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New York Times, Saturday, October 30, 1971

63-Down : Turkish hat: Var.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,113
Across
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Chums : PALS
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Spiritual leader : RABBI
10
Aid's partner : ABET
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Oriental nurse : AMAH
15
Light color : CREAM
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Attendance : GATE
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Pub sign : WINESANDSPIRITS
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Actor George : SEGAL
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Recluses : EREMITES
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Soviet range : URALS
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Waugh : ALEC
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Mouth: Prefix : ORI
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Way out : DOOR
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Mall units : STORES
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Its, in Paris : SES
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She, in Rome : ESSA
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Do a tailoring job : LINE
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Not ___ (impossible) : AGHOSTOFACHANCE
42
Russian city : KIEV
43
Ash, for one : TREE
44
Dog sound : GRR
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Evaluate : ASSESS
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Order to a broker : SELL
49
"___ Girls" : LES
50
Wander : ROAM
52
Metric measure : STERE
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Horrified : APPALLED
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Cloud: Fr. : NUAGE
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Famous hag : THEWITCHOFENDOR
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Only : MERE
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French school : ECOLE
66
Sheep: Var. : TEGG
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Had obligations : OWED
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V. P. under Coolidge : DAWES
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Theater signs : SROS
Down
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Handles rudely : PAWS
2
French friend : AMIE
3
Droops : LANGUISHES
4
Clip : SHEAR
5
Communications initials : RCA
6
Scottish alder : ARN
7
Eliot's Adam : BEDE
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Iraqi port : BASRA
9
Drives : IMPELS
10
Farmer in Caesar's day : AGRICOLA
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Hound : BAIT
12
Feminine suffix : ETTE
13
Hardy heroine : TESS
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Plow soles : SLADES
19
"___ a man ... " : IMET
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Hilton's horizon : LOST
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Passable : SOSO
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Expo city : OSAKA
27
Toomey : REGIS
29
Floats : RAFTS
31
V.I.P. in plotting : RINGLEADER
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French pen contents : ENCRE
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Palmists : SEERS
38
Struck dumb : OVERAWED
39
Greek god : ARES
40
Breton : CELT
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Trojan beauty, to French : HELENE
46
Arias : SOLI
47
Like some nuts : SALTED
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Pilgrimage city : MECCA
53
Underdeveloped ones : RUNTS
54
Vapor: Prefix : ATMO
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Cry of relief : PHEW
56
French parent : PERE
57
Vessel of Indian coast : DHOW
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Kind of girl : GOGO
60
Work units : ERGS
62
Bull : OLE
63
Turkish hat: Var. : FES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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