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New York Times, Friday, August 7, 1970

44-Across : Humane org.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,664
Across
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Place to watch a game : SHEA
5
Rogers's domain : STATE
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Built : MADE
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Cress: Dialect : KERS
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One who strops : HONER
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Encompassed by : AMID
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Sports team : YANKEENINE
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Hub : NAVE
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Tangle of ravelings : SLEAVE
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Stifle : SMOTHER
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Musical and bank : NOTES
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___ at ease : ILL
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Herb collection : SPICESET
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Move unsteadily : TEETER
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Bowling area : LANE
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One of the media : RADIO
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Direction : ENE
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Red or black insect : ANT
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Certain writers : CRITICS
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Mercator product : MAP
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Moslem saint : PIR
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Officer: Abbr. : LIEUT
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Humane org. : SPCA
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Scratched : SCORED
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Week before Christmas, to a child : ETERNITY
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California base : ORD
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Genoese admiral : DORIA
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Canadian's neighbor : ALASKAN
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Summaries : RECAPS
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Gossip : DIRT
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Certain player : NEWYORKMET
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Grafted in heraldry : ENTE
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Garnish : CAPER
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River of Spain : EBRO
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___ at hand : NEAR
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Heaters : ETNAS
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Mine gas : DAMP
Down
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The ___ the limit : SKYS
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Reconcile : HEAL
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Sea bird : ERNE
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Obliquely : ASKANCE
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Parts of a pad : SHEETS
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Large amount : TON
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Blackbird : ANI
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Numbers : TENS
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Of a recluse : EREMITIC
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Former slugger : MANTLE
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Eastern maid : AMAH
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Gainer : DIVE
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German river : EDER
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Bacchanal's cry : EVOE
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Vegetable oils : OLEOS
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Unnatural : EERIE
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Like some formal gardens : STATUED
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Strikes : SLAPS
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Kind of button : PANIC
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Preamble, for short : INTRO
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Musical speeds : TEMPI
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Ordain : ENACT
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Compensate : REPAY
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As before : DITTO
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Office worker : CLERK
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Good ___ : RIDDANCE
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Raided the icebox : SNACKED
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Roll : ROSTER
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Box-score entries : ERRORS
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Whale-oil cask : RIER
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Port in Yemen : ADEN
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___ drive : LINE
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Gulf of Ionian Sea : ARTA
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Straight : NEAT
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Uganda people : AMBA
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Hair job : PERM
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Organ part : STOP
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Arsenal item: Abbr. : WPN
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Vote : YEA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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