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New York Times, Friday, February 19, 1971

48-Down : Wards off

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,860
Across
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Fall flat, as a show : BOMB
5
Cavalry weapon : SABER
10
Part of a doorway : JAMB
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Culture medium : AGAR
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Alpaca's relative : LLAMA
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Lamb : ELIA
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First word in Vergil work : ARMA
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Painter's need : EASEL
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___ in the saddle : TALL
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Dark-room event : SEANCE
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Physical irritability : ERETHISM
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Sheltered nook : COVE
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Snarl: Scot. : YIRR
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New voting age : EIGHTEEN
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N. Y. lake : GEORGE
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Wherewithal : MONEY
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Correct : RIGHT
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Pronoun : HIM
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Claire and others : INAS
40
Cold winds of Europe : BISES
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___ in one : HOLE
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Rifle range: Fr. : TIR
43
Hymn of praise : PAEAN
44
African language : BANTU
45
Stipend : SALARY
47
Proximity : NEARNESS
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Tops of aprons : BIBS
51
Explorer Hedin : SVEN
52
Master chef's favorites : GOURMETS
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Newsroom man : EDITOR
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Aleutian island : ATTU
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Cowboy : ROPER
63
Mother Hubbard's lack : BONE
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Traffic sign : STOP
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Dinner course : ROAST
66
U.S. budget outlay : ARMS
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Wine : PORT
68
Belgian battle site : YPRES
69
Old English court : LEET
Down
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Barnyard sounds : BAAS
2
Fearsome one : OGRE
3
Doll's word : MAMA
4
Subdivisions : BRANCHES
5
Part of a jacket : SLEEVE
6
Winglike part : ALA
7
Groundwork : BASE
8
Corundum : EMERY
9
Sir Walter and others : RALEIGHS
10
Beverly Hillbillies man : JETHRO
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Wire measures : MILS
13
Healing agency : BALM
21
French president : COTY
23
Allowance for waste : TRET
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Strange : EERIE
27
Issues : EMITS
28
Old Greek region : IONIA
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Knot in wood : GNARL
30
Jewish month : NISAN
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River of France : RHONE
33
Young sows : GILTS
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Ostrich-like birds: Var. : EMEUS
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Factors in heredity : GENES
40
Popular candle scent : BAYBERRY
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Famous crosser of the Alps : HANNIBAL
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Neat : PRIM
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Engendered : BRED
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Hasty : ABRUPT
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Wards off : AVERTS
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Bend down : STOOP
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Sound of surprise : GASP
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Financier Kahn : OTTO
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Use: Lat. : UTOR
55
Mineral : SPAR
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Rent : TORE
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"This one's ___" : ONME
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Relaxation : REST
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Direction : ESE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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