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New York Times, Tuesday, June 1, 1971

13-Down : Mechanical method

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { H J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,962
Across
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Anticipative : AGOG
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Disney's Donald, to purists : DRAKE
10
European area : SAAR
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Musical closing : CODA
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Judicial wear : ROBES
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Ex-champ Johansson, to sportswriters : INGO
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Nestling : EYAS
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Skilled one : ADEPT
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Small insect : GNAT
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Maxim : SAYING
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Identify : DIAGNOSE
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Kind of bridge : FOOT
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Remained resolute : STOOD
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"Fortissimo!," to musicians : PLAYLOUD
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Zeus's beloved : EUROPA
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Companion of hither : YON
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Huxley's "___ Hay" : ANTIC
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Brought under control : TAMED
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Ananias : LIAR
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South American liberator : SUCRE
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Drinks daintily : SIPS
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British painter : ORPEN
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Unkempt : SEEDY
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Ex-rival of Fordham : NYU
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More orderly : NEATER
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Belief in genii, etc. : DEMONISM
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Indians : ERIES
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Smoking area in movies : LOGE
55
Vibrant : RESONANT
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British army hut : NISSEN
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Pre-empt : COOPT
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Lacquered metalware : TOLE
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Adjective suffix : ITIC
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Piece of statuary : TORSO
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Spicy stew : OLIO
69
Conduit : DUCT
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Its plain attracts rain : SPAIN
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Flexible sheepskin : ROAN
Down
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Points won by a single stroke : ACES
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Major name in Prado : GOYA
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Singer Anita : ODAY
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Vaporize : GASIFY
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Coerces : DRAGOONS
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Laver or McKuen : ROD
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Not up and about : ABED
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Military caps : KEPIS
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Stage of life : ESTATE
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Ladies in Rome : SIGNORAS
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A.D. : ANNODOMINI
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Moslem officials : AGAS
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Mechanical method : ROTE
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Vincent's theme : NOLA
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Ben Jonson's plague : GOUT
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Ruffled skirts : TUTUS
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Course marker : PYLON
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French river : LOIRE
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Of poetic feet : ANAPAESTIC
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Fixed potatoes : DICED
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Diarist : PEPYS
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Roll-call answer : ADSUM
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Fishermen hope for a full one : CREEL
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Move in opposition : RETROACT
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Alberta's capital : EDMONTON
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Willy Brandt negative : NEIN
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Baseball's Berra : YOGI
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Responds : REACTS
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Wise old man : NESTOR
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Pry : SNOOP
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Police activity : RAID
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"___, Brute" : ETTU
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Judaic writing : TORA
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Lindbergh's flight : SOLO
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Director Kazan : ELIA
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Broadway sign : NEON
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Greek letter : PSI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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