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New York Times, Friday, May 7, 1971

18-Down : Weed with purplish flowers

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,937
Across
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"Male and Female" author : MEAD
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Loops : TABS
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Hag : CRONE
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As well : ALSO
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Catch : HOOK
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Wealthy ones : HAVES
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Signature : JOHNHENRY
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Like some gases : INERT
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Alert : OPENEYED
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Persian water wheel : NORIA
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French historian : RENAN
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Spiritually cherish : ENSOUL
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Old clerical cap : BARRET
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Commotion : TODO
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___ Mahal : TAJ
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Existing: Lat. : INESSE
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Utah town : OREM
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Reconnoitered : SCOUTED
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Roll : TRUNDLE
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Chemical prefix : PHEN
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Writer Norman : MAILER
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Violation : SIN
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Silk: Sp. : SEDA
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U.S. painter : INNESS
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___ spheroid (football, to sports writers) : OBLATE
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Russian peaks : URALS
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Singing sounds : TRALA
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Dressed fit to kill : DOLLEDUP
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Prepared bread : BAKED
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Strike a response : RINGABELL
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Sharp ridge : ARETE
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Diminutive suffix : ETTE
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Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Do lawn repairs : RESOD
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___ stat (Irish for free state) : SAOR
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At long ___ : LAST
Down
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Greater : MAJOR
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Do the Gretna Green bit : ELOPE
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Gray : ASHEN
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Actress Reed : DONNA
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People in general : THEY
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First-class : AONE
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Places for fringe : BORDERS
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Out of a clear ___ : SKY
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Tough cotton cloth : CHINO
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Left : RANOUTON
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Persons of power : OVERLORDS
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Italian saint : NERI
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This, in Spain : ESTA
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Weed with purplish flowers : HENBIT
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Cuddle : NESTLE
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Cordwood measures : STERES
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Lack of vigor : ANEMIA
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Insect : REDANT
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Food store, for short : DELI
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Portent : OMEN
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Cookbook abbreviations : TSPS
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Yearn : ACHE
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Man in the street : JOEDOAKES
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Lacking power : UNABLETO
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Martyred saint : URSULA
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Unpublished literature : INEDITA
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Put aboard : LADED
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Mutineer : REBEL
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Miss St. Johns : ADELA
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Soothes : LULLS
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Chair-back piece : SPLAT
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Ski lift : TBAR
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Thin : RARE
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Aware of : ONTO
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Teutonic language group: Abbr. : LGER
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Matter, in law : RES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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