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New York Times, Tuesday, October 13, 1970

4-Down : Hawk

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,731
Across
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Show : POMP
5
Pickpockets: Slang : DIPS
9
Monopolized, with "up" : SEWED
14
Nautical direction : ALEE
15
"The very ___!" : IDEA
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Famed fountain : TREVI
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Register : READ
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Dickens heroine : NELL
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Free : UNTIE
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Air-conditioning, so to speak : COLDCOMFORT
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Sandwich, for short : BLT
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___ Alamos : LOS
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Floral leaf : PETAL
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Milieu for cop on the beat : SIDEWALK
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List : DETAIL
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Timetable abbreviation : ARR
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Litigants : SUERS
38
Shampoo cycle : RINSE
39
Onetime Turkish governors : BEYS
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Cheers : ROOTS
43
Swerve : SKEW
44
Stevens : INGER
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Anaconda : SNAKE
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Poet's word : ERE
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Gender : NEUTER
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Shakes : AGITATES
53
Stowed : LADED
55
Cover : LID
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One of D.D.E.'s titles : CIC
58
Impetuous : WARMBLOODED
64
Peppery sound : ACHOO
66
Galway country : EIRE
67
Noted marsupial : POGO
68
"___ evil ... " : SEENO
69
Mailbox part : SLOT
70
Mine car : TRAM
71
Annexed : ADDED
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Disseminates : SOWS
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Deal : SALE
Down
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Tuileries Gardens, e.g. : PARC
2
Spread : OLEO
3
Collation : MEAL
4
Hawk : PEDDLE
5
Alley Oop's mount : DINOSAUR
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Common footnote : IDEM
7
Lucre : PELF
8
Name for Shropshire : SALOP
9
Speak haltingly : STUTTER
10
Sea bird : ERN
11
Killjoy : WETBLANKET
12
Corrupt : EVIL
13
Regimen : DIET
21
Browbeats : COWS
22
Holzman of Knicks : RED
26
Monkshood : ATIS
27
Developer of polio vaccine : SABIN
28
Greek goddess : IRENE
29
Killed from ambush : DRYGULCHED
30
People born in July and August : LEOS
31
Swedish coin : KRONA
33
River in France : ISERE
34
Delaware resort city : LEWES
37
Dance extra : STAG
40
Bristle : SETA
42
Pans : SKILLETS
45
California sight : REDWOOD
47
Cause: Prefix : ETIO
50
Pacific herb : REA
52
Embraces : ADOPTS
54
Gown : DRESS
56
House in Spain : CASA
57
Kind of tea : ICED
59
Wheeler-dealer of "Catch-22" : MILO
60
Edge of a hill : BROW
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Dumb one : DORA
62
Equal: Fr. : EGAL
63
Vault : DOME
65
Pronoun : ONE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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