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New York Times, Wednesday, March 11, 1970

18-Down : Stretches the budget

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,515
Across
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"Make love, ___" : NOTWAR
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Fidel's former friend : CHE
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Gym equipment : MAT
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Prefix meaning prickly : ECHINO
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Objective : GOAL
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Gallic friend : AMI
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Intricate : DAEDAL
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Issuance, as of money : EMISSION
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Dad's chair : RECLINER
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Press agentry word : PLUG
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Son-in-law of Mohammed : ALI
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Principle : TENET
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Fully: Lat. : PLENE
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Devotion : LOVE
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German article : DER
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Places for cases : COURTS
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Ginsberg and others : POETS
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Sea dog : SAILOR
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Bard of the restless set : PROTESTSINGER
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Sea nymph : NEREID
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Bristles : SETAE
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Recoils in a way : WINCES
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Aah's companion : OOH
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Brokers' abbreviations : SHRS
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"___ is in the streets" : ALION
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Indian coins : ANNAS
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Kind of tonnage : NET
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Ponselle : ROSA
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California dessert wine : ANGELICA
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Study of the past, in Spain : HISTORIA
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Enspheres : INORBS
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Violinist Bull : OLE
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Tenting area : CAMP
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Did the frug : DANCED
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Chaney : LON
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Musical syllable : TRA
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Skating numbers : EIGHTS
Down
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Little Edward : NED
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Wood sorrel : OCA
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"Of Time and ___" : THERIVER
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Word with high and handsome : WIDE
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___ of God : ANACT
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Used the dice : ROLLED
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Halley's, for one : COMET
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Long-run musical : HAIR
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City transit lines : ELS
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U.S. author : MAILER
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Quantity : AMOUNT
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Traces : TINGES
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Opening of a sort : GENERATIONGAP
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Stretches the budget : SPLURGES
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Existing: Lat. : INESSE
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Climber's milieu : ALP
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Windy City area : LOOP
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Trees of East Indies : POONS
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Outer garment : ETONCOAT
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Second-century date : CLI
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Dutch painter : STEEN
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"When day ___" : ISDONE
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Pausing sounds : ERS
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Governor of a province : ETHNARCH
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Thin : RARE
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Founded: Abbr. : EST
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Soup-can painter : WARHOL
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Philippine port : ILOILO
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Relative of a quonset : NISSEN
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Chemical compound : HALIDE
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Soul : ANIMA
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Mideastern peninsula : SINAI
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Moroccan tree : ARAR
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House and Senate: Abbr. : CONG
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Month: Abbr. : OCT
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Wager : BET
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Student org. : SDS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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