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New York Times, Friday, January 29, 1971

42-Across : Respite

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,839
Across
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Semitic deity : BAAL
5
Lazar : LEPER
10
Shakespeare : BARD
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Singer Eames : EMMA
15
Remove : ERASE
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Gov't. agency : USIA
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Give off : EMIT
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Something for the mill : GRIST
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Face : DIAL
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Merlin, for one : SORCERER
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Delight : REGALE
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Listen : HEED
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Cork locale : EIRE
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Give the speaker a hard time : HECKLE
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One of seven in Rome : AVENTINE
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Bitter drug : ALOES
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Alla ___ : BREVE
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Zodiac animal : RAM
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Calla or tiger : LILY
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Bathe : LAVE
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Exclamation : OHO
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Kind of common denominator : LEAST
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Approach midnight : LATEN
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Respite : SURCEASE
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Go ___ (deteriorate) : TOSEED
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Engrossed : RAPT
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Sometimes it's dim : PAST
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Diet food : CELERY
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1971 : THISYEAR
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Melody : ARIA
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Frome : ETHAN
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Patron saint of sailors : ELMO
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Mail : POST
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Nautical call : AVAST
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Where 59 Across is heard : ASEA
61
Italian town : ESTE
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Classifies : RATES
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Tear : REND
Down
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Busy creatures : BEES
2
Munitions : AMMO
3
Moslem prince : AMIR
4
Door-opener : LATCHKEY
5
Stowe's villain : LEGREE
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Strayed : ERRED
7
Set : PAIR
8
Letter : ESS
9
Do a hunting dog's job : RETRIEVE
10
It's tight lately : BUDGET
11
Home for two billion or so : ASIA
12
Coin of Iran : RIAL
13
Carnegie : DALE
21
They're slippery : EELS
23
Sea bird : ERNE
25
Happening : EVENT
26
Moon phenomena : HALOS
27
Root : ELIHU
28
Red or green : COLOR
29
Came up : AROSE
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Incensed : IRATE
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"The Queen's ___" : NAVEE
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Edit : EMEND
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Jungle dweller : BEAST
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1968 : LEAPYEAR
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1970 : LASTYEAR
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King of Elizabethan drama : LEAR
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Deductible item : LOSS
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Invent : CREATE
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Defiles : TAINTS
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Aspect : PHASE
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Superman's garb : CAPE
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Cupid : EROS
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Shopper's guide : LIST
50
What Dick Martin always drinks to : THAT
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Otherwise : ELSE
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___ corner : AMEN
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Highway : ROAD
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Power-project initials : TVA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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