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New York Times, Friday, October 15, 1971

1-Down : Jargons

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,098
Across
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Knit brow : SCOWL
6
Broadway musical : MAME
10
Merry prank : LARK
14
"I ___ parade" : LOVEA
15
Acme : APEX
16
Willow : ITEA
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Needs ___ (is exhausted) : AREST
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New England : NORTHEAST
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Austen novel : NORTHANGERABBEY
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Rodent : GNAWER
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Ancient Asian kingdom : ELAM
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Solid, in Soho : ARD
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Stiff hair : SETA
26
One side of a die : TREY
28
Eleventh-century date : MLVI
29
Harness rings : TERRETS
31
On an even keel : POISED
33
Awful : DIRE
34
Provender : FEED
35
Mosey : SASHAY
38
Moses : GRANDMA
41
Belgrade figure : TITO
42
Horse color : ROAN
43
Old Irish stronghold : LISS
45
Schubert's "___ könig" : ERL
46
Hector : BAIT
48
Expends : USESUP
50
English dramatist (1660-1746) : THOMASSOUTHERNE
53
Arizona, New Mexico, etc. : SOUTHWEST
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___ vie : EAUDE
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Critic Downes : OLIN
56
Fit to ___ : ATEE
57
Placed in a lonely spot : ISLED
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Headland : NESS
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Cons : NOES
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Doers: Suffix : STERS
Down
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Jargons : SLANGS
2
Diadem : CORONET
3
Surfeited : OVERATE
4
Kingsley title : WESTWARDHO
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Machine-shop fixture : LATHE
6
Thomas or Horace : MANN
7
Orbit points : APOGEES
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No more than : MERELY
9
Bit player : EXTRA
10
Dear: Ger. : LIEB
11
Kettledrums : ATABALS
12
Reticence : RESERVE
13
Grasshopper : KATYDID
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Emoter : HAM
21
Road : ARTERY
27
Map abbr. : RTE
28
Perennial hot spot : MIDDLEEAST
30
Inlet : RIA
31
Type of gallery : PEANUT
32
Wine: Prefix : OEN
34
Monk's title : FRA
35
De Land campus : STETSON
36
Whale feature : AIRHOLE
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Cardinals' home : STLOUIS
38
Visit : GOTOSEE
39
Disorder : MISRULE
40
In two : ASUNDER
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___ the occasion : RISETO
44
Expedites : SPEEDS
46
Nonsense! : BAH
47
Famous dam : ASWAN
49
"There ___, Miss America ... " : SHEIS
51
Topographer's abbr. : MTNS
52
Shoshonean tribe : UTES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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