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New York Times, Monday, January 25, 1971

54-Across : Certain poem

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 53, Avg Word Len: 5.06, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 48, Cheaters: 24, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,835
Across
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Two-wheeled carriage : TRAP
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Of a chemical compound : AMIC
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Swiss cottage : CHALET
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Los ___ : ALAMOS
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Hawthorne character : HESTER
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Tread heavily, in Scotland : STRAMP
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Electrical unit : AMPERE
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Old-time snare : PANTER
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Mouths : ORA
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Type of cartridge : RIMFIRE
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___ Moines : DES
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Fay Wray's King : KONG
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Monte Carlo colors : NOIRS
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Versifier : POET
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Old-womanish : ANILE
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Way: Abbr. : RTE
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Area of a ship's bow : HAWSE
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Service branch: Abbr. : NAV
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Possess : OWN
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Measure in Europe : METRE
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Cuba libre base : RUM
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Asian palm : BETEL
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U.S. tennis man : ASHE
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Detection device : SONAR
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___ to a turn : DONE
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Presidential nickname : IKE
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Cockney's 'eadgear 'olders : ATBOXES
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W.W. II area : ETO
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Dominion : EMPIRE
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Weather-map line : ISOBAR
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Alarm clock, for one : ROUSER
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" ... all ___ created equal" : MENARE
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Certain poem : SONNET
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Writer ___-Beuve : SAINTE
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Thumbs down, Russian style : NYET
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Fasten : LASH
Down
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Astronauts' host : THEMANINTHEMOON
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File : RASP
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Fix over : ALTER
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Look in a way : PEERIN
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Church fixtures : ALTARS
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River near Paris : MARNE
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"___ my wits' end" : IMAT
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Return, astronaut style : COMEDOWNTOEARTH
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River Styx V.I.P. : CHARON
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Vibration : TREMOR
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Yearn : ASPIRE
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Binges : SPREES
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Turkish weight : OKA
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Felicitous : FIT
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Sault ___ Marie : STE
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Look daggers at : GLARE
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Handled rudely : PAWED
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"All About ___" : EVE
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Fireplace area : HOB
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French month : MAI
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Glacial ridges : ESKERS
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Fulton or Lee : ROBERT
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One, in Italy : UNO
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Proverbs : MAXIMS
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Access : ENTREE
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Zodiac sign : LEO
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Sesame, for one : STREET
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Close again : RESEAL
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River to the Oise : AISNE
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Russian girl's name : SONIA
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Underweight : PUNY
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Prohibits : BANS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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