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New York Times, Friday, October 29, 1971

9-Across : With 1 Across, her boat, perhaps

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.60, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has supersymmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,112
Across
1
Seasonal visitor : WITCH
6
Suffix for 1 Across : ERY
9
With 1 Across, her boat, perhaps : CRAFT
14
Santa ___ : ANITA
15
West : MAE
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Bizarre : OUTRE
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With 1 Across, a weed : GRASS
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___ premium : ATA
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Spooky : EERIE
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Poetic contraction : OER
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Accepted as valid : HONORED
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Fleming : IAN
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State: Abbr. : NDAK
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Horace and Thomas : MANNS
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Gets a good golf score : PARS
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Bogus: Abbr. : IMIT
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Kind of plasm : ECTO
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Learned : ERUDITE
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Satyrs and fauns : DEITIES
40
Coin-toss call : HEADS
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Covered a floor : TILED
42
Goblins : SPRITES
45
Instructs : SCHOOLS
47
Jane ___ : EYRE
48
Hammer part : PEEN
49
Music, drama, etc. : ARTS
52
Galahad's quest : GRAIL
54
U. S. Indians : SACS
58
Lillie : BEA
59
Limped : HOBBLED
61
Door or welcome : MAT
62
African native : BANTU
64
Adjective suffix : IAL
65
City in Italy : UDINE
67
Take steps : ACTON
68
Used up : ATE
69
Devilfish : MANTA
70
Spooky costume : SHEET
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Man's nickname : NED
72
Transit for 1 Across : BROOM
Down
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___-lit : WAGON
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"The Lady ___" : INRED
3
Coronet : TIARA
4
Coins: Abbr. : CTS
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Mixture : HASH
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Come forth : EMANATE
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Boca ___ : RATON
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Desired : YEARNED
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Betty ___ : COED
10
Herb : RUE
11
Roman rooms : ATRIA
12
Tuck, for one : FRIAR
13
Age group : TEENS
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Neglect : OMIT
23
Verb suffix : ESCE
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Little folk : KIDDIES
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Brews for 1 Across : POTIONS
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Vague : MISTY
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Church levy : TITHE
33
Questioning sounds : EHS
34
Good name, for short : REP
35
Cairo initials : UAR
37
Workers' group: Abbr. : ILO
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Fish : EEL
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Campus org. : SDS
43
Hence : ERGO
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Slav : SERBIAN
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Divulged, informally : SPILLED
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Cavity: Suffix : CELE
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Eban et al. : ABBAS
50
Attain : REACH
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Oncle's partner : TANTE
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Wane : ABATE
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___ acid : AMINO
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Bel ___ : CANTO
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Kind of bath : STEAM
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Pursue : HUNT
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Silent : DUMB
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Kind of nail : TOE
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___ es Salaam : DAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 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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