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New York Times, Saturday, February 7, 1970

39-Across : "___ a Country Churchyard"

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,483
Across
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Broods : MOPES
6
Bears : TOLERATES
15
Stadium area : ARENA
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True native : ABORIGINE
17
Depressions : DENTS
18
Love of foreign things : XENOMANIA
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Man o' War, for one : RACEHORSE
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Certain party-goers : STAGS
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Paradise : EDEN
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Hawaiian accouterment : LEI
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Tree : ELM
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Sketched, as a map : DRAFTED
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Twelve or thirteen tricks : SLAM
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Yellowish hue : OCHRE
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Small wall aperture: Var. : OYLET
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Nebraska Indian : OTO
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Poultry raiser : BREEDER
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"___ a Country Churchyard" : ELEGYIN
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Debt : IOU
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Common field shrub : SUMAC
44
Opera heroine : TOSCA
45
Forfeit: Abbr. : SURR
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Not ___ (less demanding) : ASSTERN
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Coin of India : PIE
50
Timetable abbreviation : ARR
51
Sheep : EWES
55
Passageway : AISLE
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Detest : ABOMINATE
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Rang again : RETINKLED
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State in India : DELHI
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Tutor to Alexander the Great : ARISTOTLE
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Ruhr Valley city : ESSEN
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Avoidances : ESCHEWALS
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Recital of Jewish liturgy : ASHRE
Down
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Mother: Sp. : MADRE
2
Hill nymph : OREAD
3
British coins : PENCE
4
Hear, in Paris : ENTENDRE
5
Door part : SASH
6
Congressional issue : TAXREFORMS
7
Corpulence : OBESITY
8
Word for a Ranger : LONE
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I will be: Lat. : ERO
10
Borders : RIMS
11
Marbles : AGATES
12
Metal mixtures : TINALLOYS
13
Perplexing : ENIGMATIC
14
Rough waters : SEAS
20
Billow, in Spain : OLA
26
Lower spectral colors : REDS
27
Current conductors : ELECTRODES
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State: Abbr. : DEL
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Just before Lisa : MONA
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Kimono parts : OBIS
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Monte Carlo workers : CROUPIERS
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Leading to discovery : HEURISTIC
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Four: Prefix : TETR
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Tongatabu island : EUA
40
State of exhaustion : GONENESS
43
Clear ___ : ASABELL
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Enjoy thoroughly : RELISH
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Fine fur: Abbr. : ERM
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Former Senator from Mass. : WALSH
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Rare air : ETHER
54
Paris's river : SEINE
55
Altars: Lat. : ARAE
56
Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
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Neighbor of Sask. : ALTA
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Notion : IDEA
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___ tow : KOW

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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