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New York Times, Monday, August 16, 1971

31-Across : Attest

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,038
Across
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Garment : STOLE
6
Facial feature : BROW
10
Reddish shade : RUST
14
Baseball thrill : HOMER
15
Criterion : RULE
16
Sword : EPEE
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Strange : ALIEN
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Concludes : ENDS
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Greek letters : PSIS
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Retaliates : GETSEVEN
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Ability : TALENT
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Large and medium : SIZES
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Clotho and friends : FATES
27
Russian river : URAL
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Attest : CERTIFY
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Most menial : LOWEST
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Forsyte's account : SAGA
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College degree: Abbr. : MBA
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Certain flights : NONSTOP
41
Musical instruments : GUITARS
43
Times of day: Abbr. : AMS
44
Pitchers' statistics: Abbr. : ERAS
46
Scents : AROMAS
47
Lenten week : PASSION
49
Thomas or Horace : MANN
50
Island : ATOLL
53
Bag attachment : STRAP
55
Sincere : HONEST
57
Force loose : DISLODGE
62
Dry : ARID
63
Oxford : SHOE
65
Up, in baseball : ATBAT
66
Life story, for short : BIOG
67
Sari : GOWN
68
Coronet : TIARA
69
Math ratio : SINE
70
Big top : TENT
71
Road curves : ESSES
Down
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Long-napped cloth : SHAG
2
Enameled ware : TOLE
3
Ignore : OMIT
4
Shelters : LEES
5
Sea eagles : ERNES
6
Something to shoot : BREEZE
7
Carpets : RUNNERS
8
Like King Cole : OLD
9
Basketball's Jerry : WEST
10
TV sports device : REPLAY
11
Defeated : UPSET
12
Net : SEINE
13
Tries : TESTS
21
Mets, in 1969 : VICTORS
23
Concern : AFFAIR
25
Certain party : STAG
27
Arm bone : ULNA
28
Space : ROOM
29
Plant beards : AWNS
30
French article : LES
32
Lizards : IGUANAS
34
Pilfers : STEALS
36
Family member : MAMA
37
Grain product : BRAN
38
Group: Abbr. : ASSN
40
Bridge call : PASS
42
Swift or Seaver : TOM
45
Kind of strike : SITDOWN
47
Vow : PLEDGE
48
Familiarize : ORIENT
50
Noted whaler and namesakes : AHABS
51
Shinto gateway : TORII
52
Breath strengthener : ONION
54
Baseball home : PLATE
56
Noncom: Abbr. : TSGT
58
Amos of baseball : OTIS
59
Business degrees : DBAS
60
Paris station : GARE
61
Greek vowels : ETAS
64
Garden tool : HOE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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