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Eileen Bush
Eileen Bush

SPACE MADNESS

New York Times, Sunday, June 22, 1969

117-Across : Illinois city

Author:
Eileen Bush
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 728 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 150, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Eileen Bush has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,253
Across
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Early astronaut program : GEMINI
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Particular: Abbr. : SPEC
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Truman's birthplace : LAMAR
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Universe: Prefix : COSMO
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One of a meteor swarm : LEONID
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Cinema, in Europe : KINO
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___ in arms : ABABE
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Hollywood name : OSCAR
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Suffers attrition : ERODES
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Name of a planet's transit, perhaps : INTRAVENUS
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Chic : SMART
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Forty ___ : NINER
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Rejects : SPURNS
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Old and New : TESTAMENTS
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Kind of sign : NEON
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Silly : SAPPY
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Paw: Fr. : PATTE
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Like a julep : MINTY
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"The groves were God's first ___" : TEMPLES
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Spells : HEXES
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Numerical prefix : DECA
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___-Magnon : CRO
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Light ___ : YEAR
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Drilled : BORED
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Look of sorts : LEER
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Chinese name : TSE
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Round figure : HUNDRED
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Shore birds : SORAS
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Fighter planes : SABREJETS
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Conductor's word : ABOARD
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River to the Colorado : GILA
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Inform : POST
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Soviet moon rocket : LUNIK
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Warm glow : FLUSH
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Docking : RENDEZVOUS
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Early dulcimer : CITOLE
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Band, in heraldry : FESS
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Humid : DANK
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Art works : OILS
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Fan : CHEERER
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Seep : OOZE
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Artist's wear : SMOCK
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___ d'oeuvre : CHEF
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Oct. 31 wear : COSTUME
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Juncture : SEAM
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Ruth's husband : BOAZ
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U.S. satellite : ECHO
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Narcotic : OPIATE
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Dive, astronaut style : SPLASHDOWN
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Upper space : ETHER
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Stroke on a letter : SERIF
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Twofold : DUAL
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Pronoun : OURS
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Rise : ASCEND
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Pendants on watch chains : BRELOQUES
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Water bird : HERON
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Absent : NOTHERE
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Desire : YEN
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Reddish color : RUST
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Employes : HANDS
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Part of N. B. : BENE
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"To ___ With Love" : SIR
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Descended : ALIT
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Face for 72 Across : FALSE
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Organ stop : CELESTE
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Martian sight : CANAL
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Legal plea : ALIBI
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Shopping areas : MALLS
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Color : AQUA
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Computing machine : CALCULATOR
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Substantial : GOODLY
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Overeats : GLUTS
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Illinois city : ALTON
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Lunar blues, so to speak : MOONINDIGO
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Catch one's ___ : BREATH
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Alpine peak : BLANC
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Mountain chain : ANDES
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Attracted : DREW
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Kind of bean soup : YANKEE
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A Churchill : SARAH
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Seed coating : TESTA
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Indian weights : SERS
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Direction on a ship : ASTERN
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Early astronaut : GLENN
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Uncanny : EERIE
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Like lunar living? : MOONOTONOUS
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Oily hydrocarbon : INDENE
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Deny: Fr. : NIER
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Libidos : IDS
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Bligh, for one : SKIPPER
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Wall decorations : PINUPS
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Access : ENTRY
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Bathos: Slang : CORN
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Wash basin: Abbr. : LAV
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Backed in a way : ABETTED
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Certain art works : MANETS
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Malign : ABUSE
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Balance : REST
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Humor for serious astronauts : COSMICRELIEF
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Former Philippine President : OSMENA
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Meager : SCANT
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Borgnine role : MARTY
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Scraps : ORTS
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"Ad astra per ___" : ASPERA
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Chef's creation : SALAD
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Mohammedan noble : AMEER
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Moonship's forte : SPEED
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Implements : AXES
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Perfume ingredient : MYRRH
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Greek goddesses : HORAE
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U.S. problem : DEBT
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Poke fun at : CHAFF
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100 kopecks : RUBLE
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Forward : BOLD
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Maid : LASS
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Helden-___ : TENOR
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Fence passage : STILE
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Glacial ridge : ESKER
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That: Ger. : DASS
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Retrogress : SINK
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Under: Fr. : SOUS
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Low German : JUTE
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Part of a chromosome : GENE
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U.S. President : POLK
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Level : RAZE
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Goes like a spaceship : ZOOMS
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London's Old ___ : VIC
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French preposition : CHEZ
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Type of roof : DOME
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Fictional detective : CHAN
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Sign on astronaut's door : OUTFORLAUNCH
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Convince: Colloq. : SELL
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Pasture sound : MAA
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Intimidates : COWS
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Star of TV's "I Spy" : COSBY
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___ citato : OPERE
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Tempter of Ulysses : SIREN
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Part of a comet : TAIL
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Hot Springs et al. : SPAS
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Biography word : BORN
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Do art work : ETCH
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Moon eruption, perhaps : CHEESEQUAKE
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Frenchman's name : HENRI
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Fraternal group : ORDER
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Fat : SUET
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Host : HORDE
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Music pieces : DUOS
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Colorado park : ESTES
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Do housework : DUST
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Top-notchers: Colloq. : AONES
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Old pen : QUILL
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Half: Ger. : HALB
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Navy man : ENSIGN
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Form of Helen : NELLY
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Snood : HAIRNET
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U.S. painter : BELLOWS
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Seaport of Italy : ANCONA
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Inundates : FLOODS
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One who sponges : CADGER
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Aid to success : TALENT
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Type of lily : CALLA
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Church area : ALTAR
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In harmony : ATONE
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Watered silk : MOIRE
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Type of nonsense : UTTER
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Pale : ASHEN
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Hacks : CABS
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Common Latin verb : AMAT
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Tote board listings : ODDS
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Mardi ___ : GRAS
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Bible book: Abbr. : ISA
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Win ___ mile : BYA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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