK
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Mixture. : HODGEPODGE
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Assassin. : SLAYER
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Instrument. : LYRE
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Disposed. : PRONE
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Cling. : ADHERE
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Citified. : URBAN
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Clearance sale sign. : ASIS
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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Astrophysicist's concern. : MOONSET
41
Pocket edition, for instance. : REPRINT
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Meat. : PORK
44
An hour before "dieci." : NOVE
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Moves aimlessly. : IDLES
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Waited. : STAYED
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In a peculiar way. : ODDLY
51
Allay. : LULL
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Sea. : AEGEAN
57
Trickery. : HOCUSPOCUS
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Capable of. : UPTO
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Negative verb form. : ARENT
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Carry's companion. : CASH
65
Lithuanian river. : RUSS
66
Must. : HASTO
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Joint. : KNEE
68
An hour before "vier." : DREI
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City near St. Louis. : ALTON
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Pieces of turf. : SODS
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Part of a century. : YEAR
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Gradations. : STEPS
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Dwelling of sorts. : HOVEL
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Betel palm. : ARECA
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Deception: Colloq. : HANKYPANKY
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A Beverly hillbilly. : JETHRO
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Money-changer's fee. : AGIO
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Goes wading. : PADDLES
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"Adonais," for example. : ELEGY
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Drained. : TAPPED
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Melville opus. : OMOO
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Flock of sheep. : FOLD
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Standard. : FLAG
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Withered: Poet. : SERE
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Eliminate. : ERASE
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Fish hawks. : ERNS
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Western alliance. : NATO
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Sound of spring, in the good old days. : HURDYGURDY
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"The ___ that men do ... " : EVIL
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M. Clair. : RENE
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Food: Colloq. : EATS
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Diamond men. : UMPS
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Branch's partner. : ROOT
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Adriatic wind. : BORA
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Incensed. : IRED
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Finish. : ENDUP
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Fortune: Slang. : PILE
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Lassen or Hekla. : VOLCANO
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Howard of baseball. : ELSTON
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Code symbols. : DASHES
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Wrestling holds. : LOCKS
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Architect's plan: Fr. : EPURE
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Confused. : ATSEA
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Polite negative. : NOSIR
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Guffaw. : HAHA
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Exam. : ORAL
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___ la vie. : CEST
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Poetic preposition. : UNTO
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Handled. : USED

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