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New York Times, Thursday, August 5, 1971

1-Across : Plays a game

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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G
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V
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M
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,027
Across
1
Plays a game : GOLFS
6
Skirt : AVOID
11
Decay : ROT
14
Convex molding : OVOLO
15
Carried : BORNE
16
Overwhelm : AWE
17
Party men : REPUBLICANS
19
U. S. agency : CIA
20
Chemical suffixes : ENES
21
Adherents: Suffix : ITES
22
A. L. players : TWINS
24
Lawn gear : HOSE
26
Juicy fruit : ORANGE
27
Da Vinci, for one : ARTIST
30
Intense : STRONG
32
Belmont structures : BARNS
33
Betimes : EARLY
34
Watch holder : FOB
37
Sailing ship : BRIG
38
Antoinette : MARIE
39
Geodesic ___ : DOME
40
Pacific island : YAP
41
Slow, in music : LARGO
42
Gulls : TERNS
43
Straightens : ALIGNS
45
Entrust : COMMIT
46
Flash device : STROBE
48
Table staple : OLEO
49
Night, in Italy : NOTTE
50
Half a Samoan port : PAGO
52
Basketball loop : CAGE
56
Jackie and ___ : ARI
57
Ed Sullivan words : REALLYGREAT
60
Krazy ___ : KAT
61
Old womanish : ANILE
62
Lighter : BARGE
63
Direction : ESE
64
Horne and others : LENAS
65
Of the glacial side : STOSS
Down
1
Albert of Tennessee : GORE
2
Kitchen unit : OVEN
3
Bounding gait : LOPE
4
Dutch port : FLUSHING
5
Weep : SOB
6
Have ___ to eat : ABITE
7
Viva ___ : VOCE
8
Old English moneys : ORAS
9
Wayside, for one : INN
10
Uproot : DESTROY
11
Horseplayer's reading : RACINGFORM
12
Unpaid : OWING
13
Annoy : TEASE
18
Shopper's aid : LIST
23
Feeble : WAN
25
W.W. II agency : OSS
26
Heraldic band : ORLE
27
Girl's name : ABBY
28
___ avis : RARA
29
Type of pact : TRIPARTITE
30
Puppeteer and family : SARGS
31
Music group : TRIO
33
Merit : EARN
35
Universal: Prefix : OMNI
36
Edna of stage : BEST
38
Sorcerer : MAGE
39
Party man : DEMOCRAT
41
Party man : LIBERAL
42
Type of hold : TOE
44
Destiny : LOT
45
Satiate : CLOY
46
Type of dance : SNAKE
47
African antelopes : TORAS
48
Eyes : OGLES
50
Distress : PAIN
51
Nazimova : ALLA
53
Prefix for naut : AERO
54
Chokes : GAGS
55
Parisian seasons : ETES
58
Direction : ENE
59
Playwright's monogram : GBS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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