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New York Times, Tuesday, December 28, 1971

57-Across : ___ importance

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.32, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,172
Across
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Least risky : SAFEST
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Ancestral line : PEDIGREE
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Sly one : LEERER
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Ravages of wind or tide : EROSIONS
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Breakfast spread : ORANGEMARMALADE
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Poetic contraction : TIS
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Of the ear : OTIC
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U.S. inventor : EADS
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Haberdashery buys : HATS
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Places of learning: Abbr. : SCHS
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This, in France : CETTE
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Incline : SLOPE
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Mimics : APES
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Sixth-century date : DLIV
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Old part-song : FALA
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Angers : IRES
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Digit : ONE
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Pie filling : WILDBLUEBERRIES
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Cretan mountain : IDA
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Girl's name : ETTA
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Gaze dreamily : MOON
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Camera part : LENS
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Character : SELF
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Follower of Zeno : STOIC
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Dream-inducing fruit : LOTUS
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Channel island : SARK
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___ importance : OFNO
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Nymph of myth : ECHO
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Handle roughly : MAUL
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Hoof's relative : PAW
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Boston specialty : PARKERHOUSEROLL
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Voided : ANNULLED
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Nation in favor of prohibition : CARRIE
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Burst, old style : DISPLODE
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Prepared corn : HUSKED
Down
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Sluggish animals : SLOTHS
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Unsubstantial : AERIAL
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Chinese new-year event : FEASTOFLANTERNS
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Sea eagle : ERN
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Lily of West : SEGO
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Waste allowances : TRETS
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Nondieter's delight : PEACHPIEALAMODE
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Sin : ERR
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Kind of root : DOME
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Newton : ISAAC
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What some lilies are : GILDED
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Menu item : ROASTLOINOFPORK
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Remnant : END
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Map direction : ESE
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Mineral : MICA
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Surveying nail : SPAD
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Belgrade native : SERB
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Prong : TINE
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Times of day : EVES
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River to North Sea : ELBE
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Appear : SEEM
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Heights: Abbr. : ALTS
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Theater signs : SROS
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Shakespeare : WILL
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Thought: Prefix : IDEO
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Indians of West : UTES
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Newspaper section : ROTO
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Absorb : SUCKUP
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Mrs., in Bonn : FRAU
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Caught ___ (exposed as deceitful) : INALIE
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Hooded : COWLED
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Racing boat : SHELL
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Nobel physicist of 1955 : KUSCH
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Plinth : ORLO
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Passer ___ (cross the water): Fr. : LEAU
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Cushion : PAD
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Cuckoo : ANI
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Third-person contraction : HED
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Certain carriers: Abbr. : RRS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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