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New York Times, Friday, April 16, 1971

13-Across : Big bird

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,916
Across
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French cake : BABA
5
Headwear : TAM
8
Jewelry unit : BEAD
12
Sullies : SOILS
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Big bird : EMU
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Brother of Moses : AARON
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Pentateuch : TORAH
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Relative of Mayday : SOS
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Metric volume : STERE
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Fish sauce : ALEC
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Ann Corio specialty : STRIPTEASE
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Rubber rings : GASKETS
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French city : CAEN
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Poem : ODE
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Greek letters : PHIS
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Knot lace : TAT
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Naturally spoken : ALOUD
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Jack of TV : PAAR
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Good guy : HERO
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Words on an old burlesque marquee : SEXTYGIRLSSEXTY
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Composer Charles : IVES
39
Indigo : ANIL
40
Pet peeves : HATES
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Author Rand : AYN
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Largest deer : ELKS
43
Chap : LAD
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Figure-skating move : AXEL
45
Slight : NEGLECT
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Some comics : TOPBANANAS
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Frivolous : IDLE
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Serve : AVAIL
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Where Salome dances : MET
56
Bulb : ONION
57
Poet Stephen or William : BENET
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Mother of Julie : PAT
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Proofs of payment: Abbr. : RECTS
60
Cape : NESS
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Pen : STY
62
Crumbs : ORTS
Down
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College-song word : BOOLA
2
Buenos ___ : AIRES
3
Some skits : BLACKOUTS
4
Residue : ASH
5
Lab jobs : TESTS
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Love god : AMOR
7
Theater : MUSICHALL
8
Stitches : BASTES
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Eroded : EATEN
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Space : AREA
11
Beetles : DORS
12
Kind of party : STAG
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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Holy woman: Abbr. : STE
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Couples : PAIRS
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Spinning air : EDDY
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Old-World capital : PARIS
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Subject : TEXT
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Trifles : TOYS
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Eastern area : ASIA
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Impost : LEVY
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Bovines : OXEN
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Spots that flatter : PINKLAMPS
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Star : HEADLINER
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Greek physician : GALEN
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Rug type : SHAG
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Ennobles : EXALTS
43
French article : LES
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"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
45
Smart : NATTY
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Command : EDICT
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Lumps : CLOTS
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Some bills : TENS
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Bar I.O.U. : TAB
50
Hot place : OVEN
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Flat side : PANE
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Great, to the younger set : NEAT
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Gold: Sp. : ORO

Answer summary:
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