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New York Times, Saturday, October 23, 1971

43-Down : Disputant

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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D
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E
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F
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T
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A
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R
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A
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B
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G
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O
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C
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A
V
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C
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P
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D
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T
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Z
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S
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F
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K
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G
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L
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L
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D
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R
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P
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H
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R
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M
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R
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D
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M
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,106
Across
1
Clever : DEFT
5
Yemeni, for one : ARAB
9
Reach : GETTO
14
Height: Prefix : ACRO
15
Sponge-like cake : BABA
16
Escape : AVOID
17
Political action : COUPDETAT
19
Buddhist monastery room : ZENDO
20
Ignore : ELIDE
21
Kind of party hunt : SCAVENGER
23
Depart : SETOFF
25
Door parts : KNOBS
26
Object : GOAL
28
"___ and funnier" : LOUDER
32
Ended gradually : PHASEDOUT
37
Car-trunk item : SPARE
38
Play by ___ : EAR
39
Gourmand : EATER
41
Wire measure : MIL
42
Dodge : ELUDE
45
Prospered : MADEMONEY
48
Alter for a new purpose : REGEAR
50
Distinguished : SEEN
51
Moola : BREAD
54
___ sassy : FATAND
58
Words of totality : MANANDBOY
62
Toil : LABOR
63
Typewriter type : ELITE
64
Still : ATANYRATE
66
Howard Hughes, for instance : LONER
67
Sound : SANE
68
Desserts : ICES
69
Ripeners : AGERS
70
Nevada town : ELKO
71
Rest on one's ___ : OARS
Down
1
Fresh-water fish : DACES
2
French school : ECOLE
3
Product : FRUIT
4
Big wheels : TOPDOGS
5
Rail-splitter : ABE
6
Squeals : RATS
7
Taken ___ : ABACK
8
Not ___ eye : BATAN
9
Summer houses : GAZEBOS
10
Balances : EVENSUP
11
Chinese society : TONG
12
Spring or neap : TIDE
13
Scent : ODOR
18
Crusoe creator : DEFOE
22
Library-card abbr. : VOL
24
Droop : FADE
27
Soil : LOAM
29
Ruin : DAMN
30
Border lake : ERIE
31
Depend : RELY
32
Legal equal : PEER
33
Sound : HALE
34
" ... a bug in ___" : ARUG
35
Lizard : UTA
36
Kennedy et al. : TEDS
40
Coral ridge : REEF
43
Disputant : DEBATER
44
Workers for pay : EARNERS
46
Farinaceous : MEALY
47
Province on Lake Huron : ONTARIO
49
Minnesota river : RED
52
Humiliate : ABASE
53
Of a bride's estate : DOTAL
55
Rope fiber : ABACA
56
Diarist : NOTER
57
Shift or tent : DRESS
58
Indian fair : MELA
59
Sleep like ___ : ALOG
60
Ball team : NINE
61
Pull : YANK
65
Recent: Prefix : NEO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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