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New York Times, Tuesday, July 13, 1971

46-Across : Moonlight and others

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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C
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,004
Across
1
Abner's creator : CAPP
5
Dry riverbed of West : WASH
9
Depression agency : CCC
12
Postpone : TABLE
13
"___, Brute" : ETTU
14
"Zhivago" name : LARA
16
Kind of flu : ASIAN
17
Taylor-Burton movie : BOOM
18
Egyptian deity : AMEN
19
Sheen : PATINA
21
Most temperamental : MOODIEST
23
Merriman and others : NANS
25
Espouse : PROMOTE
26
"___ foe?" : FRIENDOR
30
Life or theft item: Abbr. : INS
31
Henhouse area : ROOST
32
At ___ (in any case) : LEAST
34
Direction : NNE
37
"If this ___ love" : ISNT
38
A to Z : GAMUT
39
Character in "Lear" : FOOL
40
Hemisphere group : OAS
41
More exceptional : RARER
42
Insect stage : LARVA
43
Tablet : PAD
44
Scott's penny : TALISMAN
46
Moonlight and others : SONATAS
50
Monster's habitat : LOCH
51
Stock word for a baby : ADORABLE
53
Ginza companion : GEISHA
57
Rents : LETS
58
Henley sights : OARS
60
Prickly pear : NOPAL
61
Storied dog : TOTO
62
Ogden's state : UTAH
63
Trap : SNARE
64
French denial : NON
65
Prefix with meter or vise : TELE
66
Spanish direction : ESTE
Down
1
Home, in Veracruz : CASA
2
___ of all right : ABIT
3
Most like Jane : PLAINEST
4
Flag : PENNANT
5
Network : WEB
6
Kind of smasher : ATOM
7
Porch : STOOP
8
Rogers or Thurber : HUMORIST
9
Sourdoughs' concerns : CLAIMS
10
Ornamental piece : CAMEO
11
Wave top : CREST
12
Spigot : TAP
15
Pay up : ANTE
20
Part of etc. : AND
22
Common contraction : DONT
24
Kind of battery : SOLAR
26
Cold, in Spain : FRIO
27
Ponselle : ROSA
28
Charged particles : IONS
29
Convened again : REMET
33
Of the ear : AURAL
34
Average : NORM
35
Brightening star : NOVA
36
Spirit : ELAN
38
Social butterfly : GADABOUT
39
Seventh Ave. specialties : FASHIONS
41
___-tat : RATA
42
Undue freedom : LICENSE
43
Weems, for one : PARSON
45
Diary of a sort : LOG
46
Below the ___ : SALT
47
"___ a Grecian Urn" : ODEON
48
" ... or ___ be" : NOTTO
49
Schedule : SLATE
52
Of an age : ERAL
54
Quarrel : SPAT
55
Rabbit's cousin : HARE
56
Pub drink : ALE
59
Ship designation : SHE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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