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New York Times, Tuesday, March 23, 1971

45-Across : Suit

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,892
Across
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Inaccurate plus : SLIPSHOD
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Singing star : CALLAS
15
Senior citizens' concern : MEDICARE
16
Babe Ruth, once : ORIOLE
17
___ head : OVERONES
18
"South Pacific" role : NELLIE
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Where to find dumbbells : GYM
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Emulate a girl-watcher : OGLE
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Savile Row man : TAILOR
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Certain doctors : GPS
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Way to go: Abbr. : RTE
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Washington trio : SSS
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Road men of a sort : HOBOS
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Exact satisfaction for : AVENGE
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Make ___ : AHIT
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Kind of bill : TENDOLLAR
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Not certain : INDOUBT
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Wed : ESPOUSE
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Bouncy : RESILIENT
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Certain soldiers : PFCS
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Coats with metal : TERNES
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Suit : BEFIT
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Novel title : SHE
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Men of letters, for short : EDS
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"Home of the bean and the ___" : COD
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From first ___ : TOLAST
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Poetic contraction : TWAS
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Concealed danger : PIT
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Old love token : AMORET
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Paul Revere's signals : LANTERNS
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Capital of Saskatchewan : REGINA
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First name in stage lore : ELEONORA
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Goodies : TREATS
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Put up with : STANDFOR
Down
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Atmospheric hybrid : SMOG
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Tax : LEVY
3
Footnote word : IDEM
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Moslem saint : PIR
5
Kitchen utensils : SCOOPS
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Displays, in a way : HANGS
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City 200 miles south of Moscow : OREL
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Be worthy of : DESERVE
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Argues : CONTENDS
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Coded region : AREA
11
Flowery girl's name : LILI
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Sprawls : LOLLS
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Inter ___ : ALIOS
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Intuitive ones : SEERS
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Words of encouragement : GOTOIT
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Beliefs : TENETS
26
Long-run show : HAIR
27
Without: Ger. : OHNE
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Figures of a kind : BIDS
29
Be present at : ATTEND
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Political initials : GOP
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Escaped, in a way : ELOPED
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Head into the wind : LUFF
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Spore sacs, in botany : ASCI
36
Halting place : REST
38
Diminutive suffix : ULE
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Caps : BIRETTAS
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Cuddles close : NESTLES
45
See 50 Across : BOSTON
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Get off : START
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Grand slam, at times : HOMER
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Praise: Fr. : ELOGE
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Capital of Crete : CANEA
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Tenor's specialty : ARIA
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Caused to go : SENT
55
First name in movie lore : WALT
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Campus V.I.P. : PROF
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Oriental case : INRO
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Ruler : TSAR
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Word with play or run : END

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 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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