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New York Times, Thursday, July 15, 1971

1-Across : Lop

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,006
Across
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Lop : CUTOFF
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World power : USSR
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Panda : WAH
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State of lawlessness : ANOMIE
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___ Alto : PALO
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Small fish : IDE
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Yacht's milieu : MARINA
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Has debts : OWES
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Vietnamese org. : NLF
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Monarchs : BUTTERFLIES
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Shoo!, Western version : GIT
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Flits past : FLUTTERSBY
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Stadium shout : ATTABOY
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Fabulist: Var. : ESOP
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"He's ___" (well traveled) : BEENAROUND
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Killer whale : ORCA
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Kisses, in Barcelona : BESOS
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Gums: Prefix : ULO
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Slander : SMEAR
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Approximated: Abbr. : ESTD
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Cartridge content : STEREOTAPE
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Paycheck abbr. : FICA
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Disguises a message : ENCODES
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Potential revolutionary : MALCONTENT
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___ supra : UBI
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Escaped : FLEWTHECOOP
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Tatter : RAG
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Rope, in Italy : FUNE
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Adequate : USABLE
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Old verb ending : ETH
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Eggs, in Munich : EIER
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Nimbler : SPRIER
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Body of troops: Abbr. : DET
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Superlative endings : ESTS
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Keep one's ___ the road : EYESON
Down
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English campus: Abbr. : CAMB
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Sloth : UNAU
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Civil wrong : TORT
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Skip : OMIT
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Elegant : FINE
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___ one's safety : FEARFOR
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South Pacific island : UPOLU
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"I ___ with my own eyes" : SAWIT
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Precipitated : SLEETED
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Betsy and others : ROSSES
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Jet dimension : WINGSPREAD
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Improvise : ADLIB
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Heavy, plus : HEFTY
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Hit one to Agee : FLYOUT
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___ swing a cat : ROOMTO
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Lane : ABBE
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Links items : TEES
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Certain pilot's mission : TESTFLIGHT
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Of a battery terminal : ANODIC
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College degrees : BAS
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Rubber tree : ULE
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Cause of silent-screen villainy : NORENT
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Horn or Hatteras : CAPE
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Greek god : ARES
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Brotherhood: Abbr. : SOC
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___ Obispo : SANLUIS
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Go gaga over : ENTHUSE
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Bean product : COFFEE
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Walled in : MURED
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Decrease : ABATE
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Belief : TENET
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Jugs : EWERS
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Behold : ESPY
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Anxiety : CARE
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Kimono accessories : OBIS
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Spread : OLEO
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Honey buzzard : PERN

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 11 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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