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New York Times, Friday, October 8, 1971

44-Across : Grew light

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,091
Across
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NATO, for one : PACT
5
"Pigeons in the grass, ___" : ALAS
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Eating adjunct : PLATE
14
Smell : ODOR
15
Venetian figure : DOGE
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Kind of tender : LEGAL
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Foot mechanisms : TREADLES
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Buenos ___ : AIRES
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Counting aids of old : TOES
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Stash : HIDE
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Long-snouted beasts : TAPIRS
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Torso part : FALSERIB
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Amply girthed : OBESE
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Boy, in Bilbao : NINO
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"Exodus" name : ARI
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Assumes : TAKESFORGRANTED
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Riviera season : ETE
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Persons : ONES
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
41
Does over : RESTORES
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Grew light : DAWNED
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Slow burns : IRES
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Type of hosiery : MESH
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Atom and hydrogen : BOMBS
49
Parrot : COCKATOO
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Hobson's option : TAKEITORLEAVEIT
55
Leaning : ATILT
56
O'Casey : SEAN
57
She: Fr. : ELLE
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Milk components : WHEYS
59
Spanish painter : SERT
60
Space agency : NASA
Down
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Paper size : POTT
2
Hebrew month : ADAR
3
Coal form : COKE
4
Tract : TREATISE
5
Discombobulates : ADDLES
6
Predilections : LOVES
7
Khan et al. : AGAS
8
Legislator: Abbr. : SEN
9
Tartans : PLAIDS
10
Simon of fiction : LEGREE
11
Crooked : AGEE
12
N. M. Indian : TAOS
13
Brownie : ELF
18
Venerates : ADORES
19
Bushelman : TAILOR
23
Suspends : HANGS
24
One who carries : TOTER
25
Slacken : ABATE
26
Some dogs, for short : PEKES
27
Kindles : FIRES
28
Santa Fe Trail pass : RATON
29
Miss Castle : IRENE
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___ one's time : BIDED
32
Before the ides : NONES
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Robin Hood's milieu : FOREST
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Baked dessert : ALASKA
37
Penn Central stepchild : NEWHAVEN
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Opportune : TIMELY
43
Sky paths : ORBITS
44
Seemly : DECENT
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Tooth : MOLAR
47
Port in Maine : BATH
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Migrant farm hand : OKIE
49
Indian : CREE
50
Tissue : TELA
51
Linseed and motor : OILS
52
Great Barrier island : OTEA
53
Marble : TAW
54
W. W. II agency: Abbr. : OSS

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

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