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New York Times, Friday, January 22, 1971

34-Down : Move before the wind

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,832
Across
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Small missile : DART
5
Corm : BULB
9
Logmen's contest : ROLEO
14
Field for Cicero : AGER
15
Mime : APER
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Lend ___ : ANEAR
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Radius's companion : ULNA
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Dial ___ : TONE
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Special treat : FEAST
20
Trapped : BETWEENTWOFIRES
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Soap-opera first name : STELLA
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Gun : STEN
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Like : SUCH
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Lifted : HEFTED
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Some jewelry : PASTE
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Fruit : LIME
38
Jot : IOTA
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Move slowly : INCH
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Ticket man : TAKER
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Trucks : VANS
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Do afternoon honors : POUR
43
Is obligated : OWES
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Malay state : KEDAH
45
Win over : ENDEAR
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Have it made : RATE
49
___ homo : ECCE
51
Moors : HEATHS
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Havelock : ELLIS
62
Chew : GNAW
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"Von Stroheim: The man you love to ___" : HATE
64
Tropical vine : LIANA
65
Solo : ARIA
66
City of U.S.S.R. : OREL
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Men's sizes : LONGS
68
Depend : RELY
69
Partition : WALL
Down
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Fingerpaints : DAUBS
2
Shoelace tip : AGLET
3
French income : RENTE
4
Fishing net : TRAWL
5
Flat-bottomed river craft : BATEAU
6
In the know : UPON
7
Forty weekdays : LENT
8
Beverages : BREWS
9
Triangular topsail : RAFFEE
10
Twenty per cent : ONEINFIVE
11
King of drama : LEAR
12
Let up : EASE
13
Scraps : ORTS
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Or ___ : ELSE
22
Distinct : OTHER
26
Chela : CLAW
27
Boy Scout, sometimes : HIKER
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Amphibian : TOAD
30
Sight from Taormina : ETNA
31
Track event : DASH
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Corncob : PIPE
33
Shortly : ANON
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Move before the wind : SCUD
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Kind of circus : THREERING
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Plateau : MESA
40
Flambeau : TORCH
44
Sharp : KEEN
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Represents : ACTSAS
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Pave ___ for : THEWAY
50
Cayce : EDGAR
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Put on ___ of force : ASHOW
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Coronet : TIARA
54
Arthur Hailey subject : HOTEL
55
Fishing leader : SNELL
56
Cut down : FELL
57
Hodgepodge : OLIO
58
___ Bator : ULAN
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As to : INRE
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Post : MAIL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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