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New York Times, Friday, January 22, 1971

55-Down : Fishing leader

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
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Corm : BULB
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Logmen's contest : ROLEO
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Field for Cicero : AGER
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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
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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
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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
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Is obligated : OWES
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Malay state : KEDAH
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Win over : ENDEAR
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Have it made : RATE
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___ homo : ECCE
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Moors : HEATHS
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Havelock : ELLIS
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Chew : GNAW
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"Von Stroheim: The man you love to ___" : HATE
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Tropical vine : LIANA
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Solo : ARIA
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City of U.S.S.R. : OREL
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Men's sizes : LONGS
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Depend : RELY
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Partition : WALL
Down
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Fingerpaints : DAUBS
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Shoelace tip : AGLET
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French income : RENTE
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Fishing net : TRAWL
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Flat-bottomed river craft : BATEAU
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In the know : UPON
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Forty weekdays : LENT
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Beverages : BREWS
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Triangular topsail : RAFFEE
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Twenty per cent : ONEINFIVE
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King of drama : LEAR
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Let up : EASE
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Scraps : ORTS
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Or ___ : ELSE
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Distinct : OTHER
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Chela : CLAW
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Boy Scout, sometimes : HIKER
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Amphibian : TOAD
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Sight from Taormina : ETNA
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Track event : DASH
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Corncob : PIPE
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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
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Flambeau : TORCH
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Sharp : KEEN
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Represents : ACTSAS
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Pave ___ for : THEWAY
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Cayce : EDGAR
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Put on ___ of force : ASHOW
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Coronet : TIARA
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Arthur Hailey subject : HOTEL
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Fishing leader : SNELL
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Cut down : FELL
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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___ 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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