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New York Times, Saturday, February 14, 1970

39-Down : Adaptations: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 5, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,490
Across
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God of love : EROS
5
One of a well-known pair : ROMEO
10
Greeting or post : CARD
14
___-dos : DOSA
15
Old Greek weights : OBOLI
16
See 1 Across : AMOR
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Husband of Gudrun : ATLI
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Nut : BETEL
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Palm : NIPA
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Light for lovers : MOON
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Treasure ___ : TROVE
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Judge : DEEM
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God: Prefix : THEO
25
Bohemian : ARTY
27
With 73 Across, music for Feb. 14 : ALOVE
30
King Cole : NAT
32
Evil one : SATAN
36
Presidential middle name : DELANO
38
Billet-doux : LOVENOTE
40
Ludwig : EMIL
41
Small dams : WEIRS
43
Dumb one : DORA
44
Pet for Feb. 14 : LOVEBIRD
46
Less severe : SOFTER
48
About : ANENT
49
Army man: Abbr. : MAJ
51
"It's someone ___" : ELSES
52
Amazon Indian : TUPI
54
Hair style : UPDO
56
Persian fairy : PERI
59
___ Gay, famous plane : ENOLA
61
Troubles : WOES
65
Jacket : ETON
66
Water wheel : NORIA
67
Cinders of the comics : ELLA
68
Kind of trick : CUTE
69
Saltpeter : NITER
70
Bring up : REAR
71
Reward for 10 Down, maybe : KISS
72
Helpers: Abbr. : ASSTS
73
See 27 Across : SONG
Down
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Cheese : EDAM
2
Turning: Prefix : ROTO
3
Fjord of Norway : OSLO
4
Hearty day : SAINTVALENTINES
5
___ Lee : ROBTE
6
Husband of Titania : OBERON
7
Sleuth of fiction : MOTO
8
Special kind of shoe : ELEVATOR
9
Man with a can : OILER
10
February gifts : CANDYANDFLOWERS
11
Parisian friend : AMIE
12
Cowboy gear : ROPE
13
Small amount : DRAM
24
Layer : HEN
26
Part of Mao's name : TSE
27
Writer St. Johns : ADELA
28
Sorry buy : LEMON
29
Green shade : OLIVE
31
Actress Valli : ALIDA
33
Crossing sounds : TOOTS
34
Up ___ : ATREE
35
Approaches : NEARS
37
W. W. II agency : OWI
39
Adaptations: Abbr. : VSS
42
Heraldic fur : ERMINOIS
45
Temperature standard: Abbr. : BTU
47
Reference book: Abbr. : OED
50
See 5 Across : JULIET
53
Neighbor of Del. : PENNA
55
TV's Jack and family : PAARS
56
Bushel's relative : PECK
57
Small case : ETUI
58
Decays : ROTS
60
Fragments : ORTS
62
Spread : OLEO
63
Vigor : ELAN
64
Noted illustrator : SARG

Answer summary:
1 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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