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New York Times, Tuesday, June 22, 1971

53-Across : Word ___

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,983
Across
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Russian beer : KVAS
5
Setting : DECOR
10
Bucket ___ : SEAT
14
Almost : NIGH
15
Pointed arch : OGIVE
16
Arm bone : ULNA
17
Cooking fat : OLEO
18
Miser's forte : GREED
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Sports-page name : METS
20
Kind of story : BEDTIME
22
Aida's lover : RADAMES
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Babble : PRATE
26
___ d'Azur : COTE
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Paderewski work : MINUET
30
Protective in a way : MATERNAL
34
Dill : ANET
35
Czech river to Elbe : ISER
37
Fraction, for one : RATIO
38
"___ Skylark" : TOA
39
Ingenue : ACTRESS
41
Uraeus : ASP
42
Matriculate : ENROL
44
Genesis character : ESAU
45
Heraldic band : ORLE
46
Winslow Homer specialty : SEASCAPE
48
Orison : PRAYER
50
U. S. agent : TMAN
51
Warehouse : DEPOT
53
Word ___ : OFHONOR
56
Food : ALIMENT
60
Armenian river : ARAS
61
Greek letter : DELTA
63
Reticule : ETUI
64
Hindu title : RANI
65
Home of Krupp : ESSEN
66
Dye shrub : ANIL
67
Word for beer : SUDS
68
Hinder growth : STUNT
69
Better than never : LATE
Down
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Isolated hill : KNOB
2
Odious : VILE
3
Word for some whisky : AGED
4
Field event : SHOTPUT
5
Opinionated : DOGMATIC
6
Plume source : EGRET
7
Parisian co. : CIE
8
Surplus : OVER
9
Put in printable form : REDACT
10
Indonesian island : SUMATRA
11
Baker Street word : ELEMENTARY
12
Before: Lat. : ANTE
13
Russian agency : TASS
21
Spleen : IRE
23
Activists : DOERS
25
Rising above a water surface : EMERSED
27
Matched pair : MATES
28
All ___ piece : INONE
29
Imminent : NEARATHAND
31
Bailiwick : AREA
32
Church area : AISLE
33
Horse, at times : LOPER
36
Lock ___ : STEP
39
Highway of Northwest : ALCAN
40
Displace : SUPPLANT
43
Learning by absorption : OSMOSIS
45
Breakfast staple : OATMEAL
47
Positive terminals : ANODES
49
Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI
52
Moth-___ : EATEN
53
Scull gear : OARS
54
Berlin housewife : FRAU
55
Breather : REST
57
Sicilian landmark : ETNA
58
Relative of soir : NUIT
59
Roofing : TILE
62
Baton Rouge initials : LSU

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