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Hallie Parsons
Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
Gerald Parsons

New York Times, Saturday, August 2, 1975

1-Down : War club

Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { K Q Y }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,485
Across
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Grain product : MALT
5
Ilka or Salmon : CHASE
10
Hoosegow, in Britain : GAOL
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At variance with : AJAR
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Harassed : HAZED
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Again's partner : ONCE
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Scene of the first miracle : CANA
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Large S.A. snake : ABOMA
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Indian flour : ATTA
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Providing of a case in point : EXEMPLIFICATION
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Right, in Scotland : REET
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Word with fly or escape : FIRE
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Film-studio need : SCRIPT
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Adventurous ones : PIONEERS
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Notices : HEEDS
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Bills of fare : MENUS
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Dull procedure : RUT
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European river : ELBE
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Concluding sections : CODAS
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Machete : BOLO
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Drink : ALE
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Of sound quality : TONAL
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Tournament of ___ : ROSES
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Nonsense : FOLDEROL
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Certain ships : OILERS
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Kind of ads : WANT
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Rock cavities : VUGS
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Ad-lib performance : EXTEMPORIZATION
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Kind of estate : REAL
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Juan de ___, N.M. colonizeer : ONATE
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Norse epic : EDDA
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Indigo : ANIL
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Himalayan land : NEPAL
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Riverfront Stadium players : REDS
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Musical notes : SOLS
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Western park : ESTES
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Window part : SASH
Down
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War club : MACE
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Greek hero : AJAX
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Highway feature : LANE
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Onetime London outing : TRAMRIDE
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Alpine lodge : CHALET
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Custom : HABIT
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Soviet sea: Var. : AZOF
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Round at Forest Hills : SEMIFINAL
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Consuming : EDACIOUS
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Facial adornment : GOATEE
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One opposed : ANTI
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Numerical prefix : OCTO
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Sparse : LEAN
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___ up (livens) : PEPS
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Scottish alders : ARNS
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Cluster : SHEAF
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Violin's cousin : CELLO
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Insurgent : REBEL
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___ pushers : PEDAL
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Unevenly edged : EROSE
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School-box item : RULER
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German sculptor : STOSS
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Tedious sounds : MONOTONES
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Johnnycake : CORNPONE
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Gives support to : BOLSTERS
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Kind of mate or work : TEAM
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Baltic gulf : RIGA
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Lingers over : DWELLS
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European thrushes : OUZELS
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Curriculum ___ : VITAE
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Time divisions : ERAS
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Strange: Prefix : XENO
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Follow : TAIL
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Ecstatic : RAPT
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Seed of an invention : IDEA
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Bookies' offerings : ODDS
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Humorous poet : NASH

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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