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New York Times, Monday, July 12, 1971

31-Across : Confirms

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,003
Across
1
Bounty name : BLIGH
6
Marble : TAW
9
Kind of apple pie : MOMS
13
Race of Norse gods : AESIR
14
Buccal : ORAL
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Response to an explanation : ISEE
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Manhandle : ROUGHHOUSE
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Affront : SLAP
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Telepathic faculty : ESP
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Entirely : ALL
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Down East or Southern : ACCENT
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Shaky plan : HOUSEOFCARDS
27
Fanciful : UNREAL
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Relative of V.O.A. : USIS
31
Confirms : REASSERTS
34
Pony : TROT
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One of the leagues: Abbr. : NAT
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Wall Street men : TRADERS
42
Common verb : ARE
43
Try : STAB
45
Douglas is its capital : ISLEOFMAN
47
Org. : ASSN
50
Hovered : POISED
51
Series winners in 1934 : GASHOUSEGANG
56
Husband of Titania : OBERON
57
Fold: Fr. : PLI
58
Digit: Abbr. : NUM
61
Network : RETE
62
Where 70 Across works : UPPERHOUSE
66
High: Prefix : ALTI
67
Stitch : PAIN
68
Range : ANDES
69
Understood : SEEN
70
Capitol V.I.P. : SEN
71
Legal papers : DEEDS
Down
1
Empty : BARE
2
Predecessors of Virgos : LEOS
3
"The jig ___" : ISUP
4
Ship's boat : GIG
5
Regal initials : HRH
6
Workshop items : TOOLS
7
As ___ (usually) : ARULE
8
Relative of 42 Across : WAS
9
In the wrong role : MISCAST
10
Medical pioneer : OSLER
11
"___ My Shadow" : MEAND
12
Clans : SEPTS
15
Turns pages : LEAFS
18
Van line, e.g. : HAULER
23
Third-century date : CCI
24
"___ a jolly good ... " : HES
25
Tobacco kiln : OAST
26
Old World blackbird : OUSEL
27
Amphoras : URNS
28
Straight : NEAT
29
Pro ___ : RATA
32
Actor Claude : RAINS
33
Grid successes : TDS
35
L. A. team : RAMS
36
Anglo-Saxon monetary units : ORAE
37
Incline : TEND
40
Go : REPAIR
41
Readily : SOON
44
Island in Persian Gulf : BAHREIN
46
Kind of leaf : FIG
48
___ Canals : SOO
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Dawn : SUNUP
51
Hottentot music-makers : GORAS
52
White poplar : ABELE
53
Seven, in Genoa : SETTE
54
Silas's ward : EPPIE
55
Space hero : GLENN
58
In the altogether : NUDE
59
Not new : USED
60
Jumble : MESS
63
Amplifiers, for short : PAS
64
"I've been ___!" : HAD
65
Pronoun : ONE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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