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New York Times, Wednesday, July 8, 1970

9-Down : Thrush

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,634
Across
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Vapor: Prefix : ATMO
5
Scale : CLIMB
10
Exclamation : PHEW
14
Secular : LAIC
15
Type of train : LOCAL
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Tennis score : LOVE
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Bench: Fr. : BANC
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Rocket stage : AGENA
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Landed : ALIT
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Attu resident : ALEUTIAN
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Readies the wine : CHILLS
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Fussy : PERNICKETY
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Bristles : SETAE
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Embarrassed : ABASHED
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Reparation : AMENDS
34
Seed covering : ARIL
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Norwegian coin : ORE
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Comedian Wheeler : BERT
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Amplifying device : MASER
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Coast campus : UCLA
40
Poetic term : OER
41
Andrews : DANA
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More humid : DANKER
44
1955 Wimbledon champion : TRABERT
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Charlotte ___ : RUSSE
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Fussy : FASTIDIOUS
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Dried fruit : RAISIN
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Cannon : ORDNANCE
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Strays : ERRS
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Declined : EBBED
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Yokel : BOOR
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Shells, for short : AMMO
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Net : SEINE
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___ citato : LOCO
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Open spaces : LEAS
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Range animal : STEER
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Seth's son : ENOS
Down
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Spanish duke : ALBA
2
Philippine volcano : TAAL
3
Excavation : MINE
4
Unsolicited-mail addressee : OCCUPANT
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___ de lune : CLAIR
6
Canadian peak : LOGAN
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Boadicea's subjects : ICENI
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Human : MAN
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Thrush : BLACKBIRD
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Braids : PLAITS
11
Flowers : HOLLYHOCKS
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Harmful : EVIL
13
Backers of 21st Amendment : WETS
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Golf term : TEED
23
Reconcile : HEAL
25
Anxiety : CARE
26
Clog : SABOT
27
Arab V.I.P. : EMEER
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Dry land : TERRAFIRMA
30
Gardner and others : ERLES
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"Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
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High fashion : SMARTNESS
34
Botanist Gray : ASA
38
Pro's opposite : ANTI
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Out of whack : UNUSABLE
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Arnaz : DESI
43
English river : ARUN
45
Singers : BASSOS
48
Western brick : DOBIE
49
Goddess of peace : IRENE
50
More singular : ODDER
51
Old Spanish coin : REAL
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Weapon, in France : ARME
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Day time : NOON
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Actor James : COCO
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Greek god : EROS
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Belmont transaction : BET

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