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New York Times, Monday, February 1, 1971

66-Across : Religious plate

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B X Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,842
Across
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Bugle call : TAPS
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Personification of man : ADAM
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Fastener : CLASP
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Parisian friend : AMIE
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Lounging spot : SOFA
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Relative of largo : LENTO
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William, for one : CONQUEROR
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Moldings : OGEES
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Cabbage dish, for short : KRAUT
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LBJ and others : MONOGRAMS
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Elusive fellow : EEL
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Bulgarian coin : LEV
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Gaelic : ERSE
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"Faerie Queene" poet : SPENSER
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Sooner than : ERE
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Military abbr. : CINC
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Chef d'___ : OEUVRE
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Affectionate name : MOM
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Infrequently : ONCEINALIFETIME
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Lilliputian : WEE
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City on Rio Grande : LAREDO
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Unusual person : ONER
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Leyden, for one : JAR
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Search into : INQUIRE
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Chicken-out word : SHOO
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Indistinct : DIM
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Nobleman in France : DUC
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Mariner's aid : NORTHSTAR
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"Oh, how ___ to get up ... " : IHATE
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Choleric : IRATE
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Roman province in Gaul : AQUITANIA
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Religious plate : PATEN
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Abner's friend and others : LUMS
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Sgts., etc. : NCOS
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Sitka vehicles : SLEDS
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Barks : YIPS
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Unit of force : DYNE
Down
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Sailing maneuver : TACK
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Cupid : AMOR
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Fine cloth : PINA
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Gin-player's holding : SEQUENCE
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"Peer Gynt" character : ASE
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Frat house section : DORM
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"___ and his money ... " : AFOOL
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River of W. W. I : MARNE
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Kind of slipper : CLOG
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Symbol of cruelty : LEGREE
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Close, to poets : ANEAR
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Arrests : STEMS
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Hoss-thief chasers : POSSE
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Indians of West : UTES
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Doting : OVERFOND
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Bernstein and others : LEONARDS
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Unwieldy craft : SCOW
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Maine symbol : PINE
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Noun ending : ENCE
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Kind of admiral : REAR
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Caddoan Indian : REE
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Rubber tree : ULE
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Cousin of veni : VIDI
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Kind of skirt : MINI
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Biblical measure : OMER
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Not more than : MERE
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Waterfront group: Abbr. : ILA
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___ go : TOUCHAND
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Made a memo : JOTTED
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Stop : QUIT
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Tiny bits : SNIPS
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Of a time interval : HORAL
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Harangue : ORATE
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Land of Apennines : ITALY
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Chilean shrub for wine-making : MAQUI
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Excitable ones : HENS
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Fragmented governing group : RUMP
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Noun suffix : ANCY
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Action suffix : TION
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Lighten : EASE
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Philatelist's concern: Abbr. : ISS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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