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New York Times, Wednesday, January 21, 1970

25-Across : Captivated

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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T
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A
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P
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A
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A
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Y
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H
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F
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A
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X
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H
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F
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T
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D
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K
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B
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F
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D
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M
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A
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Y
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A
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B
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N
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A
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B
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V
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T
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H
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Z
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P
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S
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D
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H
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V
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D
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M
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D
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J
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R
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,466
Across
1
South Sea cloth : TAPA
5
Oriental nurses : AYAHS
10
Tunisian seaport : SFAX
14
Matured : AGED
15
Musical group : NONET
16
Injury : HARM
17
Wide-ranging : FARANDNEAR
19
Extent : AREA
20
Camera adjunct : TRIPOD
21
Infringe : TRESPASS
23
Set foot : TROD
25
Captivated : TAKEN
26
Obscured : BEFOGGED
30
Mad dogs' time for sun : MIDDAY
33
Not ___ in the world : ACARE
34
Czech patriot : BENES
36
Snacked : ATE
37
Round Table knight : BORS
38
Uninteresting : VAPID
39
Braces : TWOS
40
___ carte : ALA
41
Unit of one cycle a second : HERTZ
42
Of a specified quality: Suffix : PHANE
43
Telegraph device : SENDER
45
___ for (be attracted to) : HAVEEYES
47
Dress features : DARTS
49
Blackbird : MERL
50
Bearish time : DOWNBEAT
53
In ___ (instead) : LIEUOF
57
Sevareid : ERIC
58
Mostly : BYANDLARGE
60
Old nag : JADE
61
Sublease : RELET
62
Discovered : SEEN
63
Pub specialties : ALES
64
Solos : ARIAS
65
Nautical chains : TYES
Down
1
White House name : TAFT
2
Culture medium : AGAR
3
Beautiful girl : PERI
4
Interconnecting devices : ADAPTORS
5
Cat-___ fight : ANDDOG
6
Place for Cassius : YON
7
French writer : ANET
8
Courage : HEART
9
Trailed out : STREAMED
10
Adapted : SHAPED
11
By much : FARANDAWAY
12
Olympian : ARES
13
Holiday season : XMAS
18
Sverige's neighbor : NORGE
22
Squaw Valley gear : SKIS
24
Preclude : DEBAR
26
Patisserie items : BABAS
27
Lycée's relative : ECOLE
28
Extensively : FARANDWIDE
29
Abyss : DEPTH
31
Joined : ATONE
32
Approvals : YESES
35
Hyderabad sovereign : NIZAM
38
Spinal feature : VERTEBRA
39
Not ___ bit : THELEAST
41
Anise or tansy : HERB
42
Hazard : PERIL
44
Social affairs : DANCES
46
African grasslands : VELDTS
48
Word with "sooth" and "nay" : SAYER
50
Already: Fr. : DEJA
51
By word : ORAL
52
Anklebones : TALI
54
Nobel physicist : UREY
55
Pointed arch : OGEE
56
Swampy lands : FENS
59
Profs' org. : NEA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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