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New York Times, Monday, April 28, 1969

23-Across : Flowers.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J K W Y }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,198
Across
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Trifle in love. : COQUET
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Noted Ohio family. : TAFT
11
Vichy. : SPA
14
Smith graduate. : ALUMNA
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Go beyond. : OVERSTEP
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American author. : MAILER
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The Mauve Decade. : NINETIES
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Sicilian city. : ENNA
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Requirement. : NEED
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Uncle Miltie. : BERLE
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Flowers. : TULIPS
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Still and ___. : ALL
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Boorish. : LOUTISH
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Atlantic nation. : ICELAND
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Psychic initials. : ESP
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Put aside. : SHELVE
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Caucasian language. : AVAR
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Aide of a sort. : VALET
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Red or White. : SEA
39
Pair. : BRACE
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German river. : EGER
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Styron subject. : TURNER
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New Deal initials. : NRA
44
Eye parts. : RETINAS
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Frequented. : HAUNTED
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1920 Presidential candidate. : COX
49
I.D. for a G.I. : DOGTAG
50
Collect. : AMASS
53
Chinese weight. : TAEL
54
___ Strip. : GAZA
57
Generated. : BEGOTTEN
59
Tidal bores. : EAGRES
61
Obstructions in nasal passage. : ADENOIDS
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Busy. : TIEDUP
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Bishopric. : SEE
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Condition. : CASE
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Tension. : STRESS
Down
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Appeared. : CAME
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Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
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One of five. : QUINTUPLET
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Diacritical mark. : UMLAUT
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Direction. : ENE
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Sully. : TARNISH
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Hues. : TONES
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Greedy. : AVID
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Boggy land. : FEN
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Hi-fi setting. : TREBLE
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Excite. : STIR
12
British statesman. : PEEL
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Building recess. : APSE
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Bright. : STELLAR
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Site of one of Seven Wonders. : EPHESUS
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Careen. : LIST
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Tennis point. : ACE
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Crowbar. : LEVER
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River to the Missouri. : OSAGE
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Scott novel. : IVANHOE
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Out front, as in art. : AVANTGARDE
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Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
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Face with reluctance. : DREAD
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Gaelic god. : LER
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Norse explorer. : ERICSON
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Dry, as champagne. : BRUT
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Censure (with "with"). : TAX
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Young birds. : EAGLETS
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Fresh-water algae. : NOSTOC
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Faultfinder. : NAGGER
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"___ Macabre." : DANSE
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Ancient Persian. : MEDE
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U.S. author-critic. : AGEE
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Kennedy and Sorensen. : TEDS
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Olympian. : ZEUS
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Vipers. : ASPS
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Aunt: Sp. : TIA
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Small island. : AIT

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