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New York Times, Thursday, April 16, 1970

40-Across : Cabinet member

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,551
Across
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Noted cook : BEARD
6
Sins : ERRS
10
Portray : ACT
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Kind of reaches : UPPER
14
Plunder : LOOT
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Display : SHOW
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Relative : NIECE
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Lanchester : ELSA
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Hue : TONE
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Noted cook : CRAIGCLAIBORNE
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Map addition : INSET
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Bearing a stigma : BRANDED
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Regard : ESTEEM
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Suit material : SERGE
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Bake eggs : SHIRR
29
Goes it alone : SOLOS
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Metric measure: Abbr. : KLM
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Upon, In Germany : AUF
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Noted cook : CHILD
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Thai language : LAO
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Us, in Bonn : UNS
37
John or Scarlett : OHARA
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Noted cook : FIELD
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Cabinet member : STANS
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Aspens : ALAMOS
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Coursing the slope: Var. : SKEEING
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Jazz : STOMP
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Pot for quick preparation : PRESSURECOOKER
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Civil wrong : TORT
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Cattle in poetry : KINE
51
Old name for Greek range : ZIRIA
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Peau de ___ : SOIE
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Robert or Alan : ALDA
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Clumsy : INEPT
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Profit : NET
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Biblical word : HAST
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Bird : EGRET
Down
1
Bread item : BUN
2
Heroic : EPIC
3
Drinks before dinner : APERITIFS
4
Chair renovator : RECANER
5
American author : DREISER
6
Choose : ELECT
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Egg or Parker House : ROLL
8
Most Happy Fella's girl : ROSABELLA
9
Carpet-holder for steps : STAIRROD
10
"___ for Danny Fisher" : ASTONE
11
What Sullivan lost : CHORD
12
French weight : TONNE
16
Lawn plague : WEED
21
Jewel : GEM
22
Accessories for women : BAGS
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Jacob's brother : ESAU
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Sidestep : SHUN
27
Evenings in Paris : SOIRS
29
Hilton's paradise : SHANGRILA
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Otto or Werner : KLEMPERER
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French composer : LALO
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In-people : MODS
34
Jewish festival : CHANUKAH
37
Skinner : OTIS
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Slovenly woman : FLOOZIE
39
"When ___, Dilly Dilly" : IAMKING
40
Sonnet division : SESTET
41
Bontok political division : ATO
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Maritime cities: Abbr. : SPTS
43
Estonian coin : KROON
44
Unearthly : EERIE
45
Anglo-Saxon coin : SCEAT
47
Finishes : ENDS
48
Mature : RIPE
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Lawyer: Abbr : ATT

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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