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New York Times, Saturday, November 6, 1971

15-Down : Firing holes

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { B G J Q X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 87, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,120
Across
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Urbanized : CITIFIED
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Kind of easy : SPEAK
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Heroine of Greek myth : ATALANTA
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Spanish dish : PAELLA
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Puccini's "Gianni ___" : SCHICCHI
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Destine : ORDAIN
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Webster's successor in Senate : CHOATE
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Apprentice : TRAINEE
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Word of agreement : AYE
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Common solvent : NAPHTHA
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Underwrites : INSURES
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Walked on : TROD
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Did strike duty : PICKETED
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Sharp ridge : ARETE
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City of central Russia : KIROV
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Gametes : OVA
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Cat call : MIAOW
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___ out : INAND
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Small tooth : DENTICLE
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Reply to Nanette : NONO
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Places for cowboys : RANCHES
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New man on the base : DRAFTEE
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Bad ___ : EMS
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Part of TNT : TOLUENE
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Rosten's H*Y*M*A*N : KAPLAN
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Ancient Greek colony : AEOLIA
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Word in Florida's nickname : SUNSHINE
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Begin a paragraph : INDENT
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Minute animals : PROTOZOA
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Wind deposit : LOESS
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Kind of gun : ANTITANK
Down
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"Julius Caesar" role : CASCA
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Restless : ITCHY
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Nevada resort : TAHOE
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Pelvic bones : ILIA
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Actuality : FACT
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Enrage : INCENSE
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Ordinal suffix : ETH
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Bao ___ : DAI
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She was divine : SARAH
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Branch of medicine : PEDIATRICS
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Dash : ELAN
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Welles role : KANE
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Firing holes : PORTS
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"Invitation to ___" : THEDANCE
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Ceremony of the Inquisition : AUTODAFE
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Obviate : PREVENT
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Venerators of images : ICONODULES
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Successor to OGPU : NKVD
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Old Spanish coin : REAL
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U. S. Indian : OTOE
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Defense acronym : DEW
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Spanish evergreen : PINO
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Where Tabriz is : IRAN
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French friend : AMIE
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Relatives : KIN
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Tie ___ : THEKNOT
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Charged : RANAT
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Checks : REINS
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Role for Julie Andrews : ELIZA
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Puccini heroine : MANON
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Quarterback's maneuver : SNEAK
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Kite part : TAIL
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Wine: Prefix : OENO
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Comstock, for one : LODE
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Italian wine city : ASTI
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Illumination unit : PHOT
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Vacation place : SPA
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Coffee pot : URN

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

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