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Marie West
Marie West

New York Times, Friday, October 4, 1974

9-Down : International city

Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,183
Across
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Hindu pundit : SWAMI
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Spark or fire : PLUG
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Wave or shield : HEAT
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Seraglio : HAREM
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River of France : OISE
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Jason's ship : ARGO
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Under the sea, to poets : ADEEP
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Discerning : KEEN
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Opinion : VIEW
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Expressed with one's hands : GESTURED
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Corrects : EMENDS
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Directed : LED
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River to the Severn : AVON
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Most certain : SUREST
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Hebrew eternity : OLAM
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___ on the aisle : TWO
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Something to be set : PRECEDENT
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Plant sheath : OCREA
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Make ___ at (attempt) : ASTAB
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Thai language : LAO
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Hard as ___ : NAILS
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Australian fern : NAROU
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Take apart : DISMANTLE
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Traffic warning : SLO
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Belgian river : YSER
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Preoccupy : OBSESS
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Teddy or Smokey : BEAR
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Gehrig : LOU
50
Withering reply : RETORT
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Deliver : HANDOVER
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Corn spikes : EARS
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Image : ICON
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Range grass : GRAMA
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Sale words : ASIS
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Chess piece : ROOK
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Havelock : ELLIS
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Paper size : DEMY
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Spot : ESPY
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In the ___ of (defying) : TEETH
Down
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Kind of rug : SHAG
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Dabble in the surf : WADE
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Son of Zeus : ARES
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Conform with : MEET
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Pop at the supermarket : IMPULSEBUYER
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Jabbed : POKED
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German song : LIED
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Function : USE
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International city : GENEVA
10
Refuge : HAVEN
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Cobh's land : ERIN
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Like some cheese : AGED
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Pulls : TOWS
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Sent back: Abbr. : RETD
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Pop's partner at the supermarket : MOMONABUDGET
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Choral singers : ALTOS
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Extends across : SPANS
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Fur seal : URSAL
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Prefix with act or grade : RETRO
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Modified organism : ECAO
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Walking ___ : ONAIR
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Corny : TRITE
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H. G. : WELLS
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Fertile areas : OASES
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Golfer Lee : ELDER
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Food containers : CANS
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Armstrong's landfall : MOON
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"Gulliver's Travels," e.g. : SATIRE
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Domineering : BOSSY
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Like a beanpole : LANKY
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Interpret : READ
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Life of ___ : EASE
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Decorate : TRIM
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Child's plaything : HOOP
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Heraldic fillet : ORLE
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Low land : VALE
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Give forth : EMIT
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Impetuous : RASH
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Romaine : COS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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