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New York Times, Monday, January 4, 1971

46-Across : "Why was ___ "

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,814
Across
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Word with cow or slow : POKE
5
Eban : ABBA
9
"A little ___ Heaven ... " : BITOF
14
Gardner : ERLE
15
Legal wrong : TORT
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Fresh air : OZONE
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Make a fast dollar : COINMONEY
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Mae and wild : WESTS
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Pronoun : ONE
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" ... black sheep, have you ___?" : ANYWOOL
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Six dits and three dahs : SOS
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Waterlogged : SOGGY
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Friend of swimming bull : EUROPA
28
O.K. by radio : ROGER
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Turns out : EVICTS
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Humane group: Abbr. : SPCA
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Suffix with arch or witch : ERY
38
Escape : GETOUT
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Of an animal : LEONINE
41
Showing favoritism : PARTIAL
42
Poppy product : OPIATE
43
Flow : RUN
44
___ hurry : INNO
45
Sex in grammar : GENDER
46
"Why was ___ " : IBORN
48
Weight in gold : CARATS
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Type : AGATE
54
Greek letter : CHI
56
Forty-niner since 1959 : ALASKAN
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Gun group: Abbr. : NRA
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"I've ___" : HADIT
62
Liqueur : COINTREAU
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Coeur d'___ : ALENE
65
Troubles : ILLS
66
Blunt : BALD
67
Real gone birds : DODOS
68
Prefix with photo or phone : TELE
69
Dies ___ : IRAE
Down
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___ Bill : PECOS
2
Maine city : ORONO
3
Bright light : KLIEG
4
Poet's adverb : EEN
5
Weigh ___ : ATON
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Like some fish : BONY
7
Distillery's counterpart : BREWERY
8
"Here's looking ___" : ATYOU
9
Flabbergast : BOWLOVER
10
Suffix with real or idol : IZE
11
Decide who pays : TOSSACOIN
12
Undeceived : ONTO
13
Parker : FESS
18
Midwest clinic : MAYO
22
Seasoning : OREGANO
25
Where the Alhambra is : GRANADA
27
Removing seeds : PITTING
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___ principles : GENERAL
30
Before : ERE
32
Sir in Singapore : TUAN
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French town : STLO
34
Toil : SLOG
35
Le Moko : PEPE
36
Matched : COINCIDED
40
Repeats : ITERATES
41
British bar : PUB
43
Browned in deep fat : RISSOLE
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Talk turgidly : RANT
49
Implied : TACIT
51
Lend ___ : ANEAR
52
Singing syllables : TRALA
53
___ Cologne : EAUDE
54
African lake : CHAD
55
Angelic headgear : HALO
57
Throw out, as type : KILL
58
Handle: Fr. : ANSE
61
Daughter of Cadmus : INO
63
Hitting record: Abbr. : RBI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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