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New York Times, Tuesday, October 27, 1970

32-Down : Lawgiver

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,745
Across
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Book reviewer of a sort: Abbr. : ACCT
5
Boatmen's river : VOLGA
10
Bator's partner : ULAN
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Speciality of Brockton, Mass. : SHOEMAKING
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Timber wolf : LOBO
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Ford or Kefauver : TENNESSEAN
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Ages ago : YORE
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Burr or brogue : ACCENT
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___ personae : DRAMATIS
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Sewing and others : KITS
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"The Joys of Yiddish" author : ROSTEN
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Theodore White subj. : PRES
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Kind of bridge : LOW
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Undermines : ERODES
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Poetic contraction : EER
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Wherewithal : MEANS
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Proceeding : EVENT
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Oil-well equipment : RIG
35
Without a mate : ODD
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G.I.'s garb : ODS
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Technical study: Abbr. : SCI
39
N. Y. Jet runner : SNELL
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Bowler's despair : SPLIT
43
Longfellow's contemporary : POE
44
Early ascetic : ESSENE
46
Swoboda : RON
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___ ex machina : DEUS
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Quinnat and sockeye : SALMON
50
Trite stuff : CORN
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Journalist's milieu : NEWSROOM
54
Diet's cousin : SENATE
56
Words of understanding : ISEE
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Boardwalk stroller : PROMENADER
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___ out of it : SNAP
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Price fixers of a sort : ESTIMATORS
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That girl's : HERS
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Ebbets Field name : REESE
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Existence, in philosophy : ESSE
Down
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Movie canine : ASTA
2
Harness parts : CHECKREINS
3
Doorkeepers, on France : CONCIERGES
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Beliefs : TENETS
5
Very spacious : VAST
6
Endorsements : OKS
7
Sprawl : LIEDOWN
8
Growls : GNARS
9
Consanguineous : AGNATE
10
Vladimir Ilyich ___ (Lenin) : ULYANOV
11
Boodle : LOOT
12
Hillside shelter : ABRI
13
Certain votes : NOES
15
With 53 Down, clothing : MENS
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Most paltry : MEREST
23
Burma and others : ROADS
24
Intrinsically : PERSE
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Held the reins : LED
27
Posse's prey : DESPERADOS
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Unexpected meetings : ENCOUNTERS
29
Hogs' housing : STIES
31
Hungarian playwright : MOLNAR
32
Lawgiver : SOLON
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Sound of traffic : DIN
40
Suez Canal name : LESSEPS
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Do public relations work : PROMOTE
45
Juliet, for one : ELOPER
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Give : DONATE
49
Wayne Lyman ___ : MORSE
50
Meal for Caesar : CENA
51
Birthplace of Constantine : NISH
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Old slave : ESNE
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See 15 Down : WEAR
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Dotted with stars, in heraldry : SEME
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Prefix for deal or deed : MIS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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