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New York Times, Friday, April 30, 1971

64-Across : Tree

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,930
Across
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Teacake : SCONE
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Direction: Abbr. : STH
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Egyptian king : FUAD
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Showy flower : PHLOX
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Israeli port : ACRE
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"This one's ___" : ONME
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Inn : LODGE
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Entree : PRIMERIBS
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Goal : AIM
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Smelt : CAPELIN
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French co. : CIE
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Go! : SCAT
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Bargain : DEAL
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Blacksmith : SHOER
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U.S. author : HENRYJAMES
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Caen's river : ORNE
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Cherub : AMOR
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Extinct : DEFUNCT
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Kerchief : FICHU
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Billiard shot : MASSE
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Fanfare : TANTARA
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Money in Modena : LIRE
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As well : ALSO
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Close : NIPANDTUCK
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Ne plus ___ : ULTRA
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List : ROTA
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Algerian port : ORAN
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Pagoda : TAA
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Lulus : GASSERS
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Broke bread : ATE
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Stray : OWNERLESS
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"___ man ... " : IMETA
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Channels : GATS
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Well disciplined : TAUT
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Elliott : GOULD
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Rail complex: Abbr. : SYST
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Tree : ELM
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Washes down : HOSES
Down
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Display : SPLASH
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Select : CHOICE
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Hemingway character : OLDMAN
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Beverage : NOG
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Supervisor, for short : EXEC
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Outcry : SCREAM
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Sang : TRILLED
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Prefix for sphere : HEMI
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Instead of : FOR
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Creatures of myth : UNICORNS
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Milieu : AMBIENCE
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Utahan : DESERET
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Loom up : APPEAR
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Naval off. : ENS
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Postpone : ADJOURN
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Farm machine : TRACTOR
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___-house : HOUSETO
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Youth org. : YMHA
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Advanced class : SEMINAR
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Variety of brown date : FARD
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Decline : FALLAWAY
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Trices : INSTANTS
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Blackfish : TAUTOGS
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Insulation : AIRSEAL
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Fresh gossip : LATEST
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Play ___ : POSSUM
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Asp : URAEUS
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Bovines : CATTLE
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Makes dough : KNEADS
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U.S. dept. : AGR
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Der ___ : ALTE
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Sound of longing : SIGH
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Founded: Abbr. : EST
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Barnyard sound : MOO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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