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New York Times, Tuesday, May 11, 1971

1-Across : In a frenzied way

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,941
Across
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In a frenzied way : AMOK
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One kind of keeper : BEE
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Later cost : UPKEEP
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Benzell : MIMI
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Grain : OAT
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Earth pigment : SIENNA
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First residence : EDEN
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Certain kind of shoe or brace : ORTHOPEDIC
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Hum : SING
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Joint : KNEE
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Lyric form : EPODE
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Ginza drink : SAKE
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___ facto : IPSO
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Arctic sight : GLACIER
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Americans, to Mexicans : GRINGOS
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Aloof : REMOTE
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"___ of some people!" : THENERVE
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Son of Dishan : ARAN
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Subject of many sculptures : PIETA
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Fly : SOAR
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Wets : MOISTENS
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Truman : CAPOTE
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Grasping claws : PINCERS
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Wearing a certain garment : SHIRTED
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Business letter abbr. : INST
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Shot and shell : AMMO
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Having a 5 o'clock snack : ATTEA
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Word on a French valentine : AIME
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Greatest : MOST
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City legislator : COUNCILMAN
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Division word : INTO
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Small amounts : TRACES
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Skill : ART
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Memento of a scrape : SCAB
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Straightforward : HONEST
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Graduate degrees : MAS
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Scary : EERY
Down
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Ben Williams's middle name : AMES
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Skirt length : MIDI
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Sign : OMEN
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Responsibility of Britain's Lord Chancellor : KINGSCONSCIENCE
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Word with three double letters : BOOKKEEPERS
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Breadwinner : EARNER
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Feminine suffix : ETTE
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Service org. : USO
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Brings water from a main : PIPESIN
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Show responsibility : KEEPONESPROMISE
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Inner: Prefix : ENDO
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Geraint's love : ENID
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Tempo : PACE
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Elevation : HEIGHT
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Small island : AIT
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Tiresome sermons : PREACHMENTS
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Family member, familiarly : GRAMP
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Poet Jones : LEROI
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Forcefully : AMAIN
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Dutch name : GROOT
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Egg-shaped : OVATE
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Became withered : SERED
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Thy, in Rouen : TES
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Put in office: Var. : INSTAL
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Bridge holdings : TENACES
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Goal : AIM
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Elm-tree fruit : SAMARA
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Arthritis aid : ACTH
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Arena figure : TORO
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Master, in Malaysia : TUAN
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Moslem leader : IMAM
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"___ upon a time" : ONCE
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Canopus, e.g. : STAR
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Uncle of fiction : TOBY
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Doer: Suffix : IST

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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