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New York Times, Friday, January 8, 1971

12-Down : Norma's big aria

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F J K Q U W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,818
Across
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The ___ Kid : CISCO
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Unpretentious : MODEST
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French money : CENTIME
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More unruffled : SERENER
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Star in Scorpio : ANTARES
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Apprentice : TRAINEE
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Rural crossing : STILE
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Pamphlet : TRACT
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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Instances : TIMES
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More unearthly : EERIER
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Pasha and Baba : ALIS
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Ski lift : TBAR
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European river : ODER
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Performed : DID
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Rumanian city : ARAD
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Nature goddess : CYBELE
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Call ___ day : ITA
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Comfort : CONSOLE
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Herb's predecessor : CAL
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Rejected : VETOED
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Soprano Stignani : EBE
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Field : AREA
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Uniform : EVEN
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Hamper : CLOG
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River in Conn. : THAMES
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Greek island : THERA
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College degrees : BAS
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Manifest : OVERT
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City in Afghanistan : HERAT
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Ubiquitous : ALLOVER
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Raise : ELEVATE
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Hash house : BEANERY
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Reprinted illegally : PIRATED
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Specialist : EXPERT
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Crossed out : DELED
Down
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Small metric unit : CENTILITER
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Frighten : INTIMIDATE
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Becomes old-hat : STALES
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Waxy finishes : CIRES
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Cockney residence : OME
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___ beaucoup : MERCI
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Speechify : ORATE
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Agnus ___ : DEI
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Sicilian city : ENNA
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Appear : SEEM
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Bring to bay : TREE
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Norma's big aria : CASTADIVA
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Spanish Stephen : ESTEBAN
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Belle or Ringo : STARR
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Peruses : READSOVER
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Plunder : ROB
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Trampled : TROD
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Slow down : DECELERATE
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Gave details : ELABORATED
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Banished : RELEGATED
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Red Baron, for one : ACE
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Sib : CLAN
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Longing : YEN
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Ballroom favorite : ONESTEP
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Cereal plant : OAT
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Abrasive stuff : EMERY
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Entry at Longchamp : CHEVAL
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Hang suspended : HOVER
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Ward off : AVERT
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"I warned you!" : THERE
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Zaharias : BABE
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Man's nickname : ALEX
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Insult : SLAP
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___ and all : ONE
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Cover : LID

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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