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New York Times, Monday, October 18, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,101
Across
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Samoan port : APIA
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On one's toes : ALERT
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Arrive : COME
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Judge's seat : BANC
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Clown : MIMER
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Mine entrance : ADIT
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Roguish : ARCH
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Practical : UTILE
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Passport entry : VISA
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German poet : SCHILLER
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Emulates a setter : POINTS
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Certain look : LEER
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___-kiri : HARA
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Spotted cat : OCELOT
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Large baboon : MANDRILL
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Martin Van ___ : BUREN
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Ballroom dance : TANGO
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Maxwell's relative : REO
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Sister of Ares : ERIS
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Area for a game : LINKS
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Bright star : NOVA
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Metric measure : ARE
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Hamburger unit : PATTY
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Flogged : CANED
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Emotional state : HYSTERIA
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Slips : LAPSES
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Energy units : ERGS
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Gambling game : FARO
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Foster's river : SWANEE
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Kneecaps : PATELLAS
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Lily ___ : MAID
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Toil : SLAVE
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To ___ his own : EACH
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Ruin : UNDO
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Famous Athenian : SOLON
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Hep : ONTO
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Certain age : TEEN
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Put into action : EXERT
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Tide : NEAP
Down
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Arabs' robes : ABAS
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French greenery : PARC
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Creep : INCH
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Kind of heel : ACHILLES
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Charm : AMULET
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Liquid measure : LITER
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Arabian title : EMIR
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Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : REL
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Sea cucumbers : TREPANGS
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Costly eggs : CAVIAR
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Norse deity : ODIN
12
Fine rain : MIST
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Greek letters : ETAS
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Errol of films : LEON
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Church calendar : ORDO
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___-panky : HANKY
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Native fetish : OBEAH
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Groom a horse : CURRY
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Indians : ERIES
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Devilfish : MANTA
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Golf-bag contents : IRONS
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Reception : LEVEE
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Burdens : LOADS
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S. A. monkeys : TITIS
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Generosity : LARGESSE
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French pastry : NAPOLEON
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French relative : PERE
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Worry : CARE
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Sinew : TENDON
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Dormant : LATENT
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Prefer : FAVOR
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Plant disease : SMUT
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Wax's partner : WANE
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Military man : AIDE
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Enclosure : PALE
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Byway : LANE
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Official steps : ACTA
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Boutique : SHOP
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Smoked salmon : LOX

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