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New York Times, Friday, September 24, 1971

31-Across : Solar disc

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,077
Across
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Coal bed : SEAM
5
"___ Kate" : KISSME
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Aries : RAM
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Be discreet : NAMENONAMES
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Here: Sp. : ACA
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Certain tablets : WRITINGPADS
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Between A and E : BCD
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Three ___ match : ONA
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Oversleeper : LIEABED
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River of France : MARNE
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Neighbor of Ger. : POL
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Avalanche : SLIDE
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___-deucey : ACEY
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Divan : COUCH
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Solar disc : ATEN
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Show impatience : CHAMPATTHEBIT
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Hardy fish : EEL
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Under challenge : ONADARE
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Fish dish : ROE
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Very little : NEXTTONOTHING
43
Jewish month : ELUL
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Berlin output : SONGS
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___ homo : ECCE
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Preliminary theorem : LEMMA
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Letter : CEE
50
Alarm clock, e.g. : WAKER
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Biblical prophetess : DEBORAH
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Stroke's need : OAR
54
Lamb : EWE
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Prehistoric beast : TRICERATOPS
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Men's org. : SAR
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Fundamentally : INPRINCIPLE
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Cobb and others : TYS
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Red dye : EOSINE
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Eye swelling: Var. : STYE
Down
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Winter cover: Abbr. : SNW
2
Dog ___ : EAR
3
Friend: Fr. : AMI
4
City Hall as a word for mayor, e.g. : METONYM
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Hawaiian wind : KONA
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Gerund suffix : ING
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Vital fluid : SAP
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Pay-phone necessity : SMALLCHANGE
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Middle: Prefix : MEDI
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Road curves : ESSES
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Magician's standby : RABBITTRICK
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Consent : ACCEDE
13
Enrage : MADDEN
15
Muses or Mets : NINE
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Asian range : ALAI
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Spiked club : MACE
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Yearn : ACHE
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Certain math units : REALNUMBERS
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Cocktail companions : POTATOCHIPS
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Overshadowed : OUTDONE
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Talks insincerely : CANTS
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Kind of welcome : HEROS
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Small or chicken : POX
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Roosevelt transaction : BET
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Formerly : ONCE
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River of Germany : EGER
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Sailor's saint : ELMO
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"The ___ a Lonely Hunter" : HEARTIS
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Benefactor of primogeniture : ELDEST
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Tolerance : LEEWAY
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Shaw : ARTIE
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British army woman : WAAC
52
River of Italy : ARNO
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Caen's river : ORNE
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Dernier ___ : CRI
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One: Ger. : EIN
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Choose : OPT
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Tire rating : PLY
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Descry : SEE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later.

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