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New York Times, Thursday, October 1, 1970

16-Across : Past

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,719
Across
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Navy trials aboard ship : MASTS
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Sultan of ___ : SWAT
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Accepted: Abbr. : RECD
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Honolulu greeting : ALOHA
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Old ale jug : TOBY
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Past : OVER
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Noted sculptor : RODIN
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Colonizer of Greenland : ERIC
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Directed : BADE
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Coldstream men : GUARDS
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Spartan king : LEONIDAS
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Manual training system : SLOYD
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Slips : BONERS
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Old Spanish coins : PISTOLES
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Conveyance : BUS
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Greek nickname : ARI
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Library contents : TOMES
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Famed Swede : NOBEL
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St. Andrews sport : GOLF
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Ice pinnacle : SERAC
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Hit it on the ___ : NOSE
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Organic compounds : ENOLS
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Scandinavian wind god : NIORD
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Spanish article : LAS
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Exclamation : AHA
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Gargantuan : ENORMOUS
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Ceramist : POTTER
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Brown print : SEPIA
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Underwater apparatus : SCUBARIG
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Latin gentlemen : SENORS
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Indonesian islands: Var. : ARRU
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Seaweed product : AGAR
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Soda adjunct : STRAW
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Camera part : LENS
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Alaskan port : NOME
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Extreme : ULTRA
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Cattle feed : MASH
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Waste allowance : TRET
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Manchurian city : PEHAN
Down
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Page edge: Abbr. : MARG
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Matty of baseball : ALOU
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Scotch's companion : SODA
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Craving : THIRST
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Ballfield of sorts : SANDLOT
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Sault ___ Marie : STE
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October event : WORLDSERIESGAME
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Name in long-run play : ABIE
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Famous Tiger : TYCOBB
10
Dodger's Jackie : ROBINSON
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Sidestep : EVADE
12
Kind of closet : CEDAR
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Mini or midi : DRESS
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Arias : SOLOS
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Certain word : NOUN
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Arab republic : YEMEN
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Senate employe : PAGE
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Golf club : IRON
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Missile housing : SILO
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French river : SAONE
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Machete : BOLO
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Jacob's brother : ESAU
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Subtraction word : LESS
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Dodgers' old home : FLATBUSH
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Harvests : CROPS
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Queens landmark : SHEA
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Parches : DRIESUP
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Unmitigated : ARRANT
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Mickey of the Yankees : MANTLE
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Work of David : PSALM
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Botanical sheath : OCREA
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Changes color, as a leaf : TURNS
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Stravinsky : IGOR
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Straight: Prefix : ORTH
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___ avis : RARA
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Graceful bird : SWAN
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Inactive: Abbr. : RET

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

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