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New York Times, Tuesday, May 26, 1970

4-Down : Military big shot

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,591
Across
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Haphazard attempt : STAB
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"___ Passes" : PIPPA
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W. W. I spy : HARI
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Embankment : WEIR
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At certain intervals : HORAL
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Astringent : ALUM
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Broadway's Alan : ALDA
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Bumbling : INEPT
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Novel of 1880 : NANA
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Blood part : PLASMA
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Example : PARADIGM
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Table item : SALT
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Kind of thing : SURE
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Starts a cigar : LIGHTSUP
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By-products of marriage : INLAWS
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Tapestry : ARRAS
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Cup, in Paris : TASSE
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Pol. party : GOP
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Capote : COAT
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Tribal emblem : TOTEM
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Reedlike grass : GAMA
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Terminal : END
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Salted : CURED
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Having fewer bright moments : TAMER
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Regime : SYSTEM
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Highlands off Sandy Hook : NAVESINK
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Vestments : ALBS
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"For want of a ___ the shoe is lost" : NAIL
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Laughed : CHORTLED
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Fragment : SLIVER
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"Lady in the Dark" writer : HART
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American Indians : ERIES
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Monster : GILA
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Ancient chest : ARCA
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Lariat : RIATA
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Handle : HILT
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Anjou : PEAR
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Kind of heat : SOLAR
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Evens : TIES
Down
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Barter : SWAP
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Blab : TELL
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Opera role : AIDA
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Military big shot : BRASSHAT
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Medicine bottles : PHIALS
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Particle : ION
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Kind of school : PREP
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Family members : PAPAS
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Unselfishness : ALTRUISM
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Blinded composer : HANDEL
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Asian range : ALAI
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Stave : RUNG
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Moslem priest : IMAM
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Bunches up : MATS
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English composer : ARNE
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Don : TUTOR
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Dashes with spirits : LACES
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Socratic approach : IRONY
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Alumni : GRADS
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Typewriter part : PATEN
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Trumpeter bird : AGAMI
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Clare Boothe Luce subject : WOMEN
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Small trace : SPARK
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Car : SEDAN
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Acrobats : TUMBLERS
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Era of yore : GASLIGHT
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Prehistoric ax : CELT
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Linden tree : TEIL
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Fish sauce : TARTAR
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Alma mater of Edna Millay : VASSAR
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Somber: Prefix : SERIO
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Fellow : CHAP
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Small animal : HARE
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Whale : ORCA
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Telephone part : DIAL
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Henry ___ : VIII
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She: Fr. : ELLE
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Nonsense! : RATS
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Greek letter : ETA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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