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Kirk Dodd
Kirk Dodd

Capital Ideas

New York Times, Sunday, August 10, 1969

Author:
Kirk Dodd
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 56, Avg Word Len: 5.75, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 560 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 158, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19, Grid flow: 43.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Kirk Dodd has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,302
Across
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Hails : ACCOSTS
8
Cavies : PACAS
13
Coin of Mid-East : PIASTER
20
Address loudly : SHOUTAT
21
People of Teheran : IRANI
22
Plunge into a fluid : IMMERGE
23
City in Granada : SANTAFE
24
N.A. geological era : TRENTONPERIOD
26
Grampus : ORC
27
Early Brazos settler : STEPHENAUSTIN
29
Moslem saint : PIR
30
Nobel physicist: 1952 : BLOCH
32
Set a course : PLOT
33
Crowns : PATES
34
Middling : SOSO
35
Hibernia : EIRE
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Styptic : ALUM
37
Sheepfolds : COTES
38
Fountain orders : MALTS
39
Children's game : REDROVER
41
City in West Germany : AHLEN
42
Satchel : VALISE
43
Mean sea-level line : GEOID
44
Interweave : BRAID
45
Summon : PAGE
46
Oddments : SCRAPS
48
Beverages : BEERS
49
One-time caller at Trinidad : COLUMBUS
53
Pea and nut : COALS
54
Erie, for one : CANAL
55
Cracow people : POLES
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Number : ONE
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Strikes : RAPS
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Pebbles : LITTLEROCKS
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Burma, Pakistan, etc. : ASIA
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Indian : UTE
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Lemur : LORIS
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Aegean island : SAMOS
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Perfume : ATTAR
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Archipelago of Pacific : BISMARCK
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Grass genus : STIPA
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Seattle players : PILOTS
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Elder: Fr. : AINE
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Opted : CHOSE
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American family of painters : MORAN
72
Thin layer : LAMINA
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Teen-agers' monopoly : PHONE
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Bewailed : LAMENTED
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Poplar : ABELE
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Opinions : VIEWS
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Restrain : BATE
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___clock scholar : TENO
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Soviet press agency : TASS
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See eye ___ : TOEYE
85
Productive : RICH
86
Hauls : CARTS
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High note : ELA
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English essayist (1861–1922) : WALTERRALEIGH
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Agency of the 30's: Abbr. : REA
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Sec. of State under Wilson : ROBERTLANSING
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Idle : LOAFING
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Enliven: Lat. : ANIMARE
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Jog : NUDGE
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Drain : DEPLETE
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Result of salary cut : LESSPAY
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Rapiers : EPEES
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Encourages : ASSURES
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___ as a judge : ASSOBER
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Chase : CHARLIE
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Inoperative : OUT
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Cache : STASH
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U.S. sculptor : TAFT
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Like some churches : STEEPLED
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Biblical treasure city : PITHOM
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Court decree: Fr. : ARRET
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French city : CAEN
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Nova Scotia's ___ Royal : ANNAPOLIS
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Set : SITUATED
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Liquid measures: Fr. : PINTES
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Kaffir fighters : IMPIS
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Word of concurrence : AMEN
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Indian weight : SER
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Locale in Marine song : TRIPOLI
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Peacocks : EGOISTS
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Emblem of 15th century : REDROSE
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"Drang nach ___" : OSTEN
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Rel. of sing. : PLUR
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Barley and rye : CEREALS
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Madras metropolis : SALEM
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Vis-___ : AVIS
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Dances : CHARLESTONS
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Sorcerer : MAGUS
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"___, sorry" : OOPS
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Of a space : AREAL
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Dells : VALES
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Inclinations : BENTS
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Presidential family : POLKS
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Second-stringer : SCRUB
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Tropical raccoon : COATI
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Dyeing technique : BATIK
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Beverage : COCOA
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Eastern Christian : UNIAT
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Torrefies : SEARS
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Siren of "Odyssey" : CIRCE
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Ceremony: Fr. : POMPE
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Novel heroine : LORNA
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Poker move : RAISE
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Mollusk genus : ATLANTA
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Singer Frankie : LAINE
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Leeds's river : AIRE
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Postal system : MAILS
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Does an after-sports routine : SHOWERSUP
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Quince, for example : POME
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Indian : CHEYENNE
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Girl's name : MATHILDA
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Pitchout, in football : LATERAL
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Ear shell : ABALONE
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Ore range : MESABIS
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Famous sculpture : PIETA
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Guipure : LACE
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Understanding : ENTENTE
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Prescription units : DOSAGES
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Kind of ball : VOLLEY
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Low parts of ships : BILGES
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Czech range : TATRA
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Meander : RANGE
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Western attire : CHAPS
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Garment : WRAP
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Lie at anchor : RIDE
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Leaves : GOES
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Type measures : EMS
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Winter topic of talk : FLU

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14 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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